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RUSTON, La. (AP) Early in the fourth quarter, there was nervous pacing along Boise State's sideline.

With an opportunity to show a national television audience why they should once again become a BCS buster, a close game on the road was not what the fifth-ranked Broncos had in mind.

They looked anxious, but they weren't rattled.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Urban Meyer of Florida became the first coach to be disciplined under the Southeastern Conference's new policy regarding criticizing officials.

The league fined Meyer $30,000 on Friday, two days after he said referees missed a late hit against quarterback Tim Tebow in No. 1 Florida's 41-17 win against Georgia. Meyer sent video of the play to the SEC office, but his mistake was telling reporters refs missed the call. Read More...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant is headed to the NFL.

Bryant told ESPN.com that he plans to enter the 2010 NFL draft, disclosing his intentions late Thursday after the NCAA rejected a final appeal by the school to reinstate the junior All-American who lied about contact with former NFL player Deion Sanders. Read More...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Welcome home, Terrelle Pryor.

No. 15 Ohio State and its talented dual-threat quarterback visit No. 11 Penn State in a high-stakes Big Ten game. For Pryor, it will be his first game at Beaver Stadium since the western Pennsylvania native spurned Penn State last year to end one of the most publicized recruiting races in recent memory. Read More...

WACO, Texas (AP) The final regular-season ballot of every voter in the USA Today college football coaches' poll will remain public.

The coaches had considered making those votes confidential. But Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Friday it will stay an open ballot. Read More...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) When they last met, Alabama vs. LSU was all about Nick Saban coaching against his former team.

This year, there's more pressing business: keeping in the mix to play for the national title. Read More...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) The Stanford Cardinal will be without top linebacker Clinton Snyder for the rest of the season.

The school announced Friday that Snyder is sidelined with a knee injury sustained in practice on Tuesday. Snyder leads the team with 61 tackles and has started 42 of 44 games in his career. Read More...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Two months ago, Texas would have avoided any direct talk of playing for a national title.

Back when the No. 2 Longhorns (8-0) were initially scheduled to play Central Florida (5-3), anything so bold would have been waved off as too much, too soon. Read More...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Several days after top-ranked Florida secured a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game, receiver David Nelson insisted some of his teammates didn't even know they had clinched the Eastern Division.

Yeah, right. Read More...

CINCINNATI (AP) One bad afternoon, one ugly blemish in the Big East.

Cincinnati went to Connecticut last season with a perfect league mark and high expectations because quarterback Tony Pike had returned from a broken left forearm. Wearing a removable cast on his non-passing arm, Pike started and the Bearcats seemed to be whole again. Read More...