Women’s soccer fans were given much more than they bargained for last night — the two Top-10 matchups were just the beginning.

True to form, the first two weeks of the men’s soccer season have been utter pandemonium.

One more conference realignment domino fell Friday morning, as the presidents of ACC schools voted 12-3 to add Stanford and Cal from the Pac-12 and SMU from the AAC beginning in August 2024.

The NCAA cross country season hits its starting line today, so run through our primer, then let’s, ahem, meet the women and men racing toward national glory.

The last sport to jump into the NCAA’s fall pool is water polo, where the mostly Californian crews will beat eggs through early December.

As demonstrated by today’s previously mentioned Nebraskan holiday, this week’s all about bumps, sets, and aces.

Hollywood’s still on strike, but the court queens are already bringing the drama this year: Ten Top 25 squads (including four in the Top 10) fell to at least one unranked or lower-ranked team in the season’s first three days.

From intrastate rivals ousting each others’ foes to unranked conquerors to epic golazos, here’s everything you need to know about yesterday’s women’s and men’s non-conference footy.

Heavy offseason transfer portal activity means this volleyball season will be less predictable than Scooter Braun’s future.

As you read in our field hockey primer, fockey’s historically East Coast dominance is spreading West, so when the season starts today, both Big Ten and mid-major teams will be bullying for the ACC’s crown.

As mentioned, the men’s 2023 season takes the pitch with a full slate tomorrow, so brush up with our handy soccer guide, then prep for another upset-filled roller-coaster year.

The World Athletic Championships began from Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, featuring 100 Division I (DI) athletes running, throwing, and jumping from now until next Sunday — all aiming to qualify for next summer’s Paris Olympics.