Nonconference finale comes at perfect time for Pirates…Pirates Blank UTSA, 1-0… Hurricanes are defending champs, Panthers look loaded up for a run as the biggest NHL season begins… Bijan Robinson runs roughshod over the Packers as the Falcons breeze to a 35-14 victory

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville Pregame Show

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Blank UTSA, 1-0
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert

ECU families heading to Greenville for family weekend WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Five Things ECU Needs to Do to be Successful Against NC Central
• How Week 3 results changed ESPN FPI’s outlook for ECU’s 2026 season 

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU GAMEDAY: Nonconference finale comes at perfect time for Pirates
• ECU GAMEDAY: Six players to watch
• ECU GAMEDAY: The Numbers Game
• ECU roundup: Tucker’s goal, Dietrich clean sheet key first league win

Around the American Athletic Conference

Defending Champion Rice Selected As American Women’s Swimming and Diving Favorite American Conference

ESPN’s ‘ceiling’ for Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball. Our reactions Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane’s third-down struggles coming in normally manageable situations NOLA.com

Can Southern Miss football avoid third straight loss? Our prediction vs Tulane Hattiesburg American

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Prediction: UNT will build momentum for conference opener by rolling past Houston Christian
• Reagan Bedell’s steady presence helps fuel UNT volleyball team’s rise in new era

UTSA-Colorado State football: How to watch Roadrunners’ Hispanic Heritage game San Antonio Express-News

TU at Arkansas: Who wins in a clash of Want vs. Need? Tulsa World

Scouting report: What you need to know for UAB’s game vs. Navy AL.com

Army vs. Temple prediction, odds, time: 2026 Week 4 college football Friday picks by proven model CBS Sports

Gameday preview: Army at Temple On3

Getting back on track: Keys to Army  Temple News

Army football at Temple score, live updates from Week 4 Times Record-Herald

Annapolis Capital

• 3 young Navy football players could take on bigger roles vs. UAB | NOTEBOOK
• Navy football gets back to basics on bye week before continuing road trip

‘Unfinished business’: Kenyon Giles opens up on Wichita State basketball return Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Fans get a first look at Lenovo Center renovations. What’s been upgraded so far?
• For returnees, Michael Malone brings UNC men’s basketball ‘energy’
• Duke will have multiple weapons, multiple ways to win basketball games
• UNC chancellor and AD address outcome of football investigation. What they said
• Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer ‘heartbroken’ over death of Chris Spatola
• UNC Chancellor, Athletic Director address football investigation, reaffirm support coach Belichick
• Duke’s Scheyer on the toughest challenge for the upcoming season
• Dave Doeren ‘excited’ for Jamel Johnson’s return after Indiana court injunction

WRAL

• Hurricanes are defending champs, Panthers look loaded up for a run as the biggest NHL season begins
• WRAL to broadcast 10 Carolina Hurricanes games as part of ‘Saturday Night Hockey’ partnership
• UNC chancellor backs Bill Belichick after investigation, says support comes with expectations
• Devin Lloyd is building on his breakout season in Jacksonville with his new team in Carolina
• Here’s how much UNC, NC State will receive for their men’s basketball games in Greensboro
• Former NC State sports medicine director faces dozens of sexual abuse charges after Florida arrest
• NC State DB, UNC kicker, UNC field hockey players now eligible after Indiana judge’s ruling

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson faces jetlag, talented QB at Cal. Final predictions, key matchups and more.
• Under fire under center: Which LaNorris Sellers will lead the Gamecocks against Alabama?
• College of Charleston stuns newly top-ranked South Carolina in men’s soccer

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ‘These count double.’ ODU enters Sun Belt opener vs. JMU with high stakes
• As UVA Strong game approaches, program ‘will carry this weight for a long time’

The Associated Press

• Liberty scores 24 unanswered points in the 2nd half to beat Coastal Carolina 34-17
• No. 16 Louisville loses Antonio Watts for season with knee injury
• SEC Week 4: Texas-Tennessee headlines a loaded slate of conference matchups
• No. 20 Oregon’s trip to No. 12 USC highlights huge weekend in Big Ten schedule
• No. 16 Louisville hosts Wake Forest to headline ACC’s Week 4 slate
• Kansas State vs. Cincinnati with both 3-0 is among five Big 12 openers this week
• Florida authorities arrest NC State’s ex-head trainer accused of sex abuse of Wolfpack male athletes