Data from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office shows that about 169,000 absentee ballots requested by Ohio voters already had been returned. Another 382,000 voted early in person at their local board of elections.

As early voting began in Iowa Wednesday, candidates and voters expressed enthusiasm about polls opening for the general election and encouraged others to make plans to vote. Iowans were lined up all the way down the block waiting to enter the Polk County election office in Des Moines just before 8 a.

The NCAA football rules committee has issued guidance to close a loophole that allowed second-ranked Oregon to exploit an illegal substitution penalty late in its victory over Ohio State to take time

No. 2 Oregon had 12 men on the field late in its 32-31 win over No. 4 Ohio State, with the resulting penalty causing precious seconds to wind off the clock

The loophole that Oregon used to close out a win against Ohio State won’t be an option in the future. The NCAA issued a rules interpretation on Wednesday advising officials how to handle a too many men on the field penalty in the final two minutes of a game.