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AP College Football Writer This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out all right for SMU. Better than all right, actually. The Mustangs (8-1) were No. 13 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, their highest ranking in 39 years. More important, they are 5-0 in ACC

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 108-85 on Sunday night. The defending Western Conference champions outscored the Magic 30-9 in the first 9:30 of the second quarter en route to a 65-40 halftime

HOUSTON (AP) — Obed Vargas scored the decisive shootout goal after a 1-1 tie in regulation and Stefan Frei made a save on a shot by Tate Schmitt in the seventh round, leading the Seattle Sounders to a 7-6 victory on Sunday and a first-round sweep over the Houston Dynamo in the best-of-three series for

ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honor. Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won for the third consecutive year along with Arizona first baseman Christian

AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trailing by only four points early in the second half, the Dallas Cowboys failed on a huge gamble — a fake punt from their 38. The play changed the outlook for the Cowboys’ comeback attempt the remainder of the game. Less than three minutes later, the Atlanta Falcons had

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina was fined $250,000 by the Southeastern Conference for fans rushing the field after the Gamecocks’ 44-20 win over then No. 10 Texas A&M at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday night. The school was fined by the league for its second violation under its policy, which was last amended in 2023.

ATLANTA (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will have an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of a hamstring injury that forced him to leave Sunday’s loss at Atlanta. Prescott said he “felt a pull, something I’ve never felt” but added “it’ll take a lot for me to not be out there” when

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons receiver Drake London was ruled out with a hip injury that occurred on a 9-yard touchdown reception against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. London landed hard on his right hip after leaping high over Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs to haul in the scoring pass from Kirk Cousins, which gave the

AP College Football Writer Oregon, Georgia, Miami and BYU remained the top four seeds in the The Associated Press College Football Playoff projection on Sunday, the final edition of the bracket before the CFP releases its first rankings of the season. Oregon, Georgia and Miami won over the weekend to hold their coveted seeds as

AP Basketball Writer Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel recalls coaching in the Big 12 when Texas flirted with heading to what was then the Pac-10, a move that threatened to tear the Big 12 apart and potentially leave Kansas homeless despite being a basketball blueblood. The Longhorns stayed put for another 13 years, but it foreshadowed

ATLANTA (AP) — Running back Ezekiel Elliott is inactive as expected for Dallas in Sunday’s game at the Atlanta Falcons, leaving Rico Dowdle and Dalvin Cook to lead the struggling ground game as the Cowboys look to end a two-game losing streak. The Cowboys did not disclose the reason when it announced on Saturday that

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won’t yet say which

HOUSTON (AP) — Dean Connors ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns to lead Rice to a 24-10 victory over Navy on Saturday night. Rice (3-6, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) beat the Midshipmen for first time since 2002. It was also the second straight loss for Navy (6-2, 4-1), which was ranked 24th when it

Associated Press Racheal Kundananji scored twice to help Bay FC beat the Houston Dash 3-2 on Saturday night and secure a spot in the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. Bay (11-14-1) took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute at Shell Energy Stadium when a free kick was redirected into the goal by a Houston

AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Bryson Washington had career highs with 196 yards and four touchdowns rushing, and Isaiah Hankins kicked a 33-yard field goal on the final play to give Baylor a 37-34 victory over TCU on Saturday night. The Bears faced fourth-and-9 from the TCU 44 with 16 seconds left when

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Brashard Smith ran for 161 yards with a 71-yard sprint for the first of his two rushing touchdowns and made a nifty tiptoe catch for another score as No. 20 SMU overwhelmed previously undefeated and 18th-ranked Pittsburgh 48-25 on Saturday night to keep the Mustangs tied for the conference

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Joshon Barbie and Bryce Strong each ran for more than 100 yards and a score to lead McNeese to a 31-3 victory over Texas A&M Commerce on Saturday night. Barbie had 20 carries for 124 yards that included a 6-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Strong finished with 121

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — LaNorris Sellers ran for 106 yards and threw for 244 more and South Carolina finally knocked off one of the Southeastern Conference’s playoff contenders, beating No. 10 Texas A&M 44-20 on Saturday night. The Gamecocks (5-3, 3-3) took LSU and Alabama to the wire this season before losing. But

AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors squandered a huge lead before outlasting the Houston Rockets 127-121 in overtime Saturday night. It’s Golden State’s 14th straight-regular season win over the Rockets and the eighth in a row in Houston. The Warriors led by 31 points in

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Joshua Carter scored on a 23-yard run in the fourth quarter, rushing four times for all 62 yards on the game-winning drive, and Eastern Kentucky upset Tarleton State 17-13 on Saturday night. Gabe Fletcher sacked Victor Gabalis for a 6-yard loss on a fourth-and-15 from the Eastern Kentucky 36 with 46

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson had 25 points, Chris Paul added 15 points and 13 assists, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-103 on Saturday night without coach Gregg Popovich, who missed the game due to illness. Jeremy Sochan added 19 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio, and

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — SMU cornerback AJ Davis was taken off the field in an ambulance to a hospital after a special teams play late in the first half of the No. 20 Mustangs’ game against No. 18 Pittsburgh, but was back on the sideline with his teammates before the end of their

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Richardson threw three of his five touchdown passes in the first half and Florida A&M took a 28-0 lead to start the second and the Rattlers rolled to a 52-28 win over Texas Southern Saturday to remain in the hunt for a Southwestern Athletic Conference title. Florida A&M (5-3) is

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Maverick McIvor was 22-of-31 passing for 306 yards and three touchdowns, Isaiah Johnson ran for two first-half touchdowns and Abilene Christian held on to beat Southern Utah 28-25 on Saturday. Johnson finished with 72 yards rushing on 19 carries. Sam Hicks ran 17 times for 65 yards and his 12-yard touchdown

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Sam Vidlak threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns and Stephen F. Austin broke it open with three touchdowns in less than three minutes in the second quarter to beat Nicholls 28-12 on Saturday. Nicholls’ kicker Gabe Showalter booted field goals of 43 and 31 yards in the first and early

HOUSTON (AP) — Zeon Chriss threw for 103 yards and a touchdown without an incompletion as Houston rallied in fourth quarter to beat No. 17 Kansas State 24-19 on Saturday. Trailing 19-10 to start the fourth quarter, Chriss threw a 1-yard touchdown to Maliq Carr with 11 minutes left. After forcing a punt, Chriss rushed

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Antonio Martin Jr. scored on a 4-yard run in overtime and Southeast Louisiana rallied for a 30-27 victory over Lamar on Saturday. Martin’s game-winning run for SE Louisiana (5-5, 4-1 Southland Conference) came after Ben Woodard kicked a 30-yard field goal to give Lamar (5-4, 2-2) a 27-24 lead. Neither team

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zach Calzada threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score, leading Incarnate Word to a 45-20 victory over Houston Christian on Saturday. Three of Calzada’s TD passes went to Roy Alexander. Houston Christian took the opening kickoff and drove for a 37-yard field goal by Dillon Fedor. After that