Things to watch this week in the Southeastern Conference:
No. 1 Ohio State at No. 4 Texas, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
No. 1 Ohio State heads to No. 4 Texas for a Saturday night rematch of last year’s season opener. Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin and Texas signal-caller Arch Manning each bring a year of starting experience to the field this time. Both quarterbacks come off 3-plus touchdown performances in a pair of dominant Week 1 wins over Group of Six teams.
The Week 1 loss a year ago left Texas fighting an uphill battle for much of the season last year with little room for error. This matchup offers the slightly favored Longhorns a chance to get it right this time with an early resume booster in Manning's revenge tour for a College Football Playoff bid.
No. 11 Oklahoma at Michigan, Saturday, noon ET (FOX)
Oklahoma and Michigan entered their season debuts as more than 27-point favorites, but that’s where the similarities end. As Oklahoma rolled past UTEP with a 51-0 win, the Wolverines relied on a second-chance Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan 13-12.
Michigan now has a talented Sooners team to prepare for, and quarterback Bryce Underwood has a job to fight to keep.
Oklahoma entered the season with 14 returning starters, including quarterback John Mateer, who picked up where he left off with a 225-yard and three-touchdown performance in Week 1.
— Nate Frazier: The Georgia running back only needed five minutes to notch two rushing touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 63-3 rout of Tennessee State. The 5-foot-10 running back finished with 72 yards and three touchdowns — on four carries.
— Deuce Alexander: Ole Miss’s 41-38 win against No. 24 Louisville was a coming-out party for Alexander, who was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after connecting with quarterback Trinidad Chambliss for 159 yards and two touchdowns on five receptions.
— Faizon Brandon: The freshman Tennessee quarterback accounted for 294 total yards and five total touchdowns in his debut for the Volunteers. Brandon was 13-of-17 for 226 passing yards and three touchdowns, the ran for more 68 yards and two more scores.
The SEC was undefeated in Week 1 for the first time since 1997, going 16-0. ... Mississippi State accounted for a conference-high 762 yards of offense in its 62-13 win against Louisiana-Monroe. ... SEC teams outscored opponents by 602 points or an average of 37.6 points in Week 1. ... Florida running back Jadan Baugh leads the conference with 160 rushing yards. ... Deuce Alexander's 159 receiving yards were the most among SEC teams in Week 1. ... Tennessee's Xavier Gilliam had a conference-high three sacks and five tackles for loss vs. Furman.
No. 12 Alabama and Kentucky kick off conference play, with the visiting Crimson Tide 10.5-point favorites. Alabama leads the all-time series 39-2-1 dating back to 1917.
No. 18 Tennessee visits Georgia Tech and hopes to avoid a trap as nearly two touchdown favorite. The Yellow Jackets have a strong roster on paper and plenty of newcomers looking to put the pieces together and change the narrative after a brutal 14-13 loss to Colorado.
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FILE - Georgia running back Nate Frazier (3) reacts after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi, Oct. 18, 2025, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard, File)
CHATSWORTH, CA & DALLAS, TX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 10, 2026--
Fabric Data and TMT Insights today announced that the two companies are combining to create Fabric Insights, uniting authoritative data, purpose-built software, intelligent automation, and deep transformation expertise under one company. Fabric Insights creates a new foundation for intelligent orchestration, connecting the systems, people, and intelligence that power modern business to optimize value, improve operations, and accelerate growth.
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“We’ve spent years watching the industry add more systems and more technology in an effort to make increasingly complex operations simpler,” said Rob Delf, CEO of Fabric Data, who will serve as CEO of Fabric Insights. “What’s become clear is that the answer isn’t another system, it’s better orchestration across all of them. Fabric brings the authoritative data, business logic, and foundational platforms that operations rely on. TMT brings the orchestration layer and a team with deep expertise transforming how work actually gets done. Bringing those capabilities together creates something uniquely suited to where we see the market going.”
