Volume 35

College Football Top 25

1. Ohio State 10-0

2. Indiana 11-0

3. Texas A&M 10-0

4. Georgia 9-1

5. Oregon 9-1

6. Texas Tech 10-1

7. Oklahoma 8-2

8. Ole Miss 10-1

9. Alabama 8-2

10. Notre Dame 8-2

11. BYU 9-1

12. USC 8-2

13. Vanderbilt 8-2

14. Utah 8-2

15. Texas 7-3

16. Miami (FL) 8-2

17. Michigan 8-2

18. Georgia Tech 9-1

19. Virginia 9-2

20. Tennessee 7-3

21. Illinois 7-3

22. James Madison 9-1

23. Tulane 8-2

24. Missouri 7-3

25. North Texas 9-1

Today’s Games (Saturday November 22, 2025):

#24 Missouri @ #7 Oklahoma

Fresh off of a win in Tuscaloosa, the Oklahoma Sooners now host Missouri as they try to solidify a playoff spot during the last few weeks of the season. The Missouri Tigers make their return to the Top 25 thanks to many lower teams losing. The Tigers are led by the FBS’s leading rusher, Ahmad Hardy. Hardy has rushed for 1,346 yards this season. Oklahoma has the fourth ranked run defense in the country and they will have their hands full today.

The Cole Times Prediction: Oklahoma 34 over Missouri 23

#12 USC @ #5 Oregon

Next, comes an old school Pac 12 matchup with playoff stakes on the line. That’s what we have today between two ranked Big Ten squads– the USC Trojans and Oregon Ducks. Oregon is looking to get their first statement win of the season. The Ducks have no wins versus teams currently ranked. Oregon’s only ranked wins are versus Penn State and Iowa. The Ducks needed overtime to dispatch then Top 5 Penn State. Coming off the Penn State win, they suffered their only setback this season, a 30-20 loss at the hands of Indiana. Their other ranked win is a 18-16 victory over Iowa.

USC has two ranked wins this season, as well as two ranked losses. They lost to Illinois 34-32, then beat Michigan 31-13 one week later. A week after that, they lost to rival Notre Dame, 34-24. Last week, they beat a ranked Iowa team, 21-16, to knock the Hawkeyes out of the rankings. USC is led by a very strong offense that hopes to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive. Oregon is a very strong team, but tends to play down to the level of their opponent. That may not fare well against the ranked Trojans.

Prediction: USC 27, Oregon 25

NHL Game of the Day

Saturday 11/15/25

New Jersey Devils 3-2 Washington Capitals F/SO

Last Saturday, the New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals dueled through three periods, overtime, and a shootout. The scoring started five minutes in on a power play, when Arseny Gritsyuk found the back of the net for New Jersey. Later that period, Luke Hughes scored to give New Jersey a 2-0 advantage. No goals were scored in the second period. During the 3rd period, Alexander Ovechkin and Connor McMichael assisted each other’s goals and evened the score 2-2. No one scored in overtime, so the game went on to a shootout. The shootout started with a Dylan Strome goal for Washington. Then, both teams missed, followed by a Jasper Bratt goal to tie up the shootout. After two misses by Washington and one by New Jersey, Simon Nemec scored the game-winning goal to give New Jersey the road win.

Sunday 11/16/25

Minnesota Wild 3-2 Vegas Golden Knights F/OT

Last Sunday, the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild played a game that went to overtime. Just five minutes into the game, Minnesota’s Joel Eriksson Ek scored the first goal of the match. Vegas then responded with a power play goal by Pavel Dorofeyev to send it to the first intermission tied. Yakov Trenin scored in the second period to give Minnesota their second advantage of the game. Reilly Smith got the Golden Knights second power play goal in the third period to send it to overtime. Kirill Kaprizov scored on a power play in OT to give Minnesota the victory.

Monday 11/17

Anahiem Ducks 3-2 Utah Mammoth F/OT

On Monday, the Ducks and Mammoth played a wild game that came down to the last second. Jackson LaCombe started the scoring late in the first with his first goal of the season to give Anahiem the lead at the first break. Dylan Guenther scored in the last couple of minutes of play in the second period to tie things up. About midway through the third, Logan Cooley gave Utah the lead with his goal. With five seconds left in regulation, Troy Terry put in the tying goal to extend the game. Just 115 seconds of game time later, Olen Zellweger put the icing on the cake and won the game for the Ducks

Tuesday 11/18

San Jose Sharks 3-2 Utah Mammoth F/OT

Utah suffered the same fate as the day before, losing 3-2 in OT, but that is not the reason why this was the game of the day. There were only two goal scorers in this game, Macklin Celebrini of San Jose and JJ Peterka of Utah. Celebrini got his first two goals in the first six minutes of the game. 43 minutes and 27 seconds of game time later, Peterka got Utah on the board with his first goal. Then with the clock ticking away in the final minutes of regulation, Peterka found the net again. The game went to overtime with two goals from Celebrini and two goals from Peterka. In OT, Macklin Celebrini got the hat trick and the game winner on his power play goal. 

