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Devin Duvernay was the prized jewel of Baylors 2016 recruiting class, an elite wide receiver whom former coach Art Briles called the fastest football player weve ever signed in February. In the highest-rated recruiting class in Bears history, he was supposed to be their No. 1 recruit.Which makes for an uncomfortable reunion Saturday afternoon when No. 8 Baylor takes on Texas, and Duvernay is right in the middle of it.I havent talked to anyone there, Duvernay said last week. I just expect to go out there and play and do our best to win.Along with Duvernay, an ESPN 300 receiver, the two other highest-rated ESPN 300 members of the Bears once-top-10 rated class -- Patrick Hudson and J.P. Urquidez -- enrolled at Texas in the fallout of Baylors handling of sexual assault allegations made against students, including football players.Undoubtedly, Texas was the biggest beneficiary when Baylor released eight Class of 2016 signees from their national letters of intent. But Duvernays case was the most complicated of them all, and hes the only one who will play for the Longhorns on Saturday.The Duvernay brothers -- Devin and twin Donovan, a three-star defensive back -- were three days away from enrolling at Baylor this summer when Briles lost his job.Before Baylors freshmen were scheduled to arrive, Baylors board of regents released the scathing summary of the findings of the Pepper Hamilton law firms investigation into the schools handling of sexual assault complaints. Since then, four federal Title IX lawsuits have been filed against Baylor. Further, the U.S. Department of Education has opened its own investigation into the universitys handling of Title IX cases after receiving a complaint from Patty Crawford, Baylors former Title IX coordinator.Briles was removed as head coach on May 26. That week, the Duvernay family -- from Sachse, Texas -- was packed and ready to go to Waco, said Henry Duvernay (Devin and Donovans father). The family was planning to move the twins into their dorms on May 29. They canceled that trip and filed requests to be released from the Baylor national letters of intent soon after learning Briles was out. But on June 1, they learned Devin was not actually bound to an NLI.Baylor had failed to fax Devins NLI paperwork to the Big 12 office. Henry Duvernay said he still doesnt know how that error was made. But once compliance officials made the revelation, Devin became a free agent.When word got out on June 2, the Duvernays got calls or messages from more than 40 schools.The phone was ringing off the hook, Henry said. I put it down by about 7 p.m. and I stopped answering it.Devin had his heart set on playing for Briles and the Bears. And despite the paperwork mistake, Baylor stilled hoped he would honor his commitment.Baylor interim coach Jim Grobe tried to persuade Devin and the rest of the recruits to stick with Baylor. But Grobe knew what he was up against from rival recruiters.As the process played out, we wanted kids that wanted to be at Baylor at Baylor, Grobe said. We didnt care if the kids moved on to other schools. Wed be disappointed, because we need them here. But in the long run, I want the kids to be happy.Duvernay said his concerns were related to losing the coaches he had relationships with and also living with the fallout from the scandal.Hearing theyd be all gone and not knowing what would happen and if there would be any bowl sanctions or penalties and stuff, I just wanted to be safe and get out, Duvernay said.The brothers narrowed their focus to Texas and TCU. Theyd grown up fans of the Longhorns thanks to their uncle, former MLB player and Texas alum Calvin Murray. When Devin restarted his recruitment in June, he said Texas assistant coach Jeff Traylor was on me hard -- and so were Texas freshmen Shane Buechele, Brandon Jones and Reggie Hemphill-Mapps. So Devin made a visit to Texas on June 11.New offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert sold Devin on a familiar vision of rebuilding Texas offense. Gilbert hails from the Briles coaching tree and said he leaned on Briles very heavily when deciding whether to take the Texas job last December. During Devins visit, Gilbert explained his plans to utilize his version of Briles offense, one of the many factors that won Devin over.I felt comfortable with Coach [Charlie] Strong and just felt like they have a ton of talent and the futures bright here, Devin said. I felt like I could come join and help out.Two and a half weeks after he was supposed to move into his Baylor dorm, Devin committed to Texas. Donovans release and commitment followed shortly. Along with Hudson and Urquidez, they enrolled in July.Devins speed and athleticism have already made a difference for Texas offense. The other three have some catching up to do. Donovan is redshirting this season, as are Hudson and Urquidez. Of the eight recruits who bailed on Baylor, five have ended up playing right away: Devin, Kameron Martin (Auburn), DeQuinton Osborne (Oklahoma State), Parrish Cobb (Oklahoma) and Brandon Bowen (TCU).Despite losing the bulk of its historic recruiting class, Baylor is 6-0 and ranked No. 8 in the AP poll. Grobe said he feels no animosity about Devins decision, and he praised the receiver this week.Speed, speed and more speed, Grobe said. We didnt miss on that guy. We thought he was really, really special and hes proved that to us. When you watch him run by people, it makes your heart skip a little bit because you know youve got to go defend that guy.And as Devin prepares for the team he was supposed to join, he is finding his fit in Texas offense. He is the guy who can outrun everybody. He has flashed his 10.27 100-meter dash speed with touchdowns of 63, 75 and 80 yards on long bombs from Buechele and leads the team in receiving yards.In practice, its always fun seeing if I can throw it as far as I can, to see if I do overthrow him, Buechele said. It hasnt happened yet.Henry Duvernay thinks his son will experience some jitters on Saturday afternoon when he lines up against the Baylor players he knows well and sees the assistant coaches hed signed to play for (who stayed after Grobe was fired). But Devin wont be lacking any confidence.I dont think anyone can cover me, he said. Anthony Morrow Jersey .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Golden State Warriors Gear . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. 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Villanova remained on top of The Associated Press college basketball poll on Monday while Southern Cal made its first appearance this season and Florida State returned to the rankings.The Wildcats (10-0) received 56 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to stay No. 1 for a second straight week.The top 11 teams remained the same from last week, with UCLA (10-0) second with three first-place votes.Florida dropped out from 21st after losing to Duke and Florida State. Iowa State, which was 25th, lost to Iowa last week and also dropped out of the rankings. The Cyclones had been ranked for 61 consecutive polls, the third-longest active streak behind Kansas (148) and Arizona (84).Kansas was third followed by Baylor (8-0), which got the other six first-place votes, Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Indiana, Creighton and Louisville.West Virginia moved up three places to 12th and was followed by Virginia, Wissconsin, Purdue, South Carolina, Xavier, Butler, Arizona and Saint Marys, which dropped eight spots to 20th after losing to Texas-Arlington.ddddddddddddThe last five ranked teams were Notre Dame, Oregon, Florida State, Southern Cal and Cincinnati.Florida State was tied for No. 25 in the Week 3 poll after a 4-0 start, then fell out the next week after a Thanksgiving Day loss to Temple. The Seminoles returned to this weeks poll after beating then-No. 21 Florida on Sunday.Southern Cal was ranked for two weeks last season.There are three double-ranked games on Saturday. Kentucky and North Carolina play in Las Vegas while a doubleheader in Indianapolis features Indiana against Butler and Purdue facing Notre Dame.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '