East Carolina Sweeps Aside Houston 3-0 For Third-Straight AAC Victory…Nelson gets needed recovery time …No regrets for Kruczynski …Clemson survives scare from NC State, wins in overtime…Walker’s Last-Second Pass Sends Temple Past UCF, 26-25 …No. 12 Houston Holds Off Tulsa on Goal Line in 38-31 Thriller

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

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• East Carolina Sweeps Aside Houston 3-0 For Third-Straight AAC Victory
• Field Set For 2016 Greenville Regional Preview
• Soccer Gameday: ECU Hosts Houston In League Action Sunday

Greenville Daily Reflector

• No regrets for Kruczynski
• Nelson gets needed recovery time
• REFLECTOR PHOTOS: Hurricane Matthew, October 2016
• Reflector video: Hurricane Matthew

After ACC decision, Babcock re-examining Hokies’ football schedules Hampton Roads Daily Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

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• Walker’s Last-Second Pass Sends Temple Past UCF, 26-25
• Flowers’ 5 TD Night Leads USF Past UConn, 42-27
• No. 12 Houston Holds Off Tulsa on Goal Line in 38-31 Thriller
• Women’s Volleyball: Road Teams dominate with three sweeps

The Associated Press

• In wild finish, No. 13 Houston holds off Tulsa 38-31
• Henderson TDs lead Memphis past Tulane 24-14
• Flowers accounts for 5 TDs, South Florida beats UConn 42-27

Tulsa World

• Tulsa at No. 13 Houston: Last-second goal line stand lifts Cougars over Hurricane
• Update: Dennis Byrd, former TU and NY Jets player, killed in crash north of Claremore

Defense saves No. 13 Houston in exhilarating win over Tulsa Houston Chronicle

Tampa Bay Times

• USF surges late to keep streaks going in win over UConn
• Jones: USF fun to watch, but not enough are watching
• Fennelly: How is USF going to keep from losing Willie Taggart?
• USF women’s hoops coach blasts feeble football attendance
• ‘Midnight Madness’ events mark official start of college basketball

Philly.com

• Temple pulls out victory with one second left
• Temple’s Reddick continues his dominant defensive play

Temple rallies to stun UCF in final seconds Orlando Sentinel

Hartford Courant

• Jeff Jacobs: 142 Brilliant Seconds For Huskies, But It Wasn’t Enough
• USF Withstands UConn’s Third-Quarter Flurry, Pulls Away
• Injured Left Leg Knocks UConn’s Tommy Hopkins From Game
• The Wrap: South Florida 42, UConn 27

The past two games exemplify Navy football’s remarkable run under Ken Niumatalolo Washington Post

Navy’s Tillman, White ‘two peas in a pod’ Annapolis Capital

Offense’s long drought was too much for Tulane to overcome in loss to Memphis New Orleans Advocate

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Clemson survives scare from NC State, wins in overtime
• Tigers fortunate to find way to win

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State measures up, but can’t topple No. 3 Clemson
• Wolfpack can’t close deal, lose at Clemson 24-17 in OT
• UNC defense savors its moment after 20-13 win at Miami
• UNC hangs on for 20-13 victory at Miami

Hampton Roads Daily Press

• No. 17 Virginia Tech’s woes in Carrier Dome continue in 31-17 loss at Syracuse
• U.Va. fails to sustain offense in loss to Pitt

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Carrier Dome is again Virginia Tech’s house of horrors
• 5 takeaways from the Hokies’ stunning 31-17 loss to Syracuse
• After explosive first half, Virginia falls to Pitt

Washington Post

• Virginia Tech football falls into trap with upset loss at Syracuse
• For Clemson and Ohio State, fleeting episodes of existential dread
• College football winners and losers: Alabama is smoking the competition

FIU edges Charlotte 49ers with late touchdown Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Takeaways: Clemson, OSU escape; ‘Bama bashes Vols
• No. 2 Buckeyes claw past No. 8 Wisconsin in OT thriller
• No. 1 Alabama trounces No. 9 Tennessee in 49-10 runaway

Your Saturday best! Kiffin trolling, Holgo chugging Red Bull and more ESPN.com