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Tennessee State Stuns No. 24 Morgan State 25-16 on Homecoming; Barlow Wins No. 100

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October 22, 2026

Tennessee State in action against Morgan State at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

Tennessee State picked the perfect day for its biggest win of the season, stunning nationally ranked Morgan State 25-16 on homecoming Saturday at Nissan Stadium — and delivering head coach Reggie Barlow his 100th career victory in the process.

Morgan State (5-2) arrived ranked No. 24 in the Stats Perform FCS poll and No. 1 in the Black College Football poll, riding a four-game winning streak. Tennessee State (2-5) ended all of it. Daylin Lee threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns on 17-of-34 passing and led the Tigers with 63 rushing yards. The Tigers opened the game with a trick play — Jaden Jones throwing a 50-yard touchdown to Cam Bulluck (six catches, 105 yards) — and Rymen Mosley intercepted Morgan State quarterback Cameron Edge twice in the first quarter. Preston Hurless kicked three field goals.

Morgan State led 16-15 in the third quarter after Edge’s 30-yard touchdown pass to Joseph Towler, but Tennessee State answered with a field goal and Lee’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Francisco Pratts III late in the third, then held the Bears scoreless in the fourth. Keith Jenkins Jr. ran for 113 yards and a touchdown in the loss.

Tennessee State is now 5-0 all-time against Morgan State — and this one gave Barlow a milestone to remember.

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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936

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October 22, 2026

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Tennessee celebrates its 26-10 win over Alabama — the signature result on a Saturday when five of the AP top seven lost.

College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.

The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.

The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.

The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.

Week 8 has a lot to live up to.