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Buffs fans, the bye week now has a finish line, and it's a late one. Utah announced that its Oct. 17 game at Folsom Field kicks off at 8:15 p.m. Mountain time, 9:15 p.m. Central , on ESPN or ESPN2, with the final network set after the Oct. 10 games. It's the 73rd meeting. The No. 12 Utes (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) have won eight of the last nine in the series and 12 of the last 14, and Colorado (2-3, 0-2) comes in on a three-game losing streak. Buffaloes Wire notes Utah leads the Big 12 at 43.3 points per game behind dual-threat QB Devon Dampier, and last year's meeting in Salt Lake City ended 53-7 Utah. With the quarterback job still open, SI's Marvin Uzor makes the case for four Buffs to get more work. Freshman QB Kaneal Sweetwyne has been limited to a trick-play package: a 7-yard completion to Isaac Wilson on the first snap against Texas Tech and a fourth-down incompletion from the Tech 4. Running back Damian Henderson II turned three carries into 19 yards while the re...

Sic 'em. The bye week comes with some hardware. Baylor announced Tuesday that quarterback DJ Lagway earned three national honors for his night at Arizona State: Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week, a spot in the Davey O'Brien Award's expanded "Davey Double" group of 16 quarterbacks, which also puts him on the O'Brien midseason watch list, and Manning Award Star of the Week. That's on top of Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. In his third start as a Bear, Lagway went 25-for-40 for 306 yards and a career-high four touchdown passes , and added an 11-yard touchdown run. He's the 11th Bear ever with five or more touchdowns in a game. Baylor's 564 yards were its most since 612 at Oklahoma State on Sept. 27, 2025, and its 55 points are the most by any Big 12 team in a league game this season. The Dallas Morning News' midseason report says the defense is the real story, though. Baylor (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) is allowing 14.2 po...

DFW, the midseason power rankings are out, and Friday's big one just got bigger. The SportsDayHS staff at The Dallas Morning News updated its top 100 Dallas-area teams Wednesday morning, and Allen (5-0, 2-0 in District 6-6A) moved up from No. 4 to No. 1 after what the staff called "a truly dominant start." Waxahachie is No. 2, North Crowley is No. 3, Frisco Lone Star is No. 4 and Denton Guyer rounds out the top five. Coppell (6), Lewisville (8), DeSoto (9) and Prosper (10) are also in the top 10. The biggest climber up top is Mansfield Timberview, up 22 spots to No. 7 after a 5-0 start that includes a Week 2 upset of Denton Ryan. Prosper Walnut Grove jumped from No. 58 to No. 14, with the staff admitting it overlooked Walnut Grove after quarterback Hayes Hackney transferred to No. 13 Argyle. Unbeaten Arlington Martin (5-0) enters at No. 20 after its Week 5 upset of Aledo. Going the other way, preseason No. 1 Duncanville falls to 11th , Southlake Carroll drops from ...

Wings fans, the season ended in heartbreak, but CBS Sports just laid out a pretty clear offseason map. In his Wings breakdown, CBS's Jack Maloney says the top priority is Awak Kuier's restricted free agency . Kuier, 25, became a key piece down the stretch, led the WNBA in blocks per game after the All-Star break at 2.6, and shot 39% from three. Because she's restricted, Dallas can match any offer. Maloney says the Wings have just under $5 million on the books for next season, compared with a 2026 cap of $7 million, so they can keep her at any price, though that would squeeze the rest of the roster unless Alanna Smith or Jessica Shepard gets moved. Maddy Siegrist (restricted) and Alysha Clark (unrestricted) are the other free agents. The case for adding talent is in the record. Dallas went 27-17, a 17-win jump, but was 20-2 against the seven lottery teams and just 7-15 against the other playoff teams . The Wings don't have a lottery pick this time, but they hold No....

Victory Green, the first win is in the books. Now the Stars take it on the road. Dallas (1-2-0) visits Buffalo (2-1-0) on Thursday at 7 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Central , per the AP preview. The Sabres come in off a 3-2 overtime win over Minnesota after a 50-23-9 season, while the Stars went 50-20-12 last year and scored 273 goals. AP lists Matt Duchene (lower body), Cameron Hughes (upper body) and Harrison Scott (undisclosed) as out for Dallas. Buffalo lists Josh Doan as day to day and has Jason Zucker and goalie Alex Lyon among its players out. Monday's 5-0 win over San Jose came straight from the coach's game plan. Glen Gulutzan wanted more pucks and more bodies at the net, and he got it. "It was really a simple recipe, and nice to see they were rewarded for it," Gulutzan said, per the Stars' Mike Heika. Dallas outshot the Sharks 26-13 and out-attempted them 66-24. One thing still missing, as Yahoo Sports notes: a power-play goal. The Stars are 0-for-8 with t...

Pony Up: 4-1 at the bye is a good spot, but the Boston College game left a real to-do list. As Timothy Hamm writes for Yahoo Sports, SMU managed just 218 total yards in the 25-16 win, with only 58 on the ground and 160 through the air. Kevin Jennings was a clean 20-of-30 with two touchdowns and no picks, but the Mustangs averaged only 3.5 yards per play. Kendrick Raphael led the team with 45 rushing yards, and SMU averaged just 1.8 yards per carry . That's a long way from an offense that came in averaging more than 500 yards a game through the first four. Then there's the kicking. The Dallas Morning News counts five kicks over the last two games that were missed or never got off — three extra points and two field goals — and SMU is just 3-for-7 on field goals this season. The problems have come from snaps, holds and kicks, and the Mustangs hope starter Nick Reed is healthy after the bye. Starting center Joshua Bates also went down with an ankle injury in the third quarte...