California fired football coach Justin Wilcox, the school announced on Sunday, Nov. 23.

The firing comes following a 31-10 loss to rival Stanford on Saturday, Nov. 22. The loss dropped Cal to 6-5 on the season. Senior offensive assistant Nick Rolovich was named the interim coach.

‘I want to thank Justin for all of his contributions to our football program, our athletic department and our university,’ Cal general manager Ron Rivera said. ‘He has always comported himself with class and professionalism. After careful consideration, we believe the time has come for new leadership. We wish Justin the best of luck in his future endeavors.’

Wilcox has been the coach for the Bears since 2017 and has posted a 48-55 record over his nine seasons leading the program. His best season came in 2019, when he led the team to an 8-5 record. The Golden Bears have been between five and seven wins every other season. Cal has not finished with a winning record since 2019.

Cal started the season 3-0 and was 5-2 entering its contest against Virginia Tech on Oct. 24. However, the Bears lost to 42-34 to the Hokies on that day, and have stumbled to a 1-3 record over the past four games.

In the loss to Stanford on Saturday, Cal was called for 13 penalties for 128 yards ― both of which are the most under Wilcox ― and lost three fumbles, including two returned for touchdowns.

‘I understand their pain,’ Wilcox said about Cal fans following the loss on Saturday. ‘I understand the frustration. We’re working as hard as we possibly can to play as good as we can and we didn’t do that tonight.’

Justin Wilcox buyout

Cal owes Wilcox $10,879,167, according to contract information obtained by USA TODAY Sports. Wilcox collected $4.8 million in 2025. His contract ran through the 2027 season.

The Dallas Wings were awarded the first pick during the 2026 WNBA draft lottery on Sunday, Nov. 23, and will have plenty of options available to bolster their roster.

The Wings won the lottery for the second year in a row after selecting Paige Bueckers in 2025. The 2026 WNBA draft will be held on April 13.

UConn’s Azzi Fudd has been projected to go No. 1 in many mock drafts. The Wings could also choose Spain’s Awa Fam, UCLA’s Lauren Betts, TCU’s Olivia Miles or LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson.

“We want someone who wants to win,” said Wings forward Maddy Siegrist, who represented the team at the lottery.

Fudd and Bueckers were teammates at UConn, winning the national championship during the 2024–25 season.

Bueckers helped provide some level of hope for Dallas, winning the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year award and being named an all-star, but the Wings finished with an overall record of 10-34.

The Wings will be in their first season with coach Jose Fernandez after firing Chris Koclanes after one year.

The Minnesota Lynx will pick second in the draft, followed by the Seattle Storm.

2026 WNBA draft order

1. Dallas Wings

2. Minnesota Lynx

3. Seattle Storm

4. Washington Mystics

5. Chicago Sky

6. Toronto Tempo/Portland Fire

7. Portland Fire/Toronto Tempo

8. Golden State Valkyries

9. Washington Mystics

10. Indiana Fever

11. Washington Mystics

12. Connecticut Sun

13. Atlanta Dream

14. Seattle Storm

15. Connecticut Sun

A coin flip to determine the sixth and seventh picks will be done at a later date.

Then there are those who are still on the brink of a playoff berth. Many fantasy managers will have a shot to earn their way into the fantasy postseason over the final few weeks, but it will be critical to nail their streaming options entering Week 13.

There won’t be an NFL teams on bye in Week 13, as the league prepares for its annual Thanksgiving slate. That will give fantasy managers seeking help on the waiver wire plenty of options who can potentially help their teams down the stretch of the season.

Here’s a look at the best players fantasy managers can target on waivers ahead of Week 13.

Week 13 fantasy football waiver wire targets

RB Devin Neal, New Orleans Saints (Rostered in 3% of Yahoo leagues)

Alvin Kamara exited Sunday’s game with a knee injury. The Saints already lost backup running back Kendre Miller for the season to a torn ACL, so if Kamara has to miss time, Neal will likely emerge as the de facto workhorse in New Orleans’ offense.

