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Sunday’s Sports Recap

October 31: USC beats Ohio State, Miami survives at North Carolina, Georgia wins its rivalry game, and all 54 FBS and NBA games are final.

Covered action date: Saturday, October 31, 2026, Eastern Time. All 54 scheduled games across the five covered sports are final: 47 FBS games and seven NBA games. Late finishes remain attached to their scheduled October 31 action date. These sports results are not ISR’s paid-pick performance.

NCAA Football FBS — all 47 finals

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Miami Hurricanes at North Carolina Tar Heels38–35Final
Ohio State Buckeyes at USC Trojans18–30Final
Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs8–27Final
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Indiana Hoosiers16–23Final/OT
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Navy Midshipmen35–13Final
Utah Utes at Cincinnati Bearcats49–25Final
Nevada Wolf Pack at UCLA Bruins0–27Final
Arizona State Sun Devils at BYU Cougars20–27Final
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Texas Longhorns3–31Final
Auburn Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels15–45Final
Arizona Wildcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders26–34Final
Virginia Cavaliers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons7–51Final
SMU Mustangs at Syracuse Orange27–30Final
Northwestern Wildcats at Oregon Ducks26–34Final
Texas State Bobcats at Boise State Broncos45–46Final
Missouri Tigers at Arkansas Razorbacks34–10Final
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Iowa State Cyclones49–51Final
Wisconsin Badgers at Iowa Hawkeyes0–30Final
California Golden Bears at NC State Wolfpack10–31Final
Boston College Eagles at Duke Blue Devils2–47Final
Illinois Fighting Illini at Maryland Terrapins20–17Final
UAB Blazers at South Florida Bulls10–30Final
Bowling Green Falcons at Western Michigan Broncos10–23Final
Michigan Wolverines at Rutgers Scarlet Knights28–21Final
Marshall Thundering Herd at Old Dominion Monarchs36–23Final
Kansas State Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes24–27Final/OT
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Georgia State Panthers31–20Final
UConn Huskies at Air Force Falcons26–35Final
Temple Owls at East Carolina Pirates9–17Final
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at South Alabama Jaguars35–20Final
Stanford Cardinal at Louisville Cardinals24–52Final
Kansas Jayhawks at TCU Horned Frogs16–22Final
Colorado State Rams at Utah State Aggies14–31Final
UTEP Miners at North Dakota State Bison7–31Final
Florida International Panthers at Liberty Flames10–49Final
Southern Miss Golden Eagles at UL Monroe Warhawks35–21Final
New Mexico Lobos at San José State Spartans21–16Final
South Carolina Gamecocks at Oklahoma Sooners42–25Final
Purdue Boilermakers at Penn State Nittany Lions17–31Final
App State Mountaineers at Georgia Southern Eagles3–19Final
Clemson Tigers at Florida State Seminoles36–24Final
Washington State Cougars at San Diego State Aztecs20–26Final
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Pittsburgh Panthers11–34Final
Washington Huskies at Nebraska Cornhuskers17–10Final
Army Black Knights at Memphis Tigers22–49Final
Northern Illinois Huskies at UNLV Rebels24–31Final
Oregon State Beavers at Fresno State Bulldogs22–38Final
  • USC beat No. 2 Ohio State 30–18. Jayden Maiava completed 15 of 22 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown; Trent Mosley caught five passes for 101 yards and a score. Luke Fahey threw for 260 yards in Ohio State’s changed quarterback situation.
  • No. 1 Miami escaped North Carolina 38–35. Darian Mensah threw three touchdown passes, two to Malachi Toney. North Carolina’s Billy Edwards Jr. completed 28 of 34 passes for 341 yards and four touchdowns.
  • Georgia beat Florida 27–8 in Atlanta. Nate Frazier rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown. Florida’s Jadan Baugh was held to 38 yards on 17 carries.
  • Utah won 49–25 at Cincinnati as Devon Dampier threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns. Texas Tech beat Arizona 34–26 despite Noah Fifita’s 417 passing yards; J’Koby Williams rushed for 175 yards for the Red Raiders.

ISR analysis: Ohio State’s replacement-quarterback game, Miami’s close finish and Arizona’s large passing total in defeat underline different review needs. Keep personnel, scoring sequence and field position beside the yardage rather than treating one statistic as control of the game.

NBA — seven finals

  • Memphis beat Sacramento 136–105 to remain unbeaten at 6–0. Cameron Boozer scored 27; Cam Spencer had 13 assists. Sacramento’s Darius Acuff Jr. scored 38 in defeat.
  • Houston beat Oklahoma City 119–98. Jabari Smith Jr. scored 30 with nine rebounds; Alperen Şengün recorded nine assists.
  • Cleveland won 136–111 at Milwaukee. Evan Mobley led the Cavaliers with 27 points, while Jarrett Allen collected 11 rebounds.
  • Philadelphia beat Charlotte 109–104 behind Tyrese Maxey’s 38 points. Portland, New Orleans and San Antonio also won, as the complete scoreboard above shows.

ISR analysis: Strong individual scoring did not guarantee a team result, as Sacramento’s loss illustrates. Houston’s response after its first defeat also deserves a lineup and possession review rather than a conclusion based only on its previous night.

No-game status

NFL: No October 31 games listed. MLB: No October 31 games listed. NCAA men’s basketball: No October 31 games listed. These checks use the Eastern action date, not the UTC date or the following morning’s schedule.

Betting notebook — retained source snapshots

The following outcomes use DraftKings prices displayed by ESPN and retained in ISR’s October 31 previews. The four football lines were checked at 7:08 a.m. EDT; the Houston line at 7:07 a.m. EDT. These are dated morning snapshots, not universal closing lines or market-movement claims.

  • Georgia covered -11.5; 35 points finished under 56.5.
  • Texas Tech covered -3.5; 60 points finished over 54.5.
  • Utah covered -7; 74 points finished over 56.5.
  • USC covered +6.5; 48 points finished under 50.5.
  • Houston covered -3.5; 217 points finished under 218.5.

No market outcome is assigned to the other games without an explicitly retained source line. These comparisons are not ISR paid-pick results.

Sources and completion check

Every final score links to its game box score. Full schedule checks: FBS and NBA. No-game checks: NFL, MLB and NCAA men’s basketball. All 54 games were verified final; none remains unresolved.

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