Michigan Hockey won a back-and-forth shootout affair on Friday night at Yost Ice Arena against the Penn State Nittany Lions:

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, tours a plumbing and pipefitting apprenticeship program workshop at UA Local 85 in Saginaw, Mich., Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Isabella Volmert)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling delivered a dominant Big Ten victory over the Michigan State Spartans on Friday night

Michigan and Penn State battle for Big Ten supremacy. A win propels one to the top, while the other fights for contention.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 29 points and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Wisconsin trounced No. 10 Michigan State 92-71 on Friday night, marking the second time in four nights that the Badgers have beaten a top-10 team.

This week was full of surprises in the sport -- and Arizona's first loss was hardly the headliner, even if it had the most profound impact on this week's rankings. Illinois dropped two-straight, UConn lost at St. John's and Duke lost at UNC, resulting in two new teams -- Florida and Houston -- vaulting in to the new-look top five.

SAWYER, MI — A teen-owned Southwest Michigan doughnut shop is leaning into local student-athletes as ambassadors. Zo’s Mini Donuts, a doughnut food truck with three Michigan locations, signed partnerships with eight athletes attending six Southwest Michigan high schools.