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Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press

Sofia Martinez
Sports Reporter · Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM · 3 min read
Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press — Champaign Sports news

UNDATED (AP) — Football Bowl Subdivision teams are taking care of the ball better than they have through a 10th week of a season in at least a quarter century. The average of 2.2 giveaways per game and interception rate of 2.3% are lowest at this point in a season since at least 2000 and the fumble rate of 1.8% is the lowest since at least 2013. That's according to Sportradar. Nebraska is yet to lose a fumble and South Florida is yet to throw an interception. DALLAS (AP) — SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings is a rarity in the ACC. He's going to finish his college career where it started. Jennings plays his final home game Saturday when the No. 25 Mustangs host No. 11 Wake Forest. In this transfer portal era when players are constantly on the move, Jennings is one of only four current starting quarterbacks in the 17-team ACC still at his initial school. This is at least the third college stop for six ACC quarterbacks. That includes Darian Mensah for No. 5 Miami and Gio Lopez for No. 11 Wake Forest. Both started for different ACC teams last season. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Alijah Arenas had 19 points and seven rebounds, Rodney Rice added 18 points and five rebounds, and No. 21 USC beat California 77-65 in a nonconference matchup between the former Pac-12 foes. Jacob Cofie contributed 13 points, matched his career high with rebounds and dished out six assists and KJ Lewis scored 16 for USC (3-0), which dominated on the boards 53-36. Sammie Yeanay scored 14 points and Nojus Indrusaitis 13 to lead the Golden Bears (2-2) on a night 5,087 fans turned out for the 8 p.m. tipoff. SOUTH BEND, Indiana (AP) — Ethan Roberts scored a career-high 36 points, including 10 3-pointers, and Notre Dame defeated South Carolina State 99-59. Roberts’ 10 3s match the Notre Dame record previous reached by Kyle McAlarney and Matt Farrell. Notre Dame’s 19 3-pointers topped the previous program record of 18 set against South Dakota in the 2008-09 season. Roberts scored 13 of Notre Dame’s first 14 points and the Fighting Irish led 14-9 seven minutes into the game. He went on to make 7 of 8 3-pointers and score 25 points in the first 13 minutes. Brady Koehler scored 16 points for Notre Dame. UNDATED (AP) — The NCAA has released data showing that the graduation rate for Bowl Subdivision football players who transferred more than once are 27% lower than those who stayed at one school. This data, shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday, is seen as a warning sign amid ongoing legal battles over eligibility and player movement. The statistics analyzed the six-year graduation rate for around 36,000 athletes who enrolled in college in the 2018-19 school year. NCAA President Charlie Baker says this highlights the negative impact of court-imposed transfer rules on academic outcomes. UNDATED (AP) — Georgia moved into the top spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame moved up six notches to No. 5 to leapfrog two spots ahead of Miami on the strength of its win over the Hurricanes last weekend. The second of the CFP’s six rankings reveals had its usual share of head-scratchers, starting with Indiana dropping five spots to No. 9 despite not playing last weekend. The rest of the 12-team bracket would include No. 2 Utah, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 UCLA. Then, it was Texas at No. 6, Tennessee at 8, BYU at 10 and Kentucky at 11. No. 24 Boise State would get the last spot as the best team among the Group of Six. UNDATED (AP) — Each of the Power Four conferences feature a Top 25 matchup in Week 11 of the college football season. Second-ranked and unbeaten Utah tries for its 16th straight win at No. 22 Arizona. No. 8 Texas will try to extend its win streak to four games and go 5-0 against Top 25 opponents at No. 24 LSU. No. 11 Wake Forest visits No. 25 SMU for a meeting of Atlantic Coast Conference teams battling for a spot in the league championship game. No. 15 Southern California will try to build some late-season momentum when it visits No. 6 Indiana.

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