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AP Top 25: Texas keeps No. 1 ranking ahead of Georgia visit; Oregon moves up to No. 2
Oregon moved up to No. 2 behind top-ranked Texas in the AP Top 25 college football poll Sunday after their dramatic win against Ohio State.
The Ducks jumped a spot after beating Ohio State 32-31 in a thriller at Autzen Stadium on Saturday night for their highest ranking since finishing the 2014 season at No. 2. The fourth-ranked Buckeyes’ first loss of the season cost them only two spots, as they also fell behind Penn State, which moved up to No. 3 after beating USC in overtime.
Texas received 56 first-place votes after blowing out Oklahoma, while Oregon had six. The Longhorns’ hold on No. 1 will be on the line next Saturday night when No. 5 Georgia visits Austin in another top-five matchup in the SEC. It’s the third AP top-five matchup in four weeks.
The biggest mover is LSU, which jumped five spots to No. 8 after beating Ole Miss, which plummeted nine spots to No. 18. The Tigers have won five games in a row since their opening loss to USC. Undefeated Iowa State also cracked the top 10 at No. 9 after a win at West Virginia.
Tennessee dropped three spots despite winning, slipping to No. 11 after needing overtime to beat Florida.
AP Top 25 after Week 7
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Rank
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Team
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Record
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Prev.
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Matt’s vote
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1 |
6-0 |
1 |
2 |
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2 |
6-0 |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
6-0 |
4 |
4 |
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4 |
5-1 |
2 |
3 |
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5 |
5-1 |
5 |
7 |
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6 |
6-0 |
6 |
5 |
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7 |
5-1 |
7 |
6 |
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8 |
5-1 |
13 |
15 |
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9 |
6-0 |
11 |
9 |
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10 |
5-1 |
10 |
8 |
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11 |
5-1 |
8 |
16 |
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12 |
5-1 |
11 |
13 |
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13 |
6-0 |
14 |
10 |
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14 |
5-1 |
15 |
14 |
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15 |
5-1 |
17 |
11 |
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16 |
6-0 |
18 |
12 |
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17 |
5-1 |
18 |
17 |
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18 |
5-2 |
9 |
24 |
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19 |
5-1 |
21 |
22 |
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20 |
6-0 |
22 |
18 |
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21 |
5-1 |
25 |
19 |
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22 |
5-1 |
23 |
25 |
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23 |
6-0 |
NR |
21 |
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24 |
4-2 |
24 |
NR |
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25 |
5-0 |
NR |
20 |
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NR |
4-2 |
NR |
23 |
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 68, Nebraska 62, Arizona State 39, Oklahoma 36, Washington State 32, Iowa 29, Texas Tech 18, Syracuse 13, Arkansas 13, Utah 7, Louisville 6, Southern Cal 5, Liberty 2, UNLV 1
In and out
Oklahoma fell out of the rankings for the first time since 2022 after the Sooners were routed by Texas in the Red River Rivalry. Utah is also out of the rankings for the first time this season after the Utes lost their second consecutive game on Friday night to Arizona State.
In their spots are undefeated Army (No. 23) and Navy (No. 25). It’s the first poll the Black Knights and Midshipmen have appeared in together since 1960. Vanderbilt just missed after its wins against Alabama and Kentucky, as it’s the first team out.
Why I voted Oregon No. 1
Most of my adjustments this week were relatively subtle, with moves of one or two places for much of the top 20. I did, however, decide to vote for another new No. 1: Welcome to the top of my ballot, Oregon.
Yes, it feels odd to move a team like Texas down after the Longhorns beat their rival by 31 points, but the decision was much more about giving Oregon the respect it deserves for notching what could be the best win of the season so far against Ohio State, which I dropped only one spot to No. 3. Plus, the Ducks also have a win against a Boise State team I have ranked 11th behind Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty. The Ducks have the best combination of talent and resume.
