FOOTBALL
Professional
Standings and schedule
NFL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
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North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 176 136
Chicago 4 3 0 .571 126 114
Minnesota 2 5 0 .286 129 144
Detroit 2 5 0 .286 183 165
East
W L T Pct PF PA
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N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 175 153
Philadelphia 4 3 0 .571 172 157
Washington 4 4 0 .500 155 170
Dallas 1 6 0 .143 154 187
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 5 2 0 .714 169 133
Tampa Bay 5 2 0 .714 136 163
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New Orleans 5 3 0 .625 167 148
Carolina 1 6 0 .143 85 150
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 4 3 0 .571 123 140
St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 140 141
Arizona 3 4 0 .429 133 198
San Francisco 2 6 0 .250 137 178
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 6 1 0 .857 205 154
N.Y. Jets 5 2 0 .714 159 110
Miami 4 3 0 .571 133 149
Buffalo 0 7 0 .000 131 211
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 4 2 0 .667 153 167
Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 163 125
Tennessee 5 3 0 .625 224 150
Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 165 226
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 149 129
Pittsburgh 5 2 0 .714 147 102
Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 118 142
Cincinnati 2 5 0 .286 146 163
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 163 122
Oakland 4 4 0 .500 212 168
San Diego 3 5 0 .375 210 174
Denver 2 6 0 .250 154 223
Sunday
New England 28, Minnesota 18
San Francisco 24, Denver 16
Detroit 37, Washington 25
Kansas City 13, Buffalo 10, OT
St. Louis 20, Carolina 10
Miami 22, Cincinnati 14
Jacksonville 35, Dallas 17
Green Bay 9, N.Y. Jets 0
San Diego 33, Tennessee 25
Oakland 33, Seattle 3
Tampa Bay 38, Arizona 35
New Orleans 20, Pittsburgh 10
Open: N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland
Monday
Houston at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 7
Arizona at Minnesota, noon.
Chicago vs. Buffalo at Toronto, noon.
N.Y. Jets at Detroit, noon.
Miami at Baltimore, noon.
San Diego at Houston, noon.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, noon.
New Orleans at Carolina, noon.
New England at Cleveland, noon.
N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m.
Dallas at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Denver, Washington, St. Louis, Jacksonville, San Francisco, Tennessee
Monday, Nov. 8
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday's late summary
Saints 20, Steelers 10
Pittsburgh 0 3 0 7 - 10
New Orleans 0 3 3 14 - 20
Second Quarter
Pit - FG Reed 19, 9:09.
NO - FG Hartley 31, :08.
Third Quarter
NO - FG Hartley 23, 8:24.
Fourth Quarter
NO - Colston 16 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 12:55.
Pit - Mendenhall 38 run (Reed kick), 10:48.
NO - Moore 8 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 2:37.
A - 70,011.
Pit NO
First downs 13 19
Total Net Yards 279 318
Rushes-yards 21-108 21-30
Passing 171 288
Punt Returns 1-38 1-17
Kickoff Returns 4-118 3-83
Interceptions Ret. 1-9 1-21
Comp-Att-Int 17-28-1 34-44-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 2-17
Punts 4-48.0 4-43.8
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 4-38 3-35
Time of Possession 25:54 34:06
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 15-71, Redman 3-19, Moore 2-19, Roethlisberger 1-(minus 1). New Orleans, Jones 7-16, Betts 3-8, Ivory 7-7, Colston 1-1, Brees 3-(minus 2).
PASSING: Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 17-28-1-195. New Orleans, Brees 34-44-1-305.
RECEIVING: Pittsburgh, Wallace 3-43, Randle El 3-33, Ward 3-15, Miller 2-39, Spaeth 2-21, Mendenhall 2-14, Sanders 1-21, Johnson 1-9. New Orleans, Moore 7-54, Meachem 6-76, Colston 6-75, D.Thomas 4-15, Henderson 3-33, Shockey 3-30, Jones 3-20, H.Evans 1-2, Betts 1-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS: Pittsburgh, Reed 51 (WL).
