INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Conference realignment is back on the table in college sports just as three Power Five conferences are breaking in relatively new commissioners.

While the Big 12 is trying to keep Oklahoma and Texas from being poached by the Southeastern Conference, the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast Conference could be challenged to respond should veteran SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey make a bold move.

Texas and Oklahoma will reportedly inform the Big 12 in the next few days that they are leaving, though neither school has issued any statements beyond non-denial references to rumors.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Big Ten is mostly embracing the notion of College Football Playoff expansion.

Commissioner Kevin Warren has not definitively backed the proposal to grow the CFP from four to 12 teams, wanting to give time for his constituents to chime in.

MIAMI (AP) Miami has dismissed second-year freshman safety Avantae Williams from the football program after his arrest on battery charges.

The school issued a statement Thursday on Williams' dismissal. That came hours after announcing he was suspended from all team activities.

CHARLOTTE, N.C (AP) Florida State transfer McKenzie Milton said he feels completely recovered from a gruesome knee injury that kept him out college football the last two years and is ready to compete for the starting quarterback job in 2021.

Milton has not played in a game since dislocating his right knee and suffering ligament, nerve and artery damage while playing for Central Florida in November of 2018. He worked with the UCF scout team last year prior to entering the transfer portal and played spring ball with the Seminoles.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) The Southeastern Conference's four new head coaches inherit very different situations but sport the standard new regime optimism.

Tennessee's Josh Heupel is trying to rescue a proud program whose struggles now include an NCAA investigation into potential recruiting violations. Vanderbilt's Clark Lea returned to his alma mater after the Commodores failed to win a game. Auburn's Bryan Harsin shed his Boise State roots for the SEC and the Southeast. South Carolina's Shane Beamer, like Lea, is a first-time head coach, but he's the son of a highly successful one.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) Missouri and Arkansas both had some encouraging signs, if not great records, in their first seasons under new coaches.

Now, the Tigers' Eliah Drinkwitz and Razorbacks' Sam Pittman are among four second-year Southeastern Conference coaches trying to continue making headway.

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said the conference will take take a "decentralized" approach to COVID-19 protocols by allowing each school to put in place its own plan.

"Our schools are finalizing their proposed policies and procedures for the fall," Warren said at Big Ten football media days at Lucas Oil Stadium. "We'll get that information in early August, we'll combine it, and then we'll get together with our chancellors and presidents and other key constituents to make the determination as far as how we handle the fall."

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) There aren't many revelations to be learned about Ohio State's recent dominance in the Big Ten.

But say the school's name to Indiana senior wide receiver Ty Fryfogle and he smiles with anticipation.

Hall of Fame college football coach Bobby Bowden announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition.

"I've always tried to serve God's purpose for my life, on and off the field, and I am prepared for what is to come," Bowden said in a statement released to news outlets, including The Associated Press. "My wife Ann and our family have been life's greatest blessing. I am at peace."

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) New Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips made it clear he wants Notre Dame to join the conference as a full-time football member after what he described as a "beautiful and beneficial relationship" during an unusual 2020 season.

Phillips knows that remains largely up to Notre Dame.