Ohio State

Oregon says the game against Stony Brook is a chance to get better, but mostly it’s an opportunity to rest players who got beat up in last week’s big win over then-No. 3 Ohio State.

Oregon freshman linebacker Justin Flowe is out indefinitely with a right foot injury. Flowe’s injury kept him out of the Ducks’ stunning 35-28 victory over Ohio State.

The sink-or-swim indoctrination of new Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud continues when the freshman leads the No. 3 Buckeyes against No. 12 Oregon on Saturday.

Georgia has moved up three spots to No. 2 behind Alabama in The AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. That gives the SEC, the top two teams in the country for the 30th time in history of the AP college football poll.

C.J. Stroud passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns in his debut as the Ohio State starter in a 45-31 victory at Minnesota.

We are just a few weeks away from first week of college football. This is the first preseason Top 25 rankings

Defending national champion Alabama is preseason No. 1 in the USA Today coaches poll. Clemson is No. 2 and Oklahoma, Ohio State and Georgia round out the top five.

Chet Holmgren is heading to Gonzaga. The nation’s No. 1 overall recruit announced Monday he will play what will likely be his only college season with the Bulldogs.

A year after the NCAA Tournament was canceled, the madness returned with an opening weekend full of upsets. Illinois, Ohio State, Texas and Virginia also are out.

Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The AP men’s college basketball poll, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot.