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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State became the fifth unranked team to beat a top-5 program in this upset-filled college basketball season, getting 15 points and 11 rebounds from Mike Watkins in a 76-69 win over No. 4 Maryland. Lamar Stevens added 15 points and 10 rebounds, Myreon Jones and Izaiah Brockington scored 14 apiece, and Myles Dread had 12 for the Nittany Lions, who led for all but 1:54. Jalen Smith had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Terrapins, who were trying for their first 11-0 start since 1996.
NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana failed to have a double-digit scorer and still rebounded from its first loss of the season to beat UConn 57-54 at Madison Square Garden. The Hoosiers won their first eight games under coach Archie Miller and were on the brink of cracking the Top 25 until a 20-point loss at Wisconsin earned them only a few votes. Aljami Durham led the Hoosiers with nine points. Alterique Gilbert buried a 3 for UConn with 14.3 seconds left that pulled it to 56-54 but it coughed up the ball on a game-tying possession.
NEW YORK (AP) — This year's College Football Hall of Fame class has no Heisman Trophy winners. Vince Young of Texas, Darren McFadden of Arkansas and Lorenzo White of Michigan State were all contenders for the award. Young launched an era of dual-threat quarterbacks. McFadden was a running back at the time of the QB revolution. White was at his best as a sophomore when the Heisman was always went to upperclassmen. Had they played at different times, maybe their Heisman campaigns would have gone differently. This year's Heisman will be awarded on Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts and Ohio State teammates quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young will join LSU quarterback Joe Burrow as Heisman Trophy finalists. Burrow is the clear front-runner to win the Heisman on Saturday night in New York City after a record-breaking season. The senior has led the Tigers to the top seed in the College Football Playoff. Burrow would be LSU's second Heisman winner and first since running back Billy Cannon in 1959. All three quarterbacks who are finalists this season started their careers at different schools and transferred.
UNDATED (AP) — Louisville and Kansas remained atop the Top 25 this week. Ohio State jumped three spots to No. 3 after routing then-No. 7 North Carolina and blowing out Penn State. Maryland dropped one spot to fourth despite continuing to pile up wins. Michigan slid one spot to round out the top five after its first loss of the season. Xavier joined the rankings at No. 22 and San Diego State entered at No. 25.
UNDATED (AP) — College football always needs an argument when it comes to the postseason. This year, it was whether LSU or Ohio State should be the top seed in the four-team playoff. Four was enough this season to accommodate the teams worthy of a crack at the national championship. Maybe more than enough. Expansion still seems inevitable, even though it has become apparent over the first six seasons of the playoff that it is just not needed to crown a deserving champion.
UNDATED (AP) — UConn has jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll behind Stanford. The Cardinal have 27 of the 30 first-place votes from the national media panel. UConn was seven points in front of third place Oregon. Oregon State and South Carolina round out the top five. Louisville fell five spots to seventh after losing at Ohio State. Mississippi State fell out of the top 10 for the first time in three years.
UNDATED (AP) — No. 13 Alabama will look to end the season on a positive note when it plays No. 14 Michigan in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 1. The Crison Tide missed out on the College Football Playoff for the first time. Alabama lost to playoff-bound LSU and rival Auburn to fall out of contention. The Wolverines also had playoff aspirations, but fell to Wisconsin, Penn State and Ohio State. Alabama will be without injured star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
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