The Duke Blue Devils, behind star freshmen RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson and Cam Reddish, jumped from fourth to first on the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday, Nov. 12 in the first regular-season poll, leapfrogging Kansas at the top after a blowout 34-point win against then-No. 2 Kentucky in the Champions Classic to open […]
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Two of the nation’s top teams meet as undefeated Notre Dame (10-0) hosts Syracuse (8-2, 5-2 ACC) (Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. on NBC) at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. Following an injury that caused him to sit out the 42-13 win over Florida State, Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book is expected to […]
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The Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers meet in a regular-season tilt for the fifth-straight year (Nov. 15 at 8:20 p.m. on Fox, NFL Network and Amazon Prime). Green Bay has won the last three against Seattle, with Aaron Rodgers (GB) tossing six touchdown passes in those games, but hasn’t topped the Seahawks on the […]
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ABC televises the annual Bedlam game featuring Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m.) and ESPN airs Washington State at Colorado (Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m.). Both the Oklahoma Sooners and the Washington Cougars will make their respective conference championship games if they win out and both are with striking distance of the […]
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The State Farm Champions Classic will be college basketball’s opening night, bringing top teams Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 6. On ESPN, it’s a battle of the blue bloods that will feature Michigan State against Kansas at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Duke facing Kentucky […]
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Cam Newton and his 6-2 Carolina Panthers visit the AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers on “Thursday Night Football” (Nov. 8 at 8:20 p.m. ET on Fox, NFL Network and Amazon Prime). The Panthers look for their first win over the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1996. Pittsburgh has won the last five matches versus Carolina, and has never […]
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The nation’s top team Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 SEC) heads into Death Valley for a match against the LSU Tigers (7-1, 4-1) (Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS). The Crimson Tide have won seven straight against the Tigers, a run that began with Alabama’s 21-0 shutout of LSU in the 2011 BCS […]
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For just the second time ever, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, two all-time great quarterbacks, face off as the Green Bay Packers visit the New England Patriots on the most highly-anticipated edition of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” so far this season (Nov. 4 at 8:20 p.m. ET). Drew Brees and the 6-1 New Orleans Saints […]
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A crucial battle in the SEC sees old rivals duel as the No. 7 Georgia Bulldogs play the No. 9 Florida Gators in Jacksonville, Florida (Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS). The last time these clubs met while both ranked in the top-10 was in 2008, when the Gators notched a 49-10 victory […]