North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour said Friday the school is still waiting to hear whether 13 players who missed the opener due to an ongoing NCAA investigation will return for next weekend's game against No. 15 Georgia Tech. 
Villanova is studying a proposal to join the Big East Conference in football, the school's athletic director told the Philadelphia Daily News on Friday. 
South Carolina received formal notification Thursday that the NCAA is investigating its football program. 
Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green sold his Independence Bowl jersey to a former North Carolina football player who is also at the center of the NCAA's investigation into alleged rules violations in the Tar Heels program. 
Brandon McManus hit a 30-yard field goal in overtime to give Temple a 13-10 victory over Central Michigan in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. 
Wisconsin linebacker Mike Taylor will make his season debut Saturday against San Jose State, while linebacker Chris Borland will sit out. 
Cameron Newton threw two touchdown passes and accounted for 206 total yards to help No. 21 Auburn beat Mississippi State 17-14 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. 
Boise State's victory over Virginia Tech matched last year's Southern California-Ohio State thriller as the highest-rated college football game on ESPN since 1994. 
Coach Houston Nutt says Mississippi offensive lineman Rishaw Johnson has been kicked off the team after a "violation of team rules." 
Defensive tackle Jeremy Lewis and three other Miami players were ruled out for the season because of injuries.