For the second straight year, there was a record number of teams that started the season ranked in the AP Top 25 and finished it unranked. The final Associated Press college football poll presented by Regions Bank was released early Tuesday and backto- back champ Georgia was a unanimous No.
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Seven of the 14 teams in this year’s playoffs didn’t make the field last season, giving the NFL’s upcoming wild-card weekend a mix of traditional powerhouses and underdogs. Tom Brady begins his quest for an unprecedented eighth Super Bowl title when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys next Monday night.
FRISCO — Safety Jayron Kearse was more than happy to reflect on a late-season blip from the Dallas defense when the regular season was still going on. Now that the playoffs have arrived, it’s a hard turn to 2023 for the Cowboys in Kearse’s mind.
STEPHENVILLE — The Texans remain undefeated at Wisdom Gym this season, capping off their non-conference schedule with a 73-63 win over Chicago State on Wednesday. With the win, the Texans finish non-conference play with a winning record for the first time since becoming a Division I program.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin Harvick received the same answer nearly every time he asked another athlete how they decided to retire: Harvick would just know it was time.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Georgia was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU on Monday night.
STEPHENVILLE — The Stephenville Honeybees began the title defense of their District 6-4 title Friday night with a 51-10 victory over Mineral Wells. Lillie Skiles paced the Honeybees with 15 points, while Lucy Espinoza added 11 points in the 41-point victory.
FRISCO — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys won’t be taking any momentum into their first playoff opener on the road in 16 years. Instead, they’ll spend all week answering questions about whether they’ve just set themselves up for more postseason disappointment — 27 years after they last made it as far as the NFC championship game.
STEPHENVILLE — Following a report by CollegeAD, Lonn Reisman enters this upcoming calendar year as the third-longest tenured athletic director of all schools at the Division I level and the second-longest at an FCS institution.