College
Standings
BCS
Pts
1. Oregon 2823
2. Auburn 2683
3. TCU 2529
4. Boise St. 2635
5. Utah 2171
6. Alabama 2346
7. Nebraska 1793
8. Oklahoma 1891
9. Wisconsin 2041
10. LSU 1705
11. Ohio St. 1986
12. Missouri 1293
13. Stanford 1797
14. Michigan St. 1279
15. Arizona 1378
Poll
The AP Top 25
Division I
Record Pts Pv
1. Oregon (49) 8-0 1,487 1
2. Boise St. (7) 7-0 1,403 2
3. Auburn (2) 9-0 1,396 3
4. TCU (2) 9-0 1,350 4
5. Alabama 7-1 1,228 6
6. Utah 8-0 1,147 8
7. Wisconsin 7-1 1,113 9
8. Ohio St. 8-1 1,010 10
9. Nebraska 7-1 974 14
10. Stanford 7-1 950 13
11. Oklahoma 7-1 928 11
12. LSU 7-1 872 12
13. Arizona 7-1 779 15
14. Missouri 7-1 739 7
15. Iowa 6-2 700 18
16. Michigan St. 8-1 644 5
17. Arkansas 6-2 500 19
18. South Carolina 6-2 497 17
19. Oklahoma St. 7-1 457 20
20. Virginia Tech 6-2 332 21
21. Mississippi St. 7-2 302 23
22. Baylor 7-2 247 25
23. N.C. State 6-2 113 --
24. Florida St. 6-2 97 16
25. Nevada 7-1 91 --
Others receiving votes: Hawaii 50, Syracuse 22, Oregon St. 16, Maryland 11, Southern Cal 10, San Diego St. 9, Illinois 8, UCF 5, Pittsburgh 4, Miami 3, Northwestern 3, Florida 2, N. Illinois 1.
FCS Coaches
Record Pts Pv
1. Appalachian St. 8-0 699 1
2. Jacksonville St. (1) 8-0 668 2
3. Villanova 6-2 616 5
4. Delaware 7-1 6-2 6
5. William & Mary 6-2 590 4
6. E. Washington 7-2 565 8
7. Wofford 7-1 512 10
8. New Hampshire 5-3 481 9
9. Stephen. F. Austin 6-2 447 3
10. SE Missouri State 8-1 437 11
11. Montana State 7-2 396 13
12. Liberty 6-2 386 12
13. BethuneCookman 8-0 349 16
14. South Carolina St. 6-2 310 17
15. Massachusetts 5-3 307 18
16. Montana 6-3 297 7
17. Northern Iowa 5-3 247 19
18. Cal Poly 6-3 192 20
19. Penn 6-1 187 21
20. North Dakota St. 5-3 136 22
21. Western Illinois 6-3 124 24
22. Richmond 4-4 108 14
23. James Madison 4-4 100 15
24. Grambling State 7-1 93 25
25. Jacksonville 8-1 41 -
Others receiving votes: Weber State 38, Robert Morris 28, Lehigh 23, Dayton 22, Chattanooga 19, Northern Arizona 13, Southern Utah 13, Indiana Staet 12, Harvard 10, Sacramento State 10, McNeese State 7, Florida A&M 5, Texas Southern 5, Jackson Staet 2, Georgia Southern 1, Furman 1, Missouri State 1.
Baseball
Professional
Schedule
Major League Baseball postseason
WORLD SERIES
Wednesday
San Francisco 11, Texas 7
Thursday
San Francisco 9, Texas 0
Saturday
Texas 4, San Francisco 2
Sunday
San Francisco 4, Texas 0, San Francisco leads series 3-1
Monday
San Francisco at Texas, late
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 6:57 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 6:57 p.m.
Hockey
Professional
Schedule and results
NHL
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado 11 6 4 1 13 39 39
Calgary 11 6 5 0 12 33 34
Vancouver 9 4 3 2 10 24 24
Minnesota 10 4 4 2 10 26 27
Edmonton 9 3 4 2 8 28 33
Central Division
Chicago 14 7 6 1 15 41 40
St. Louis 9 6 1 2 14 26 17
Detroit 9 6 2 1 13 30 24
Nashville 10 5 2 3 13 23 25
Columbus 10 6 4 0 12 24 29
Pacific Division
Los Angeles 11 8 3 0 16 34 25
Dallas 10 6 4 0 12 32 27
San Jose 9 5 3 1 11 29 25
Phoenix 10 3 4 3 9 23 29
Anaheim 12 4 7 1 9 29 42
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 12 7 4 1 15 37 29
N.Y. Rangers 11 6 4 1 13 34 32
Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 35 28
N.Y. Islanders 11 4 5 2 10 31 37
New Jersey 12 3 8 1 7 20 39
Northeast Division
Montreal 11 7 3 1 15 29 25
Boston 8 6 2 0 12 24 11
Toronto 10 5 4 1 11 23 23
Ottawa 11 4 6 1 9 26 35
Buffalo 12 3 7 2 8 30 38
Southeast Division
Tampa Bay 10 7 2 1 15 35 30
Washington 11 7 4 0 14 34 25
Atlanta 11 5 4 2 12 36 40
Carolina 11 5 6 0 10 27 33
Florida 9 4 5 0 8 24 21
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Sunday
No games scheduled
Monday
N.Y. Rangers 3, Chicago 2
Philadelphia 3, Carolina 2
New Jersey at Vancouver
Today
San Jose at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Wednesday
Boston at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Atlanta at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
College
Standings and schedule
WCHA
W L T Pts GF GA
Minn. Duluth 3 0 1 7 13 5
North Dakota 3 1 0 6 14 10
Minnesota 3 3 0 6 23 20
MSU-Mankato 2 2 2 6 17 19
Denver 2 1 1 5 12 8
Wisconsin 2 1 1 5 13 9
Nebraska-Omaha 2 0 0 4 9 6
Michigan Tech 1 2 1 3 13 16
St. Cloud State 1 1 0 2 6 4
Colorado College 1 3 0 2 10 18
Alaska Anchrge 0 3 1 1 6 14
Bemidji State 0 3 1 1 7 14
OVERALL RECORDS: Alaska Anchorage 1-5-2, Bemidji State 0-3-1, Colorado College 3-4-1, Denver 3-3-2, Michigan Tech 3-2-2, Minnesota 5-3-0, Minnesota Duluth 6-0-2, Minnesota State Mankato 2-2-4, Nebraska-Omaha 5-1-0, North Dakota 4-3-1, St. Cloud State 3-4-1, Wisconsin 5-2-1.