Neal had just 18 yards on seven carries against the Falcons but he generated an addition 43 yards through the air on five catches. He should be a particularly good PPR option, as the rookie caught 77 passes during his four-year college career at Kansas.

TE Taysom Hill, New Orleans Saints (Rostered in 1% of Yahoo leagues)

If Neal is the safe option to get work in New Orleans, Hill is a big-time wild card. The 35-year-old gadget player led the team in carries Sunday with 10. He turned them into just 17 yards, but his usage is encouraging for those looking for a tight end with scoring upside.

Hill has always been a red-zone weapon during his career, and the 6-2, 221-pounder may be treated as a goal-line bruiser in tandem with the 5-11, 213-pound Neal. Feel free to scoop up Hill if you need scoring upside at tight end – or are just looking to have a good time as fantasy season ends.

RB Chris Rodriguez Jr., Washington Commanders (Rostered in 16% of Yahoo leagues)

Rodriguez didn’t play in Week 12, as the Commanders were on a bye, so he could be a sneaky-good add for those looking for help at running back.

Rodriguez has seemingly emerged as the leader in the Commanders’ backfield-by-committee approach. The Kentucky product has touchdown upside thanks to his 5-11, 224-pound frame and had 79 yards on a team-high 15 carries in his last outing in Week 10. Rodriguez may not always get the volume needed to be an RB2, but he profiles as a rock-solid flex with touchdown upside.

QB C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (Rostered in 36% of Yahoo leagues)

Before getting hurt against the Broncos, Stroud had averaged 256 yards and 2.3 touchdowns over a four-game span. Davis Mills kept the seat warm for him, going 3-0 in Stroud’s absence, but the third-year quarterback should be on tap to return to action in Week 13.

Houston’s offense appears to be getting better with rookie Jayden Higgins developing into a solid No. 2 receiver and both Nico Collins and Dalton Schultz playing consistently. That should allow Stroud to become a solid streamer, especially entering two potential higher-scoring game against the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs.

WR Andrei Iosivas, Cincinnati Bengals (Rostered in 20% of Yahoo leagues)

Iosivas saw increased action in Week 12 with Ja’Marr Chase suspended. He was targeted a team-high seven times and led the team with 61 receiving yards on four catches in a solid showing.

While Chase will return in Week 13, the Bengals lost Tee Higgins to a concussion at the end of the team’s loss to the New England Patriots. Cincinnati is playing on Thanksgiving, so Higgins isn’t likely to return for that game. That, plus the potential return of Joe Burrow, could open the door for Iosivas to again emerge as a fantasy factor on Thanksgiving.

WR Chimere Dike, Tennessee Titans (Rostered in 14% of Yahoo leagues)

With Elic Ayomanor out, Dike tied for the team lead in targets (7) with Gunnar Helm. The rookie wide-out caught five of those targets for 44 yards and a touchdown while also adding a score on an impressive 90-yard punt return touchdown.

Dike figures to be a big part of what Tennessee does on offense down the stretch with Calvin Ridley out for the season. Feel free to scoop Dike up and hope he can become a high-upside WR3 as he develops more chemistry with Cam Ward.

TE Brenton Strange, Jacksonville Jaguars (Rostered in 13% of Yahoo leagues)

Strange returned to action for the first time since Week 5 in the Jaguars’ win over the Cardinals. He largely picked up where he left off, catching all five of his targets for a team-high 93 receiving yards.

Excluding the game in which Strange was hurt, he is now averaging 4.8 catches for 55 yards per game. He hasn’t yet found his way into the end-zone this season, but his volume is enough to make him a matchup-based starter at tight end who could be a top-10 tight end if he can earn more scoring opportunities.

TE Colston Loveland, Chicago Bears (Rostered in 43% of Yahoo leagues)

Loveland is another tight end who appears to be breaking out. He had a 118-yard, two-touchdown game against the Bengals in Week 9, but since then he has averaged 3.7 catches and 48 yards across three game while finding the end-zone in Week 12.

