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Of the three games on the docket, the marquee matchup is the Alamo Bowl showdown between Texas and Washington to cap off the day. Leading into that nightcap, Oklahoma will play No. 13 Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl. Syracuse and Minnesota will start the day with the Pinstripe Bowl. Although it’s relatively light on games, the slate is a fun one. Here’s how to watch college football games Thursday to prepare for the weekend....

Here are some of the scores from the College Football Playoff’s Top 5 games with CFP rankings in parentheses. (1) Alabama 56, Mercer 0 The Crimson Tide rolled over Mercer at home to improve their record to 11-0 against their FCS in-state opponent. Alabama (11-0, 7-0 SEC) racked up 530 total yards and only allowed 161 from Mercer. The Mercer Bears dropped to 5-6 in their FCS season. Calvin Ridley of Alabama caught three receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown in the win....

No. 1 Clemson and No. 5 Oklahoma — College Football Playoff participants last season — will begin their seasons, and No. 10 Notre Dame will make its ACC debut against Duke. MORE: Best game each week in 2020 Sporting News will pick against the spread for every Top 25 matchup this season, but we’ll throw in some other matchups through the first few weeks. Here’s how we fared in Week 1:...

MORE: Week 4 Power Rankings | 34 undefeated — which team loses next? (All times Eastern) Thursday, Sept. 24 Cincinnati at Memphis, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Friday, Sept. 25 Boise State at Virginia, 8 p.m., ESPN No. 21 Stanford at Oregon State, 10 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Saturday, Sept. 26 Kansas at Rutgers, noon, Big Ten Network No. 22 BYU at Michigan, noon, ABC Central Michigan at No. 2 Michigan State, noon, Big Ten Network Southern Mississippi at Nebraska, noon, ESPNN No....

Schools bringing in hundreds of millions in television contracts. Coaches making kind of salaries that the late UCLA legend John Wooden wouldn't recognize. Athletes insisting on rights, if not outright cash. SN’s Matt Hayes: Pay for play money grab hurts players And now a union for football players at Northwestern that would previously have been unthinkable in college sports. A ruling that the Northwestern football team can bargain with the school as employees represented by a union may not by itself change the way amateur sports operate....

The 2022 College World Series is here, the field is just about set and eight teams will vie for the opportunity to be named best in the nation. The 2022 NCAA baseball tournament has already been wrought with drama: The No. 1 team in the land, Tennessee, was handed a shocking elimination at the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the super regional round. Arkansas knocked off No....

The Portuguese coach said Thursday that his two top goals for Colombia will be winning the next Copa America and taking the national team past the quarterfinals at the World Cup 2022. Queiroz officially took over Colombia on Wednesday, having been in charge of Iran since 2011. He also managed Real Madrid in 2003-04 after Vicente del Bosque left. Speaking to reporters, Queiroz praised Pekerman for leaving “an unbeatable legacy,” and said that Colombia needs to “build a future” on the shoulders of Rodriguez, the Bayern Munich playmaker....

Colombia have hit the ground running in Brazil and were the only nation to win all three matches in the group stages. That they did so without conceding a goal will only add to the confidence in the Colombia camp as they prepare to face a Chile side who have won the last two Copa America titles. Queiroz is convinced there is more to come from his team, though, insistent that they are just a work in progress at the moment....

CMYK Color Model: For Print Projects Combining these four ink colors produces a wide spectrum of colors on the printed page. In the four-color printing process, each of the four color separations is applied to a separate printing plate and placed on one cylinder of a printing press. As sheets of paper run through the printing press, each plate transfers an image in one of the four colors to the paper....

The Rapids head into the game on a run of four games without a win and will look to end this dry spell. Colorado continue to struggle for form in the MLS as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Minnesota United on Sunday. Robin Fraser’s men have now failed to win their last four games, claiming just two points from 12 available. With eight points from seven games, the Rapids are tenth in the Western Conference standings....

Of the games involving the Power 5 conferences, the Pac-12 title game is expected to be the closest, with Utah a 6.5-point favorite over Oregon. The ACC championship game, meanwhile, is at the opposite end of the scale, with Clemson a 28-point favorite—the biggest spread of any of the 10 FBS conference championship games this week. Here’s a look at the most significant odds and trends ahead of the Power 5 conference title games....

The second College Football Playoff continues Jan. 11 with No. 1-seed Clemson and second-seeded Alabama playing for the championship after their semifinal victories. PLAYOFFS: Matchup starts with QBs | 5 THINGS: Clemson | Alabama | Title game Alabama coach Nick Saban won three BCS championships at Alabama and another at LSU. His Crimson Tide reached the playoff last season as the top seed and lost to eventual champion Ohio State....

It’s October, and strange things happen in October. Here are the top playoff contenders from each conference and the matchups to watch as we head into Week 6. MORE: Best images from Week 5 ACC Top Contenders: No. 3 Clemson, No. 7 Louisville, No. 10 Miami, No. 17 North Carolina What We Learned: Clemson is still the king. A game effort by Louisville came up just short in Death Valley....

The Bulldogs look like the best bet to make the College Football Playoff. Cincinnati, one of two unbeatens in the Group of 5, still is in the mix. The rest of the top-10 contenders have one loss. The third set of CFP rankings will be Tuesday. How will they sort out that one-loss mess? The Big 12 took the latest hit when Oklahoma suffered a 27-14 loss to Baylor in Week 11....

Now, they can sit back and let the top-five teams — all unbeaten — sort it out in the regular season. It might be a surprise to some that Ohio State is No. 1 given, LSU and Alabama hold the top two spots in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll ahead of their “Game of the Century” on Saturday. LSU is No. 2 and Alabama is No. 3 in the CFP rankings....

Ohio State took the No. 1 spot from LSU, which fell to No. 2. No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Georgia stayed in the same spots. Alabama remains at No. 5, and Utah bumped up to No. 6. The Big 12 now has two teams in the top 10 in No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 9 Baylor. Big Ten has teams in No. 8 Minnesota and No. 10 Penn State to round out the top 10....

That said, there will be great football to watch from all across the nation, and Sporting News is on hand to make sure you get the most of it. MORE: Sporting News’ Week 3 Power Rankings SN has all the highlights and big plays from Saturday, including from big games like Ohio State-TCU, Auburn-LSU, Boise State-Oklahoma State and more. Here are all the biggest scores and highlights from Week 3:...

The SEC matchups will separate the contenders from the pretenders, while several Big Ten and Pac-12 teams hope to avoid upsets and maintain perfect records. MORE: Bold predictions for college football Week 4 Here are five storylines to watch in Week 4: 1. Battle in the SEC East — No. 14 Tennessee will host No. 19 Florida in an extremely important SEC East showdown. If Georgia loses this weekend, the winner of this game will have control over the East division....