15 September 2007 (Saturday)
- American football:
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- (1) USC 49, (14) Nebraska 31
- (2) LSU 44, Middle Tennessee 0
- (3) Oklahoma 54, Utah State 3
- (5) Florida 59, (22) Tennessee 20
- Tim Tebow throws for two touchdowns and rushes for two more.
- (6) Texas 35, Central Florida 32
- The Knights open the new Bright House Networks Stadium by throwing a scare into the Longhorns, but Texas wins on a 46-yard Jamaal Charles touchdown.
- (7) Wisconsin 45, The Citadel 31
- P. J. Hill, Jr.'s four touchdowns prevent the Badgers from falling, like Michigan two weeks ago, to a lower-division team.
- (8) California 42, Louisiana Tech 12
- Kentucky 40, (9) Louisville 34
- Andre' Woodson throws for four TD passes, including the game-winner with 28 seconds remaining, to give the Wildcats their first win over a top-10 team since 1977.
- (10) Ohio State 33, Washington 14
- Utah 44, (11) UCLA 6
- Utes quarterback Tommy Grady throws four touchdowns in the Utes' embarrassment of the Bruins.
- (12) Penn State 45, Buffalo 24
- (13) Rutgers 59, Norfolk State 0
- (21) Boston College 24, (15) Georgia Tech 10
- Alabama 41, (16) Arkansas 38
- (17) South Carolina 38, South Carolina State 3
- (18) Virginia Tech 28, Ohio 7
- (19) Oregon 52, Fresno State 21
- (20) Clemson 38, Furman 10
- (23) Georgia 45, Western Carolina 16
- (24) Hawaiʻi 49, UNLV 14
- (25) Texas A&M 54, Louisiana-Monroe 14
- Other games:
- Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- Basketball:
- EuroBasket 2007 in Spain
- Semifinals
- Spain 82–77 Greece
- Russia 86–74 Lithuania
- Russia book their place in the 2008 Olympics. With Spain already qualified for Beijing as reigning world champions, the winner of the third-place match tomorrow between Greece and Lithuania will also book a place in Beijing, with the loser going to the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.
- Classification round
- Croatia 86–69 France
- Germany 69–65 Slovenia
- Croatia and Germany also book places in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament. They will be joined by the winner of the seventh-place match tomorrow between France and Slovenia.
- Semifinals
- EuroBasket 2007 in Spain
- Figure skating:
- 2007 Junior Grand Prix Vienna Cup
- Ice Dancing:
Gold: Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
Silver: Maria Monko / Ilia Tkachenko
Bronze: Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso
Samuelson and Bates have earned a spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final. They are the first to do so. - Men's singles:
Gold: Brandon Mroz
Silver: Guan Jinlin
Bronze: Artem Borodulin
- Ice Dancing:
- 2007 Junior Grand Prix Vienna Cup
- Football (soccer):
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China (all times local, UTC+8)
- Group C: Canada 4–0 Ghana, Hangzhou
- Group D: Denmark 2–0 New Zealand, Wuhan
- Group C: Norway 1–1 Australia, Hangzhou
- Group D: China PR 0–4 Brazil, Wuhan
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China (all times local, UTC+8)
- Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
- Pool B: Wales 20–32 Australia at Cardiff, Wales
- Pool C: New Zealand 108–13 Portugal at Lyon
- Pool D: Ireland 14–10 Georgia at Bordeaux
- Ireland narrowly avoid a sensational defeat by Georgia, a country with only eight rugby pitches and fewer than 300 registered players, trailing by 10 points to 7 at one stage.
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