Jeff Hart

Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame's defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday.

It's the debut of the TMRW Golf League, a six-team league featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy among 24 players — 13 of them major champions — in fast-paced, two-hour matches to be televised in prime time on ESPN platforms.

The Sugar Bowl matchup between Georgia and Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff will kick off at 4 p.m. (ET) on Thursday.

The Peach Bowl referee declined to call a targeting penalty late in the fourth quarter for a helmet-to-helmet hit by Texas safety Michael Taaffe that could've given Arizona State a chance to kick a winning field goal in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals Wednesday.

Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime.

Drew Allar threw three touchdown passes and No. 5 Penn State bottled up Ashton Jeanty for a 31-14 win over No. 8 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night.

Duncan Powell and Javian McCollum each set a season-high with 21 points and they combined for five of Georgia Tech's eight 3-pointers in an 86-75 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday.

The Texas Longhorns were in Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium less than a month ago, playing for a championship. That one didn't go as planned.

Boise State has taken that long-awaited next step, earning a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time, 17 years after a program-shifting win.

Union County successfully defended its Battle of the States title on Monday, holding off Franklin (N.C.) 79-71 in the finals at Towns County High School.