On this first official day of fall, we talk college football, NFL, baseball, NASCAR and more in our Monday Sports Update…
** The new polls are out in college football and Mississippi State and East Carolina have joined the party after their wins this weekend. FSU is still number one despite a close win over Clemson.
** The Gator football team could see changes for its next game at Tennessee a week from Saturday. Gator coach Will Muschamp said after Florida’s loss to Alabama that changes would be made.
** Another bad weekend for Florida NFL teams. Tampa Bay lost to Atlanta Thursday while Jacksonville falls to 0-3 after a 44-17 loss to Indianapolis. Miami is 1-2 after losing at home to Kansas City.
** Monday Night Football tonight has the Chicago Bears facing the New York Jets.
** In baseball, Atlanta was officially eliminated from the playoffs after losing 10-2 to the New York Mets. St.Louis clinched a playoff spot when Milwaukee lost to Pittsburgh. Tampa Bay lost 10-5 to the Chicago White Sox and Washington sweeps a four game series from Miami with a 2-1 win.
** Joey Logano wins the NASCAR race in New Hampshire on Sunday to advance to the next round of the Chase For The Cup. Teammate Brad Keselowski did the same when he won last week’s race.