The Precedent Daily: Sunday, November 1, 2026

A strip sack keeps Miami perfect, a backup quarterback rescues Indiana, Brighton wins at the Etihad and Tampa Bay drops out of the NHL's top five.

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Saturday's top five

1. Miami (FL) is college football's new No. 1. The Hurricanes won 38-35 at North Carolina to reach 8-0 and moved from third to first in The Precedent's Rating. Mark Fletcher Jr. put them ahead for good on a fourth-down touchdown run with 7:49 left, and Marquise Lightfoot's strip sack set up the touchdown that made it a two-score game. Indiana, first yesterday, is second; Texas is third.
2. Indiana survived Minnesota in overtime. The Hoosiers trailed 16-13 in the final seconds of regulation before a 60-yard field goal at the horn sent the game to overtime. Backup Grant Wilson, in at quarterback since halftime, threw a 25-yard touchdown to Charlie Becker on the first play of overtime, and Indiana won 23-16. Indiana still slipped to second: four teams it had already played lost yesterday, and its schedule's winning percentage fell from .587 to .552.
3. USC beat Ohio State 30-18. The Trojans took control in the first quarter and were never seriously threatened. Jayden Maiava threw for 222 yards and a score. USC climbed from 20th to 13th, and Ohio State, now 6-2, fell from 10th to 11th.
4. Brighton won at Manchester City and is second in the Premier League's Rating. Yasin Ayari's 11th-minute goal was the only one, and City has now lost two league games in a row after starting 7-0. Brighton moved from fourth to second in The Precedent's Rating, behind Arsenal, and is two points off the top of the table. City dropped to fourth in the Rating.
5. Utah is 8-0 and in the top 10. The Utes buried Cincinnati in the first half, scoring 28 points in the second quarter alone, and won 49-25 on the road. Devon Dampier threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns. Utah jumped from 15th to ninth, and Cincinnati fell from ninth to 20th.

College Football

Miami's win kept it one of three unbeaten teams, with Utah and UCLA, both also 8-0. UCLA shut out Nevada 27-0 and moved up to 23rd. Miami's opponents' combined winning percentage stayed at .500, and its own perfect record carried it past two teams that lost ground on their schedules. Texas beat Mississippi State 31-3 and slipped to third: four of the five teams it had already played lost yesterday.

Georgia beat Florida 27-8 and still fell from 13th to 16th. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Auburn, three teams Georgia had already played, all lost, and its schedule's winning percentage dropped from .476 to .462. The Bulldogs had the game in hand by halftime, up 24-0. Florida fell from 11th to 17th. Wisconsin was shut out 30-0 at Iowa and dropped from 12th to 21st; Iowa moved from 29th to 22nd. Oregon trailed Northwestern until the fourth quarter, won 34-26 and rose from 18th to 12th.

Boise State nearly gave away a 28-3 halftime lead. Texas State scored 22 straight points in the third quarter and kept trading scores, but the Broncos held on 46-45 and moved from 16th to 10th. Iowa State won a 51-49 shootout with Oklahoma State and had the day's biggest climb, from 75th to 49th. Washington didn't lead at Nebraska until two fourth-quarter touchdowns turned the game, won 17-10 and rose from 74th to 52nd.

The biggest upset by Rating was No. 107 Syracuse over No. 37 SMU, 30-27; SMU fell to 61st. Colorado, 117th yesterday, beat Kansas State 27-24 in overtime, and the Wildcats had the day's biggest drop, from 76th to 104th. Memphis beat Army 49-22 and climbed from 29th to a tie for 18th with North Dakota State.

Top 25 results

Ranks are The Precedent's Rating, yesterday → today. Games with a team ranked in the top 25 yesterday.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

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Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Unbeaten tracker

Full College Football standings →

Premier League

Chart of the Day

Coventry City made the biggest climb in the Premier League's Rating over the last week, from 20th to 15th, after its 3-1 win over Sunderland. Crystal Palace went the other way, from 16th to 19th, and has lost three in a row.

Full Premier League Ratings →

Arsenal and Manchester City both have 21 points, with City on top of the table on goal difference after playing one more game. Brighton, third in the table with 19 points, has the league's best goal difference at +17. Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 with both goals after halftime and stays fifth in the Rating.

