University of Washington athletic director Scott Woodward had no comment on Thursday night on a report that the Huskies had offered Southern California assistant head coach Steve Sarkisian the job of head football coach. ESPN.com, citing unidentified sources, has reported that Sarkisian will be hired to replace fired coach Tyrone Willingham.

Mike Teel threw for 447 yards and matched a Big East record with seven touchdown passes, and Rutgers dismantled Louisville 63-14 on Thursday night for the Scarlet Knights’ sixth straight win. Tim Brown and Tiquan Underwood each caught a pair of touchdown passes and the Scarlet Knights (7-5, 5-2) set a school-record for points in a Big East game, rolling up 671 yards of total offense and sending…

Boston College and Virginia Tech have played each other more in the last 14 months than any two Atlantic Coast Conference schools, so when they say they know each other well they mean it. The Eagles (9-3) and Hokies (8-4) meet for the fourth time since 2007 in Saturday’s ACC championship game, with the winner earning the league’s automatic BCS spot and a return trip to Florida for the Orange Bowl.

Florida’s leading rusher Chris Rainey will play in the SEC Championship game against top-ranked Alabama on Saturday despite being hampered by a groin injury for more than a month. Florida coach Urban Meyer first disclosed the injury Thursday night when he was asked about Rainey limping off the practice field.

Ball State is going to get shut out of the Bowl Championship Series even if the 12th-ranked Cardinals beat Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference championship game on Friday night. Really, coach Brady Hoke insists that fact doesn’t bother him. “We don’t control any of that and that hasn’t been anything we’ve been concerned with,” Ball State’s coach said.

In four days, Clemson went from wondering if it would reach the postseason to playing in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day. An invitation to the Jacksonville, Fla., game was extended Wednesday to the Tigers (7-5), who likely will be matched up with Nebraska (8-4). Hundreds of Cornhuskers fans have already booked flights to Florida, even though the invitation probably won’t be extended until Sunday.

Florida’s Percy Harvin might be the fastest decoy on the field in the Southeastern Conference championship game. Harvin spent the last four days in and out of the training room, trying to get his sprained right ankle healthy enough to play against top-ranked Alabama on Saturday. Florida coach Urban Meyer says his do-it-all receiver is “getting better and better,” but Harvin’s health remains a…

Coaches stress the importance of never looking past the next game, so much so that their reminders become tedious. Too much can happen when a player looks into the future, they warn. This is one week when Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt probably doesn’t mind if his No. 23 Panthers (8-3, 4-2 Big East) weigh what would happen if they win their regular-season finale at Connecticut (7-4, 3-3) on Saturday.

After repeated bowl trips to the opposite side of the country, Georgia Tech wanted to stay closer to home this time. How does two miles away sound? No. 15 Georgia Tech accepted an invitation to the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Wednesday, staying at home to face a Southeastern Conference team on New Year’s Eve. Bowl president Gary Stokan got permission from the Atlantic Coast Conference to make the…

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers says the school is negotiating a contract extension with Mike Leach, amid reports that the Red Raiders coach has met with the University of Washington about the Huskies’ top job. Myers wouldn’t confirm or deny newspaper reports that Leach was in Seattle this week to talk to UW officials.