Scoreboard: No. 21 Florida stuns No. 4 Ole Miss, Guardians clinch division
A ranked-team upset in college football and a division-clinching night in Major League Baseball topped a busy Saturday of finals.
What we know
- No. 21 Florida beat No. 4 Ole Miss 52-28, improving to 4-0 under first-year coach Jon Sumrall. [1]
- No. 1 Texas held on to beat No. 14 Tennessee 20-17 at Neyland Stadium to stay unbeaten at 4-0. [1]
- The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 to win the AL Central, according to the wire recap. [2]
- The San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 to secure the No. 4 seed in the National League playoffs. [2]
- The Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2, pushing the AL West race to the final day of the regular season. [2]
No. 21 Florida delivered the night's biggest upset, routing No. 4 Ole Miss 52-28 to move to 4-0. First-year Gators coach Jon Sumrall has called his program a "sleeping giant" since taking over 10 months ago and has said it's time to "wake the beast" [1].
Elsewhere in the Top 25, No. 1 Texas survived its first trip to Neyland Stadium, beating No. 14 Tennessee 20-17 to stay unbeaten at 4-0. No. 20 Oregon beat No. 12 USC 41-27 behind Dylan Raiola's 289 passing yards and two touchdowns after starting quarterback Dante Moore was injured. No. 2 Georgia overwhelmed Oklahoma 41-13, aided by three Oklahoma turnovers, and No. 3 Notre Dame beat Purdue 49-10 behind three touchdown passes and a rushing score from CJ Carr [1].
Several other ranked teams needed late heroics. Wisconsin scored twice in the final four minutes, including a 72-yard touchdown pass with 1:13 left, to upset No. 13 Penn State 24-20. No. 24 Mississippi State rallied past No. 19 Missouri 31-24 on a tiebreaking touchdown pass with under four minutes left. No. 17 Iowa edged No. 18 Michigan 20-19, and No. 10 LSU beat No. 23 Texas A&M 35-6 [1].
In Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Guardians clinched the AL Central with an 11-5 win over the Kansas City Royals [2]. The Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Brice Turang's go-ahead homer, running their major league-leading win total to 102 [2].
The San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 on a three-run homer from Manny Machado, locking in the No. 4 seed in the NL playoffs. The Chicago White Sox saw their AL Central hopes end despite the loss, as Colorado's Hunter Goodman hit his 40th and 41st home runs in a 9-6 Rockies win over Chicago [2].
The AL West race will go to the final day of the season after the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 behind a Danny Jansen home run. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on a tiebreaking homer from Kiké Hernández leading off the ninth inning, with Mookie Betts also going deep [2].