Loveland appears to have overtaken Cole Kmet as the No. 1 tight end in Chicago’s offense, so adding the rookie first-rounder could pay dividends down the stretch.

Tyler Herro is expected to make his season debut on Monday, Nov. 24 when the Miami Heat host the Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Herro was dealing with a foot injury last season before suffering an ankle injury during an offseason workout. Herro underwent surgery on that injured ankle in September.

Herro started all 77 games he played in and served as Miami’s leading scorer for the 2024-2025 season. The All-Star guard averaged 23.9 points, 5.5 assists and 5.2 rebounds.

The Heat added Norman Powell during the offseason. He currently leads the team in scoring, averaging 24.9 points per game.

The Heat have won their last four games, including a 127-117 road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, Nov. 23.

AI-assisted summary
• Sanders shared an embrace with his son on the field before the game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
• Deion Sanders had been undecided about attending due to his Colorado football team’s schedule and him not wanting to be a distraction
• Family considerations ultimately led Sanders to make the trip to support his son in person.

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders made a special trip to Las Vegas on Sunday to watch his son Shedeur make his debut as starting quarterback of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.

And what a time it was for them. Cleveland beat the Las Vegas Raiders, 24-10. Shedeur completed 11 of 20 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown with one interception.

Sanders’s Instagram account shared a video of them embracing before the game.

‘Prime Time!’ Shedeur said as he greeted his dad in a tunnel to the field at Allegiant Stadium.

A group of friends and family also came out to show their support for Shedeur, including Shedeur’s private quarterback trainer Darrell Colbert Jr., his older brother Deion Sanders Jr. and Deion Sanders’ business manager Constance Schwartz-Morini.

After Shedeur completed a 53-yard pass early in the game, CBS cameras showed the cowboy-hatted father smiling, cheering and animated in his perch at the stadium. He later was seen enjoying the game with former NBA player Matt Barnes.

‘Being able to see my family, that was important,’ Shedeur Sanders said after the game. ‘I’m happy they was here to be able to witness it.’

His mother Pilar also attended the game, leading Shedeur to tell a CBS reporter he was thankful that both of his parents are in his life. Deion Sanders filed for divorce from Pilar in 2011, but the two have been present for Shedeur’s big moments, including the NFL draft in April at the family estate in Texas.

‘That’s what life is about − just family,’ Shedeur said afterward.

Deion Sanders, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, had been undecided as recently as Nov. 20 about whether to attend his son’s NFL starting debut in person. His team just dropped a 42-17 loss at home against Arizona State the night before to fall to 3-8 this season. His team also often practices on Sundays. But family won the day in the end, with Sanders noting Shedeur came back to Boulder to surprise him during the Browns’ recent bye weekend.

Deion Sanders said on the “Colorado Football Coaches Show” Nov. 20 he was urged to attend the game.

“You don’t want to be his distraction, but not that I would ever would be,” Sanders said on the show. “But then you think, ‘You know, he came all the way up here to see you?’ So that’s even (a) shorter trip to see him. You start thinking that as a dad, you know. Because you know what it means to him if he just catch a glimpse of him before he walks out.”

That’s what the video showed, a short moment between father and son before he took the field in Las Vegas.

Deion Sanders misses his youngest son and not just as a father. His team has struggled without him in Colorado. The Buffaloes finish the season at Kansas State on Nov. 29.

Shedeur is the first of Deion Sanders’ three sons to play in an NFL game. His eldest son Deion Jr. played college football at SMU. His middle son Shilo played for his father at Colorado and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent after not getting drafted in April. But Shilo Sanders was waived by the team before the season.

Follow reporter Brent Schrotenboer @Schrotenboer. Email: bschrotenb@usatoday.com

For much of the 2025 college football season, the Big 12 has been wildly unpredictable.

