USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Nov. 4: Steve Garcia nears featherweight elite
Check out the latest rankings update following UFC Fight Night 263 in Las Vegas.
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White Sox hire Zach Bove as pitching coach, replacing Ethan Katz
The Chicago White Sox have hired Zach Bove to be their next pitching coach, the team announced on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Bove takes over for Ethan Katz, whose contract wasn't renewed after a five-year run with the organization. Bove has spent the past three seasons as an assistant pitching coach for the division rival Kansas City Royals.
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Lakers release injury report for Wednesday's game versus Spurs
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Texas ranks No. 11 in initial College Football Playoff rankings
The Longhorns would make the playoffs if they started today.
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![](/<figure><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/1dc0d0b197809693efe117d60e862e08" data-uuid="3d500a16-d45f-320d-bbf4-86790aa3308f"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">The first of six College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday evening with the Texas Longhorns debuting at No. 11, one spot ahead of the Oklahoma Sooners, and in position to receive inclusion in the 12-team playoff if head coach Steve Sarkisian’s team can keep winning.</p><figure><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Initial College Football Playoff Rankings🚨<a href="https://t.co/nSJbXtt30A">https://t.co/nSJbXtt30A</a><a href="https://t.co/RsQCtcadOG">pic.twitter.com/RsQCtcadOG</a></p>— On3 (@On3sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1985879156869963965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote></div></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">The biggest questions are whether Texas can maintain its positioning with three games remaining, including on the road against No. 5 Georgia after the upcoming bye week and at home against No. 3 Texas A&M to close the regular season, and whether a three-loss Longhorns team could make the field with a loss to the Bulldogs are the Aggies.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">Right now, there’s no question that Texas controls its own destiny despite the ugly road loss to Florida in Gainesville to open conference play, generating momentum with four straight wins starting in the Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma, buoyed by the maturation of redshirt sophomore quarterback Arch Manning and the nation’s No. 5 defense in the SP+ rankings.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">On FanDuel, <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/ncaaf">the odds for the Horns to make the CFP are +186 and -235 to make it</a>.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">Texas has made back-to-back College Football Playoff semifinals under Sarkisian.</p>)