Final Score: Macklin Celebrini 3-2 JJ Peterka F/OT

Final Score: San Jose 3-2 Utah Mammoth F/OT

Wednesday 11/19

Minnesota Wild 4-3 Carolina Hurricanes F/SO

Just two minutes into this match, the scoring started as Brock Faber found the net to make it 1-0 Minnesota. Later in the first period with Carolina on a power play, Matt Boldy scored an unassisted, shorthanded goal to put Minnesota up 2-0. In the second period, Jackson Blake got in on the fun and gave Carolina some life. His goal to cut the Minnesota lead in half. 15 seconds into the third period, Mats Zuccarello scored to extend Minnesota’s lead back to two goals. But Carolina did not give up. Sebastian Aho scored to make it a one-goal game once again. Then, with one minute left in regulation Jackson Blake tied the game with his second goal of the match. No one scored in overtime. The shootout started with a pair of misses by each squad. On the third set of shots, Matt Boldy put the puck in the back of the net and Taylor Hall’s shot was saved to give Minnesota the win.

Thursday 11/20

Colorado Avalanche 6-3 New York Rangers

There are three reasons why this was the game of the day: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Martin Necas. New York got on the board first with a J.T. Miller power play goal. Nathan MacKinnon scored with 27 seconds left in the first period to tie the game up. MacKinnon was assisted by Martin Necas on that goal. Adam Edstrom scored his first goal of the season to give New York a 2-1 lead. Cale Makar was assisted by Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon on his first goal late in the second period. The score was 2-2 at the end of two, with all the fixings to be a tight game at the end. But Colorado, who is currently the top team in the league and has only one regulation loss, decided to leave New York in the dust. Brock Nelson’s power play goal early in the third give Colorado their first lead of the game. J.T. Miller evened the score with a power play goal of his own. Nathan MacKinnon scored another goal to put Colorado up for good. He was assisted by Martin Necas and Cale Makar. Cale Makar scored an empty net goal to put Colorado up 5-3. Ross Colton got an empty net goal of his own to give Colorado the 6-3 victory.

Season Stats:

Nathan MacKinnon, Center, Colorado Avalanche, 16 goals, 20 assists

Cale Makar, Defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, 8 goals, 20 assists

Martin Necas, Center, Colorado Avalanche, 15 assists

Friday 11/21

Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 Winnipeg Jets

Just 16 seconds into this match, a Jordan Stall goal put Carolina up, 1-0. Josh Morrisey responded for Winnipeg a few minutes later with a goal to even the score at 1-1. Gabriel Vilardi scored on a power play to give Winnipeg the lead at the first intermission. Three minutes into the second period, Jordan Stall scored again to tie the game. About three minutes after that, Seth Jarvis scored a shorthanded goal to take the lead for Carolina. Just three minutes into the final period, Andrei Svechnikov scored on a power play to make it 4-2 Hurricanes. One minute later, Gabriel Vilardi scored to make it 4-3. The score would stay at 4-3 for the rest of the game and Carolina walked out victorious. 

NFL

• The New England Patriots beat the New York Jets 27-14

  • Treveon Henderson had three TDs

  • The Patriots extended their winning streak to eight games

  • New Engalnd remains tied for first place in the AFC

• The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Commanders 16-13

  • This game was in Madrid, Spain

  • This matchup went to overtime

  • After he picked off Marcus Mariota in OT, Jack Jones celebrated in Christiano Ronaldo style (Ronaldo played in Madrid for a big chunk of his career)

• The Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons 30-27

  • The Falcons and Panthers went to overtime

  • Bryce Young passed for a Panthers franchise-record 448 yards

• The Buffalo Bills beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 44-32

  • Josh Aleen threw three touchdown passes

• The Houston Texans beat the Tennessee Titans 16-13

  • Houston improved to 5-5 on the season

  • Davis Mills was at QB for the Texans due to C.J. Stroud’s injury

• The Chciago Bears beat the Minnesota Vikings 19-17

  • Chicago leads the NFC North

• The Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 27-20

  • Jameis Winston was starting at QB for New York

• The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 34-12

  • Ja’Marr Chase spat on Jalen Ramsey and in result was suspended for one game

  • Aaron Rodgers injured his wrist– the injury will cause him to miss time

• The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Los Angeles Chargers 35-6

• The Los Angeles Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-19

  • Los Angeles picked Sam Darnold off four times

  • Los Angeles took sole possession of first place in the NFC West

• The San Francisco 49ers beat the Arizona Cardinals 41-22

  • Brock Purdy made his return from injury and threw three TDs

• The Baltimore Ravens beat the Cleveland Browns 23-16

  • Shedeur Sanders made his NFL debut after Dillon Gabriel went down with an injury

