October tests early claims across MLB, NFL and college football

FOX Sports’ October preview frames the month as a test of form across Major League Baseball, the NFL and college football. Its featured games are prospective indicators, not settled outcomes.

MLB’s 12-team postseason is underway, with division series due to begin on 3 October. FOX Sports says the World Series will be decided before the month ends.

The preview notes the Dodgers’ bid to become the first team to win three consecutive titles since the 1998–2000 Yankees. It also says the Yankees will begin the playoffs without Aaron Judge, whose injuries limited him to 66 games this season.

In the NFL, FOX Sports highlights the first 49ers–Seahawks game, as well as Bills at Rams and Chiefs at Seahawks. The matchups could offer a gauge of whether early-season form can hold.

College football games including Ohio State–Indiana, Florida–Texas and Alabama–Tennessee may help shape the College Football Playoff picture and the Heisman Trophy race, the preview says. It does not establish that any one game will decide either.