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AP Top 25: UCLA remains No. 1, USC climbs to No. 4 in women's poll
USC jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday after edging UConn.
Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke wins Cornish Trophy as top Canadian in NCAA football
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke captured the 2024 Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian playing football in the NCAA.
USC women get 1st ever win vs. UConn, jump to 4th in AP poll - ESPN
Southern California jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday after edging UConn.
College Football Playoff - First-round takeaways, analysis - ESPN
Ohio State led by 21 after barely 11 minutes. Penn State led by 28 after 29. Texas spotted Clemson a touchdown, then went on a 31-3 run. Indiana trailed longer in one half in South Bend than in the previous 12 games combined.
Ohio State, Ryan Day silence critics with resounding win over Tennessee
COLUMBUS, Ohio — How different this postgame scene must have felt for Ryan Day, the embattled head coach of Ohio State, who stood in almost the exact same place three weeks ago, on Nov. 30, as everything about his team and his tenure seemed to crumble following a fourth consecutive loss to Michigan. Screaming players, their eyes reddened from pepper spray discharged by local police officers, careened past Day in search of medical attention. Belligerent fans, their patience eroded by Day's confounding game plan, hurled profane insults in his direction. Wounded seniors, their careers forever blemished by an inability to beat The Team Up North, brawled on the midfield logo when the Wolverines attempted to plant their flag. Chaos reigned as Day grew roots at the 24-yard line, his disbelief and disenchantment melding into temporary paralysis.
College football SP+ rankings after first-round CFP games - ESPN
If nothing else, the first round of the College Football Playoff redefined what home-field advantage could be. The four first-round home teams combined to overachieve against the spread by 39 points, which stunk for both the road teams and viewers hoping for close games. But now that we've unearthed this new, caustic substance, we're unfortunately putting it away and moving back to neutral sites for better or worse. And with five of the remaining eight CFP teams within 3.8 points of each other in the updated SP+ ratings, we should now see some close games.
2024-25 College Football Playoff: What's next for the eliminated teams? - ESPN
Coach Curt Cignetti and his Indiana players made the slow walk off the field late Friday at Notre Dame Stadium, their dream season coming to an end in the first round of the College Football Playoff with a 27-17 loss to Notre Dame. The 12-team model will close the curtain on four very good teams, whose seasons won't get the traditional bowl game send-off but will end instead on campus.