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5:22 PM on Saturday, September 6

No one has been more successful in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs than Joey Logano, who has won three championships since the introduction of three-race elimination rounds in 2014

5:19 PM on Saturday, September 6

Beau Brungard ran for four touchdowns and set a Missouri Valley Conference record for quarterbacks with 264 yards and passed for another score as Youngstown State defeated Robert Morris 56-17

5:14 PM on Saturday, September 6

Daylen Lile hit a tiebreaking home run in the fourth inning and rookie Brad Lord struck out a season-best seven to help the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1

5:12 PM on Saturday, September 6

The United States will play Paraguay and Uruguay in its last two friendlies this year on FIFA international fixture dates

5:00 PM on Saturday, September 6

Cam Cook ran for 195 yards with two touchdowns and Jacksonville State defeated Liberty 34-24 in a Conference USA opener between the past two league champions

4:54 PM on Saturday, September 6

Tokito Oda and Yui Kamiji took home the men’s and women’s wheelchair titles at the U.S. Open on Saturday

4:42 PM on Saturday, September 6

Keegan Patterson threw two touchdowns and Elijah Owens threw for another and Indiana State led the entire way beating Eastern Illinois 38-14

4:37 PM on Saturday, September 6

Tariq Thomas rushed for two touchdowns, and Ralph Rucker IV passed for 246 yards as Bucknell defeated Marist 34-23 on Saturday

4:34 PM on Saturday, September 6

Kekoa Visperas threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns, Aidan Littles and Quintell Quinn combined for 148 rushing yards and two scores, and Tennessee Tech cruised to a 45-17 win over Chattanooga on Saturday

4:30 PM on Saturday, September 6

Reagan Andrew threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Butler held off Division-II Truman State 37-27

4:28 PM on Saturday, September 6

Steve Angelli threw a 6-yard scoring strike to Justus Ross-Simmons at the right pylon on Syracuse’s first possession of overtime to give the Orange a 27-20 win over UConn

4:02 PM on Saturday, September 6

Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 left to give No. 16 Iowa State a 16-13 win over Iowa for the Cyclones’ second straight victory against their in-state rival and third in four years

3:59 PM on Saturday, September 6

Luke Altmyer threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns and No. 11 Illinois capitalized on a series of mistakes by Duke to beat the Blue Devils 45-19 for a road win against a power-conference opponent

3:49 PM on Saturday, September 6

Fernando Mendoza threw for four touchdowns to lead No. 23 Indiana to a 56-9 rout of Kennesaw State

3:40 PM on Saturday, September 6

Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed left the game in the third quarter of Saturday’s win over Utah State after landing awkwardly at the end of a run, but coach Mike Elko said he’s OK

3:40 PM on Saturday, September 6

Pittsburgh surged past Central Michigan 45-17 on Saturday, with Eli Holstein passing for 304 yards and four touchdowns

3:39 PM on Saturday, September 6

Tommy Castellanos passed for 237 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Duce Robinson, as No. 14 Florida State routed East Texas A&M 77-3

3:36 PM on Saturday, September 6

Behren Morton threw for three touchdowns, big defensive tackle Skyler Gill-Howard returned an interception 55 yards for a score and No. 24 Texas Tech blew out another overmatched opponent, beating Kent State 62-14

3:28 PM on Saturday, September 6

Drew Allar completed 19 of 33 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns and No. 2 Penn State beat Florida International 34-0

3:21 PM on Saturday, September 6

John Nestor had a pick-six on the game’s first offensive play, and Minnesota scored five first-quarter touchdowns en route to overwhelming FCS Northwestern State 66-0 Saturday