Some U.S. flags around the country will be at half-staff and others won't, due to the timing of former President Jimmy Carter's death and the inauguration.

The Oregon Ducks have added an experienced wide receiver in the transfer portal. Florida State transfer Malik Benson announced his commitment to the Ducks on Tuesday. The former No. 1 overall junior college recruit out of Hutchinson Community College in Kansas played one season at Alabama and one with the Seminoles.

The Ducks were the only undefeated team at the top level of college football before losing to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

Since the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) began in 1998, Ohio State has played in five national championship games and holds a 2-3 record overall. The Buckeyes have played in two during the College Football Playoff era, a win over Oregon in 2015 and a loss to Alabama in 2021.

The programs range from blue-chip programs to others in their first season in the FBS, and their coaches take many different shapes and forms. Last season, UNC's Mack Brown was the oldest head coach in college football at age 73.

Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a win over No. Iowa State, ending the Cyclones' national-best 12-game winning streak. Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers (13-4,

Alijah Martin scored 22 points, Walter Clayton Jr. added 19 and No. 5 Florida beat Texas 84-60 to start a new home-winning streak.

OSU and OU were on the front lines of hiring black coaches in college football. No Alabama. No Georgia, Florida or Tennessee. Black head coaches have been hired at only 29 of the 68 power-conference schools.

Aaron Gordon was the centerpiece of the Orlando Magic when the franchise drafted him fourth overall in 2014, but a decade later he doesn't have the burden of carrying his new team.

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

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