Clemson makes its case to remain No. 1 over Alabama
Clemson easily held off Alabama on Sunday to retain the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll, extending its longest run atop the poll to seven weeks.
The Crimson Tide ran away from Georgia on Saturday to make the case to be No. 1, but it wasn’t enough to topple the Tigers.
Clemson defended its turf with a historic blowout against Georgia Tech. The 66- point rout was the largest ever in an Atlantic Coast Conference football game. Clemson received 54 firstplace votes out of 62 from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
The Crimson Tide got the remaining eight first- place votes. Notre Dame moved up to a season- high No. 3, No. 4 Georgia dropped one spot and Ohio State moved up to No. 5 a week before the Big Ten starts playing.
NC State loses QB Leary.
RALEIGH, N. C. » Starting quarterback Devin Leary could miss the rest of the regular season for No. 23 North Carolina State after having surgery Sunday for a leg injury suffered in a win against Duke.
In a post on the program’s Twitter account, the school said Leary had surgery a day after breaking the fibula bone in his left leg. He is expected to miss four to eight weeks.
Iowa says it won’t pay explayers.
The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players for $ 20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced playing f r the Hawkeyes.
The university general counsel’s office released its response Sunday to a 21page certified letter dated Oct. 5 from civil rights attorney Damario Solomon- Simmons of Tulsa, Okla., who is representing the players.
The players also called for the firings of head football coach Kirk Ferentz, offensive line coach Brian Ferentz and athletic director Gary Barta.
Purdue coach tests positive for COVID- 19.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. » Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm has tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced Sunday.
Brohm is awaiting a second test to confirm the initial result. The Boilermakers are scheduled to host Iowa Saturday.
Other major- college football coaches known to have tested positive for COVID19 include Florida’s Dan Mullen, Alabama’s Nick Saban, Florida State’s Mike Norvell, Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin and Kansas’ Les Miles. Saban was cleared to coach the Crimson Tide on Saturday, three days after a false positive test.