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Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — NASCAR’s metric woes have continued. Thanks, Hurricane Isaias. NASCAR’s starting-order format when qualifying is rained out — which is commonly known as "the metric" — was wiped out Saturday, thanks to the outer bands of Hurricane Isaias. Not only was Cup practice and qualifying canceled, the O’Reilly Series never got on track and had its race from Saturday postponed to 8 p.m. ET on […]

The Minnesota Golden Gophers visit the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET from Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Minnesota is 4-1 and Purdue is 2-3. The Golden Gophers beat Michigan 20-14 on Saturday, and the Boilermakers beat Illinois 24-17. Minnesota has won three straight since a 38-13 loss to Mississippi State on Sept. 12. Purdue snapped a three-game losing streak with the win over […]

The Maryland Terrapins visit the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 4:15 p.m. ET from Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State is 4-1 and Maryland is 2-3. The Buckeyes beat Iowa 31-14 on Saturday, and the Terrapins lost to Nebraska 48-23. Ohio State has won four of its five games, with its only loss a 24-23 decision at Texas on Sept. 12. Maryland has […]

The No. 1 Texas Longhorns face the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Texas is 4-0 and Oklahoma is 2-2. Both teams are coming off a bye. Texas last played on Sept. 26, a 20-17 win at No. 14 Tennessee, and Oklahoma lost 41-13 at No. 2 Georgia. Texas has won its last two games by a combined four […]

The Nevada Wolf Pack visit the UTEP Miners on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET from the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. UTEP is 1-4 after a 61-7 loss at New Mexico on Saturday. Nevada is 1-3 and coming off a bye, after a 36-33 loss to Air Force on Sept. 26. The Miners have lost four straight since beating Texas Southern 51-10 in their second game, […]

The No. 21 UCLA Bruins visit the No. 13 Oregon Ducks on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET from Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. UCLA is 4-0 and Oregon is 3-1. Both teams are coming off a bye. UCLA last played on Sept. 26, a 54-3 win over Maryland, and Oregon beat No. 12 USC 41-27 the same day. UCLA has won all four of its games, scoring […]

No. 1 Nebraska hosts No. 7 Wisconsin on Saturday night at John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, a Big Ten matchup between two ranked teams. The Cornhuskers are 16-0 overall and 5-0 in conference play, and Wisconsin is 11-4 and 5-0. Nebraska swept No. 15 Indiana 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-19) in Bloomington on Oct. 8. Wisconsin swept No. 24 Illinois 3-0 on the road the same night, […]

Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — The Kyle Busch Celebration of Life included many stories about the fiery two-time Cup champion. While the stories and memories and tributes flowed, it was the people closest to Busch that helped celebrate him the most. His 11-year-old son, Brexton, ended the hour-long program by doing burnouts in one of his father’s Cup cars. He then stood on the car’s roof, took a checkered […]

The No. 7 Indiana Hoosiers visit the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Both teams are 5-0. Indiana beat Rutgers 47-15 on Saturday, and Nebraska beat Maryland 48-23. The Hoosiers have scored at least 29 points in every game this season and have allowed 54 in five games. The Cornhuskers have topped 30 in all five of theirs, including […]