Ten players from the four College Football Playoff semifinalists were named to The Associated Press All-America first team, which was announced Monday.
Four of the first-team choices were from No. 1 Alabama, but quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was not one of them. Tagovailoa was relegated to the second team, and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray was named the first-team quarterback in the vote of a panel of media members.
Murray also beat out Tagovailoa for the Hesiman Trophy, which was awarded on Saturday. Oklahoma and Alabama will meet in one of the CFP semifinal games.
Alabama’s first-team selections were offensive tackle Jonah Williams, wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, safety Deionte Thompson and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.
One other player from No. 4 Oklahoma — wide receiver Marquise Brown — was named to the first team, while No. 2 Clemson had three first-team selections — offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt, defensive end Clelin Ferrell and defensive tackle Christian Wilkins.
No. 3 Notre Dame had one first-team selection — cornerback Julian Love.
Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin and Darrell Henderson of Memphis were the first-team running backs.
–Gary Andersen is returning to Utah State, six years after leaving the school to become the head coach at Wisconsin.
Andersen, who spent this season as an assistant coach at Utah, replaces Matt Wells as coach of the Aggies.
A Salt Lake City native and a Utah graduate, Andersen also worked 2 1/2 seasons at Oregon State and two campaigns with the Badgers.
Andersen took over at Utah State in 2009 and guided the Aggies to a 26-24 record — including an 11-2 mark in 2012 with a Mountain West championship and a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory.
–Iowa State coach Matt Campbell agreed to a six-year contract extension, the school announced.
Campbell has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year the past two seasons for the Cyclones, who posted an 8-4 mark this year. Iowa State will face Washington State in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28.
–Kentucky senior linebacker Josh Allen added to his growing award collection by winning the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the biggest influence on his team.
Allen received the award Sunday night from former Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott. The honor goes to a player with strong academic work, community involvement and team leadership.
–Mike MacIntyre, who was fired as Colorado’s head coach before the Buffaloes’ final regular-season game, has been named the new defensive coordinator at Mississippi, the school announced.
MacIntyre previously coached at Ole Miss from 1999 through 2002 as a wide receivers coach and later a defensive backs coach. MacIntyre and Luke were on the same staff in 1999 when Luke was starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant.
