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Badgers ‘playing their best football’

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: at Wisconsin (7:30 p.m., NBC) Records: Penn State (6-0 overall, 3-0 in Big Ten), Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1) Odds: Penn State is a 6.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 3 by the Associated Press. Wisconsin is not ranked. Series: PSU leads, 11-9, and has won the last five. The teams have not met since 2021. Scouting the Badgers Wisconsin is 13-8 in Luke Fickell’s second full season in Madison. After a 2-0 start, the Badgers were drubbed at home by Alabama (42-10) and at ...

Oregon, Georgia new 1-2 in nation

By Eric Olson The Associated Press Oregon became the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll, moving into the top spot on Sunday for the first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia. Vanderbilt made its first appearance since the 2013 season, at No. 25, and defending national champion Michigan fell out after a second straight loss dropped it to 4-3. Unbeaten Oregon followed its one-point home win over Ohio State with its first road shutout in 32 years, a 35-0 rout of Purdue, and received 59 of 61 first-place ...

Lions’ Kotelnicki loves Warren’s ability

Big Ten football Who: No. 3 Penn State at Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. TV: NBC Records: Penn State (6-0); Wisconsin (5-2) By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Andy Kotelnicki has coached plenty of versatile players over the years. None of them could do what Penn State ...

Lions’ Warren getting love from AP

From Mirror, wire reports Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty was a unanimous selection and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter occupies two first-team positions on The Associated Press midseason All-America team released Thursday. Miami’s Cam Ward was the runaway winner for top quarterback, the SEC held down four of the five spots on the offensive line and 10 of the AP preseason All-America first-team picks were on the midseason first-team as well. Nine players from the Southeastern Conference and six from the Big Ten are on the first team, as determined by a panel of media ...

Campbell ready to embrace an entire season as a Lady Lion

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — It has been half a decade since Alli Campbell led Bellwood-Antis to back-to-back PIAA girls basketball championships and had the Lady Blue Devils competing for a third straight before COVID-19 ended those hopes. It’s also ...

Sports at a glance

More honors for Lions’ TE UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State senior tight end Tyler Warren collected multiple national weekly awards Tuesday for his performance in Penn State’s 33-30 overtime win at USC. Warren was named National Player of the Week by the Associated Press, along with being named to the list for the Maxwell Award, Mackey Award and Paul Hornung Award. The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, who was a former standout at Swarthmore College and was a renowned sportswriter and ...