Though Texas Tech — with a 10-1 record and a 22-point win over its fellow first-place team BYU to its name — has established itself as the class of the conference, there was a packed cluster of teams behind the Red Raiders and Cougars entering Week 13 of the season, with four teams with two losses in league play.

This weekend offered some much-needed clarity.

While Texas Tech was enjoying its bye week, several other teams near the top of the conference standings either greatly enhanced their Big 12 championship game outlook or saw it get severely diminished.

No. 11 BYU went on the road and knocked off Cincinnati 26-14, improving the Cougars to 7-1 in conference play while knocking the Bearcats down to 5-3 and eliminating them from title game contention. No. 14 Utah kept its championship game and College Football Playoff dreams alive with a thrilling, come-from-behind 51-47 victory against Kansas State.

Arizona State stayed among the group of two-loss teams in Big 12 play by thumping Colorado 42-17 while No. 24 Houston missed what would have been a game-tying kick in the final minute in a 17-14 loss to TCU, knocking the Cougars out of the Big 12 championship race.

Barring massive upsets next week, with Texas Tech playing 4-7 West Virginia and BYU taking on 5-6 UCF, it will be a rematch between the Red Raiders and Cougars with a conference championship on the line.

So where do things stand now?

Here’s a look at the Big 12 standings after Week 13:

Big 12 football standings after Week 13

Here’s a full look at the Big 12 football standings after Week 13:

• T-1. Texas Tech (10-1, 7-1 Big 12)
• T-1. BYU (10-1, 7-1)
• T-3. Utah (9-2, 6-2)
• T-3. Arizona State (8-3, 6-2)
• T-5. Houston (8-3, 5-3)
• T-5. Arizona (8-3, 5-3)
• T-5. Cincinnati (7-4, 5-3)
• T-8. Iowa State (7-4, 4-4)
• T-8. TCU (7-4, 4-4)
• T-8. Kansas State (5-6, 4-4)
• T-11. Baylor (5-6, 3-5)
• T-11. Kansas (5-6, 3-5)
• T-13. UCF (5-6, 2-6)
• T-13. West Virginia (4-7, 2-6)
• 15. Colorado (3-8, 1-7)
• 16. Oklahoma State (1-10, 0-8)

Instead of providing answers, Week 13 of the college football season brought more confusion for the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.

With Pittsburgh pulling off the 42-28 upset win over No. 12 Georgia Tech, the final week of the regular season will determine who is headed to the ACC championship game on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

If the Yellow Jackets had beaten the Panthers on Saturday, Nov. 22, they would have clinched a spot in the championship game. Instead, Pitt now needs to beat Miami — and needs one of SMU or Virginia to lose in Week 14 — to get into the conference title game. All three teams enter the final week with one ACC loss.

Meanwhile, two-loss teams Georgia Tech, Miami and Duke all remain alive, but will need serious help to have a chance to get to the championship game.

Here’s a look at the ACC standings after Week 13:

ACC football standings after Week 13

Here’s a full look at the ACC standings after Week 13 of the college football season.

• T-1. Southern Methodist (8-3, 6-1 ACC)
• T-1. Pittsburgh (8-2, 6-1 ACC)
• T-1. Virginia (9-2, 6-1 ACC)
• T-4. Georgia Tech (8-2, 5-2 ACC)
• T-4. Duke (6-5, 5-2 ACC)
• T-4. Miami (9-2, 5-2 ACC)
• 7. Wake Forest (8-3, 4-3 ACC)
• 8. Clemson (6-4, 4-4 ACC)
• 9. Louisville (7-4, 4-4 ACC)
• T-10. California (6-5, 3-4 ACC)
• T-10. North Carolina State (6-5, 3-4 ACC)
• 11. Stanford (4-7, 3-5 ACC)
• T-12. Virginia Tech (3-8, 2-5 ACC)
• T-12. North Carolina (4-7, 2-5 ACC)
• 15. Florida State (5-6, 2-6 ACC)
• 16. Syracuse (3-8, 1-6 ACC)
• 17. Boston College (1-10, 0-7 ACC)