The UCF football team opened the Gus Malzahn era with a 36-31 defeat of visiting Boise State Thursday night in a delayed start at the Bounce House. Junior quarterback Dillon Gabriel threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns, as the Knights won their season opener for the sixth straight season.

The UCF football team (0-0) is set to open up its first season under head coach Gus Malzahn on Thursday. The Knights will take on Boise State (0-0) at 7 p.m. from the Bounce House with coverage on ESPN and FM 96.9 The Game.

After a disappointing 2020 season, the Owls start this year's campaign with a trip across the Delaware River to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Texas Tech will look to open the 2021 season on a positive note Saturday when the Red Raiders face Houston in the Texas Kickoff from NRG Stadium in Houston. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. with television coverage on ESPN.

Tanner Mordecai, the former four-star recruit for the Oklahoma Sooners, has been named the starting quarterback for SMU as the Mustangs head into Week 1 of the college football season.

Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway has added Emoni Bates (F, 6-9, Ypsilanti, Mich.) to the Tigers' 2021-22 roster after Bates reclassified to the Class of 2021 and signed a financial aid agreement.

University of Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad Gardner (Detroit, Michigan/Martin Luther King) earned Associated Press preseason First-Team All-America Honors.

Mike Boynton and the Oklahoma State basketball team rounded out their 2021-22 non-conference schedule with the additions of two NCAA Tournament squads, Wichita State and Cleveland State.

The University of Cincinnati men's basketball team has added a Dec. 1 road game with Miami (Ohio) to its 2021-22 schedule. Tip-off will be at 7 p.m.

The Tulane University quarterback room will once again provide the Green Wave with depth, experience, youth and most of all ability, as the Olive and Blue get set to embark on the 2021 season.

After a defensive-minded scrimmage on Friday, USF's offense strongly returned serve on Tuesday with a 12-touchdown flurry that included a 16-play march led by quarterback Cade Fortin, the rocket arm of quarterback Katravis Marsh, the quick burst of quarterback Timmy McClain and a productive running game led by junior Darrian Felix.

The 2021 Tulsa men's soccer roster features 15 newcomers for the upcoming season, 14 of which will be true freshmen while one is a junior-college transfer.

Veteran college baseball coach Kyle Bunn has joined the University of Houston as its pitching coach, head coach Todd Whitting announced.

Dallas Cowboy legend and University of Tulsa star receiver Drew Pearson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021 Sunday night. Pearson became the fourth former Tulsa student-athlete to receive induction into the Hall of Fame.

The Cincinnati Bearcats, who finished the 2020 season ranked No. 8 nationally, has been tabbed as the preseason favorite in the 2021 American Athletic Conference preseason media poll.

The University of Houston Men's Basketball program learned the breakdown of its American Athletic Conference opponents during the 2021-22 season.

UCF and Big Ten Conference member Maryland have scheduled a football series featuring games in the 2025 and 2028 seasons.

University of South Florida head baseball coach Billy Mohl has announced the promotion of Karsten Whitson on the Bulls' coaching staff. Whitson, who served as a volunteer assistant for the past two season, has been promoted to a full-time member of the staff.

Twice in the last six seasons, an American Athletic Conference player has won the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player. This year, seven players from The American have been listed as candidates for the national honor with their placement on the award's preseason watch list.