Justin Rose put himself in contention for the Tour Championship after a scintillating 65 in Friday’s second round in Atlanta.

The Englishman fired five birdies in a blemish-free round to move to seven under and give himself a chance of winning 10 million dollar (£7.3 million) FedExCup play-off series finale at the halfway point.

He is three shots off joint leaders Ryan Gerard and Viktor Hovland, who are on 10 under and one clear of Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup on nine under.

Rose hit birdies at the sixth, eighth and 11th hole to make his move up the leaderboard and then added more at the 15th and 18th to card a five-under-par 65.

Rose’s Ryder Cup team-mate Matt Fitzpatrick joined him on seven under after going round in 67.

A birdie at the second was quickly followed by bogey at the third, but it was on the back nine where things got better for the Yorkshireman.

He birdied the 10th and then finished strongly with back-to-back gains to finish his round to put himself in contention over the weekend.

Rory McIlroy has work to do if he is to add a fourth title to his collection as he sits way back on tied for 23rd.

The Masters champion is seven shots off the lead after an up-and-down 69 left him on three under.

A birdie on the first gave promise of launching an attack at the top of the leaderboard, but it quickly dissipated as he struck a double bogey on the third and then followed it up with another bogey at the fourth.

A birdie at the sixth did some repair work as he made the turn at one over and a three at the par-four 12th brought him level for the round.

But he bogeyed the next before rescuing his round with birdies at the 16th and 18th to card a one-under 69.

Scottie Scheffler is in better shape as he is on eight under after a round of 67 which contained six birdies and three bogeys.

Cameron Young is also on eight under after firing the round of the day – a sublime 62.

Young peppered his scorecard with six birdies in seven holes and finished with an eagle three on the par-five 18th to put himself in the mix.

The coaching carousel ran rampant this past offseason.

Lane Kiffin jumped from one SEC team to another. Kyle Whittingham will try to restore Michigan’s prowess. A handful of top programs are betting their future on up-and-coming former Group of Six coaches. 

Coaching changes will affect the 2026 college football season. Here’s a look at the moves that could have the greatest impact. 

Lane Kiffin will take on his fifth Division I head coaching gig with LSU in 2026. (Photo by Parker S. Freedman/Getty Images)

Kiffin left Ole Miss in November after leading the Rebels to an 11-1 record. After five years at Ole Miss, Kiffin’s departure created chaos around a feel-good College Football Playoff run for the Rebels. Kiffin hopped to SEC rival LSU, his fifth stop as a Division I head coach and third in the SEC. Kiffin recruited Arizona State transfer QB Sam Leavitt to join him as he tries to revitalize a Tigers’ program that hasn’t won the SEC since 2019 with Joe Burrow in the pocket.

Chesney followed the footsteps of Curt Cignetti, going from the Sun Belt’s James Madison to the Big Ten, and he settled at UCLA. In 2025, Chesney led the Dukes to a 12-1 season, including a Sun Belt title and a CFP appearance. He’ll try to turn around a Bruins program that went 8-16 under DeShaun Foster in its first two seasons of B1G football. UCLA’s roster consists of 63 newcomers, 42 of them transfers – 10 of which came from JMU with Chesney. 

Whittingham succeeds Sherrone Moore at Michigan, where he’ll try to clean up a mess and help the Wolverines return to the form they were in when they won the 2023 national championship. Whittingham spent 23 years as Utah’s head coach, leading its program to two Pac-12 championships. 

After 12 years at Penn State, James Franklin will take over Virginia Tech’s football program.  (Photo by Ryan Hunt/Getty Images)

After James Franklin’s 12-year run at Penn State abruptly ended in the middle of last season, he landed at Virginia Tech a month later. Franklin got right to work, flipping 10 Penn State commits to Virginia Tech. Franklin still has a tall task at hand as the Hokies haven’t won 10 games since 2016. 

After a lengthy search, Penn State replaced Franklin with Matt Campbell. Campbell was known for doing a lot with a little at Iowa State, where he qualified for eight Bowl Games in 10 seasons. Now with the Nittany Lions, he’ll have a few more resources backing him up. Campbell took Cyclones quarterback Rocco Becht to help set a foundation at State College. 

