Midway (8-3) is the No. 12 seed for the NCHSAA Eastern 2-A football playoff bracket and travels to No. 5 Red Springs (8-2) in the first round on Friday night. Hobbton (7-4) is the No. 9 seed in 1-AA and visits No. 8 South Stokes (7-4). … Hobbton and Triton were knocked out of the NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs in the second round Saturday. The Wildcats finished 19-3-1 with a 2-0 loss at home to Camden County. The Hawks (13-9-2) fell 4-0 at top-seeded Jacksonville. … No. 25 SMU held off visiting East Carolina, 59-51, in college football on Saturday. Host Virginia Tech pulled away for a 36-17 win over Wake Forest, No. 5 Clemson prevailed, 55-10, at N.C. State and No. 15 Notre Dame took a 38-7 victory at Duke. … In matchups of unbeatens, host Minnesota turned back Penn State, 31-26, and LSU topped Alabama, 46-41, in Tuscaloosa as Joe Burrow threw for 393 yards and three touchdowns. … The Carolina Panthers (5-3) play at Green Bay (7-2) today at 4:25 p.m. (FOX).