Joyce Edwards had 17 points and 10 rebounds as No. 2 South Carolina defeated eighth-ranked Southern California 69-52.

Baylor and Southern California have jumped into the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.

Southern California star JuJu Watkins announced on social media that she will be sidelined for the season after suffering an ACL injury in the NCAA Tournament last season.

AP's Top 25 college football rankings are in.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it's topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll.

USC running back A’Marion Peterson is transferring to the University of Texas at San Antonio, according to CBS Sports and 247 Sports.

Duke's Cooper Flagg and USC's JuJu Watkins are adding more hardware to their trophy cases.

Kennedy Smith stepped into the void left by injured star JuJu Watkins, scoring 19 points to help Southern California hold off Kansas State 67-61 in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Dawn Staley sent JuJu Watkins a text as soon as she saw the star Southern California sophomore suffer a season-ending knee injury earlier this week.

JuJu Watkins was carried off the floor with a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of top-seeded USC’s game against Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament.

JuJu Watkins of Southern California and Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame are on The Associated Press women's basketball All-America team for second straight year, becoming the third and fourth players to earn that honor in their first two seasons.

Congratulations to the 12 teams left in the chase for the women’s Division I national championship.

Big Ten champion UCLA has jumped back to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.

Coach Cori Close challenged UCLA to arrive at the Big Ten Tournament as a tougher, more aggressive group than the one that lost to its dreaded rival, USC, last weekend.

UCLA center Lauren Betts and her teammates used a five-day break to dissect their flaws, make a few fixes and recommit themselves to beating No. 2 Southern California.

Southern California has its best ranking in 39 years after moving up to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday.

JuJu Watkins had 30 points, five assists, three blocks and two steals for No. 4 Southern California an 80-67 victory over No. 2 UCLA.

JuJu Watkins scored 30 points and No. 4 Southern California defeated second-ranked UCLA 80-67 to clinch the program's first Big Ten regular-season title in its league debut.

JuJu Watkins and Southern California have moved up to a No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament in the latest projections of the top teams.

Texas moved up to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 21 years after Notre Dame lost in overtime to N.

JuJu Watkins scored 38 points to lead sixth-ranked Southern California over No. 1 UCLA 71-60, handing the crosstown rival Bruins their first loss of the season.

Caitlin Clark wasn’t back in her home arena to play a game.

Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O’Grady had 13 as Iowa topped No. 4 USC 76-69 on Sunday, snapping the Trojans’ 15-game winning streak.

USC basketball star JuJu Watkins knows people who have been affected by the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles.

Lakers coach JJ Redick and Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez are among the sports figures who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each has seven teams ranked in the AP top 25 women’s basketball poll, including four apiece in the first 10.

Michigan has gotten off to a strong start this season and the No. 23 Wolverines will try and close out 2024 with a big victory when they visit No. 4 USC on Sunday.

Amid her busy schedule with the USC women’s basketball team, former four-year Brandeis starter Rian Forestier made a quick trip home to the Alamo City for the holiday and surprised Davis Middle School girl’s basketball players with a new pair of kicks.

Two games featuring four powerhouse teams has put the focus in women's college basketball on the West Coast this weekend.

It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll.

Bronny James says he's “grateful for everything” with his NBA dream in reach after a major health scare last summer.

South Carolina, Iowa and UConn have finished atop the final AP Top 25 women's basketball poll of the season.

The NCAA says one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches short of regulation at its apex.

Freshman All-American JuJu Watkins drove the length of the floor for a go-ahead three-point play with 3:13 left and finished with 30 points, leading top-seeded Southern California past Baylor 74-70 and into the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1994.

In a women’s NCAA Tournament where Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU coach Kim Mulkey and undefeated South Carolina have dominated the headlines, the Pac-12 Conference is making sure it doesn’t go away quietly in its final season.

Ohio State has climbed up the women's AP Top 25, moving up to No. 2 this week.

Kansas State has its best ranking in 21 years after the Wildcats moved up to fourth in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll.

JuJu Watkins scored 32 points and No. 9 Southern California defeated second-ranked UCLA 73-65.

Southern California and most of women’s college basketball has been captivated by the early season success of undefeated USC and its freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.

JuJu Watkins and Isaiah Collier made history even before stepping onto the Galen Center court for their first basketball games with Southern California.

Two days after it was announced Bronny James had been cleared by doctors for a full return to basketball, the Southern California freshman took the floor for warmups with his teammates as they prepared to play No. 11 Gonzaga in the Las Vegas Invitational.

Bronny James has been cleared by doctors for a full return to basketball four months after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Bronny James warmed up with his USC teammates before a game for the first time this season Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest in July.

Southern California basketball coach Andy Enfield said Bronny James, the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is “doing well” nearly three months after the prized recruit went into cardiac arrest while participating in a practice on campus.

The final Red River Rivalry in the Big 12 before it moves to the Southeastern Conference felt like a chance for No. 3 Texas to lay claim to being the best team in the country.

Bronny James, the oldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest while practicing on Monday and is presently in stable condition, according to a media spokesperson.

Southern California athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned.

The son of another NBA great says he'll play for Southern California next season.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart says proposed changes to clock operating rules shouldn't significantly impact games next season.

College football administrators are looking at ways to reduce the number of plays in games in the name of player safety.

Destiny Littleton scored 18 points with six assists as Southern California pulled off a program-defining victory Sunday with a 55-46 upset victory over No. 2 Stanford.

Ohio State was No. 5 in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings, positioned to possibly take advantage if one of the top four slips up on championship weekend.

The Big Ten has voted to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024.

Maxime Cressy had heard people chanting his name in college, when he twice clinched big wins against his rival school.

USC was supposed to take the field on Tuesday for one of its final practices of the spring football season.

Nebraska’s search for an identity in a changing college football landscape. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Steven Godfrey of Banner Society joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to take on the task of finding each conference’s most egregious underachiever. And how USC being unable to maximize its potential hurts all of college football. Plus, new Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea joins the show and shares his vision for transforming the Commodores. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/Ad___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Colorado's Jarek Broussard ran for 301 yards in one game and averaged more than six yards per carry. Oregon State's Jermar Jefferson averaged more than 145 yards per game and scored seven touchdowns. Broussard and Jefferson were voted co-offensive players of the year by a media panel in The Associated Press All-Pac-12 team released Friday. Broussard had the fourth 300-yard game in Colorado history when he went for 301 yards against Arizona on Dec. 5. He added 11 catches for 126 yards and was second among FBS freshmen with 144.6 all-purpose yards per game.

17 Ohio State women’s basketball team canceled Saturday’s game against Iowa because of a spike in positive COVID-19 tests in the Buckeyes program. The status of Ohio’s State road game against Maryland on Dec. 23 is still to be determined. ___Saint Louis and North Carolina State have agreed to meet Thursday in St. Louis as part of a two-game men’s basketball series. The Beach didn’t open its season until Dec. 4 and six of its seven games scheduled this month are road games. USC postponed its Pac-12 opener at home against Stanford over the weekend when it first reported the positive COVID-19 test.

SAN ANTONIO – Former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young has been named part of the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class, ESPN reported Monday. Young played three seasons with the Longhorns, finishing second in the Heisman voting in 2005. During the 2006 BCS title game versus USC, Young accounted for 467 yards of total offense (200 rushing, 267 passing) and three rushing touchdowns (including a 9-yard touchdown scramble on fourth down with 19 seconds left) to lead the Longhorns to a 41–38 victory. He received Rose Bowl MVP honors for his performance. The class will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Dec. 10 in New York.