Jon Sumrall is one of two coaches, along with UCLA’s Bob Chesney, to take his mid-major team, Tulane, to the CFP, and earn a Power-4 head coaching gig. (Photo by Dustin Markland/Getty Images for ONIT)

Sumrall parlayed Tulane’s CFP appearance into a head coaching position with Florida. Sumrall has a rocket strapped to his career, as he got his first Division I head coaching gig with Troy in 2022, and four years later is in the SEC. Florida hasn’t won 10 games since 2019. 

Golding took over at Ole Miss ahead of the CFP after Lane Kiffin left for LSU at the end of the 2025 regular season. Golding lifted Ole Miss to the semifinals with wins over Tulane and Georgia, before the Rebels lost to Miami (FL). Golding retained quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, and will try to build on a season in which the Rebels won the most games in program history. 

Stein earned his first Division I head coaching gig with Kentucky after three seasons as Oregon’s offensive coordinator. He’s taking on an uphill battle as Kentucky’s athletics department prioritizes basketball, and its football team has only won 10 games twice in the last 10 years. Stein, though, has the gumption to fundraise, and will have to rely on that as he tries to find consistent success in Lexington.

Will Stein returns to his homestate Kentucky to be the Wildcats head coach. (Photo by Parker S. Freedman/Getty Images)

Golesh jumped from G6 to P4 after lifting South Florida to a third straight winning season in 2025. He’ll take over an Auburn program that hasn’t had a winning season since the COVID-19 shortened 2020. Golesh took USF quarterback Bynum Brown with him to Auburn, and together they’ll try to compete in the SEC. 

Hartline has become famous for building Ohio State into WR-U. Being the head coach of a G6 program is a whole ‘nother task. Hartline will have to prove that his positional development chops translate to overseeing an entire roster at a USF program that’s had three straight winning seasons.  

Who is going to be punting the ball for the Minnesota Vikings in 2026?

The head-to-head Vikings roster battle sees a pair of players competing for a single spot. Veteran Johnny Hekker is the favorite as somebody who has accomplished a lot in his years. Rookie Brett Thorson is trying to prove capable of holding down the job. Who is going to get the nod?

The P1 Vikings Roster Battle

To begin, consider some the favorite’s basic stats from the 2025 season:

• Johnny Hekker: 46.8 Y/P, 40.3 NY/P, 7 TBs (9%), and 22 IN20 (28.2%)

Put simply, those numbers are quite poor. Gone are the days, perhaps, where Hekker was an annual All Pro at punter. He won the award four times for the first team and two times for the second team, getting all of these distinctions between 2013 and 2018. In the NFL, that’s a lifetime ago.

Meanwhile, Brett Thorson has been a promising punter in recent seasons, albeit at the college level. His great flaw has been his experience as a holder on field goal, or lack thereof.

At Georgia, all Thorson did was launch the ball. Special teams coordinator Matt Daniels has praised Thorson for having soft hands. How much of a difference is there between holding in practice and holding in the clutch moment of a game? Hekker seems supremely unlikely to struggle in this facet of the game and Minnesota doesn’t exactly have a flawless history here.

A clean, automatic field goal operation is to be coveted; ensure the kicker is always working with a crisp snap and clean hold. In theory, the Vikings’ hard-earned wisdom will weigh into the decision making.

Thorson has seen three preseason punts dropped inside the 20-yard line. He’s averaging 44.8 yards per punt within five opportunities. His longest punt of the preseason has gone for 50 yards.

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Meanwhile, Hekker is averaging 46.3 yards per punt across his six opportunities while dropping a trio of his half dozen inside the 20. His longest punt has gone for 65 yards.

Back in the 2022 offseason, the Vikings conducted a punter battle between veteran Jordan Berry and rookie UDFA Ryan Wright. In the end, the young fella won, securing the P1 job for four seasons before landing a nice payday with the Saints earlier in the 2026 offseason.

