FOOTBALL: USC axes Helton

Southern California fired football coach Clay Helton on Monday, two games into his seventh season in charge.

Athletic director Mike Bohn made the move two days after an embarrassing 42-28 home loss to Stanford that dropped the Trojans (1-1, 0-1 Pac-12) out of the AP Top 25.

Donte Williams, the Trojans’ cornerbacks coach and associate head coach, is taking over as interim head coach.

Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King is out indefinitely after having surgery to repair his broken right leg, suffered early in the seventh-ranked Aggies’ 10-7 win at Colorado over the weekend.

Texas has named Casey Thompson its starting quarterback, taking over for Hudson Card, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said.

Tulane plans to play its first on-campus home game of this season against UAB on Sept. 25, nearly a month after the program was displaced by Hurricane Ida, university officials announced.

The SEC has fined Arkansas $100,000 after Razorbacks fans rushed the field following Saturday’s 40-21 win over Texas.