Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Get it sent to your inbox.Week 8 turned out to be Survival Saturday within much of the top 10.Washington escaped Arizona State, thanks to a picked-up flag and a late pick six. Oklahoma escaped UCF by stopping a late two-point conversion. Texas escaped Houston with a fourth down stop. Florida State came back to beat Duke, a game that turned when Duke quarterback Riley Leonard was injured again.As a result, there is a shakeup in this week’s Athletic 133 and a new No. 1: Ohio State. The Buckeyes beat Penn State 20-12, holding the Nittany Lions to a 1-for-16 performance on third down. That gives Ohio State two wins over curre...

NEW YORK — As A’ja Wilson and Alysha Clark attempted to field questions at the postgame dais, a chorus started to build outside the interview room. The noise picked up, and suddenly the door swung open. A train of Aces filed in, oversized speakers in hand, music blasting, triumphant.It made no sense for these two players to be alone, celebrating this franchise’s latest historic accomplishment in a relatively silent room. The entire roster — and most of the organization — needed to be present. On a night when Las Vegas flexed its depth in unprecedented ways and two little-used bench players made championship-worthy contributions, when the Aces became just the third franchise in WNBA history to repeat as champions, they had to find a way to cherish this moment as a team.“Everything we’ve don...