Arsenal kept their grip on the Premier League summit with a gritty 1-0 win over Hull City on Saturday, a result that equals the club's best-ever start to a league campaign, set in 2022-23. Mikel Arteta's side remain the team to beat, and the BBC's Match of the Day billing put them alongside Manchester City as the division's pacesetters.

In Germany, Martin Demichelis' RB Leipzig ran their perfect Bundesliga home record to five games with a 5-2 rout of FC Augsburg. The manager praised Willi Orban as a "true professional" and tabbed Brajan Gruda as Man of the Match, though the home crowd saved its loudest cheer for Orban.

College football delivered the day's sharpest collapse: Bear Bachmeier, who entered Saturday as one of the nation's most efficient passers, threw four interceptions as BYU fell to Utah in the Holy War, per The Sporting News. Elsewhere, USC swept Rutgers in volleyball, 25-23, 25-16, 25-13, out-hitting the Scarlet Knights .351 to .133 and winning the block count 12-4 on Superhero Day.

Two footnotes: the Colts elevated two defenders for Sunday and ruled out a safety with injury, and Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero was spotted on crutches after getting hurt in a friendly alongside Ronaldinho.