College Sports

Alabama coach Nick Saban says tailback Mark Ingram has the flu, but he doesn't expect him to miss Saturday night's game with Florida International.

When offensive gurus Steve Spurrier and Mark Richt have squared off recently, it has been the defenses that have shined for South Carolina and Georgia.

Georgia safety Makiri Pugh expects to play against South Carolina after recovering from swine flu.

The challenges facing Clemson as the Tigers once again have a short week to prepare for Georgia Tech aren't nearly as tough for the squad and coach Dabo Swinney as they were last year.

Former Georgia assistant and interim coach Pete Herrmann, also the former coach at Navy, has been selected to revive the basketball program at Young Harris College.

In the first regular-season Top 25 poll by The Associated Press, No. 9 BYU has jumped 11 spots and No. 4 Alabama has received two first-place votes -- meanwhile Georgia Tech is 15th and Georgia is 21st.

Want to get Nick Saban riled? Get him to go on a nice long rant? Ask him about the possibility of a letdown when No. 5 Alabama goes from an impressive win over No. 7 Virginia Tech to facing relatively unknown Florida International.