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No. 18 Pitt plots bounce-back effort, welcomes Virginia
No. 18 Pittsburgh attempts to rebound from its first setback of the season when it hosts slumping Virginia in Atlantic Coast Conference action Saturday night. ,The Panthers (7-1, 3-1 ACC) had managed to stay unbeaten longer than expected thanks to three wins by four or fewer points, but they got sma...

No. 16 Ole Miss faces tall order as No. 3 Georgia visits
The No. 16 Ole Miss Rebels find themselves on the outside looking in at a College Football Playoff spot, and blocking the doorway is a perennial national heavyweight and Southeastern Conference powerhouse, the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs.,The teams meet Saturday in Oxford, Miss., with the Bulldogs (7-1, ...

No. 4 Miami looks to stay perfect in battle with Georgia Tech
With every week that passes, the No. 4 Miami Hurricanes' pursuit of their first Atlantic Coast Conference title and College Football Playoff appearance grows closer.,After Tuesday's CFP rankings placed the Hurricanes in the four-spot, Miami knows where it stands in the committee's mind ahead of Satu...

Washington survives opening scare from UC Davis
Great Osobor scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds as Washington overcame a five-point second-half deficit to defeat UC Davis 79-73 on Tuesday in the season opener for both teams in Seattle.,Osobor, a preseason all-Big Ten Conference selection, led a balanced attack. The Huskies won t...

Oregon, Ohio State 1-2 in first CFP ranking of 12-team era
Oregon debuted at No. 1 in the College Football Playoff committee's 2024 in-season rankings Tuesday, with Big Ten rival Ohio State right behind at No. 2.,The CFP rankings were revealed for the first time in the playoff's 12-team era, up from four teams in previous years, leading to a new format with...

Second-year coach Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech open vs. West Georgia
Year 2 of the Damon Stoudamire coaching era at Georgia Tech will begin Wednesday night in Atlanta when the Yellow Jackets host first-year Division I program West Georgia.,Georgia Tech is coming off last year's 14-18 overall record and 7-13 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Although the Yellow ...

4-star 2026 WR Vance Spafford commits to Georgia
Vance Spafford, the No. 10-ranked wide receiver in the 2026 class, committed to Georgia on Tuesday.,The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Spafford picked the Bulldogs over offers from Oregon, Nebraska and Ole Miss.,In the first nine games of the regular season for 10-0 Mission Viejo (Calif.), the four-star prosp...

Virginia Tech opens with 83-60 win over Delaware State
Toibu Lawal totaled a career-high 23 points with eight rebounds as Virginia Tech posted an 83-60 victory over Delaware State in the regular-season opener for both teams Monday night in Blacksburg, Va.,Lawal, a transfer from VCU who was making his Virginia Tech debut, showed his versatility at both e...

Thunder cruise past Magic, improve to 7-0
Jalen Williams scored 23 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder remain undefeated with a 102-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday in Oklahoma City.,The Thunder improved to 7-0, extending their best start since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008. Cleveland (8-0) is the only other current unbeaten t...

Virginia Tech holds off Delaware State 83-60
Toibu Lawal totaled a career-high 23 points with nine rebounds as Virginia Tech held on for an 83-60 victory over Delaware State in a regular-season opener for both teams Monday night in Blacksburg, Va.,Lawal, a transfer from VCU who was making his Virginia Tech debut, showed his versatility at both...

Asa Newell puts up 26 as Georgia tops Tennessee Tech
Asa Newell scored a game-high 26 points to go along with 11 rebounds, helping lead Georgia to an 83-78 win over Tennessee Tech on Monday at Athens, Ga., in both teams' season opener.,Dakota Leffew added 18 points off the Georgia bench while RJ Godfrey chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds as the Bull...

Mississippi State easily downs West Georgia in season opener
Guards led the way as Josh Hubbard scored 26 points and Claudell Harris Jr. poured in 20 and Mississippi State pulled away for a season-opening 95-60 victory over West Georgia on Monday night in Starkville, Miss.,The Bulldogs shot 55 percent from the field and knocked down almost half of their 3-poi...

West Virginia trounces Robert Morris in Darian DeVries' debut
The Darian DeVries era is off to a solid start for West Virginia.,Tucker DeVries, a Drake transfer who was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and is the Mountaineers coach's son, had 18 points, while Oklahoma State transfer Javon Small added 15. Toby Okani scored 13 for West Vi...

Texas A&M loses leading rusher Le'Veon Moss for season
Junior Amari Daniels is the next man up for Texas A&M with leading rusher Le'Veon Moss ruled out for the remainder of the season with a leg injury.,Aggies coach Mike Elko confirmed Moss will not play again this season after leading the team with 765 yards and 10 touchdowns on 121 carries this season...

Virginia begins new Ron Sanchez era versus Campbell
Virginia opens a surprising new chapter on Wednesday when interim coach Ron Sanchez leads the Cavaliers against visiting Campbell in the season opener in Charlottesville, Va.,Sanchez took over when Tony Bennett unexpectedly retired on Oct. 18. Between stints as an assistant coach (2009-18) and assoc...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder look to fluster Magic
Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander isn't getting too wrapped up in his team's undefeated start.,"There's still 76 games left," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "We're not even close to what we need to be to accomplish what we want to accomplish, which is obviously winning big. So yeah, it's ...

Luka Doncic, Mavericks rout depleted Magic
Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes of action and the Dallas Mavericks cruised to a 108-85 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.,Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, Kyrie Irving added 17 and Dereck Lively II had 11 points and 11 rebounds f...

Washington set to open Danny Sprinkle era vs. UC Davis
The University of Washington men's basketball team has a new look this season.,The Huskies will officially debut the Big Ten Conference logo on their home court Tuesday night when they meet UC Davis in the regular-season debut for coach Danny Sprinkle.,Sprinkle, who came to Washington from Utah Stat...

Top 25 poll: Oregon strengthens hold on No. 1 ranking
Oregon held on to its No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, released Sunday, and this time it was a unanimous choice for the top spot.,This is the third consecutive week at No. 1 for Oregon (9-0), which posted a 38-17 win at Michigan, and the last poll before the College Football Playof...

West Virginia, with new look, tests mettle vs. Robert Morris
A new era for West Virginia basketball will open Monday night when the Mountaineers host Robert Morris in Morgantown, W.Va.,Darian DeVries has taken over the West Virginia program after leading Drake to five consecutive 20-win seasons. Last year, West Virginia finished 9-23 overall and 4-14 in the B...