KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Faizon Brandon threw for 178 yards and one touchdown and ran for another to lead No. 15 Tennessee to a 42-9 win over Kennesaw State on Saturday night.

ATLANTA (AP) — Justice Haynes rushed for 141 yards on 22 carries with three touchdowns — two rushing, one receiving — leading Georgia Tech to its first victory of the season, 44-11 over Mercer at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Caleb Nix returned a punt 75 yards for the go-ahead score, Tristan Lyles had a game-saving interception in the red zone, and Jacksonville State erased a 14-point halftime deficit en route to a 31-27 victory over Georgia Southern on Saturday night.

Orlando, FL (AP) — UCF running back Duke Watson rushed for a career-high 177 yards and two touchdowns, and the Knights used two second-half turnovers to erase a halftime deficit and defeat Georgia State 44-30.

North Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, has resigned from his position as the school concludes a probe into its football program.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key is learning to embrace the challenge after an 0-2 start to the season. Georgia Tech lost 14-13 to Colorado in its opener after allowing a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute. One week later, the Yellow Jackets fell 45-24 to No. 15 Tennessee.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin hit late-inning, two-run homers, and the Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Tuesday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 42nd homer to match the Cubs record for a left-handed batter and finished with four hits and four RBIs to power Chicago past the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Monday night.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons' opening loss at Pittsburgh only added more uncertainty to the quarterback question that has persisted since the start of training camp.

The unprecedented comeback by Texas to knock off Ohio State moved the Longhorns to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday and pushed the Buckeyes out of the top five for the first time in two seasons.

ATLANTA (AP) — Alec Bohm hit a tie-breaking, two-run double in a seven-run eighth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 9-4 on Sunday to avoid being swept in the key NL East series.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt began his 10th season by trying to move past the noise that followed his ninth. The noise that said the Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker had lost a step, maybe two, after a quiet and injury-marred 2025. The noise that wondered if his time as a singular game-wrecker was over as his 32nd birthday neared.

ATLANTA (AP) — Even after losing a three-game weekend series and season series to the Atlanta Braves, the Philadelphia Phillies found reason for encouragement on Sunday while avoiding a series sweep and ending a three-game skid.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Gunner Stockton threw five touchdown passes, tying a school record, and No. 2 Georgia gained more momentum for its Southeastern Conference schedule by overwhelming Western Kentucky 70-20 on Saturday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech defensive back Jaylen Mbakwe has been released from the hospital after precautionary observation following his injury in the third quarter of the Yellow Jackets’ 45-24 loss to No. 18 Tennessee, the school announced Sunday.

ATLANTA (AP) — DeSean Bishop rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and freshman Faizon Brandon threw for two scores, leading No. 18 Tennessee to a 45-24 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday night.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Freshman Tait Reynolds replaced an injured Christopher Vizzina at quarterback and threw for 178 yards and led five scoring drives as Clemson defeated Georgia Southern 22-7 on Saturday night following a two-hour lightning delay.

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Lanear McCrary Jr. ran for 101 yards and a touchdown to lead Georgia State past Kennesaw State 31-17 on Saturday.

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Trey Owens threw two touchdown passes, and the Arkansas State defense contributed two touchdowns and a 52-7 romp over West Georgia on Saturday night.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Ben Croasdale burst through the middle for a 47-yard touchdown run with 47 seconds left to give Furman a 20-13 win over Mercer on Saturday night in a Southern Conference opener.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays were prevented from possibly becoming the first team to clinch a playoff berth when Martín Pérez threw seven scoreless innings, and Austin Riley's run-scoring single in the eighth inning gave Atlanta its first lead of the series in the Braves' 3-1 win Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Victor Mesa Jr. had two hits, including a home run; Griffin Jax gave up only two hits and one run in five innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Wednesday night to clinch the series win in the matchup of division leaders.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Coach Kirby Smart realized an explanation might be needed when he said his goal for No. 2 Georgia in Saturday's game against Western Kentucky was to “continue to get better.”

ATLANTA (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa's first chance at a fresh start with the Atlanta Falcons will come Sunday at Pittsburgh, where he made the last start of his rocky final season with the Miami Dolphins.