Coverage tracker
The most covered news stories, 12 October to 18 October 2026
FTMQ Sports reads 11,649 headlines from 273 outlets a week. These are the stories the most of them covered, and the outlet that had each one first. This week is still running; the numbers are updated every hour.
- 1College Football Playoff nears deal to expand format to 24 teams
6 outlets · first: Yahoo College Football, Thu 17:48 UTC · College Sports
- 2Houston Texans finalized Marvin Harrison Jr trade on Friday GM says
5 outlets · first: The New York Times, Tue 20:54 UTC · American Football
- 3Ohio governor signs order granting fifth year of eligibility for college athletes
5 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports, Tue 21:45 UTC · College Sports
- 4Cleveland Guardians take ALCS lead with Game 3 win against Rays
5 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports Top, Wed 14:49 UTC · Top Stories
- 5NFL suspends Alaric Jackson two games for punching Bradley Chubb
4 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports Top, Tue 11:47 UTC · Top Stories
- 6Hearing officer reduces Los Angeles Rams tackle Alaric Jackson suspension
4 outlets · first: Yahoo NFL, Tue 15:32 UTC · American Football
- 7NFL rules defensive tackle Zxavian Harris eligible for free agency
3 outlets · first: Yahoo NFL, Tue 15:12 UTC · Top Stories
- 8NFL suspends Rams tackle Alaric Jackson two games for postgame punch
3 outlets · first: Yahoo NFL, Tue 21:04 UTC · American Football
- 9Clemson men sixth and Duke first in ACC preseason basketball poll
3 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports Top, Tue 21:17 UTC · Top Stories
- 10Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams remains questionable despite full practice return
3 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports Top, Wed 13:02 UTC · American Football
- 11Raiders coach Klint Kubiak confirms Ashton Jeanty will play Sunday
3 outlets · first: Yahoo Sports Top, Wed 18:07 UTC · American Football
- 12SEC commissioner warns league may set rules if Congress fails
3 outlets · first: Audacy, Wed 22:03 UTC · College Sports
First to the story
Outlets that had the most of the week’s widely covered stories before anyone else.
- Yahoo Sports Top5
- Yahoo NFL3
- Yahoo College Football1
- The New York Times1
- Yahoo Sports1
- Audacy1
Busiest outlets
Headlines published in the feeds we read.
- Yahoo Sports Top6,796
- Yahoo College Football871
- Yahoo NFL722
- Yahoo MLB373
- Yahoo Sports347
- Yahoo NBA232
- ProFootballTalk175
- The New York Times169
- Yahoo College Basketball167
- CBS Sports Headlines163
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Source: FTMQ Sports coverage tracker, 12 October to 18 October 2026, https://sports.ftmq.com/coverage/2026-10-12
How it is counted: every report FTMQ Sports wrote that week is matched with the headlines from the outlets we follow that are about the same event (they share its names and its less common words), published within a day and a half of it. Aggregators that repeat other outlets’ headlines are not counted. Each outlet counts once per story; the first is the earliest such headline. Only outlets with feeds we read are counted, so this measures breadth of coverage, not every report there was.