CEDAR CITY - The NCAA released its report on academic progress Tuesday and Southern Utah was one of the schools hit by sanctions. The school is set to lose a scholarship in football and basketball and one-tenth of a scholarship in baseball for the up… more »

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe has spoken to the family of former LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux about a possible transfer to a team with no scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Crowe said Tuesday he also had a leng… more »

Bulldogs program has been in touch with ex-LSU quarterback Alabama A&M coach Anthony Jones confirmed Tuesday he has spoken with former LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who is reportedly seeking to resurrect his career at a small-college program.… more »

It has seven programs facing NCAA penalties. Sacramento State has seven athletic programs subject to NCAA penalties, the most of any Division I school in the country, based on Academic Progress Rate data released on Tuesday. New Mexico State, San… more »

THIBODAUX -- Student athletes at Nicholls State University are distinguishing themselves in the classroom, according to information released Tuesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association on the academic progress rates of nearly 6,272 Division… more »

John Zamberlin likes to stress that the NFL stands for ''Not For Long'' and that academics should always come first for a college football player. He and the other Idaho State coaches seem to be backing up that claim. The football program improved… more »

GREELEY -- Former University of Northern Colorado linebacker Asa Matthews signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Browns on Monday. The 6-foot-2, 239-pound Matthews totaled 89 tackles, 61/2 tackles for a loss and 11/2 sacks in his career at U… more »

The NCAA penalized four Portland State teams Tuesday because of poor academic performance, but the move will have little impact on the Park Blocks. The Vikings scored below the 925 cutoff score in the annual report on the academic progress rate (APR… more »

Four players wrapping up spring ball, with a fifth QB on the way Spring practice hasn’t changed Portland State’s quarterback situation a lot. Junior Tygue Howland and sophomore Drew Hubel remain the top two quarterbacks, probably in that order, as… more »

The NCAA stripped three Portland State athletics teams of academic scholarships and put the men's basketball team on a probationary-like period Tuesday for sub-par academics. The sanctions are a result of declining Academic Progress Rates (APR) by th… more »

The way Jayson Santos sees things, there was good news and bad news regarding Southeast Missouri State's Academic Progress Report, released by the NCAA on Tuesday. Santos, Southeast's assistant athletic director for compliance, believes the good far… more »

MISSOULA - University of Montana athletic director Jim O'Day has been appointed as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Committee. His four-year membership on the committee begins September 1, 2008, and continues through Sep… more »

BOZEMAN - The Montana State football team has lost 1.5 scholarships and two hours of practice time per week because the players did not meet NCAA academic requirements, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The Montana State football team's grades are improvin… more »

Montana State received both good and bad news from the NCAA in its annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) Report issued Tuesday. The good news: The report, covering the academic years of 2003-04 through 2006-07, showed that MSU student-athletes, as a gr… more »

The Gateway Football Conference got a legislative victory of sorts. The Division I Football Championship Subdivision will expand its playoff field from 16 to 20 teams starting in the 2010 season. It means North Dakota State’s new league has a better… more »