Friday
Bemidji State at St. Cloud State
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Colorado College at Denver
Minnesota Duluth at North Dakota
MSU-Mankato at Nebraska-Omaha
Saturday
Bemidji State at St. Cloud State
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Denver at Colorado College
Minnesota Duluth at North Dakota
MSU-Mankato at Nebraska-Omaha
Juniors
Standings and schedule
United States Hockey League
Western Conference
W L OLT Pts
Sioux City 6 3 0 12
Sioux Falls 6 2 0 12
Dubuque 5 3 1 11
Fargo 5 4 1 11
Tri-City 3 2 4 10
Des Moines 3 1 2 8
Omaha 3 3 1 7
Lincoln 2 5 0 4
Eastern Conference
W L OLT Pts
Green Bay 6 2 1 13
Cedar Rapids 6 1 0 12
Chicago 5 4 1 11
Waterloo 4 2 1 9
Youngstown 4 5 1 9
Indiana 4 3 1 9
Team USA 3 6 1 7
Muskegon 2 4 2 6
Friday
Fargo 3, Omaha 2 (SO)
Indiana 6, Team USA 3
Green Bay 2, Youngstown 0
Cedar Rapids 7, Dubuque 3
Sioux Falls 7, Lincoln 2
Sioux City 3, Tri-City 2 (SO)
Des Moines 4, Muskegon 3 (SO)
Waterloo 3, Chicago 2 (SO)
Saturday
Green Bay 4, Team USA 2
Waterloo 7, Muskegon 1
Sioux Falls 2, Fargo 1
Tri-City 1, Sioux City 0
Cedar Rapids 3, Dubuque 2 (OT)
Des Moines 3, Youngstown 2 (OT)
Chicago 2, Team USA 1 (SO)
Basketball
Professional
Standings and schedule
NBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Portland 3 0 1.000 --
Denver 2 1 .667 1
Oklahoma City 2 1 .667 1
Minnesota 1 2 .333 2
Utah 1 2 .333 2
Southwest Division
New Orleans 3 0 1.000 --
Dallas 2 1 .667 1
Memphis 2 1 .667 1
San Antonio 1 1 .500 1½
Houston 0 3 .000 3
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 3 0 1.000 --
Golden State 2 1 .667 1
Sacramento 2 1 .667 1
Phoenix 1 2 .333 2
L.A. Clippers 0 3 .000 3
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Boston 2 1 .667 --
New Jersey 2 1 .667 --
Toronto 1 1 .500 ½
New York 1 2 .333 1
Philadelphia 0 3 .000 2
Southeast Division
Atlanta 3 0 1.000 --
Miami 3 1 .750 ½
Orlando 1 1 .500 1½
Washington 0 2 .000 2½
Charlotte 0 3 .000 3
Central Division
Indiana 2 1 .667 --
Chicago 1 1 .500 ½
Cleveland 1 2 .333 1
Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1
Detroit 0 3 .000 2
Sunday
Miami 101, New Jersey 78
Dallas 99, L.A. Clippers 83
Utah 120, Oklahoma City 99
L.A. Lakers 107, Golden State 83
Monday
Portland at Chicago
Toronto at Sacramento
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers
Today
Minnesota at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.
Boston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Portland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Minnesota at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Indiana at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Utah, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Memphis at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.
