Sunday is sure to bring wholesale changes at the top of the college football rankings as three of the top four teams in the nation were losers on Saturday.

Colt McCoy directed a pair of fourth-quarter drives that ended in short scoring runs by Cody Johnson, as fifth-ranked Texas captured the 103rd edition of the Red River Rivalry with a 45-35 victory over No. 1 Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl. Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford had the better numbers, throwing for 387 yards with five touchdowns, but McCoy wasn't too shabby either. He connected on 28-of-35 passes for 277 yards with one touchdown, and added 31 yards to Texas' ground attack that churned out 161 yards. Johnson finished with three short touchdown runs, while Chris Ogbonnaya did the heavy running with 127 yards on 15 carries for Texas (6-0, 2-0 Big 12), which has won three of the last four meetings and could be in line for the No. 1 ranking next week. Bradford completed 28-of-39 passes for Oklahoma (5-1, 1-1), which was unable to stop Texas at critical moments and saw the game turn on a trick play that came up just short. Texas' loss clears Alabama, which was idle to take over as the top-ranked team in the country.

Zac Robinson threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score as the No. 17 Oklahoma State Cowboys knocked off third-ranked Missouri, 28-23, in a pivotal cross-divisional clash. Robinson was 19-of-28 passing for 215 yards with an interception, and Kendall Hunter ran for 154 yards, including a 68-yard TD, on 24 attempts for Oklahoma State (6-0, 2-0 Big 12), who are now one of three unbeatens left in a stacked conference.

Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow threw for 210 yards with two touchdown tosses to Percy Harvin, as the 11th- ranked Florida Gators annihilated the No. 4 LSU Tigers, 51-21, in a highly anticipated SEC battle. The romp in the Swamp featured the past two National Champions, the first such meeting in college football since Notre Dame (1988 champs) defeated Miami- Florida (1989 champs) in 1990. The Gators rattled off 21 straight second-half points to pull away for the victory. Tebow added a rushing touchdown for Florida (5-1, 3-1 SEC), which has won two straight since its lone loss to Ole Miss.

In other top 10 action, sixth-ranked Penn State had no trouble winning its game, going to Wisconsin and pounding the Badgers, 48-7, in Big Ten play. Seventh-ranked Texas Tech defeated Nebraska in overtime, 37-31, at Lubbock, while eighth-ranked Southern California blistered Arizona State, 28-0. Also, No. 9 BYU beat New Mexico, 21-3, in Provo, while 10th-ranked Georgia bounced back from its loss to Alabama with a 26-14 home win over Tennessee.

After 11 innings and nearly 5 1/2 hours of baseball Saturday night, the Tampa Bay Rays evened the American League Championship Series with a 9-8 win over the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field. Fernando Perez raced home on B.J. Upton's sacrifice fly to give the Rays the triumph after 1:30 a.m. A total of seven home runs were hit in the game, tying a postseason record. That included two by Boston's Dustin Pedroia, but in the end, the gritty Rays evened the best-of-seven series. Evan Longoria had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs. Upton also homered off Josh Beckett, as did Cliff Floyd for the Rays. Kevin Youkilis and Jason Bay homered for Boston, which went 2- for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. Boston's franchise-record six-game road postseason winning streak came to an end. The series shifts to Boston for Game 3 Monday afternoon.

The National League Championship Series resumes Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers hoping to break into the win column versus the Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers have home field on their side heading into Game 3, something they'll think about since they swept a four-game set over the Phillies in LA during the regular season. Jamie Moyer gets the start for the Phils, while Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound for the Dodgers, who lost by scores of 3-2 and 8-5 in the recent two games at Philadelphia.

The New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers participated in last season's AFC Championship Game, but neither has resembled the team that competed for the conference's ultimate prize nine months ago. Those two teams will get together for the Sunday night contest for Week 6 of the NFL season. The Chargers will attempt to avenge last January's playoff loss to the Pats. New England is 3-1 this season, while the Chargers are 2-3 and struggling due to injuries.