Of course, if Texas beats Georgia next week, I’ll likely make another swap at the top of my rankings. — Matt Brown, college sports managing editor
Does Penn State deserve to be No. 3?
The Nittany Lions have their best ranking since reaching No. 2 in 2017, but it feels like they are more the beneficiary of the results of other big games than truly worthy of that lofty ranking.
Penn State is only 23 points ahead of No. 4 Ohio State, so it’s not as if voters went flocking to the Nittany Lions.
To be clear, Penn State has done good work against respectable opposition. Especially when you take into consideration road games at West Virginia and USC and a thorough handling of Illinois.
Voters are rewarding the unbeaten record, but it feels like a stretch to make the case that the Nittany Lions are actually better than Ohio State and Georgia, with their narrow and dramatic losses to Oregon and Alabama, respectively.
And if voters are deferring to the zero in the loss column, a similar case can be made for Miami ahead of the Buckeyes and Bulldogs.
Of course, Penn State will get its chance to prove it on the field in a few weeks at home against the Buckeyes, who they have not beaten since 2016. — Ralph Russo, college sports senior writer
What’s next in Week 8?
No. 5 Georgia visiting No. 1 Texas is the headliner, and it’s the first time the Longhorns have hosted a matchup of two AP top-five teams since a loss to Ohio State in September 2006. The SEC has a pair of high-profile matchups, as No. 7 Alabama will visit No. 11 Tennessee in a game between two one-loss teams that have been on shaky ground the past couple of weeks.
The other ranked matchup is No. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois, though also keep an eye on Nebraska going to undefeated No. 16 Indiana in the Big Ten.
Oregon, meanwhile, will try to avoid a hangover on Friday night at Purdue. Penn State and Ohio State are both idle.
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Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo makes NBA history with 83-point game
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Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo made NBA history on Tuesday night.
Adebayo scored 83 points, all while setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. It is the second-highest scoring game for a player ever, only to Wilt Chamberlain’s famed 100-point game.
“An absolutely surreal night,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters after the game.
Adebayo started with a 31-point first quarter. He was up to 43 at halftime, 62 by the end of the third quarter. And then came the fourth, when the milestones kept falling despite facing double-, triple- and what once appeared to be a quadruple-team from a Wizards defense that kept sending him to the foul line.
He finished 20 of 43 from the field, 36 of 43 from the foul line, 7 for 22 from 3-point range.
After the game, he was seen in tears while he hugged his mother, Marilyn Blount, before leaving the floor after the game.
“Welp won’t have the highest career high in the house anymore,” Adebayo’s girlfriend, four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, wrote on social media, “but at least it gives me something to go after.”
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Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat celebrates during the fourth quarter of the game against the Washington Wizards at Kaseya Center on March 10, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
The NBA’s previous best this season was 56, by Nikola Jokic for Denver against Minnesota on Christmas night. The last player to have 62 points through three quarters: one of Adebayo’s basketball heroes, Kobe Bryant, who had exactly that many through three quarters for the Los Angeles Lakers against Dallas on Dec. 20, 2005.
He wound up passing Bryant for single-game scoring as well. Bryant’s career-best was 81 — a game that was the second-best on the NBA scoring list for two decades.
Adebayo scored 31 points in the opening quarter against the Wizards, breaking the Heat record for points in any quarter — and tying the team record for points in a first half before the second quarter even started.
He finished the first half with 43 points, a team record for any half and two points better than his previous career high — for a full game, that is — of 41, set Jan. 23, 2021, against Brooklyn.
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Adebayo’s season high entering Tuesday was 32. He matched that with a free throw with 5:53 left in the second quarter, breaking the Heat first-half scoring record.
Adebayo’s 43-point first half was the NBA’s second-best in at least the last 30 seasons — going back to the start of the digital play-by-play era that began in the 1996-97 season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Kings lose in overtime to the Boston Bruins
BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy scored 39 seconds into overtime and Jeremy Swayman stopped 14 shots on Tuesday night to earn the Boston Bruins their 13th straight victory at home, 2-1 over the Kings.
