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Believing that ‘this is the year that it should be the four best teams,’ Georgia coach Kirby Smart defended the Bulldogs’ case for a College Football Playoff berth on Saturday night after their loss to Alabama in the SEC title game in Atlanta.

An apparent scoring error that resulted in the wrong fan winning a halftime contest at Saturday’s Big 12 championship game was quickly put on ice when the sponsor, Dr. Pepper, announced it would award both contestants the grand prize.

Florida State started true freshman Brock Glenn in Saturday night’s ACC championship game after Tate Rodemaker sustained a concussion last weekend and was unavailable.

Alabama’s Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide are again top dogs in the Southeastern Conference — and perhaps headed to the CFP — after ending Georgia’s 29-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory in the SEC title game Saturday night.

Donny van de Beek and Jadon Sancho could both be leaving Old Trafford in January, with Juventus keen on the Manchester United outcasts. Transfer Talk has the latest.

Miami (Ohio) upset No. 23 Toledo 23-14 in the Mid-American Conference championship game Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, and in doing so, coach Chuck Martin’s RedHawks hit the 11-win mark in a season for the first time since 2003.

The expectation across the NFL is that the Panthers will look to hire an offensive-minded head coach, someone who can help quarterback Bryce Young fulfill the potential that Carolina saw when it made him the No. 1 overall pick.

Trinity Rodman had a goal and two assists to help the United States beat China 3-0 in an exhibition match in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday.

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Christian Pulisic scored again and Luka Jović got his first goal for AC Milan to beat promoted Frosinone 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday.