Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these arent your typical Heisman Trophy contenders.

Sure, veteran quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel from top-ranked Oregon and Cam Ward of No.

15 Miami are also finalists for college footballs most prestigious award, but the 90th annual ceremony Saturday night offers a fresh flavor this year.

To start with, none of the four are from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which has produced four of the past five Heisman winners.

Jeanty is the first running back even invited to the Heisman party since 2017.

Hunter is Colorado's first finalist in 30 years.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.

(AP) Former North Carolina assistant Chip Lindsey has been hired as Michigans offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

The Wolverines are bringing in Lindsey in an effort to revamp the teams struggling offense.

Lindsey left UNC while the Tar Heels were hiring six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick as their head coach.

Lindsey landed at Michigan, where coach Sherrone Moore fired offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell three days after the teams regular-season finale.

Lindsey has led offenses that averaged at least 30 points a game in nine of his 12 seasons as a full-time coach at the collegiate level.

CARY, N.C.

(AP) Tarik Pannholzer scored in the opening minutes, Aleksa Janjic finished with five saves and an assist and Marshall beat No.

1 seed Ohio State 1-0 in the semifinals at the 2024 College Cup.

No.

13 seed Marshall (15-1-7) will play un-seeded Vermont in the championship game.

Pannholzer slipped behind the defense on the counter-attack and ran onto a long goal kick played by Janjic.

Ohio State goalkeeper Max Trejo came off his line, collided with teammate Siggi Magnusson at the edge of the penalty area and Pannholzer walked it into the goal for a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.

David Ajagbes header off a corner kick ricocheted off the crossbar for Ohio State (16-2-4) in the opening minutes.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

(AP) North Carolina's hiring of NFL coaching great Bill Belichick marks another sign of the growing influence of the NFL on college football.

The challenges of managing the transfer portal and looming revenue sharing for athletes has led teams to take on more NFL-like structures to their programs.

Belichick is set to structure North Carolina's program like an NFL front office.

That includes hiring former NFL executive Michael Lombardi as general manager.

At Florida, coach Billy Napier is interviewing general managers while saying the program is going to a business model to deal with a major math puzzle.

LINCOLN, Neb.

(AP) Brice Williams scored 11 of his season-high 30 points during a 21-4 run that lifted Nebraska to a 85-68 Big Ten Conference win over Indiana.

Kanaan Carlyles jumper with 9:57 left pulled Indiana into a 64-64 tie but the Hoosiers got just a Luke Goode 3-pointer and a free throw from Malik Reneau the rest of the way.

Williams kicked off the Cornhuskers closing run with a layup.

His 3-pointer followed by a Juwan Gary 3 pushed Nebraska to a 78-67 lead.

UNDATED (AP) Some were upset about playing time.

Others just needed a change of scenery.

In a lot of cases, it was a matter of cold, hard cash either the money they would get by going elsewhere, or the money they never got at the place they were at.

With the transfer portal open, now is a good time to look at some of the biggest winners and losers from last years round of what is essentially college football free agency.

The list includes current Georgia running back Trevor Etienne and former Georgia quarterback Brock Vandagriff.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said hes absolutely confident that Ryan Day will be back as football coach in 2025.

Calls to fire the sixth-year coach rose among Ohio State fans after the Buckeyes lost to Michigan for the fourth straight year.

Bjork, in an interview on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, said Day is the man for the job, regardless of how the Buckeyes perform in the College Football Playoff next week.

LAS VEGAS (AP) Texas winning the national championship next month would be bad news for BetMGM Sportsbook.

It would be similarly disappointing if Boise State, Indiana or Arizona State won the title.

Texas has attracted a lot of money all season to go all the way.

Those other schools provide the hope of a big payoff.

The Longhorns are the co-favorite at BetMGM with No.

1 Oregon at 7-2 odds.

The other three teams are least 40-1..

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