The top five of The Associated Press poll is in for a change Sunday after staying the same for three weeks. No. 4 Alabama’s eight-game winning streak ended with its 23-21 loss to No. 11 Oklahoma. No. 3 Texas A&M nearly had the same fate as the Tide. The Aggies had make their biggest comeback in program history to beat South Carolina 31-30. No. 5 Georgia's 35-10 win over No. 10 Texas should move the Bulldogs up a spot. The situation in the Group of Five is scrambled again after No. 25 South Florida lost to Navy.
MADRID (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has praised this year’s international series and said the league plans to return to Spain and will continue to study other possible markets. Goodell spoke before the Washington Commanders faced the Miami Dolphins at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday in the seventh and final international game of the season, the most ever in one year for the NFL as it continues to expand globally. There were talks of the league also trying to organize a game in Barcelona.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy holed an eagle putt on No. 18 to force a playoff but lost out to Matt Fitzpatrick, who won the World Tour Championship for a third time on a chaotic final day of the 2025 golf season. The consolation for McIlroy was a fourth straight Race to Dubai title to cap a banner year that included winning the Masters yo complete the career Grand Slam and an away Ryder Cup with Team Europe. A final individual victory proved just beyond McIlroy, though. He hit his drive into a creek on the first playoff hole, No. 18, and made bogey. Fitzpatrick rolled in a par putt from 3 feet to win the season-ending title again at Jumeirah Golf Estates, after 2016 and 2020.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Oklahoma’s playmaking defense traveled great again, this time coming up with 17 points off three turnovers for a 23-21 upset of Alabama. The Sooners' win on Saturday throws more chaos into the Southeastern Conference and College Football Playoff pictures. The 11th-ranked Sooners backed up their win two weeks ago at Tennessee with an even bigger shocker — this time taking down the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide. Eli Bowen returned an interception 87 yards for a touchdown, Kip Lewis had two sacks and OU snapped Alabama’s 17-game home winning streak while handing its second-year coach, Kalen DeBoer, his first loss at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Gunner Stockton passed for four touchdowns, including two to Noah Thomas, and ran for a score to outplay Arch Manning as No. 5 Georgia strengthened its postseason standing by overwhelming No. 10 Texas 35-10 for its sixth straight win. After Texas trimmed Georgia’s lead to 14-10 in the third quarter, Stockton’s 30-yard touchdown pass to London Humphreys, followed by a successful onside kick, allowed the Bulldogs to put the game away. Stockton’s 6-yard scoring pass to Lawson Luckie following the recovery of the kick iced the win. Stockton added a 4-yard scoring run late in the game.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns and No. 3 Texas A&M rallied from a 27-point halftime deficit to remain undefeated with a 31-30 victory over South Carolina. It’s the biggest comeback in school history, eclipsing a 21-point rally by a Johnny Manziel-led team in a 52-48 win in the 2013 Chick-Fil-A Bowl over Duke. Entering Saturday, teams were 0-286 in Southeastern Conference play since 2004 when trailing by 27 points or more. The win keeps Texas A&M on track for its first trip to the College Football Playoff.
MADRID (AP) — The scene at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium looks a lot different Sunday, with troves of fans wearing NFL jerseys instead of the white Real Madrid shirts usually seen on a regular soccer gameday. The Miami Dolphins will take on the Washington Commanders at the Bernabeu for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Spain. It will be the seventh and final international game of the season, the most ever in one year for the NFL as it continues to expand globally.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Makai Lemon made 10 catches for 153 yards and a second-half touchdown, and No. 17 Southern California scored 19 unanswered points to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive with a 26-21 victory over Iowa. Jayden Maiava passed for 254 yards and Bryan Jackson rushed for two touchdowns for the Trojans, who faced their largest deficit of the season when they trailed 21-7 late in the second quarter at a rain-soaked Coliseum. USC mounted five consecutive scoring drives, capped by Jackson’s go-ahead TD run with 13:36 to play.
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Gio Reyna has surpassed his father, Claudio Reyna, in career international goals. Reyna scored Saturday night in his first international start in 16 months. He then assisted on Folarin Balogun's tiebreaking goal, leading the United States to a 2-1 victory over Paraguay. Reyna was once a prodigy who faced challenges with injuries and controversy. He now aims to redefine himself. Coach Mauricio Pochettino recalled him for the November friendlies, and Reyna has seized the opportunity. He brings a new dimension to the U.S. attack and he hopes to play in next year's World Cup.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have fired coach Willie Green on the heels of a 2-10 start to his fifth season in charge. Pelicans first-year basketball operations chief Joe Dumars named assistant James Borrego as interim coach for the Pelicans, who play at home on Sunday night against the Golden State Warriors. Green was hired to his first head coaching job in 2021 by previous Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin. Green has gone 150-190 in four-plus seasons. His teams made the playoffs twice, losing in the first round to Phoenix in 2022 and Oklahoma City in 2024. Borrego was formerly the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets for four seasons from 2018 to 2022.
Finals
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 3Florida 1
Final Minnesota 2 Anaheim 0
Final Los Angeles 1 Ottawa 0
Final OT Edmonton 4 Carolina 3
Final OT Buffalo 5 Detroit 4
Final Boston 3 Montreal 2
Final SO New Jersey 3 Washington 2
Final Chicago 3 Toronto 2
Final SO N-Y Rangers 2 Columbus 1
Final Dallas 5 Philadelphia 1
Final Vegas 4 St. Louis 1
Final Seattle 4 San Jose 1
Final SO Winnipeg 4 Calgary 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (5)Georgia 35 (10)Texas 10
Final (11)Oklahoma 23 (4)Alabama 21
Final (9)Notre Dame 37 (23)Pittsburgh 15
Final (2)Indiana 31 Wisconsin 7
Final Arizona 30 (22)Cincinnati 24
Final (18)Michigan 24 Northwestern 22
Final Navy 41 (25)South Florida 38
Final (3)Texas A&M 31 South Carolina 30
Final (17)Southern Cal 26 Iowa 21
Final (20)Virginia 34 Duke 17
Final (14)Georgia Tech 36 Boston College 34
Final (24)James Madison 58 Appalachian St. 10
Final (16)Miami 41 NC State 7
Final (8)Texas Tech 48 UCF 9
Final (21)Tennessee 42 New Mexico St. 9
Final (15)Utah 55 Baylor 28
Final (6)Mississippi 34 Florida 24
Final (1)Ohio St. 48 UCLA 10
Final (12)BYU 44 TCU 13
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (3)UConn 86 (7)BYU 84
Final (12)Louisville 106 Ohio 81
Final (13)St. John's 93 William & Mary 60
Final (25)Kansas 76 Princeton 57