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By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tanner McKee threw two touchdown passes to Michael Wilson and Stanford routed FCS Colgate 41-10 in a season opener for both teams. E.J. Smith, the son of former Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith, had career bests with 118 yards rushing and five catches while running for

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Donovan Smith came off the bench to throw four touchdown passes, Tahj Brooks ran for three scores and Texas Tech blew out lower-division Murray State 63-10 in coach Joey McGuire’s debut Saturday night. Smith had scoring tosses on his first two passes after replacing Tyler Shough in the first half. McGuire

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julio Urias continued to solidify his spot atop the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation while Mookie Betts hit one of the team’s four home runs in a 12-1 victory over the San Diego Padres that ended the club’s three-game losing streak. Trea Turner, Justin Turner and Will

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Stroud threw two touchdown passes and Ohio State’s revamped defense gave its vaunted offense time to find its groove as the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 5 Notre Dame 21-10. The top-five matchup was a homecoming for first-year Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman,

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Richardson ran for three scores in his second career start, including a 2-yard scamper with 1:25 remaining, and Florida upset seventh-ranked Utah 29-26 to get the Billy Napier era off to a rousing start. Richardson was the best player on the field most of

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Freshman Dawson Pierson kicked a 50-yard field goal with 1:36 remaining and Valparaiso escaped with a 20-17 victory over NAIA-member Indiana Wesleyan in a season opener. Freshman Michael Appel Jr. connected with Solomon Davis for a 58-yard score to give Valparaiso a 10-3 lead early in the second quarter. Freshman Mason

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Robbie Ray started September the way he finished August with six solid innings as the Seattle Mariners won their sixth straight, 4-0 over the Cleveland Guardians. The AL Central-leading Guardians were shut out for the third time in four games. Ray was one of the AL’s

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit his 34th homer, and the surging St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 for their third straight victory. Tommy Edman and Tyler O’Neill also went deep for NL Central-leading St. Louis, which improved to 27-8 in its last 35 games. Yadier Molina

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — New coach Lincoln Riley’s tenure at No. 14 Southern California got off to a roaring start with a 66-14 victory over Rice. Caleb Williams passed for 249 yards, rushed for 68 more and hit Jordan Addison for two touchdowns in the stars’ debut with the

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Robbie Grossman drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk against Steven Okert in the ninth inning, bailing out closer Kenley Jansen and giving the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. Matt Olson singled to begin the ninth to break an 0-for-22 skid and advanced to

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Blake Shapen completed 17 of 20 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns as 10th-ranked Baylor opened its season with a 69-10 win over FCS team Albany. Shapen also had a nifty dive into the end zone for another score. The reigning Big 12 champion

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Braelon Allen had a 96-yard touchdown scamper for the longest run from scrimmage in Wisconsin history and John Torchio had the school’s longest interception return as the 18th-ranked Badgers opened their season with a 38-0 rout of Illinois State. Torchio opened the scoring with a

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit two of the Orioles’ five homers and drove in four runs, and Baltimore defeated the Oakland Athletics 8-1. Adley Rutschman, Cedric Mullins and Anthony Santander also homered for the Orioles, who have won four straight and are 1 1/2 games behind Toronto in the

CINCINNATI (AP) — The game between the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds has been postponed after a wait of 3 hours, 45 minutes. The game never got started and will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader on Sunday. A concert by country music star Cole Swindell, originally planned for the field after

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Gunner Talkington’s fifth touchdown pass, a 13-yarder to Efton Chism III with 2:39 to play, lifted FCS No. 12 Eastern Washington to a 36-29 win over Tennessee State. Talkington was 29 of 46 for 348 yards. He also ran nine times for a team-high 60 yards. Tre Weed intercepted a long

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Noah Gragson shot past Sheldon Creed on the final lap to defend his Xfinity Series title at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night. Gragson was in second behind Creed before NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson slipped ahead of Gragson. Creed and Larson then battled for

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Jalyx Hunt returned a fumble for a 46-yard touchdown to help Houston Baptist hold off a furious Northern Colorado comeback attempt for a 46-34 win in a season opener for both teams. The Bears scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to close within 39-34. Following Northern Colorado’s recovery of an

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and No. 9 Oklahoma rolled past UTEP 45-13 on Saturday for Brent Venables’ first career victory as a head coach. Venables was a full-time assistant for the previous 26 years in stints at Kansas State,

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Stetson Bennett and the Georgia defense picked up where they left off in last year’s national championship game, even with a bunch of their former teammates now playing in the NFL. Bennett threw for 368 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, a revamped defense didn’t miss

By CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart thought about it. But the Mississippi quarterback did not want to get greedy in his debut performance. “I wanted to throw deep. I wanted to. It just wasn’t there,” said Dart after evaluating his performance as No. 21 Mississippi beat Troy 28-10 on Saturday