BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns — three to Travis Hunter — and Colorado began Year 2 under Deion Sanders by holding off FCS power North Dakota State 31-26 on Thursday night. A

Grayson McCall threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns as No. 24 North Carolina State held off an upset bid from FCS foe Western Carolina to win 31-21 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. McCall, the three-time Sun Belt Player

No. 22 Kansas scored four touchdowns in the second quarter en route to a 48-3 wipeout of FCS school Lindenwood on Thursday night in Kansas City, Kan. It was the season opener for each team. Devin Neal rushed for 112

Brady Cook passed for one touchdown and ran for another as No. 11 Missouri routed FCS opponent Murray State 51-0 on Thursday in Columbia, Mo., in both teams’ season opener. Cook completed 19 of 30 passes for 218 yards. He

Taylen Green threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two scores Thursday night during a 49-point first half as Arkansas whipped Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70-0 in each team’s season opener in Little Rock. Green, a transfer from Boise State, completed 16

Hank Bachmeier made a successful debut for Wake Forest, coming off the bench to throw for three touchdowns in Thursday night’s 45-13 victory against visiting North Carolina A&T in Winston-Salem, N.C. Bachmeier, a past starter for Boise State and Louisiana

R.J. Harvey ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns to highlight UCF’s season-opening 57-3 win over New Hampshire on Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Myles Montgomery added 126 total yards and two scores for the Knights (1-0), who outgained the Wildcats

Rutgers running back Kyle Monangai rushed for 165 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries as the Scarlet Knights wore down the visiting Howard Bison 44-7 on Thursday night in the season opener for each team in Piscataway, N.J. Monangai,