Drew Brees was sharp on Sunday as he came off a five-week absence to lead New Orleans to a sixth straight win, a 31-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Brees tossed three touchdown passes and threw for 373 yards. Some were concerned the Saints were rushing Brees back, but Coach Sean Payton was not…
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Brees and Michael Thomas picked up where they left off as Thomas caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. Latavius Murray, who also had a rushing touchdown and 102 yards on the ground for the injured Alvin Kamara.

LSU is the new number one college football team in the country after a hard-fought 23-20 win over Auburn. Coach Ed Orgeron says its the kind of game you need to win to have a championship season
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LSU leads Alabama in the A-P poll by two points. The Tigers and Tide will face off a week from Saturday.

In other college football action, Lousiana Tech topped UTEP 42 to 21 to improve to 4-and-0 in Conference USA.

In the Southland, Central Arkansas is the lead leaguer after a weekend that saw Nicholls lose in overtime and Northwestern State beat Incarnate World in overtime for its win on the year. Southeastern Louisiana crushed Houston Baptist 52-13 to get back in the conference race.