The Indianapolis Colts get another crack at their first win inside brand new Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, when they host the Baltimore Ravens in a battle between 2-2 teams. The Colts have dropped their opening two games at their new stadium and they'll try to avoid three straight home losses for the first time since 1997.

The Carolina Panthers haven't always lived up to expectations over the past few years, but the team seems to have a knack for rising to the occasion whenever the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on the schedule. Carolina aims for a sixth consecutive victory at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium when the NFC South rivals clash in a key early-season divisional showdown. The Panthers have won eight of their 10 meetings with the Buccaneers since 2003, including all five encounters held on the sunny shores of western Florida over that span. That includes a 31-23 victory in Tampa during last year's regular-season finale, although the Bucs did sit out a number of starting players for that game after having clinched the NFC South title two weeks earlier. If recent form is any indication, Carolina appears poised to deal Tampa Bay another dose of misery on Sunday. The Panthers have roared out to a 4-1 record through this season's first five weeks, the franchise's best start since its memorable run to the Super Bowl in 2003.

The Los Angeles Kings have signed All-Star center Anze Kopitar to a seven-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kopitar, who had one year remaining on his current deal, is entering his third NHL season, all with the Kings. He has 52 goals and 86 assists for 138 points in 154 games. Kopitar, just 21 years old, was an All- Star last season when he posted career highs of 32 goals and 77 points. The native of Slovenia was also voted the team's MVP by the local media. The seven-year deal is the second-longest in Kings history. Only Wayne Gretzky signed an eight-year contract in 1988.

The Golden State Warriors suspended recently re-signed guard Monta Ellis for 30 games without pay on Saturday for violating his player contract. Ellis, who signed a six-year, $66 million contract in July, underwent successful surgery on his left ankle after a moped accident just a month later -- a procedure that will sideline the 22-year-old until mid-December. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Ellis originally told team officials he injured the ankle in a pickup basketball game before coming clean. Paragraph 12 of the contract reads: "The Player agrees that he will not, without the written consent of the Team, engage in any activity that a reasonable person would recognize as involving or exposing the participant to a substantial risk of bodily injury including, but not limited to...(iii) driving or riding on a motorcycle or moped." The Warriors' second-round pick in the 2005 draft will be available to return to the team following the December 17 game at Indiana.

Jeff Burton saved his best for last in Saturday's Bank of America 500 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Burton led the final 57 laps, took fuel only on his last pit stop and the held off Kasey Kahne at the finish for his second Sprint Cup Series victory of the season. With the victory, Burton moved from fourth to second in the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship standings, 69 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. Burton recorded his 21st career Sprint Cup victory and his third at Lowe's. He won the 600-mile event there in 1999 and 2001. It was also the first victory for Richard Childress Racing at the 1.5- mile track since 1993 when Dale Earnhardt took the checkered flag for the 600 that year.

Vitali Klitschko scored a decisive eighth-round TKO over Sam "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter to reclaim the WBC heavyweight title on Saturday in Berlin, Germany. Klitschko (36-2, 34 KOs) was named mandatory challenger because he was the WBC champion in 2004 before leaving boxing due to a number of injuries. The 37-year-old Ukranian national's last fight was an eighth-round TKO of Danny Williams in December 2004. The 28-year-old Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) was making the mandatory defense after scoring a sixth-round technical knockout of Oleg Maskaev on March 8. This was the second fight for Peter against a Klitschko. Vitali's younger brother, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko, defeated Peter in a 12-round unanimous decision in September 2005 to mark his only previous loss. The Klitschko brothers are both now holders of heavyweight titles.

Chad Dawson was quick and sharp in earning a unanimous decision over Antonio Tarver to stay undefeated and take Tarver's IBF light heavyweight belt. Judges scored the fight 118-109, 117-110, 117-110 to crown Dawson the new champ. The 26-year-old Dawson (27-0) had relinquished the WBC belt, which he defended three times, to meet Tarver (27-5), who was making his first defense. The 39- year-old Tarver won the belt in an April fight with Clinton Woods, which he won by decision.