MAYFIELD, LOVE AND BARKLEY LEAD AP LIST

Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma and star running backs Bryce Love of Stanford and Saquon Barkley of Penn State lead The Associated Press midseason All-America team, along with two defensive backs from No. 1 Alabama.

The team released Tuesday was selected by 16 members of the AP Top 25 voting panel.

Colorado State wide receiver Michael Gallup made the second team.

Mayfield leads the nation in passer efficiency rating (207.33) and completion percentage (72.7) for the ninth-ranked Sooners. He is joined on the first team by Oklahoma teammates Orlando Brown, Mayfield’s left tackle, and linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo.

Love leads the nation in rushing and is averaging 10.27 yards per carry for No. 22 Stanford. Barkley is second behind Love in yards from scrimmage at 174 yards per game for the No. 2 Nittany Lions.

Alabama is represented on the first team by safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, who was an All-American in 2016, and cornerback Levi Wallace, a former walk-on who has emerged as a lockdown defender.

Leach plans not to follow.

Washington State coach Mike Leach said he was as surprised as anyone when he learned that athletic director Bill Moos had taken a new job at Nebraska.

But Leach said he has no plans to follow Moos, noting that Nebraska already has Mike Riley to lead its football program. Some Cougars fans have expressed concern that Moos might try to lure Leach away.

Irish QB is “100 percent.”

Notre Dame starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush is “100 percent” healthy for the team’s home showdown with USC, coach Brian Kelly said.

Wimbush sat out Notre Dame’s last game, a win at North Carolina on Oct. 7, with a right foot injury. Notre Dame was off last week. Wimbush suffered the injury during Notre Dame’s win over Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 30.

Footnote.

Auburn receiver Kyle Davis was dismissed for violation of team rules. He didn’t travel with the team to LSU last week.