Week 7 of college football is set to send shockwaves through the AP Top 25. Arch Manning and a stout Texas defense restored faith in the Longhorns with a dominant 23-6 win against No. 6 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game. No. 7 Indiana made a statement with a 30-20 victory over No. 3 Oregon, while No. 4 Ole Miss showed weakness against Washington State, setting the stage for major movement in the top 10.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew Vaughn hit a tiebreaking homer in the fourth inning and William Contreras and Brice Turang also went deep as the Milwaukee Brewers shook off their recent history of playoff frustration by beating the Chicago Cubs 3-1 in the decisive fifth game of their NL Division Series. The Brewers earned their first postseason series win since sweeping Colorado in the 2018 NLDS and advanced to face the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. Milwaukee lost Game 7 of the 2018 NLCS at home to the Dodgers.
DALLAS (AP) — This certainly looks more like the preseason No. 1 team that Texas was before two early losses sent it plummeting all the way out of the AP Top 25. The Longhorns beat Red River rival sixth-ranked Oklahoma 23-6 on Saturday. It saves their season for now. The 4-2 Longhorns should be back in the next AP poll Sunday. More importantly, they avoided a loss that likely would have ended any realistic chance of getting into the College Football Playoff for the third year in a row.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for 215 yards and a key fourth-quarter touchdown and No. 7 Indiana remained undefeated with a 30-20 victory over No. 3 Oregon on Saturday. Roman Hemby added a pair of scoring runs for the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), who frustrated the Ducks (5-1, 2-1) with stout defensive play. Dante Moore threw for 186 yards and a touchdown for Oregon. He threw two interceptions and was sacked six times.With Oregon down 20-13 going into the fourth quarter, Brandon Finney intercepted Mendoza’s and ran it back 35 yards to tie it with 12:42 left.Mendoza answered with an 8-yard scoring pass to Elijah Sarratt with 6:23 to go. On Oregon’s next series, Moore’s pass was intercepted by Louis Moore.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — This may not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable. Schauffele shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections including maternal grandparents who reside there. Schauffele, who shot 19-under 265 at the Yokohama Country Club, finished one shot ahead of American Max Greyserman, who was also the runner-up at this event a year ago as he chases his first PGA Tour title.
Tiger Woods is recovering from a seventh back surgery. Woods says he was experiencing some pain and lack of mobility. He says scans revealed a collapsed disk in his lower back and with some disk fragments. He decided to have his disk replaced in New York during a Friday surgery. It's his second surgery on his back in the last 13 months and seventh overall dating to April 2014. Woods also had surgery in March for a ruptured left Achilles tendon. He hasn't played since the PNC Championship with his son Charlie last December.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Matt McCarty made eight birdies in a row and had a chance at a 58 to tie the PGA Tour record for 18 holes. One swing ended those hopes. He hit his tee shot on the final hole of the Baycurrent Classic into the trees and never found it. So that 15-foot putt he made was for bogey and a 60, not birdie and a 58. McCarty says he tried to guide the tee shot on the dogleg left at Yokohama Country Club. He says it's weird to have the low round of his career and feel so disappointed.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Drew Allar came back to Penn State for his senior season determined lead the Nittany Lions to a national championship. Now, with hopes gone for winning their first NCAA football title since 1986 after a third straight loss, the strong-armed quarterback will have to watch from the sideline the rest of the way. Allar suffered an apparent leg injury on a third-down play late in Penn State’s 22-21 loss to Northwestern on Saturday. He limped off the field with help, was replaced by backup Ethan Grunkemeyer and was ruled out for the rest of the season.
LONDON (AP) — The NFL has been spicing up its international games with halftime performers, a bit like mini-Super Bowls. British rapper Giggs is scheduled to perform Sunday at halftime of the game between the New York Jets and Denver Broncos at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Last week, British singer Raye performed a halftime show at Tottenham with a nearly seven-minute set that included her hit “Where is My Husband!” The Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland 21-17 in the game.
WUHAN, China (AP) — Coco Gauff reels off four straight games to beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 and win the Wuhan Open in all-American final. The 21-year-old Gauff won her second title of the year after winning the French Open and she now owns 11 career titles. Pegula has nine. The third-ranked Gauff served to save the second set at 5-3 down. She held and broke the sixth-ranked Pegula to love for 5-5. Pegula’s forehand volley at the net landed wide to give Gauff a first match point. She clinched it on the next point with a forehand winner following a brief rally.
Finals
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (7)Indiana 30 (3)Oregon 20
Final (8)Alabama 27 (14)Missouri 24
Final (1)Ohio St. 34 (17)Illinois 16
Final Pittsburgh 34 (25)Florida St. 31
Final (4)Mississippi 24 Washington St. 21
Final Colorado 24 (22)Iowa St. 17
Final (16)Notre Dame 36 NC State 7
Final (13)Georgia Tech 35 Virginia Tech 20
Final Texas 23 (6)Oklahoma 6
Final (12)Tennessee 34 Arkansas 31
Final (5)Texas A&M 34 Florida 17
Final Southern Cal 31 (15)Michigan 13
Final (10)Georgia 20 Auburn 10
Final (9)Texas Tech 42 Kansas 17
Final (11)LSU 20 South Carolina 10
Final (18)BYU 33 Arizona 27
Final Utah 42 (21)Arizona St. 10