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South Carolina women's hoops clear-cut betting favorites
South Carolina tips off as the clear-cut favorite to win the women's college basketball national championship, listed at +175 at ESPN BET, ahead of UConn and USC (both +415). South Carolina returns four starters and 87% of the minutes played from last season and is riding a 38-game win streak, the third longest in SEC history.
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Notre Dame (+600) and Texas (+850) round out the teams with national title odds shorter than 10-1 at ESPN BET.
South Carolina lifts suspension on foward Ashlyn Watkins
Watkins is a 6-foot-3 junior who plays above her height. She led the Southeastern Conference with 91 blocks last season and posted the only two dunks in program history, one as a freshman and another as a sophomore.
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Watkins had been suspended from team activities since her arrest on August 31, although she was permitted to take part in classes.
Nelly Korda clinches LPGA player of the year award
Korda won six times this year, including a major championship. She won five straight tournaments earlier in the season to tie the LPGA record. Korda, the No. 1 player in the women's world ranking, still has two tournaments left as she tries to win the Race to CME Globe, which is decided in the season finale Nov. 21-24.
Cameron Young withdraws from World Wide Championship
Young, who is 33rd in the Official World Golf Ranking, was the highest-ranked player in the field at El Cardonal at Diamante Cabo San Lucas. Young, 27, was set to make his first start since the BMW Championship while also seeking his first tour title. Young does have six top-10s this season.
Week 1: Sept. 8 at New OrleansL Derek Carr and the Saints route Panthers 47-10 in Klint Kubiak's play-calling debut
Derek Carr passed for three touchdowns, Alvin Kamara and Jamaal Williams each ran for touchdowns and Blake Gruoe kicked four field goals — two from beyond 50 yards...Young was 13 of 30 passing for 161 yards and was intercepted twice — once each by safeties Will Harris and Jordan Howden. and was sacked three times.
Week 2: Sept 15 vs. Los Angeles ChargersL Justin Herbert throws 3 TDs to Quentin Johnston; Chargers hammer Panthers 26-3 to remain unbeaten
Herbert finished 14 of 20 for 130 yards and Johnson had five catches for 51 yards. Johnson became the first NFL player since Jamal Lewis in 2003 with three runs of at least 43 yards the first two weeks of the season....Second-year quarterback Bryce Young had another miserable game, finishing 18 of 26 passing for 84 yards with one interception.
Week 3: Sept 22 at Las VegasW Andy Dalton passes for 319 yards 319 Tds to lead Panthers past Raiders 36-22 for first win
Dalton completed 26 of 37 passes and becoming the first NFL quarterback this season to post a 300-yard, three-TD performance. Dalton has thrown for 1,027 yards and 10 TDs in four career starts against the Raiders...gardner Minshewcompleted 18 of 28 passes for 214 yards with a touchdown and interception. The Las Vegas running game, which entered the game last in the league with a 49-yard average, totaled just 55 yards.
Week 4: Sept. 29 vs. Cincinnati L Joe Burrow throws for 2 TDa, Bengals hold on to beat Panthers 34-24 for first victory of the season
Burrow threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns, Chase Brown ran for 80 yards and two scores...Andy Dalton threw for 220 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Chuba Hubbard had another strong game for Carolina, rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown
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The Panthers honored defensive end Julius Peppers at halftime with his ring of excellence after he became the first player drafted by the franchise to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this year.
Week 5: Oct. 6 at ChicagoL Caleb Williams and DJ Moore lead the way in Bears' 36-10 rout of Panthers
Williams threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns in his best performance to date, Moore caught both scoring passes and had 105 yards receiving against his former team. Williams might have been playing for the Panthers if not for that trade in 2023. Carolina sent Moore and the No. 9 overall pick to Chicago for the top selection in the draft that year....Andy Dalton had a rough outing in his third start. Bryce Young replaced him in the closing minutes and was 4 of 7 for 58 yards and got sacked once.
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Canales said Dalton will start next week against Atlanta.
Week 6: Oct. 13 vs. AtlantaL Bijan Robinson scores 2 TDs. Falcon beat Panthers for 3rd straight victory vs. NFC South for
Bijan Robinson ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns, Tyler Allgeier added 105 yards rushing and a game-clinching score. Kirk Cousins completed 19 of 30 passes for 225 yards....Carolina's Andy dalton finished 26 of 38 for 221 yards with two touchdowns passes and two fourth-quarter interceptions for the Panthers, who have lost three straight.