• The Denver Broncos beat the Kansas City Chiefs 22-19

  • Will Lutz hit a 35-yard field goal to end the game

  • Denver extended their win streak to eight games

• The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Detroit Lions 16-9

• The Dallas Cowboys beat the Las Vegas Raiders 33-16

  • Dak Prescott threw four TD’s

• The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints were on bye

Pistons 11 Game Win Streak

The Detroit Pistons are on an 11-game win streak and currently sit in first in the east. Detroit is 13-2. The only NBA team better than them are the 16-1 Oklahoma City Thunder. After a 2-2 start, the Pistons started their win streak with a 135-116 win versus the Orlando Magic. The Pistons battled with first overall pick Cooper Flagg as Detroit took down the Dallas Mavericks 122-110. They followed that up with a 114-106 win versus Memphis, then a 144-103 win over Utah. Next, they beat Eastern Conference foe Philadelphia 111-108. They had a close game versus the NBA’s worst team the Washington Wizards. Detroit sent Washington home, winning 137-135. They avenged their first loss of the season by beating Chicago 124-113. They then beat the 76ers again, this time 114-105. The Indiana Pacers were their next victim, 127-112, followed by the Atlanta Hawks, 120-112. Detroit’s next game is tonight versuss the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee is sitting at 8-8, but they are a dangerous team.

College Basketball

NCAAM (Men’s) Rankings

1. Arizona 5-0

2. Purdue 6-0

3. Houston 5-0

4. Duke 6-0

5. Florida 4-1

6. UConn 4-1

7. Louisville 5-0

8. Alabama 3-1

9. St. John’s 3-1

10. Michigan 4-0

11. BYU 4-1

12. Kentucky 4-2

13. Tennessee 5-0

14. Michigan State 5-0

15. Illinois 4-1

16. UCLA 5-1

17. Gonzaga 5-0

18. Texas Tech 4-2

19. Iowa State 4-0

20. Arkansas 5-1

21. Auburn 4-1

22. North Carolina 5-0

23. Creighton 3-1

24. NC State 4-0

25. Wisconsin 4-1

Spotlight: #1 Arizona Wildcats

In the preseason, Arizona was ranked 15th in the CT Men’s Basketball rankings. How did they go from projected Sweet 16 elimination to the current top team in the land? They started their season by beating then Top 5 Florida. The Florida Gators are the defending National Champions. The players on Florida might not be the same, but they have a serious case to repeat. After a pair of cupcake games, Arizona was right back to the gauntlet. They faced ranked UCLA, a strong team and a college basketball blue blood. They took down the Bruins by a score of 69-65. They then face Dan Hurley and UConn, who also have title aspirations. Arizona dominated in the paint and won 71-67. The Wildcats have Denver and Norfolk State up next. But after those weaker opponents, they face Auburn and Alabama seven days apart. They do host both teams from Alabama, but they will be tested. They also play in the Big 12, where they have to meet BYU twice, Kansas twice, Iowa State once, Texas Tech once, and Houston once. The first BYU matchup is in late January. They start a tough four-game stretch in Kansas, then host Texas Tech and BYU. Those games are followed up by a meeting with the Houston Cougars in the Lone Star State. A trip to Baylor is sandwiched between that stretch and back-to-back home matches versus Kansas and Iowa State.

NCAAW (Women’s) Rankings

1. UConn 5-0

2. South Carolina 5-0

3. UCLA 5-0

4. Texas 5-0

5. LSU 6-0

6. Oklahoma 5-1

7. Tennessee 4-1

8. TCU 5-0

9. Iowa 5-0

10. Maryland 6-0

11. Ole Miss 4-0

12. Baylor 4-1

13. NC State 3-2

14. Notre Dame 4-1

15. Michigan 4-1

16. North Carolina 4-1

17. USC 3-2

18. Vanderbilt 5-0

19. Iowa State 6-0

20. Louisville 4-1

21. Michigan State 5-0

22. West Virginia 5-0

23. Duke 3-3

24. Kentucky 6-0

25. Washington 4-0

Spotlight: USC

The USC Trojans are currently ranked 17th in the CT NCAAW rankings. How did they get there? USC was ranked at 15th in the CT preseason rankings. They started with an easy win versus New Mexico State. They followed that up by beating ranked NC State, 69-68. But they came off that win an got crushed by coach Dawn Staley and #2 South Carolina, 69-52. That pair of games kept USC ranked right around where they were. They beat Portland 78-51 to get to 3-1. They then lost to Notre Dame 61-59 after Hannah Hidalgo hit a jumper with 1.9 seconds left in the game to give the Fighting Irish the victory. After three games versus unranked opponents, the Trojans will face Washington and UConn. Then they take on rival UCLA on 1/3/2026 and 3/1/2026. They also have Maryland during that slate of games. They have a three-game stretch in late January on the road at Michigan State, at Michigan, and home versus Iowa. Those three games all happen within 1 week of each other.