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Firing first reported by On3's Pete Nakos. Record and Kansas series notes are from Baylor's postgame notes.

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#CFB Dave Aranda finishes 40-40 over seven seasons at Baylor.

His 2021 team went 12-2, won the Big 12 and beat Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl.

Baylor is 4-3 (2-2 Big 12) after Saturday's 25-24 loss at Kansas, its first loss to the Jayhawks since 2007. The Bears led by two scores in the fourth quarter.

Next up: at UCF on Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 PM ET.

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BREAKING: Baylor has fired head football coach Dave Aranda, @PeteNakos reports.

https://t.co/3LEOhU9UQa

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#CBB Exhibition: No. 10 Houston vs. No. 16 Michigan

The Battleground 2k26 at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
1 PM ET, B1G+

Michigan, the defending national champion, leads the series 3-1.

It's the first meeting since Michigan's 64-63 win in the 2018 NCAA Tournament second round.

Michigan coach Mike Boynton Jr. is in his first season and is 1-3 against Kelvin Sampson.

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#CBB Exhibition: No. 2 Duke at No. 17 Kansas

Blue Blood Classic at Allen Fieldhouse
1 PM ET, ESPN

Duke's only regular-season game at Allen Fieldhouse was a 74-70 overtime win on Feb. 20, 1988.

Duke went 35-3 last season and won the ACC regular-season and tournament titles. Kansas went 24-11 and finished No. 20 in the final AP poll.

It's Duke's final preseason game.

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@CFBHome UCF won it 39-31 in double overtime.

BYU is now 6-1 and 3-1 in the Big 12, a game behind Utah, which beat Houston 21-13 last night to stay unbeaten (7-0, 4-0).

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#CFB Brett McMurphy has New Mexico at No. 23 on his AP ballot this week.

The Lobos are 6-1. Their only loss was 14-6 at Oklahoma on Sept. 19.

In Saturday's 21-16 win over North Dakota State, UNM held the Bison to 53 rushing yards on 28 carries.

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NEW: On3's @Brett_McMurphy Week 9 AP Ballot👀

4. UCLA🐻
7. Kentucky😼
12. Texas🤘
23. New Mexico🐺

View: https://t.co/xjQjEyol8x

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#CFB New Mexico 21, North Dakota State 16

UNM moves to 6-1 and is the only team unbeaten in Mountain West play (3-0), staying in the G6 CFP race with No. 21 Boise State (6-1), James Madison (7-1), UTSA (7-1) and Oregon State (5-2).
NDSU falls to 6-2 with its 2nd MW loss (3-2).

Austin Brawley's 56-yard pick-six put UNM up 21-9 in the 4th.

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#CFB late finals:
Oklahoma State 57, Colorado 24 (OKST 5-2, COLO 2-5)
New Mexico 21, North Dakota State 16 (UNM 6-1, NDSU 6-2)

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#CFB FINAL: No. 10 Utah 21, No. 14 Houston 13

Devon Dampier: 15 car, 150 rush yds, 2 TD; 18/26, 204 pass yds
Amare Thomas (HOU): 5 rec, 133 yds

Utah (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) stays the Big 12's only unbeaten team. Houston falls to 6-2 (3-2).

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#CFB American night final:
UTSA 42, Tulane 19 (UTSA 7-1, TULN 3-4). UTSA stays atop the American at 4-0. Will Henderson III ran for 102 yards and a TD.

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#CFB FINAL: No. 19 Texas 34, No. 7 Ole Miss 27

Raleek Brown: 23 car, 157 yds
Ryan Wingo: 7 rec, 111 yds, TD
Texas defense: 3 INT

Ole Miss falls to 5-2 (3-2 SEC), 1.5 games behind leader Kentucky (5-1) and behind Georgia (4-1) and Alabama (4-2). Texas is 5-2 (2-2).

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#CFB ACC night finals:
Syracuse 31, North Carolina 30 (OT) (SYR 3-4, UNC 4-3). Steve Angeli threw for 256 yards and 2 TDs.
Virginia Tech 20, Clemson 16 (VT 6-2, CLEM 4-3).

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#CFB FINAL: No. 25 Arizona 39, Iowa State 3

Noah Fifita: 27/34, 308 yds, 2 TD
Isaiah Mizell: 8 rec, 134 yds, 1 TD

Arizona (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) joins BYU, Texas Tech, Houston and Oklahoma State at 3-1, a game behind unbeaten Utah (3-0), which is playing No. 14 Houston tonight. Arizona visits Texas Tech next. Iowa State falls to 3-4 (1-3).

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#CFB Pac-12 finals:
Colorado State 56, San Diego State 49 (CSU 3-4, SDSU 3-5). Hauss Hejny threw for 333 yards and 3 TDs.
Texas State 20, Utah State 17 (TXST 4-3, USU 2-5).

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#CFB FINAL: Wisconsin 24, No. 16 USC 7

Wisconsin held USC to -17 rushing yards and picked off Jayden Maiava twice. The Badgers had zero turnovers.

USC (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) takes its second conference loss and falls two losses behind unbeaten UCLA (5-0) and Ohio State (4-0). Wisconsin improves to 5-2 (3-1).

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#CFB FINAL: No. 12 Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17

Kenny Minchey threw for 203 yards and a TD with no picks. Kentucky ran for 173 yards and had zero turnovers.

Kentucky (7-1, 5-1 SEC) moves a half game ahead of Georgia (4-1) for the SEC lead, with Ole Miss (3-1) playing Texas tonight. Vanderbilt falls to 3-5 (0-5).

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#CFB No. 7 Ole Miss scored 21 straight points to tie No. 19 Texas 24-24 in the fourth quarter.

The run: a fumble return touchdown on a sack of Arch Manning, then two Trinidad Chambliss touchdown passes to Horatio Fields (6 and 27 yards).

Ole Miss came in 5-1 (3-1 SEC), Texas 4-2 (1-2 SEC).

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WE'RE ALL TIED UP‼️

Ole Miss has stormed all the way back 👀

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@DomIzzoWDAY Bison settle for a 27-yard field goal after New Mexico's defense stopped three straight plays from the 8.

New Mexico 7, NDSU 3 with 5:17 left in the first quarter.

Lobos came in 5-1 (2-0 Mountain West), Bison 6-1.

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#CFB Sun Belt finals:
Louisiana Tech 26, Old Dominion 0 (LT 5-2, ODU 2-6). LT's Blake Baker went 28/34 for 303 yards.
UL Monroe 21, Troy 14 (ULM 1-6, TROY 3-4).
Southern Miss 35, Louisiana 31 (USM 2-5, UL 5-3). USM's Jamarice Wilder ran for 154 yards.
Arkansas State 38, Georgia State 32 (ARST 4-4, GAST 4-3). ARST's Trey Owens threw for 309 yards.

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#CFB FINAL: No. 21 Boise State 31, Washington State 10

Dylan Riley ran for 128 yards and 2 TDs on 13 carries. Boise State outgained WSU 407-244 and had 0 turnovers.

Boise State (6-1, 3-0 Pac-12) stays tied with Oregon State (3-0) atop the Pac-12 and remains the only Group of 5 team in the AP Top 25. Washington State falls to 1-7 (0-4).