The Saturday slate includes three New Year’s Day 6 bowl games between No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 9 Oklahoma State (Fiesta), No. 6 Ohio State and No. 11 Utah (Rose) and No. 7 Baylor and No. 8 Ole Miss (Sugar). The Outback and Citrus bowls also present fascinating Big Ten-SEC matchups that will go a long way in determining which of those conferences is stronger in 2021. BENDER: Picks, predictions for all bowl games in 2021-22...

The action gets started early with the matchup of the day as No. 9 Penn State battles No. 2 Ohio State for first in the Big Ten East. The other top-25 matchup on Saturday comes later in the afternoon as No. 24 Texas A&M looks to upset No. 4 Georgia and end the Bulldogs’ Playoff hopes. WEEK 13 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread As will be the case throughout the remainder of the regular season, all eyes will turn to the top teams looking to avoid damaging upsets....

Consider that the top five teams in Sporting News’ preseason top 25 — Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma — have combined for 15 of the 20 Playoff appearances (75 percent) the last five years. Is there room for a party crasher this season? Here are five teams, one from each Power 5 conference, that could generate a discussion in 2019. MORE: Using preseason polls to predict 2019 CFP...

To the surprise of no one, Clemson sits atop the poll, one spot ahead of No. 2 Alabama. The Tigers garnered 59 of a possible 65 first-place votes after finishing off the first 15-0 season in the modern college football era. The Crimson Tide took up the six remaining first-place votes. MORE: SN’s preseason top 25 Rounding out the top five is No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Oklahoma and No....

So which team has been the master of the money-line thus far this year? Yep, those lovable Kansas Jayhawks, who have three already this season, more than any other team. Big 12 brother Baylor pulled off five upsets in 2021, second only to Utah State, so maybe it has something to do with a conference that stretches 1,466 miles from Morgantown, W.V., to Lubbock, Texas. KU has a chance for upset No....

MORE: Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice at Sportsbook Review Illinois (+7.5 to +10) at Purdue Saturday, Oct. 26, noon ET It’s no wonder the college football odds at many of the best online sportsbooks have spiked on Purdue because it’s a reaction to the stunning win Illinois pulled last week when they defeated Wisconsin as a 29-point road underdog. The conventional wisdom is that the Illini will still be basking in the afterglow of one of the biggest upsets of the season, and against a conference rival no less, which will mean a big letdown against Purdue this week, a team they have lost to in four of their last five meetings....

Sporting News’ preseason pick of Texas has been altered after LSU’s thrilling 45-38 victory in Austin on Saturday. Instead of putting the Tigers in the Playoff field, however, we went with an old stand-by. Oklahoma joins Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State, at least for now. Virginia and Utah jumped into the New Year’s Day Six. Washington and Syracuse dropped out. MORE: Week 3 Playoff picture The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan....

This week features three matchups between ranked teams: No. 2 Georgia travels to No. 13 LSU in a pivotal SEC matchup, No. 7 Washington travels to No. 17 Oregon in a Pac-12 North showdown and No. 15 Wisconsin meets No. 12 Michigan at Michigan Stadium. It’s a loaded week that brings us one week closer to the first set of Playoff rankings. MORE: Michigan, Wisconsin in same position ahead of game...

According to the Post and Courier, the most recent player to come forward is former guard Trevonte Dixon, who transfered from the Cougars following the 2012-13 season. A video of a physical confrontation between Wojcik and Dixon during a game two years ago is reportedly part of the new investigation. The first investigation included a 50-page report outlining the statements of 12 players (10 of whom spoke anonymously) alleging that Wojcik threatened physical violence against his players, called them inappropriate names, launched personal attacks against them and their families and berated members of his team with learning disabilities....

Brooks Koepka is making his way to the LIV Golf tour according to reports, but he wasn’t the only PGA Tour heavy hitter who was rumored to join the golf circuit. MORE: Who is playing LIV Golf? Brooks Koepka latest to reportedly join tour Collin Morikawa, the 25-year-old PGA Tour dynamo, had been attached to LIV Golf after recently removing “PGA Tour” from his social media bios. On Tuesday, Morikawa said in no uncertain terms that he remains loyal to the PGA Tour and won’t be jumping ship....

The Gunners have won three and drawn once in the four games in the competition this season, a run of form that has already ensured their place in the knock-out stage with two games to spare. With that in mind, Arsene Wenger may use the match to blood young players and rest more established campaigners as they look ahead to two quick-fire league games next week. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the United Kingdom (UK), the match will be available to watch live on television on BT Sport 2 and by live stream using the BT Sport app....

In an interview with The Associated Press, Duque stated that he has high hopes for the medical marijuana industry in Colombia and the promotion of such is “a different story” than cocaine. He stated the production of cocaine has “a very high carbon footprint” along with the usage of a lot of gasoline and cement. Processing chemicals are also dumped in the forest. “In order to plant one hectare of coca in Colombia, two hectares of tropical jungle are destroyed,” Duque said....

The first patient is said to be an unidentified man in his 30s who was visiting from another state after reportedly traveling in Italy, a country currently in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak. The patient is currently isolated in the Denver area. Health officials announced a second, unrelated, case shortly after the first, but details of the case are currently unknown. “We are hopeful that the patient will have a swift recovery,” said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), in a press release announcing the first case....

The order issued by Jena Griswold, the state’s Democratic secretary of state, is the third of its kind to put a local Republican election official under scrutiny for mishandling critical voting equipment. Griswold said in a press statement that the order stemmed from a social media post by Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz, who said his office had copied an election server before “a trusted build” of the county’s voting equipment was completed....

No one tells it like it is better than Spurrier, whether he’s using his folksy style to admonish his own team or taking subtle digs at the opposition. MORE: Spurrier’s all-time greatest players | Gamecock, Tar Heel fans debate: Who’s the ‘real’ Carolina? Spurrier is particularly colorful when he pulls out a game he knows he shouldn’t have won, like he did Thursday night, beating North Carolina 17-13 despite a woeful performance on both sides of the ball....

NEWSWEEK: What went through your mind when you heard the news this morning? Frank DeAngelis: Very vivid memories of what occurred that day and the aftermath. It’s a feeling of nausea. It’s hard to explain, almost a state of shock. Do you have any advice for the people at Virginia Tech who are now dealing with the tragedy? They’re just dealing with so much like I was almost eight years ago....

And it was a special night for those of us who were there. MORE: Top 25 midfielders on ‘FIFA 18’ Those few of us who were there. My seat was on what would have been a football 35-yard-line, in the lower bowl of Crew Stadium. It was an ideal place from which to watch a soccer game. I had six or eight empty seats next to me. Check the video of the game on YouTube....

A multi-time world champion, Inoki was a larger-than-life figure who helped shape combat sports to what it is today. He was considered ahead of his time due to his realistic style of fighting in a wrestling ring, as well as innovative performances against all types of fighters. Who was Antonio Inoki Inoki was taught karate early on and started training to become a wrestler at 17. He trained under Karl Gotch, a major influence on the Japanese pro wrestling style....

David, famous for his work on “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — defended Kakko during a lengthy interview on ESPN Radio’s “The Michael Kay Show” on Tuesday. The comedian questioned why Rangers coach David Quinn benched second-overall draft pick Kaapo Kakko in the third period of New York’s game against the Calgary Flames on Jan. 2 after the young winger took a holding penalty. MORE: NHL reveals All-Star Game jerseys...