Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Recruiting produces Metrolina Christian reunion

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Fall on the Road Against UTSA
• Pirates Fall to No. 6 Memphis, 5-0

ECU roundup: Trey Yesavage’s latest gem forces Game 7 in ALCS Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

ALCS: Trey Yesavage, Blue Jays force Game 7 with the Mariners after 6-2 win The Morning Call

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Three-Way Tie for First Halfway Through Volleyball Conference Play
• Memphis Claims Regular Season Title

What’s Memphis football path to American Conference title, CFP after UAB loss? USA Today

Where Memphis landed in college football polls after upset loss to UAB Memphis Commercial Appeal

USF Bulls move up one spot to 18th in AP college football poll WUSF

Tampa Bay Times

• AP Top 25 gets overhaul, with only No. 1 Ohio State holding its spot
• USF routs FAU, becomes bowl-eligible with 4th consecutive victory

Tulane football team winning ugly but still in pretty position NOLA.com

Regents to discuss coach Eric Morris contract on Monday morning Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA crippled by mistakes in letdown loss at North Texas San Antonio Express-News

TU’s conference struggles deepen after falling to East Carolina | A full analysis Tulsa World

Army football: Struggle to make plays late results in setback Times Record-Herald

Goodman: Stubborn Hugh Freeze could learn from UAB’s new coach AL.com

Charlotte takes on North Texas in AAC play The Associated Press

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Gio Lopez, healthy again, sees progress in UNC football’s narrow loss at Cal
• First look: What to know about UNC football’s game against No. 18 UVA
• First look: Coming off a bye week, NC State faces a tough test against Pitt
• Will NC State football make a bowl game? The numbers say there’s still a chance
• AP Top 25 football poll features another shakeup after four unbeaten teams lose
• Everything’s going wrong for the Hurricanes … who haven’t missed a beat
• Why is it so hard to face the Hurricanes at Lenovo Center? NHL players weigh in
• Hurricanes blow 3-goal lead, then win in OT to stay perfect
• As Carolina Panthers win third straight, it’s time to reconsider what’s possible

WRAL

• Panthers beat Jets 13-6 for third straight win, but Bryce Young leaves with injured ankle
• Briscoe gives Joe Gibbs Racing 2nd spot in NASCAR’s championship finale with OT win at Talladega
• Former NC State wrestler Trent Hidlay puts the Wolfpack on the world’s stage

Hamilton: Vandy basked in sunshine, but it was a stormy Week 8 across much of college football Charleston Post & Courier

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Alex Peavey’s cancer fight unites UVA, Virginia Tech, Penn State hoops coaches
• Receivers CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens propel Cowboys past Commanders
• Commanders QB Jayden Daniels will have MRI after hamstring injury
• Oscar Smith junior quarterback Lonnie Andrews III calls UVA ‘the right place to be’

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind No. 1 Ohio State
• All about the logo: Schools adding corporate gridiron ads to level revenue-sharing playing field
• AP Top 25 Extra Points: Keeping the Ramblin’ Wreck on track is Georgia Tech goal as top-10 newcomer
• Colorado State fires coach Jay Norvell after a 2-5 start and a year removed from a bowl game
• Florida fires coach Billy Napier after four-year run that ends with a 22-23 record
• College Football Playoff bracket watch: Alabama in top four, Miami hangs on, Texas Tech drops out