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Democrats capturing House and Senate majorities during Tuesday's midterm elections have reduced the odds the Protect College Sports Act passes during the lame-duck Congressional session to between 5% and 10%, according to Colorado State FAR/Sacred Cow BBQ publisher Kyle Saunders. More…

➤ Projections showing House Democrats securing at least 258 seats leave incoming leadership with minimal incentive to advance the Senate-passed bill or accept a compromise before January, when incoming committee chairs such as Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), who previously labeled the 2025 SCORE Act “nothing more than a major giveaway” to the NCAA and the conferences, take control of markups. 

➤ Outgoing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces internal math challenges given a 218-member majority, compounded by at least 21 House Republicans who formally requested alterations to the bill's 20-member conference cap and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's (R-LA) push to add an explicit ban on classifying student-athletes as employees. Amending the text would force a return to the Senate, where staff warned the legislation was “a final product” and threatened counter-amendments capping coach, AD and president salaries if conference realignment restrictions were altered. 

➤ More Saunders: "When Congress can’t act collectively, the people who need rules tend to write their own, and the courts write the rest. ... So if the bill dies on January 3, college sports absolutely still gets governed in 2027. Conference commissioners, a settlement judge, state courts and a few governors will do it, one rule and one injunction at a time, and the next Congress starts over with House committees led by people who called the last version 'a giveaway.'" (link)

UMass inks an eight-year deal making Under Armour the official outfitter and supplier of uniforms, apparel, footwear and accessories for all 21 varsity sport programs and athletics staff, starting July 1, 2027. (link)

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee released the first set of rankings for this season. Miami (FL) tops the pack, followed by Georgia, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, UCLA, BYU, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, LSU, Texas Tech, Wake Forest, Houston, Missouri, Iowa, USC, South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Florida and Boise State. (link); Here’s everything Arkansas AD/Committee Chair Hunter Yurachek had to say about the rankings. (link)

Abilene Christian and Tarleton State’s 106-year-old football rivalry will officially be known as “The Hundred-Mile Showdown," starting with this Saturday’s match-up in Stephenville, Texas. Tarleton State AD Steve Uryasz: “Every good rivalry has a strong name. The sometimes-used former name, the I-20 Rivalry, created confusion geographically, and both institutions wanted to adopt a name that is comprehensive – unique, catchy, and logical. The Hundred-Mile Showdown encapsulates all of that." (link)

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