Week 7: Oct. 20 at WashingtonL Commanders lose Jayden Daniels to rib injury in a 40-7 romp over the Panthers
The Commanders did just fine without Daniels for a vast majority of the game. Behind two touchdown passes from Mariota and a 67-yard pick-6 of Andy Dalton by Dante Fowler....Dalton finished 11 of 16 for 93 yards, and Young entered in mop-up duty with 4:55 left, completing two passes for negative yardage.
Week 8: Oct. 27 at DenverL Rookie Bo Nix has 3 TD passes in leading the Broncos to a 28-14 win over the Panthers
In the best game yet of his rookie season, the Broncos quarterback Bo Nix threw for 284 yards. Courtland Sutton caught eight of Nix's passes for 100 yards...Young was 24 for 37 for 224 yards with two TDs and two interceptions. Young fell to 2-17 in his career and 0-3 this season.
Week 9: Nov. 3 vs New OrleansW Chuba Hubbard runs for 2 TDs, Young leads winning drive as Panthers beat Saints 23-22
Young came up big Sund. He completed 16 of 26 passes for 171 yards a touchdown and led a winning TD drive. Hubbardran for 72 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 16-yard scoring burst with 2:18 remaining....Alvin Kamara ran for 155 yards on 29 carries and caught six passes for 60 yards for the Saints. Derek Carr finished 18 of 31 for 236 yards with one touchdown pass.
Week 10: Nov. 10 vs. N.Y. Giants (Munich, Germany)W Pineiro's 36-yard field goal in OT lifts Panthers to 20-17 win over Giants in Germany
Bryce Young was 15 for 25 for 126 yards and a touchdown pass. Chuba Hubbard, who received a four-year contract extension worth a reported $33.2 million earlier in the week, had 28 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers....Daniel Jones was 22 for 37 for 190 yards and two interceptions and Tracy had 18 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown for the Giants.
Week 11: Nov. 17 BYE Week 12: Nov. 24 vs. Kansas City Week 13: Dec. 1 vs. Tampa Bay Week 14: Dec 8 at Philadelphia Week 15: Dec: 15 vs. Dallas Week 16: Dec. 22 vs. Arizona Week 17: Dec. 29 at Tampa Bay Week 18: Jan. 4 or 5 at Atlanta*
Week 1: Sept. 8 at ClevelandW Dak Prescott leads Cowboys to 33-17 romp over Browns in opener after getting new 4-year contract
Prescott's deal makes him the first player to average $60 million per season and ends months of speculation about his future with the Cowboys, who have won 12 games in each of the past three years with him....Watson played for the first time since breaking a bone in his right shoulder in November. Cleveland's QB didn't play during the preseason and the Browns' new-look offense didn't look very good with him running it.
Week 3: Sept. 22 vs. BaltimoreL Henry rushes for 151 yards, 2 TDs as Ravens hang on to beat Cowboys 28-25
Henry, who averaged 6 yards on 25 carries, became the first Baltimore back to score at least one touchdown in each of his first three games for the franchise. He added a 23-yard catch. Jackson was 12 of 15 for 182 yards....Brandon Aubrey kicked a 65-yard field goal for the Cowboys, 1 yard shy of the NFL record from 2021 held by the kicker on the other sideline, Baltimore's Justin Tucker.
Week 4: Sept. 26 at NY GiantsW Dak Prescott throws 2 TD passes and Cowboys win 7th straight over Giants, 20-15
Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and hit running back Rico Dowdle on a 15-yard screen pass for a touchdown; Brandon Aubrey kicked field goals of 60 and 40 yards...Greg Joseph made field goals of 52, 41, 38, 22 and 42 for the Giants (1-3), who controlled the ball for 35:37
Week 5: Oct. 6 at PittsburghW Prescott throws TD pass to Tolbert with 20 seconds left to lift Cowboys past Sreelers, 20-17
Prescott had spent the previous three-plus hours mixing brilliant plays and baffling ones in equal measure, throwing a pair of picks and fumbling once to almost single-handedly keep the sluggish Steelers in the game....Fields threw for 131 yards two scores and added 27 yards rushing but struggled with his accuracy, completing just 15 of 27 passes.
