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Iowa moves up to No. 14, goes into Buckeyes showdown as playoff contender

While most of the usual suspects for the College Football Playoff are alive and well through the first month of the season, a few new contenders are emerging. Few saw Florida coming along this quickly, but here the Gators are in Jon Sumrall's first season sitting No. 8 in The Associated Press Top 25. Mississippi State? The Bulldogs, picked second to last in the Southeastern Conference, are now No. 16 in the nation. BYU was expected to be good again, but not as good as prohibitive favorite Texas Tech in what many thought to be a one-bid Big 12. At No. 10, the Cougars are ahead of ...

Big plays lead Crusaders over STA

STEUBENVILLE — The youthful Catholic Central football team may still have some learning to do, but they certainly showed some positive movement in the right direction Saturday night. Playing their first home game since opening night, the Crusaders got some big plays in all three phases of ...

St. C tops Oak Glen, goes back-to-back as OVAC champs 

WEIRTON – Every team has a checklist of accomplishments they want to secure during the course of their season. The St. Clairsville boys’ soccer team is no different. Saturday afternoon on the sun-soaked artificial pitch at Weir High School’s Jimmy Carey Stadium, the second-seeded Red ...

Rodgers outduels Burrow as the Steelers edge Bengals

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time. So much so that when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach told Rodgers and the rest of the offense it was time to "cut it loose" before Sunday's early-season litmus test against Cincinnati, it didn't really ...

Watson sparks a late Browns rally, sealing win over Panthers

CLEVELAND (AP) — It came five weeks later than he thought, but Deshaun Watson earned cheers from Cleveland Browns fans. After struggling for most of the game, Watson came through when it counted on Sunday. He led a late fourth-quarter drive and threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Harold ...

Griffin’s homer helps Pirates finish with winning record

DETROIT (AP) — Konnor Griffin homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates recorded their first winning season in eight years with a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in the final game for both teams. Pittsburgh (82-80), which improved by 11 wins over 2025, hadn't finished with a record ...