Volume 28

THE COLE TIMES

Vol.28 October 4, 2025

College Football Updates and Rankings

Oregon beat Penn State 30-24 in 2OT.

Ole Miss upset LSU 24-19.

Alabama outlasted Georgia 24–21.

Tennessee beat Mississsippi State in OT 41-34.

Illinois beat USC with a FG as time expired 34-32.

Alabama will attempt revenge vs Vanderbilt.

Miami (FL) meets rivals Florida State in an important ACC game.

1. Ohio State 4-0

2. Oregon 5-0 +5

3. Miami 4-0 -1

4. Oklahoma 4-0

5. Ole Miss 5-0 +7

6. Indiana 5-0 +2

7. Texas A&M 4-0 +2

8. Georgia 3-1 -3

9. Penn State 3-1 -6

10. Texas Tech 4-0

11. LSU 4-1 -5

12. Tennessee 4-1 -1

13. Iowa State 5-0 

14. Missouri 5-0 +1

15. Vanderbilt 5-0 +5

16. Illinois 4-1 +3

17. Florida State 3-1 -3

18. Alabama 3-1 +6

19. Texas 3-1 -2

20. BYU 5-0 +2

21. Arizona State 4-1 UR

22. Georgia Tech 5-0 -3

23. Memphis 5-0 +1

24. Virginia 4-1 UR

25. USC 4-1 -8

High Flyers:

Oregon went up 5 spots after beating Penn State

Ole Miss went up 7 spots after beating LSU

Vanderbilt went up 5 spots after beating Utah State

Alabama went up 6 spts after beating Georgia

Big Droppers:

Penn State went down 6 spots after losing to Oregon

LSU went down 5 spots after losing to Ole Miss

MLB Playoffs

The MLB Playoffs are going strong. The divisional round starts today, Saturday October 4, 2025. 

Let’s look back at what happened in the Wild Card Round. 

Then we will look ahead to the divisional round.

AL Wild Card: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Game 1: 

Detroit 2 - Cleveland 1

Player of the Game- Tarik Skubal: 14K, 1ER

Game 2:

Detroit 1 - Cleveland 6

Player of the Game- Bo Naylor: 1HR, 1H, 1RBI

Game 3:

Detroit 6 - Cleveland 3

Player of the Game- Riley Greene: 2H, 1RBI

AL Wild Card: New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox

Game 1:

Boston 3 - New York 1

Player of the Game- Garrett Crochet: 11K, 1ER

Game 2:

Boston 3 - New York 4

Player of the Game- Austin Wells 1BB, 2H, 1RBI

Game 3:

Boston 0 - New York 4

Player of the Game- Cam Schlittler: 0ER, 12K

NL Wild Card: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds

Game 1:

Dodgers 10 - Reds 5

Player of the Game- Teoscar Hernandez: 3H, 2HR, 4RBI

Game 2:

Dodgers 8 - Reds 4

Player of the Game- Mookie Betts: 4H, 1R, 3RBI

NL Wild Card: Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres

Game 1:

Cubs 3 - Padres 1

Player of the Game- Nico Hoerner: 2H, 1RBI

Game 2:

Cubs 0 - Padres 3

Player of the Game- Mason Miller: 0ER, 5K

Game 3:

Cubs 3 - Padres 1

Player of the Game- Michael Busch 3H, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR

From the Wild Card Round, the Cole Times is putting the Players of the Game into standings based on how many times they win Player of the Game. The Cole Times picks the players.

Player of the Game Standings:

Tarik Skubal-1

Mookie Betts-1

Teoscar Hernandez-1 

Garrett Chrochet-1

Riley Greene-1

Nico Hoerner-1

Bo Naylor-1

Austin Wells-1

Mason Miller-1

Cam Schlittler-1

Michael Busch-1

Divisional Round:

The divisional round is 5 game series.

Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers

Prediction: Detroit in 5 games

New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays

Prediction: New York in 5 games

Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Prediction: Philadelphia in 5 games

Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs

Prediction: Chicago in 4 games

NFL Update

• The Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals 23-20

• The Pittsburgh Steelers won the NFL’s first game in Dublin 24-21 vs the Minnesota Vikings

• Michael Penix Jr had a career best day and helped the Atlanta Falcons beat the Washington Commanders 34-27

• The Buffalo Bills held on and remained undefeated with their 31-19 win over the New Orleans Saints

• The Detroit Lions crushed the Cleveland Browns 34-10

• Dillon Gabriel was named the starter after the Browns loss to the Lions

• The New England Patriots destroyed the Carolina Panthers 42-13

• The New York Giants got their first win and handed the Los Angeles Chargers their first loss in Jaxson Dart’s NFL debut.

• Malik Nabers is out for the season after tearing his ACL vs the Chargers

• The Philadelphia Eagles won the battle of the undefeateds beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-25

• The Houston Texans shut out the Tennessee Titans 26-0

• The Los Angeles Rams beat the Indianapolis Colts 27-20

• The Jacksonville Jaguars got 4 takeaways in their 26-21 win vs the San Francisco 49ers

• The Kansas City Chiefs got a win vs the Baltimore Ravens 37-20

• Lamar Jackson suffered a hamstring injury and is out for at least 1 week

• The Chicago Bears won 25-24 vs the Las Vegas Raiders, Josh Blackwell blocked a late field goal to end the game

• Ashton Jeanty rushed for 138 yards and 1 TD

• The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Sunday night game ended in a surprising 40-40 tie.

• The Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 27-21

• Tyreek Hill suffered a season ending knee injury

• The Denver Broncos beat the Cinciinati Bengals 28-3

• To start week 5 the 49ers got a 26-23 OT win over the Rams on Thursday, October 2nd

• This week the Falcons, Packers, Steelers, and Bears are on their bye week

WNBA Postseason

The WNBA Finals started yesterday, Friday October 3, 2025 with the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury are facing each other for the title. 

The WNBA playoffs has 3 rounds with 8 of the league’s 13 teams make the playoffs. This is the WNBA’s first season with 13 teamsing having added the Golden State Valkyries prior to this season (more expansions have been confirmed for future seasons). The first round is best of 3 games, the second round is best of 5 games, and the finals are a best of 7 series.

First and Second Round Scores:

First Round:

#1 Minnesota Lynx vs #8 Golden State Valkyries

Lynx win 2-0

#2 Las Vegas Aces vs #7 Seattle Storm

Aces win 2-1

#3 Atlanta Dream vs #6 Indiana Fever

Fever win 2-1

#4 Phoenix Mercury vs #5 New York Liberty

Mercury win 2-1

Second Round:

#1 Minnesota Lynx vs #4 Phoenix Mercury

Mercury win 3-1

#2 Las Vegas Aces vs #6 Indiana Fever

Aces win 3-2

Finals:

#2 Las Vegas beat #4 Phoenix 89-86 to take a 1-0 lead