Week 6: Oct. 13 vs. DetroitL Jared Goff throws 3 TD passes, Lions hand Cowboys another lopsided home loss
Goff went on to throw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, David Montgomery ran for two scores. Detroit led 27-6 at the break....Prescott threw two interceptions in the worst home loss since 1988 for the Cowboys (3-3), who became the first team since at least 2000 to trail by 14 or more more points at halftime in four consecutive games on their home field, playoffs included.
Week 7: Oct. 20 BYE
Week 8: Oct. 27 at San FranciscoL Brock Purdy helps the 49ers bounce back with a 30-24 victory over Cowboys
Purdy bounced back from a three-interception performance last week against the Chiefs to go 18 for 26 for 260 yards and had a TD run and threw a TD. George Kittle, who finished with six catches for 128 yards...Prescott finished 25 for 38 for 243 yards and threw two interceptions for a third straight game. Lamb caught 13 passes for 146 yards.
Week 9: Nov. 3 at AtlantaL Cousins throws 3 TD passes, 1st-place Falcons hand Cowboys 3rd straight loss 27-21
Cousins completed 19 of 24 passes for 222 yards, including 13 in a row at one point. Mooney had five catches for 88 yards, while McCloud hauled in his first TD of the season. Bojan Robinson had another big day, carrying 19 times for 86 yards and hauling in a team-high seven receptions for 59 yards....The Cowboys tried to rally behind Cooper Rush after Prescott was ruled out, having completed 18 of 24 for 133 yards and a touchdown. Rush guided an 86-yard drive in the closing minutes.
Week 10: Nov. 10 vs. PhiladelphiaL Hurts accounts for 4 TDs as Eagles roll past bumbling, Prescott-less Cowboys 34-6
Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, he was 14 of 20 for 202 yards with 56 yards rushing. Hurts shook off two sacks from Micah Parsons....Cooper Rush didn't look anything like the replacement who went 4-1 filling in for Prescott two years ago, going 13 of 23 for just 45 yards and was replaced briefly by Trey Lance
Week 11: Nov. 18 vs. Houston (ESPN)
Week 12: Nov. 24 at Washington
Week 13: Nov. 28 vs. NY Giants
Week 14: Dec. 9 vs. Cincinnati (ESPN)
Week 15: Dec. 15 at Carolina
Week 16: Dec. 22 vs. Tampa Bay (NBC)
Week 17: Dec. 29 at Philadelphia
Week 18: Jan 4 or 5 vs. Washington
Unbeaten Indiana rises to No. 5 in AP Top 25 college football poll
Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week. No team this season has held the top spot for more consecutive weeks than Oregon.
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Indiana climbed into the top five, Georgia and Miami dropped out of the top 10,
South Carolina women start with 2 wins, top rank in AP Poll
South Carolina was the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll Monday after a pair of victories to kick off its national championship repeat bid.The top eight teams in the rankings remained unchanged
AP Top 5
No.1 South Carolina (2-0)
No.2 UConn (2-0)
No.3 Southern Cal (2-0)
No.4 Texas (1-0)
No.5 UCLA (2-0)
2024 College Football Standings
American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Conference USA, FBS Independents, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Sun Belt Conference,
Men's College Basketball Standings
ASUN Conference, American East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big East Conference, Coastal Athletic Conference, Conference USA, FBS Independents, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference
Men's College Basketball Standings
ASUN Conference, American East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big East Conference, Coastal Athletic Conference, Conference USA, FBS Independents, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference
Women's College Basketball Standings
ASUN Conference, American East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big East Conference, Coastal Athletic Conference, Conference USA, FBS Independents, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference
Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State atop CFP's rankings
Using the current rankings, Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), BYU (Big 12) and Miami (ACC) would be the four highest-rated conference champions and would receive first-round byes in the 12-team playoff.
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The first-round matchups would look like this: No. 12 Boise State at No. 5 Ohio State, No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 6 Penn State, No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Indiana and No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Tennessee.
CFP Top 5
No.1 Oregon (10-0)
No.2 Ohio State
No.3 Texas
No.4 Penn State
No.5 Indiana