Mason Lohrei scored midway through the third period to break a scoreless tie. But the Kings tied it five minutes later when Drew Doughty’s shot from the blue line deflected off the heel of Bruins forward Elias Lindholm and into the net.
It was the seventh straight time the teams had gone to overtime in Boston.
In the overtime, Mark Kastelic blocked a shot in the defensive zone and made a long pass to David Pastrnak, who waited for McAvoy to come into the zone. The Bruins’ defenseman and U.S. Olympian, who went to the locker room at the end of the second period after taking a puck off his mouth, skated in on Darcy Kuemper and went to his backhand for the winner.
Kuemper stopped 21 shots for the Kings, who entered the night one point out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The victory kept Boston in possession of the East’s second wild-card spot.
Swayman tied his career high with his 25th win of the season. The Bruins haven’t lost at the TD Garden since before Christmas.
After the game, Kings forward and future Hall of Famer Anze Kopitar stayed on the ice to shake hands with the Bruins after what is expected to be his last game in Boston.
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Jon Jones requests UFC release after Dana White says legend was ‘never’ considered him for White House card
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Mixed martial arts legend Jon Jones ended his retirement from UFC simply because he wanted a spot on the “Freedom 250” fight card at the White House in June.
But, when UFC CEO Dana White announced the card during UFC 326 this past weekend, Jones wasn’t among the fighters. As a result, he has requested a release from his UFC contract.
White was candid when asked about Jones following the UFC 326 card.
Jon Jones of the United States of America reacts after his TKO victory against Stipe Miocic of the United States of America in the UFC heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16, 2024 in New York City. ((Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images))
“Never, ever, ever, which I told you guys a hundred thousands times, was Jon Jones ever even remotely in my mind to fight at the White House,” White explained, per CBS Sports. “Some guy with Meta Glasses filmed him talking about his hips – that his hips are so bad. And I don’t know if you guys saw that flag football game where he can barely run. Jon Jones retired because of his hips. He’s got arthritis in his hips. Apparently, doctors say he should have a hip replacement.”
White added that “the Jon Jones thing is bulls—,” saying that he texted the fighter’s lawyer saying he would never be on the White House card despite Jones saying he was in negotiations for it.
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The Meta Glasses incident White is referring to came from a viral video, where Jones, unaware he was being filmed, discussed issues with his hips to a fan.
On Monday, Jones composed a thorough response to White’s comments about him and the White House Card. He previously posted and deleted social media explanations, but Monday’s appeared to be his final statement on the matter.
UFC President Dana White speaks after UFC Fight Night at Toyota Center on Feb. 21, 2026. (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)
“Yes, I have arthritis in my hip and it’s painful, but that doesn’t mean I can’t fight,” Jones, who retired a heavyweight champion in 2025, said. “So let me get this straight, if I had accepted the lowball offer, suddenly my hip would be fine and I’d be on the White House card? That doesn’t make sense. I even received stem cell treatment last week to get ready for the White House card, and training camp was scheduled to start today. I was preparing to be ready.
“I understand business deals fall through sometimes, but going out publicly and saying things that aren’t true isn’t right. After everything I’ve given to the UFC, the years, the title defenses, the fights, hearing that I’m ‘done’ is disappointing. Especially when as recently as Friday UFC was calling me trying to get me on that White House card for a much lower number.”
Jones finished his statement by saying he “respectfully” asks to be released from his UFC contract.
Jon Jones enters the ring before facing Stipe Miocic in the UFC heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City, New York. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“No more spins, no more games. Thank you to the real fans who know what’s up,” he wrote.
The UFC did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Fox News Digital.
Jones is considered one of the best UFC fighters of all time, owning a 28-1-1 record, which includes his last bout with Stipe Miocic, knocking him out to take the heavyweight title belt. He is also a two-time light heavyweight champion.
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