Fabric Insights unites four core capabilities that create the framework for intelligent orchestration:
Leadership and Ownership
The combined company will be led by an executive team drawn from both organizations. Rob Delf, CEO of Fabric Data, will serve as CEO of Fabric Insights. Andy Shenkler, CEO and Co-Founder of TMT Insights, will serve as President, with responsibility for Product, Technology and Operations. Hannah Barnhardt, COO and Co-Founder of TMT Insights, will serve as Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer; and Kira Baca Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, will continue in her role overseeing the newly combined customer sales and success teams.
Fabric Insights will be owned by the shareholders of both companies, including TMT Insights’ founders and Banneker Partners, whose continued investment underscores its conviction in the market and the company’s long-term growth opportunity.
“It’s not just a matter of bringing a set of bespoke products together but rather ensuring that their capabilities make it possible to access sets of functionalities across a unified single pane of glass.” said Andy Shenkler, CEO and Co-Founder of TMT Insights, who will serve as President of Fabric Insights. “Going forward that pane of glass is consumed through elegant user experiences and agents alike. The convergence of powerful product capabilities and our professional services give our clients maximum adaptability and the flexibility to move fast, not just the promise of it.”
Built for Media. Designed for What Comes Next.
Fabric Insights is rooted in media and entertainment, built on the combined track record of the two organizations that have each spent years serving the industry’s most complex operations. TMT Insights’ Polaris and Focus platforms, and its deep implementation and advisory expertise, are the foundation for how organizations including Sky, BBC Studios, Crunchyroll, and A+E Global Media run their operations, with TMT teams working as trusted experts alongside clients to orchestrate complex workflows across people, processes, and technology, rather than simply licensing software. Fabric’s combination with Xytech Systems in 2024 combined its data and intelligence capabilities with one of the industry's most established operations and broadcast platforms, servicing over 380 customers globally. Fabric recently release the AI module as a part of their major transformation project including the modernization of Xytech with the launch of X2 in April, 2026.
Bringing these capabilities together creates new opportunities to more tightly connect the portfolio, including deeper integration between Fabric's Origin Studio and Polaris, and to accelerate a more unified and sophisticated operating environment for clients.
At the heart of Fabric Insights is the belief that clients should not have to navigate the complexity of the systems behind their operations. They should be able to express what they need to accomplish, maintain visibility and control, and trust that the right people, processes, technologies, data, and intelligence are working together to deliver the desired outcome.
While media and entertainment is the company’s foundation and immediate focus, the challenges Fabric Insights is solving are not unique to the industry. Over time, the company sees an opportunity to extend its intelligent orchestration model to other complex, operations-intensive industries, applying the same foundation of trusted data, business rules, orchestration, and intelligence to help organizations simplify operations, make better decisions, and accelerate growth.
About TMT Insights
TMT Insights is an Inc. 5000 media and entertainment technology company helping studios, broadcasters, and content distributors modernize digital supply chains. Combining industry expertise with professional services and purpose-built software, TMT delivers solutions for business process transformation, system integration, and cloud technology optimization. Its proprietary software platforms, Polaris and Focus, provide centralized visibility and control across the entire content lifecycle, from sales and demand planning through content creation, management, and distribution. Trusted by global brands including Crunchyroll, Sky, and BBC Studios, TMT partners with clients to accelerate transformation by connecting sales, operations, technology, and finance while driving transparency, consistency, and collaboration across complex media ecosystems. www.tmtinsights.com
About Fabric
Fabric Data builds the systems of record and the data foundation that media and entertainment companies run on. Its Xytech platform is one of the industry's most established operations, scheduling and transmission systems, used by broadcasters, studios, and service providers worldwide. Its Origin portfolio — Nexus, Studio and Insights — provides an authoritative source of truth for film and television content, spanning title catalogs and metadata through distribution and streaming performance. Learn more at www.fabricdata.com
Fabric Data and TMT Insights Merge to form Fabric Insights
