SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcel Reed escaped pressure to throw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Nate Boerkircher with 13 seconds left, Randy Bond kicked the extra point and No. 16 Texas A&M beat No. 8 Notre Dame 41-40 on Saturday night. Texas A&M (3-0) beat a Top 25 team on the road for the first time since knocking off then-No. 3 Auburn on Nov. 8, 2014. The Aggies had lost 13 straight road games to ranked opponents. Notre Dame dropped to 0-2 after playing in the national title game last season. The Irish opened with a 24-27 loss at No. 5 Miami on Aug. 31. Bond made a 45-yard field goal to tie it at 34 with 9:06 left.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Josh McCray scored on a one-yard run in overtime to give No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 victory over No. 15 Tennessee. The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 SEC) came from behind three times to beat the Volunteers (2-1, 1-0) for the ninth straight time with Nate Frazier setting up the winnign score with a 21-yard run on Georgia’s first snap in overtime. Tennessee's Joey Aguilar threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a TD. Chris Brazzell III caught scoring passes of 72, 14 and 66 yards. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a TD.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Terence Crawford made history by becoming the first male boxer to capture three unified division titles. He defeated Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision to win the super middleweight championship. Two judges scored the match 115-113 and the third 116-112 in Crawford’s favor. The fight took place at Allegiant Stadium before a record crowd of 70,482. This was Alvarez's first defeat since May 2022. The event, broadcast on Netflix, attracted significant attention and marked a shift from traditional pay-per-view models. The co-main event saw Callum Walsh defeat Fernando Vargas Jr.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have grown accustomed to outperforming forecasts every year. But this season might represent their most remarkable accomplishment yet. The Brewers have the best record in the majors and now are the first team to clinch a playoff berth. The New York Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday sealed at least a National League wild card for Milwaukee, according to MLB. The Brewers responded by displaying the tenacity that helped get them to this point. They rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 in 10 innings Saturday night.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Garrett Nussmeier threw for 220 yards and a touchdown, Dashawn Spears returned one of his first two career interceptions 58 yards for a touchdown and No. 3 LSU beat Florida 20-10 on Saturday night. After the ejection of LSU preseason AP All-America linebacker Whit Weeks for a targeting penalty in the game’s opening minutes, the Tigers (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) intercepted five of Florida quarterback DJ Lagway’s passes and sacked him three times. Lagway’s career high in interceptions came in what was widely seen as a pivotal bounce-back game for the Gators (1-2, 0-1) and fourth-year coach Billy Napier after a surprising home loss to South Florida a week earlier.
ATLANTA (AP) — Aidan Birr made a 55-yard field goal as time expired and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets upset the No. 12 Clemson Tigers 24-21. With no timeouts left and the clock running with under 20 seconds to play, the Georgia Tech special teams squad sprinted onto the field and lined up. And on fourth-and-3, Birr connected and the home crowd rushed the field.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Ben Griffin is clinging to a one-shot lead in the Procore Championship with two players who are No. 1 in the world right behind. Griffin shot 70 and will be in the final group with Auburn junior Jackson Koivun. He's the No. 1 player in the world amateur ranking. Two shots behind is Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in all of golf. Scheffler had a double bogey and still shot 64. Griffin was bogey-free for 53 holes at Silverado until he bladed a chip on the par-5 18th and made his first bogey of the tournament.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Christopher Bell seized the victory on a late restart at Bristol Motor Speedway, completing a first-round sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs for Joe Gibbs Racing. Leading the final four laps, Bell finished 0.343 seconds ahead of Brad Keselowski, who was trying to end a 51-race winless streak. Bell joined teammates Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe as playoff winners as Toyotas remained unbeaten in the 10-race championship run. Zane Smith finished third, followed by Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano.
TOKYO (AP) — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships in a changing of the guard in track. Jefferson-Wooden blew away the field, finishing in 10.61 seconds to break Sha’Carri Richardson’s two-year-old world-championship record. Richardson barely squeezed into the final and finished fifth despite running a season-best 10.94. Seville, who works with Usain Bolt’s old coach, Glen Mills, reeled in countryman Kishane Thompson for a win in 9.77. Defending world and Olympic champion Noah Lyles finished third.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton, who rose to become one of the most popular fighters in the sport, has died. He was 46. Hatton was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester on Sunday. Police said they are not treating the death as suspicious. The news comes two months after Hatton announced he would return to boxing in December in a professional bout against Eisa Al Dah in Dubai. Hatton won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight. He was also a successful trainer, coaching Zhanat Zhakiyanov to a world bantamweight title win in 2017.
Finals
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 5 Chicago Cubs 4Final Texas 3 N.Y. Mets 2Final Miami 6 Detroit 4Final Philadelphia 8 Kansas City 6Final Houston 6 Atlanta 2Final Arizona 5 Minnesota 2Final Athletics 11 Cincinnati 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Boston 3Final Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 1Final Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 3Final Toronto 5 Baltimore 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 Washington 1Final San Diego 11 Colorado 3Final Milwaukee 9 St. Louis 8Final L.A. Dodgers 13 San Francisco 7
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (6) Georgia 44 (15) Tennessee 41Final (16) Texas A&M 41 (8) Notre Dame 40Final (5) Miami 49 (18) South Florida 12Final (4) Oregon 34 Northwestern 14Final (13) Oklahoma 42 Temple 3Final (23) Michigan 63 Cent. Michigan 3Final (19) Alabama 38 Wisconsin 14Final Georgia Tech 24 (12) Clemson 21Final (24) Auburn 31 South Alabama 15Final (25) Missouri 52 Louisiana-Lafayette 10Final (2) Penn St. 52 Villanova 6Final (21) Texas Tech 45 Oregon St. 14Final (14) Iowa St. 24 Arkansas St. 16Final (7) Texas 27 UTEP 10Final (1) Ohio St. 37 Ohio 9Final (9) Illinois 38 W. Michigan 0Final (17) Mississippi 41 Arkansas 35Final (3) LSU 20 Florida 10Final Vanderbilt 31 (11) South Carolina 7Final (20) Utah 31 Wyoming 6