Opting for a similar path would feature Brett Thorson coming out on top. He can make his case for being that guy with a strong third preseason game, a reality that needs to include punting and holding. Even a small mistake would likely doom his chance of overcoming the favorite.

Kickoff tonight is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT.

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Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney are looking towards separate unification bouts, but there is one former world champion that is in hot pursuit of a challenge for both men’s titles, believing that the duo will ultimately have ‘no choice but to fight him’.

Lopez dethroned Rolando Romero to capture the WBA welterweight title this month and ‘The Takeover’ is now eyeing up a unification clash against Ryan Garcia, should he retain his WBC title against Conor Benn in two weeks.

Meanwhile, Haney was set to make a first defence of his WBO welterweight title against Keyshawn Davis until the latter pulled out of the contest. Since then, it has become clear that IBF welterweight ruler Liam Paro is Haney’s new target, but it remains to be seen whether that fight can be made.

In an interview with Ring Magazine, Brian Norman Jr., whom Haney defeated to get his hands on the WBO belt back in November, revealed his plans to secure a shot at Lopez’s belt.

“I have been wanting it [the Teofimo Lopez fight], we have been trying to make it in the past but he said no. So, now that he is a champion at 147, what’s up?

“Hell no, he still don’t [want the fight]. Like I said, they have a reason to avoid me and they will use it.”

Norman then went on to state that he is also targeting a rematch with Haney, which he believes will be mandated in 120 days’ time due to his status as the number one contender in the rankings.

“I’mma box ‘em up, they can’t do anything if I am number one in all rankings and that mandatory time hit. For example, Devin Haney, 120 days Keyshawn Davis didn’t take it but guess what? I will. So, 120 days, once that time is up then Devin Haney has to fight me. 

“It’s the same thing with the other rankings, they will have to fight me. At that point, what can you do except drop the belt? Fight me or drop the belt.”

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Haney should be able to delay an ordered fight with Norman by agreeing to a title unification – which would take priority over a mandatory defence – although it would appear that his solitary option is Paro, with Lopez and Garcia looking poised to collide unless Benn spoils those plans.

Fans across the country will be treated to multiple must-see matchups taking place on Saturday as part of the Week 0 college football schedule. Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Hells are set to battle the TCU Horned Frogs at noon ET in Dublin, Ireland, while NC State takes on Virginia in an early-season ACC showdown at 3:30 p.m. Other notable matchups on the Week 0 college football schedule include USC vs. San Jose State, Hawaii vs. Stanford, New Mexico State vs. Florida State and Memphis vs. UNLV. Claim the newest Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS, trade $25, and get $25 in trading bonus credits:

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NC State ($0.37) vs. Virginia ($0.65)

The Wolfpack have dominated this rivalry in recent years, winning four consecutive meetings and six of the last seven overall. However, Virginia is coming off a record year, setting a school record 11 wins last season. The Cavaliers have won eight of their last nine season openers, while NC State has lost each of its past four games on the road. 

Virginia is set to start quarterback Beau Pribula on Saturday, who went 7-3 as a starter at Missouri last season. He finished the 2025 campaign with a 67.4% completion percentage, 1,941 passing yards, and 17 total touchdowns. The SportsLine Projection Model is calling for Virginia to secure a 30-24 victory over NC State. 

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Memphis ($0.37) vs. UNLV ($0.64)

Both Memphis and UNLV featured high-powered offenses last season. UNLV averaged 34.1 points per game in 2025, while the Tigers scored 32.5 points per contest. However, Memphis is dealing with massive roster turnover. The Tigers have just one returning starter, tied for the second fewest in FBS, and a school-record 53 incoming transfers in 2026. 

Meanwhile, UNLV is seeking a school-record fifth consecutive season-opening win, and head coach Dan Mullen has a track record of success. Mullen secured the most wins (10) by a UNLV head coach in his first season in 2025. SportsLine’s model is projecting a hard-fought battle on Saturday night, with UNLV securing a 35-31 victory.

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