Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just eight games into his professional career, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has already earned a reputation for being just as good outside the pocket as inside it. In fact, some of his biggest plays during the Chiefs’ win in Denver a few weeks ago came when Von Miller and Co. forced him to scramble.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will play a Bethune-Cookman team that has lost its last five games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents by an average of 32 points and has come no closer than three touchdowns in any of them. The game was scheduled on short notice as a replacement for the canceled opener against Akron. The party line in Lincoln this week is that the Cornhuskers aren’t good enough to go through the motions against any opponent.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Broncos did everything right for one half against Kansas City a few weeks ago. Now coach Vance Joseph and his team want another shot at slowing down the high-flying Chiefs for an entire game. If they pull it off Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, it just may turn around their season at the midway point.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self faces a potentially bumpy few months as the FBI’s investigation of corruption in college basketball continues to unwind. Self and the school have not been accused of any wrongdoing, though their names have surfaced in testimony, and that alone could be enough to hurt them on the recruiting trail and in the court of public perception.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Top-ranked Kansas will lean on a team full of newcomers when it begins the season against Michigan State on Nov. 6. The team is hardly inexperienced with transfers such as Dedric and K.J. Lawson finally eligible. The Jayhawks have more talent and depth than last year, when they reached the Final Four, and have every intention of going one step farther this season.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — No. 12 Kentucky has star running back Benny Snell Jr. and a stellar defense to thank for its success this season. The Wildcats take their ground-and-pound attack on the road to face an explosive Missouri team.