Coventry City beat Sunderland 3-1, two goals up by halftime, and climbed from 20th to 15th. Sunderland is last in the table and in the Rating. Tottenham Hotspur beat Crystal Palace 2-0, and Palace fell from 16th to 19th. Bournemouth beat Leeds United 2-0 and passed Leeds in the Rating, eighth to Leeds' 10th. Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 and moved up to sixth.

Saturday's results

Ranks are The Precedent's Rating, yesterday → today.

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full Premier League Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full Premier League standings →

NHL

Nashville, 28th in The Precedent's Rating, beat Tampa Bay 5-4 in a shootout. The Lightning, fourth yesterday, fell to 10th. Washington is alone at No. 1 after sharing the top spot with Utah, which didn't play and slipped to second.

Edmonton shut out the NY Islanders 4-0, breaking the game open with three goals in the second period, and stays third. Boston beat Chicago 5-4 in overtime and moved from seventh to fifth. St. Louis had the day's biggest climb, from 21st to 15th, after scoring three third-period goals to win 5-4 at Detroit.

Saturday's results

Ranks are The Precedent's Rating, yesterday → today. In The Precedent's Rating, an overtime or shootout winner gets a win and the other team a loss, so records here are W-L.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full NHL Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full NHL standings and playoff picture →

NBA

Houston beat Oklahoma City 119-98 and stays first in The Precedent's Rating at 6-1. The Rockets were ahead after every quarter. Oklahoma City is still fourth. Philadelphia won 109-104 at Charlotte to move to 6-1 and up to fifth.

Memphis beat Sacramento 136-105 to stay unbeaten at 6-0, and fell from eighth to 12th. The Kings are 0-6, and the combined winning percentage of the teams Memphis has played dropped from .320 to .257. New Orleans beat Atlanta 121-99, No. 28 over No. 11 by Rating, and the Hawks fell from 11th to 16th.

Saturday's results

Ranks are The Precedent's Rating, yesterday → today.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full NBA Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full NBA standings →

MLS

Columbus beat D.C. United 3-0 for its fifth straight win and moved into eighth in the East with 44 points. Orlando City, beaten 4-0 at Charlotte, holds ninth with 43. Red Bull New York, Toronto FC and New York City FC are next with 39 each. FC Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 1-0 on a second-half goal and is one point behind the Union.

San Diego FC won 1-0 at St. Louis, No. 26 over No. 8 by Rating, and St. Louis has gone five games without a win. Chicago won 4-2 at Colorado with three second-half goals. Colorado fell to 20th in the Rating and is tied with Seattle for eighth in the West at 43 points; Seattle has a game in hand. FC Dallas drew 1-1 at Sporting Kansas City and stays second in the West.

Saturday's results

Ranks are The Precedent's Rating, yesterday → today.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full MLS Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full MLS standings →

Coming up today

NFL · 12 games

Minnesota, No. 1 in The Precedent's Rating and unbeaten at 6-0, plays at Detroit at noon. Cleveland (5-2, 10th) visits Pittsburgh (5-2, eighth) in a top-10 matchup at the same time. Kansas City, 11th, plays at No. 2 Denver at 3:25 PM, and Philadelphia visits Washington on Sunday night.

NBA · 4 games

Boston, 4-1, plays at Orlando at 2:30 PM. Toronto, tied with the Celtics at 14th, visits the LA Lakers at 8 PM, and Golden State hosts the LA Clippers at 7:30 PM. Winless Brooklyn plays at Indiana at 4 PM.

NHL · 5 games

No. 1 Washington hosts No. 7 Minnesota at 2:30 PM, the day's top-10 matchup. Utah, second, plays at 31st-ranked Philadelphia at 3 PM, and Edmonton, third, visits the NY Rangers at 5 PM.

Premier League · 1 match

No. 1 Arsenal plays at No. 3 Liverpool at 10:30 AM. A win would put Arsenal three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table; Liverpool is fifth with 15 points.

MLS · 6 matches

Inter Miami CF and New England, tied for third in the Rating, meet at 6 PM; New England is second in the East with 58 points, two ahead of Miami. No. 1 Nashville SC hosts Red Bull New York, which needs points to stay in reach of the East's ninth place. Toronto FC, also at 39 points, plays at Atlanta United, and Seattle, level with Colorado on 43 points in the West, visits Vancouver.