Kirk Cousins' reunion with Vikings headlines NFL trade deadline; Georgia tops CFP Top 25 rankings

Kirk Cousins reuniting with the Vikings defined a hectic NFL trade deadline. You like that?! Cousins is headed back to Minnesota as a saving grace for a woeful offense and a spark plug for a potential Super Bowl run. The real winner here might be the Raiders, though. They landed a top-100 pick in return and are ready to hand Fernando Mendoza the keys to the offense. NFL history suggests the No. 1 pick could be in for a boom-or-bust second half of the season, but either way, Las Vegas should feel good about its future prospects. The Cousins deal was the biggest move of deadline day and came in just ahead of the 4 p.m. ET cutoff. Once it was all said and done, there were 18 in-season trades this year, which matches the fourth-highest total in league history. Just as noteworthy as the players on the move are the ones who are not. The Colts drove a hard bargain for Jonathan Taylor and made him the top trade candidate to stay put.

Georgia jumped atop the College Football Playoff rankings. Every single team in the selection committee's top 25 moved at least one spot ahead of Week 11. Georgia is on top, and Utah, Alabama and UCLA round out the top four of the refreshed rankings. Those four teams would own first-round byes if the season ended today, and in building out the projected bracket, Kentucky would be the last at-large team in the field. The biggest surprise this week might be the historic slide Indiana took during its bye week. The committee dropped the Hoosiers five spots, which is the biggest drop for an idle team in CFP history. We're heading towards a world where a three-loss team gets into the bracket, but which squad will that be? There are a handful of realistic contenders.

Jayson Tatum outdueled Jaylen Brown in their first head-to-head meeting. All of the drama and fallout from this summer's blockbuster trade led to this moment: The Celtics' 123-101 win over the 76ers in their first matchup since the Brown-Paul George deal. In a zero-sum game that offered a first look at two former teammates in the wake of their breakup, Tatum was the winner and Brown was the loser. There was an even bigger winner involved, however. Paul George racked up 36 points and hit six 3-pointers against his old team and further proved that the Celtics did far better in the trade than anyone initially gave them credit for.

Michigan State and Kansas dominated in the Champions Classic. The annual two-game slate between four of college basketball's top teams delivered a couple of one-sided affairs. The Spartans went wire-to-wire on Duke in a 79-73 victory to open the night and taught us two things in the process: Jeremy Fears Jr. is the rightful early-season frontrunner for National Player of the Year, and it might be time to recalibrate expectations for the Blue Devils. Shortly after that top-five showdown, Kansas downed Kentucky in an 89-69 rout. Tre White was phenomenal in the first 30-point outing of his career, and the Jayhawks had their way with the Wildcats on both ends of the floor in building a 22-0 edge in points off turnovers. In other college hoops action, Texas Tech was one of the top winners of the night when it built a commanding lead over Illinois and held on for a 74-68 triumph.

Audric Estime is the top priority on the Week 10 fantasy football waiver wire. Reverberations from the trade deadline reached the fantasy football world, but they mostly impacted players who are already widely rostered. This week's top waiver targets are largely unaffected. That includes Estime, who is the No. 1 player to add if Travis Etienne Jr. remains on injured reserve. Other running backs to target include Corey Kiner and Zonovan Knight, while Tank Dell is the name to know at wide receiver following his extravagant return from a devastating knee injury. Looking to make some trades of your own? Use Dave Richard's Week 10 Trade Chart and let your inner general manager shine.