Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference:
No. 22 Arizona (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) at No. 13 Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN)
The Wildcats have won five games in a row by an average margin of 24 points since a 33-27 double-overtime loss to No. 8 BYU. Their 6-1 record matches the school's best start since 2014, a 10-win season with coach Rich Rodriguez in the Pac-12 Conference.
Texas Tech is coming off a 37-24 loss at Cincinnati. Just like last year, the first loss came in the seventh game, but the Red Raiders then had another six-game winning streak that included their first Big 12 championship to make the College Football Playoff.
The Red Raiders are back home, where their 11-game winning streak is one short of the school record set in 1942. They are 16-4 at home against Big 12 opponents in coach Joey McGuire's five seasons.
Fourth-year Wildcats starting quarterback Noah Fifita has thrown for 2,064 yards this season with 18 touchdowns and four interceptions. He faces a Tech defense that has returned five interceptions for touchdowns in the last four games.
No. 6 Utah (7-0, 4-0) at Cincinnati (5-2, 2-2), Saturday, 3:45 p.m. ET (ESPN)
A week after beating Texas Tech for their first home win over a top 10 team in 20 years, the Bearcats host another undefeated team at Nippert Stadium. No unranked Big 12 team has ever won back-to-back games against top-10 opponents.
The Utes are 7-0 for the first time since 2010 and have won 13 games in a row, the longest active FBS streak. They beat then-No. 14 Houston 21-13 last week for their ninth Big 12 victory in a row.
— UCF quarterback Keyone Jenkins had a season-high 293 yards passing with three touchdowns, two in overtime, in the Knights' 39-31 upset of previously undefeated and then-No. 2 BYU. He also ran for a score. UCF (4-3, 2-2) is home again Friday night to host Baylor (4-3, 2-2), playing its first game since Dave Aranda was fired and defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman took over as interim coach.
— Cincinnati's Cole Tabb ran for 173 yards and a 58-yard touchdown in the win over Texas Tech, which hadn't allowed a rushing TD this season or a 100-yard rusher since 2024. Utah is first in the Big 12 allowing only 88.3 yards rushing per game.
The Big 12 has six Top 25 teams for the first time since 2012. ... No. 8 BYU (6-1, 3-1) hasn’t lost consecutive games since late in the 2024 season. The Cougars are home against Arizona State (4-3, 2-2). ... TCU (3-4, 1-3) has the Big 12's top defense, allowing 13.9 points and 264 total yards per game. The Horned Frogs have four losses by a combined 24 points. They host Kansas (3-4, 1-3) ... Oklahoma State quarterback Drew Mestemaker has thrown for at least 300 yards with multiple passing TDs in six consecutive games, one short of tying the Big 12's longest single-season streak. The No. 24 Cowboys (5-2, 3-1) play at Iowa State (3-4, 1-3). ... Colorado (2-5, 0-4) takes a nine-game Big 12 losing streak into its home game against Kansas State (4-3, 1-3). ... No. 18 Houston (6-2, 3-2) and West Virginia (5-3, 2-3) have the Big 12's final open dates.
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Buffalo Bills NFL tight end Dalton Kincaid, bottom left, a former Utah player, has a photo taken with the Utah student section prior to an NCAA college football game against Houston, nSaturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Jeffrey D. Allred)
NEW YORK (AP) — A potentially historic drop for Alphabet's stock is dragging the U.S. market lower Thursday after the company behind Google and YouTube reported weaker growth for the summer than analysts expected. The report raised worries about whether all its huge investments in artificial-intelligence technology will pay off.
The S&P 500 fell 0.6% and was on track for its first loss in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 209 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time and the Nasdaq composite was 1.9% lower.
Alphabet is one of the most influential stocks on Wall Street because it’s one of the largest, and its 13.4% drop was on track to be its worst on record. It was under heavy pressure to at least meet analysts’ expectations for growth amid concerns about how much it’s spending to invest in AI.
Alphabet said late Wednesday that it burned through more cash during the latest quarter, according to a measure called free cash flow, after its purchases of property and equipment topped $51 billion.
Such worries are weighing on the entire AI industry after a frenzy to build data centers and fill them with AI chips. Not only are worries high that the AI revolution may not produce the kinds of profits and productivity that would make the investment worth it, future spending is also under pressure because it’s become more expensive to borrow money.
Other companies helped to blunt the effect of Alphabet's drop on the market after reporting stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected. KLA Corp., whose equipment helps make semiconductors, rose 4.1%. Eli Lilly climbed 7.2%, and eBay rose 3.3%.
Outside of earnings reports, DoorDash rose 4.2% after saying it agreed to buy Instacart for $65 per share. Separately, DoorDash also reported profit and revenue for the latest quarter that missed analysts’ expectations.
In the bond market, Treasury yields eased following mixed data on the U.S. economy.
The overall economy’s growth may have accelerated by more during the summer than economists expected, according to a preliminary reading thanks to spending by U.S. consumers and businesses investing in AI. But other reports said Americans' growth in incomes was weaker in September than economists expected, while a measure of inflation worsened.
Fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, meanwhile, which could indicate few layoffs across the country.
Following the jumble of reports, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.95% from 5.05% late Wednesday. It’s back below where it was early Wednesday, before traders began interpreting the latest messages from the Federal Reserve as potential signals that it may pare back on hikes to interest rates to keep a lid on inflation.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe following a mixed finish in Asia. South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.2% due to a drop for market heavyweight Samsung Electronics. It sank 4.1% even though it reported a big jump in profit.
AP Business Writer Chan Ho-him contributed to this report.
FILE - Traders Drew Cohen, left, and Dylan Halvorsan work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
A screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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