Tyler Donovan will begin the season as the starting quarterback for No. 7 Wisconsin. With 10 days remaining until Wisconsin's Sept. 1 season opener against Washington State, coach Bret Bielema listed Donovan, a fifth-year senior, ahead of junior Allan Evridge on the team's updated depth chart.

Donovan led the Badgers to victories at Iowa and against Buffalo when starter John Stocco was injured last season. But Evridge, a transfer from Kansas State, might have more long-term potential than Donovan.

West Virginia

Junior Mortty Ivy of Gateway High School has stepped into the first-team weak-side linebacker spot vacated after the school suspended J.T. Thomas, a projected starter there, along with cornerback Ellis Lankster pending a judicial process after their weekend arrests for transferring and receiving stolen property. Ivy, a backup to departed Kevin McLee last season, is currently practicing ahead of junior-college transfer Archie Sims and Zac Cooper of Weirton, W.Va.

Oregon State

Receiver Sammie Stroughter has put football on hold indefinitely while he deals with personal issues. Stroughter caught 79 passes for 1,293 yards last season.

Tennessee

Tight end Brad Cottam will miss most of the season with a left wrist injury. Cottam, a 6-foot-8 senior, landed awkwardly on his left hand while trying to pull down a pass from Erik Ainge in the team's final scrimmage of the preseason Tuesday.

Geneva

Recent heavy rains caused a retaining wall to collapse at one end of Reeves Stadium at Geneva College in Beaver Falls. Workers found the nearly 10-foot wall collapsed after rains loosened the hillside behind the wall. Geneva opens its season with three consecutive road games and isn't scheduled to play at home until Sept. 22. But Beaver Falls High School also uses the field and is scheduled to open its season at home Aug. 31.

Elsewhere

Mike Flynt, 59, was kicked off his college team before his senior year. After swapping old stories with some buddies, he found out that he still had eligibility left and returned to Division III Sul Ross State in Alpine, Texas. His comeback, 37 years after he left and six years before he goes on Medicare, peaked with the coach saying he made the roster. The Lobos open against Texas Lutheran Sept. 1.