{"id":99866,"date":"2026-10-26T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99866"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:24:32","slug":"the-ten-10-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99866","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 10\/26\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)<\/p>\n\n\n

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1. The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. USC lost to Wisconsin 24-7 Saturday to fall to 6-2 on the season. The Trojans had -17 yards rushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. UCF upset #2 BYU 39-31 Saturday to knock the Cougars from the ranks of the unbeaten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Previously undefeated Texas Tech was also knocked off as Cincinnati beat the Red Raiders 37-24. Texas Tech (6-1) was ranked eighth coming in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. The Rams beat the Las Vegas Raiders 35-21 Sunday to improve to 3-4. The Raiders fell to 3-4 with their fourth straight defeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. AP College Football Top 5: 1. Miami 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Indiana 5. Notre Dame. UCLA is 7th after improving to 7-0 with a win over Michigan St. USC is out of the Top 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. The San Francisco 49ers suffered their first loss of the year with a 29-20 loss to the Atlanta Falcons Sunday. The Minnesota Vikings, with a 16-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts, are the only undefeated team left in the NFL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Baylor fired head football coach Dave Aranda Sunday after a 25-24 loss to Kansas Saturday. Baylor is 4-3 this season and had a record of 40-40 in seven seasons under Aranda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Hall of Fame sportswriter Ross Newhan passed away Sunday at the age of 89. Newhan covered the Angels and the Dodgers for the LA Times from 1968 to 2004. He was presented with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in 2000 and was inducted with the Baseball Hall of Fame class in Cooperstown in 2001. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Former Rams running back Lawrence McCutcheon passed away Friday at the age of 76. McCutcheon was a third-round pick out of Colorado State by the Rams in 1972 and he played eight of his 10 seasons with the Rams. McCutcheon finished his Rams’ career as the team’s all-time leading rusher at the time with 6,186 yards. He is now fourth behind Steven Jackson, Eric Dickerson and Marshall Faulk. McCutcheon had a run of five straight Pro Bowl selections from 1973-1977 and rushed for more than 1,000 yards in four of those five seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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