Soccer
College Men
Playoff pairings
MIAC tournament
Today
Semifinals
No. 4 Concordia at No. 1 Macalester, 7:30 p.m.
No. 3 Carleton at No. 2 Augsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 6
Championship
Semifinal winners at best seed, TBA
College women
Playoff pairings
MIAC tournament
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
No. 4 St. Benedict at No. 1 Carleton, 2 p.m.
No. 3 St. Thomas at No. 2 Concordia, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 6
Championship
Semifinal winners at best seed, TBA
Summit League
Friday Nov. 5
Semifinals
No. 1 Oakland (Mich.) vs. No. 4 Western Illinois, 3 p.m.
No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 South Dakota State, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 7
Championship
Semifinal winners, Noon
Volleyball
College
Playoff pairings
MIAC tournament
Today
Quarterfinals
No. 6 St. Catherine at No. 3 Concordia, 7 p.m.
No. 5 St. Benedict at No. 4 St. Mary's, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Semifinals
No. 3/No. 6 winner No. 2 St. Thomas/St. Olaf, 7 p.m.
No. 4/No. 5 winner at No. 1 St. Olaf/St. Thomas, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 6
Championship
Lower remaining seed at Higher remaining seed, 7 p.m.
Auto racing
Professional
Leaders
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Through Oct. 31
Points
1, Jimmie Johnson, 6,149. 2, Denny Hamlin, 6,135. 3, Kevin
Harvick, 6,111. 4, Jeff Gordon, 5,942. 5, Kyle Busch, 5,919. 6,
Carl Edwards, 5,902. 7, Tony Stewart, 5,832. 8, Matt Kenseth,
5,825. 9, Kurt Busch, 5,799. 10, Jeff Burton, 5,797.
11, Greg Biffle, 5,788. 12, Clint Bowyer, 5,782. 13, Jamie
McMurray, 3,976. 14, Mark Martin, 3,937. 15, Ryan Newman, 3,883.
16, Juan Pablo Montoya, 3,866. 17, Joey Logano, 3,809. 18, David
Reutimann, 3,772. 19, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,662. 20, Martin Truex
Jr., 3,614.
Money
1, Jimmie Johnson, $6,652,947. 2, Jamie McMurray, $6,504,727. 3,
Kurt Busch, $6,351,919. 4, Kevin Harvick, $6,250,656. 5, Kyle
Busch, $5,919,143. 6, Jeff Gordon, $5,333,253. 7, Tony Stewart,
$5,280,734. 8, Denny Hamlin, $5,211,128. 9, Matt Kenseth,
$4,998,328. 10, Carl Edwards, $4,977,313.
11, Kasey Kahne, $4,891,416. 12, Jeff Burton, $4,846,480. 13,
David Reutimann, $4,766,119. 14, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,749,738.
15, Joey Logano, $4,660,861. 16, Greg Biffle, $4,570,762. 17, Ryan
Newman, $4,547,752. 18, Clint Bowyer, $4,393,804. 19, A J
Allmendinger, $4,351,244. 20, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,309,528.
NASCAR Nationwide
Through Oct. 23
Points
1, Brad Keselowski, 5,144. 2, Carl Edwards, 4,659. 3, Kyle Busch, 4,439. 4, Justin Allgaier, 4,278. 5, Paul Menard, 4,067. 6, Kevin Harvick, 3,902. 7, Trevor Bayne, 3,633. 8, Jason Leffler, 3,593. 9, Joey Logano, 3,557. 10, Steve Wallace, 3,554.
11, Brendan Gaughan, 3,431. 12, Michael Annett, 3,342. 13, Reed Sorenson, 3,317. 14, Brian Scott, 3,219. 15, Mike Bliss, 3,153. 16, Tony Raines, 3,109. 17, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2,981. 18, Mike Wallace, 2,961. 19, Kenny Wallace, 2,920. 20, Joe Nemechek, 2,702.
Money
1, Kyle Busch, $1,199,945. 2, Brad Keselowski, $1,072,070. 3, Carl Edwards, $983,085. 4, Justin Allgaier, $962,235. 5, Jason Leffler, $901,037. 6, Kevin Harvick, $893,725. 7, Trevor Bayne, $879,926. 8, Brendan Gaughan, $846,915. 9, Joey Logano, $835,300. 10, Steve Wallace, $834,835.
11, Brian Scott, $815,660. 12, Michael Annett, $811,555. 13, Mike Bliss, $803,847. 14, Tony Raines, $797,155. 15, Mike Wallace, $792,715. 16, Kenny Wallace, $777,277. 17, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $774,805. 18, Joe Nemechek, $738,351. 19, Reed Sorenson, $713,188. 20, Michael McDowell, $707,381.
