Florida's stay in the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 could be a short one. The No. 8 Gators’ 45-17 loss at No. 25 Missouri raised the most eyebrows on a Saturday when ranked teams generally won in workmanlike fashion. Florida had opened 4-0 with an impressive 52-28 victory over a then-top five Mississippi to jump from No. 21 to No. 8 for its highest ranking since 2020. The Gators went bust in Columbia. No. 1 Texas was idle Saturday.
LONDON (AP) — Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota went to the locker room to have his knee evaluated after a sack in the first quarter of Washington’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. Washington is already without starter Jayden Daniels, who had been ruled out Friday because of an elbow injury, so third-stringer Athan Kaliakmanis was called into action. With the Commanders leading 3-0, Mariota was sacked at the Indy 11 by Adetomiwa Adebawore and Laiatu Latu on third down. Mariota walked gingerly to the sideline, and Drew Stevens kicked a field goal for a 6-0 lead. Mariota was questionable to return. He hadn’t come back by halftime.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ty France believed he had hit a two-run homer to put the San Diego Padres ahead in the ninth inning of their NL Division Series opener against Milwaukee. Brewers manager Pat Murphy figured France’s drive was heading foul instead. Neither was correct. France hit a towering flyball that seemed as though it might be headed over the left-field wall until it struck a cable on the roof of the stadium. The ball then fell into the glove of Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio on the warning track for the second out of the inning. Moments later, Milwaukee secured a 3-2 victory.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen didn’t allow a hit until there were two outs in the eighth inning, Jonathan Aranda homered off Gerrit Cole and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 1-0 in their AL Division Series opener. Rasmussen retired 15 consecutive batters before Austin Wells doubled with two outs in the eighth, ripping a line drive just inside the right-field line on an inside sinker. He tried for a triple but was easily thrown out at third. A 31-year-old righty, Rasmussen struck out 10 and walked two in eight innings against a Yankees lineup again missing injured slugger Aaron Judge. Bryan Baker pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tarik Skubal dominated in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of their National League Division Series. He tossed six strong innings and retired 15 consecutive batters after giving up a single to Drake Baldwin leading off the game. The game-time temperature was 100 degrees, making it the second-hottest postseason game in Dodger Stadium history. Skubal has been a strong addition to the Dodgers since being acquired just before the Aug. 3 trade deadline. The two-time Cy Young Award winner's confident approach and quick adaptation have impressed fans and teammates alike.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer, five Chicago pitchers combined for a three-hitter and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of their AL Division Series. Colson Montgomery added an RBI double for the White Sox, who have won nine of their last 11 games dating back to the regular season. Chicago advanced to the division series after sweeping Houston in the wild card series. Cleveland — which won its third straight AL Central title by one game over the White Sox — had the bases loaded with two outs the third and fourth innings, but couldn’t get any runs across.
Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Alabama remained unbeaten — and mostly untested — as top-10 teams. Defending national champion and No. 6 Indiana, meanwhile, roughed up Rutgers 47-15 in New Jersey a week after holding off pesky Northwestern. Eighth-ranked Florida was the big loser in Week 5. The Gators came out flat and never recovered, getting drubbed 45-17 at 25th-ranked Missouri seven days after dismantling then-No. 4 Mississippi 52-28. It was a huge letdown for Florida, whose apparent turnaround under new coach Jon Sumrall may have been more flukish than formative. No. 2 Georgia, third-ranked Notre Dame, No. 4 Miami and seventh-ranked Alabama had no such disappointment.
SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — Max Verstappen has taken his first win of the year but a retirement for George Russell handed a huge title boost to Kimi Antonelli at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Verstappen was leading from Antonelli and Russell behind the safety car with five laps to go when Russell suddenly pulled over in his Mercedes. That means Antonelli further stretches his big standings lead over his teammate Russell. Antonelli finished second and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton passed Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar for third.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — No. 25 Missouri ended a nine-game skid against ranked opponents by blowing out No. 8 Florida 45-17. Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns and Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three scores. The Tigers gave coach Eli Drinkwitz his first regular-season win over a top-10 team in 11 tries with them. Missouri bounced back from a late collapse at Mississippi State last week and improved to 4-1 and 1-1 in the SEC. Florida was held to 325 yards of total offense, and Heisman Trophy candidate Jadan Baugh ran 12 times for only 13 yards.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Texas Tech had to book a special flight to Colorado for reserve quarterback Lloyd Jones III after receiving late word of a decision in an eligibility lawsuit that made backup Thomas Castellanos ineligible Tech's game against the Buffaloes. Jones arrived Friday night — a few hours after the rest of the 12th-ranked Red Raiders. He was listed as the new third-string quarterback, behind Kirk Francis, who took Castellanos’ spot as the backup. The last-minute rush to the airport is the latest bit of chaos to come out of a raft of lawsuits players have filed challenging a new NCAA eligibility rule that gives most athletes five years to play five seasons.
Finals
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 0
Final Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Atlanta 3
Final Milwaukee 3 San Diego 2
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Buffalo 4 Chicago 3
Final Tampa Bay 3 Washington 1
Final Utah 4 Columbus 1
Final Edmonton 3 Seattle 1
Final OT Carolina 3 Philadelphia 2
Final Ottawa 3 Toronto 2
Final OT Pittsburgh 6 Montreal 5
Final N-Y Islanders 6 New Jersey 0
Final Nashville 2 Dallas 1
Final Minnesota 4 Boston 1
Final Colorado 6 St. Louis 1
Final OT San Jose 5 Los Angeles 4
Final Vancouver 4 Calgary 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (5)Ohio St. 31 (14)Iowa 14
Final (7)Alabama 56 (16)Mississippi St. 23
Final (25)Missouri 45 (8)Florida 17
Final (3)Notre Dame 37 North Carolina 26
Final (21)SMU 25 Boston College 16
Final (20)Houston 27 UCF 17
Final (2)Georgia 38 Vanderbilt 14
Final (17)Tennessee 24 Auburn 14
Final (24)Kentucky 35 South Carolina 34
Final (10)BYU 17 TCU 10
Final (18)Southern Cal 25 Washington 21
Final (12)Texas Tech 29 Colorado 7
Final (22)Boise St. 37 Utah St. 18
Final (4)Miami 41 Clemson 13
Final (11)LSU 63 McNeese St. 14