General Sports 24-Hour Briefing
×Last updated: October 18, 2026, 10:40 PM ET
College Football Upsets
Miami espn.com climbed to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2002 after a chaotic Week 7 reshuffled the rankings, with BYU espn.com moving to No. 2 after a 28-24 upset of Notre Dame. Auburn espn.com stunned No. 1 Georgia after a Stockton fumble doomed the Bulldogs, with quarterback Byrum Brown leading a dominant ground game. Bill Connelly called the day espn.com one of the wildest of the season, and the top scenes espn.com capture a day in which eight top teams fell. Ohio State survived Indiana espn.com after a Nick Marsh out-of-bounds misstep on what looked like a go-ahead score, while Indiana's effort ended a 22-game win streak against the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes also face a setback, as Julian Sayin espn.com will miss several weeks with a shoulder injury.
Coaching Moves and Injuries
Maryland espn.com fired defensive coordinator Ted Monachino on Sunday after a five-game slide. Florida State espn.com lost running back Ousmane Kromah for the season with an ankle injury, and the Seminoles also fell to Miami espn.com in a double-overtime thriller that survived two Hail Mary attempts. The Big 12 admitted an error espn.com in the Notre Dame-BYU ending, conceding the Irish had one second left. Jon Sumrall celebrated Auburn's win espn.com in a cowboy hat, while Dylan Raiola espn.com rebounded from a benching to rally Oregon to a 17-14 win over his former team.
WNBA Finals
Golden State took a 1-0 series lead espn.com over Atlanta with a 68-64 win, with Gabby Williams espn.com coming up clutch as the Valkyries found a way.
Golf
Ruoning Yin made a four-foot birdie espn.com on the 16th hole to break out of a back-nine deficit and claim a one-stroke LPGA Shanghai win. Eugenio Chacarra won the DP World India Championship bbc.co.uk by two strokes to take the Race to Dubai lead.
Rugby
Northampton edged Cardiff 28-12 bbc.co.uk in a nervy Champions Cup pool win. Toulouse denied Exeter bbc.co.uk a famous win on a late Slade miss, while Pau beat Leicester 41-17 bbc.co.uk with late tries. Harlequins scored 57 points bbc.co.uk in a Challenge Cup opener against Vannes. New Zealand edged past Fiji bbc.co.uk in the Rugby League World Cup, a result the squad described as a wake-up call.
Gaelic Football and Other Sports
St Brigid's claimed their first Antrim SFC title bbc.co.uk in an all-Belfast final, with players calling it pure relief bbc.co.uk. Jack Lisowski advanced bbc.co.uk in his Northern Ireland Open defence, while Sonay Kartal lost the Wuhan Open final bbc.co.uk to Maja Chwalinska. Rhys McClenaghan failed to reach bbc.co.uk the pommel horse final at the Worlds. Daniel Dubois beat Fabio Wardley bbc.co.uk emphatically, prompting questions about the heavyweight division's next move. Emma Finucane vowed to come back bbc.co.uk fighting after narrowly missing gold.
Safety Incident
An Air Force service member died after a fall espn.com while attempting a pregame rappel before the Navy-UTSA game, and a separate rafters fall espn.com at the Alamodome sent a service member to hospital.
Coming Up
Golden State and Atlanta continue their WNBA Finals series espn.com after the Valkyries took Game. The next AP poll reaction will reset the rankings espn.com with Miami and BYU at the top.