SMU coach Rhett Lashlee took a moment while preparing his team for the College Football Playoff to address the ever-growing concern over the open transfer portal window.

College football’s conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field.

The College Football Playoff committee took wins over strength of schedule, taking SMU over Alabama for the final at-large spot in the field.

SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, bumping Alabama to land in a bracket that placed undefeated Oregon at No. 1.

Cade Klubnik threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns, Nolan Hauser kicked 56-yard field goal as time expired and the No. 18 Clemson beat No. 8 SMU 34-31 on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff and position itself for a first-round bye.

Athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU are in a turf war over the latest College Football Playoff rankings, leading to a “stay off my lawn” moment on social media.

Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC.

Kevin Jennings threw for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, and No. 13 SMU clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game by routing Virginia 33-7.

The Atlantic Coast Conference finds itself fighting for respect from the College Football Playoff selection committee.

The ACC will be represented in the College Football Playoff, just maybe not by the usual suspects.

This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out better than all right for SMU.

Kevin Jennings passed and rushed for career highs, Isaiah Nwokobia intercepted an end-zone pass with 2:23 left to seal it, and SMU overcame blowing a double-digit lead to beat No. 22 Louisville 34-27.

In his first year on the job, Nixon-Smiley head coach Paul Kirby hopes his football philosophy translates well for his players on and off the field.

For the first time ever, John Jay High School (2-0) and South San High School (2-0) will collide on the gridiron to open their respective District 14-5A-D1 schedules.

Kevin Jennings threw a touchdown pass and accounted for 266 yards from scrimmage in his first career start, Collin Rogers kicked four second-half field goals and No. 25 SMU beat No. 17 Tulane 26-14 on Saturday in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

No. 17 Tulane is trying to win back-to-back conference titles for the first time in nearly a century when it hosts No. 25 SMU in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

John Jay High School is having its best football season since 2003. The Mustangs are undefeated and last week handed Sotomayor its first loss of the season.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Ryan Coe kicked a school-record five field goals, including a season-long 52-yarder, and No. 21 Cincinnati held on for a 29-27 win over SMU.

About 300 Corvettes and 150 other cool, classic cars revved their engines Saturday in the city of Boerne for the annual open car show.

Desmond Ridder threw three touchdown passes, ran for another score and even caught a TD pass to help No. 3 Cincinnati roll past SMU 48-14 on Saturday.

SAN ANTONIO – Mustangs and longhorns are very common in Texas, but they’ve been around a lot longer than the state itself. When explorers like Christopher Columbus started their expeditions to the “New World” they brought along this livestock with them. It wouldn’t be for almost another hundred years before these animals would be brought into the Texas area through a process called “seed stock”. AdWith the success of the seed stock, the first Tejano ranches are created around 1741. At one point according to old mission records the ranch had over a thousand head of cattle and over 30 horses.

(Sarah Stier/Pool Photo via AP)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The list of players in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol dropped to a season-low three, despite the additions of Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby and Nashville’s Ryan Johansen. San Jose’s Tomas Hertl is the only other player on the list after entering his seventh day in the protocol. ___Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will miss Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia after being placed on the COVID-19 protocol list. The news comes a day after the NHL had a season-low four players in the COVID-19 protocol. AdTuesday night’s game will be the first game with fans in attendance at PPG Paints Arena since last March.

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.

Tulsa celebrates after linebacker Zaven Collins (23) made a winning interception against SMU during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. 25 Tulsa is ranked in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 10 years and No. 9 Indiana is set to play the first regular-season, top-10 matchup in program history. Indiana played in its only top-10 matchup in school history after that 1967 season, facing No. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

SAN ANTONIO – A 23-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Northwest Side late Wednesday night, San Antonio police said. Investigators said the motorcyclist, identified as Daniel Santiago, died at the scene on the access road of Loop 410 near Evers Road around 9:30 p.m.Santiago was riding his 2004 Kawasaki ZX1000-C (Ninja) westbound on the access road when he approached the Evers Road intersection, which had a line of cars in the center lane. Police said the line of cars was past a steep crest of a hill. Santiago was traveling behind two Mustangs that narrowly avoided hitting the last car in the line, which was a red 2017 Subaru WRX. Police said Santiago’s girlfriend was at the scene to notify the next of kin, who then arrived at the scene.

17 SMU a 37-34 victory over Tulane on Friday night. Crossley intercepted Tulane freshman Michael Pratt’s pass to put the Mustangs (5-0, 3-0 American Athletic) in position to win with the field goal. “It’s good to get a hard-fought win,” SMU coach Sonny Dykes said. But, we were able to win.”SMU is 5-0 for the second straight season, a feat it last accomplished in 1983. He entered the game second nationally in passing yards.

SAN MARCOS, Texas Shane Buechele threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and SMU held on despite two second-half turnovers to win its first game at Texas State, 31-24 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Buechele threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Roberson Jr. in the third quarter that gave the Mustangs the lead for good, 24-21 late in the third quarter. Brady McBride was 21-of-39 passing for 227 yards and two touchdowns in his first start at Texas State. Calvin Hill ran for 100 yards and Brock Sturges added 95 yards rushing and a 4-yard touchdown run for Texas State. McDaniel fumbled the ball to the Bobcats early in the fourth but Texas State turned it back over two plays later with a fumble.

SAN ANTONIO - For the first time in program history, the St. Mary's University men's soccer team defeated Midwestern State University. In the nonconference matchup against Lone Star Conference foe MSU Texas, the Rattlers held an advantage in shots taken, outshooting the Mustangs 10-7. Both teams put three shots on goal but St. Mary's Jacob Sayle had a stellar performance denying each shot. The Rattlers struck early as Cain Smith buried one just inside the post off an Edu Toiny-Pendred cross to put St. Mary's up 1-0 in the ninth minute. St. Mary's defense kept the Mustangs off the scoreboard to take a 1-0 lead into the locker room.