Pro football

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 8 2 0 .800 196 155

Miami 6 4 0 .600 177 147

Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 159 170

N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 197 211

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 8 2 0 .800 292 202

Tennessee 8 2 0 .800 265 177

Houston 4 6 0 .400 174 254

Jacksonville 2 8 0 .200 175 241

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 212 191

Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 210 219

Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 179 177

Pittsburgh 3 7 0 .300 190 247

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 306 174

Denver 6 4 0 .600 247 179

Oakland 3 7 0 .300 190 229

San Diego 2 8 0 .200 182 280

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 7 3 0 .700 181 148

Philadelphia 7 3 0 .700 187 176

N.Y. Giants 4 6 0 .400 182 223

Washington 4 6 0 .400 193 232

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 8 2 0 .800 198 180

New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 212 225

Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 201 161

Atlanta 2 8 0 .200 177 273

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 269 233

Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 264 223

Chicago 3 7 0 .300 172 234

Detroit 3 7 0 .300 166 242

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 7 3 0 .700 248 188

St. Louis 7 3 0 .700 269 202

San Francisco 5 5 0 .500 232 166

Arizona 3 7 0 .300 136 279

Sunday’s Games

St. Louis 23, Chicago 21

Houston 12, Buffalo 10

Miami 9, Baltimore 6, OT

Carolina 20, Washington 17

Tennessee 10, Jacksonville 3

New Orleans 23, Atlanta 20, OT

Cleveland 44, Arizona 6

Cincinnati 24, Kansas City 19

Philadelphia 28, N.Y. Giants 10

Indianapolis 38, N.Y. Jets 31

Denver 37, San Diego 8

Seattle 35, Detroit 14

Oakland 28, Minnesota 18

Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 13

New England 12, Dallas 0

Monday’s Game

San Francisco 30, Pittsburgh 14

Sunday, Nov. 23

Carolina at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

New England at Houston, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Atlanta, 1:15 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 1:15 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 24

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

BCS Standings List

Nov. 17

Poll Comp Schedule Sub

AP U-E Avg. Avg. Str Rank L Total QWin Tot.

1. Oklahoma 1 1 1.0 1.00 10 0.40 0 2.40 -0.6 1.80

2. Ohio State 4 4 4.0 2.00 13 0.52 1 7.52 0.0 7.52

3. Southern Cal 2 2 2.0 3.33 37 1.48 1 7.81 -0.1 7.71

4. LSU 3 3 3.0 5.83 72 2.88 1 12.71 -0.5 12.21

5. Texas 7 7 7.0 6.67 17 0.68 2 16.35 0.0 16.35

6. Georgia 6 6 6.0 8.33 20 0.80 2 17.13 -0.4 16.73

7. Tennessee 9 11 10.0 5.67 12 0.48 2 18.15 0.0 18.15

8. TCU 10 9 9.5 6.17 90 3.60 0 19.27 0.0 19.27

9. Michigan 5 5 5.0 11.33 35 1.40 2 19.73 0.0 19.73

10. Washington St. 8 8 8.0 9.67 34 1.36 2 21.03 0.0 21.03

11. Florida St. 11 10 10.5 10.83 23 0.92 2 24.25 0.0 24.25

12. Miami 13.5 13 13.25 9.17 7 0.28 2 24.70 0.0 24.70

13. Florida 13.5 14 13.75 11.00 9 0.36 3 28.11 -1.2 26.91

14. Miami (Ohio) 18 19 18.5 8.83 55 2.20 1 30.53 0.0 30.53

15. Mississippi 15 15 15.0 14.83 57 2.28 2 34.11 0.0 34.11

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AH RB CM KM NYT JS PW

1. Oklahoma 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2. Ohio State 2 2 2 2 2 3 2

3. Southern Cal 4 3 3 4 5 2 4

4. LSU 5 4 7 3 11 7 9

5. Texas 8 11 11 5 3 10 3

6. Georgia 10 10 12 6 10 6 8

7. Tennessee 7 5 5 7 6 5 6

8. TCU 3 9 4 8 25 8 5

9. Michigan 13 12 13 14 7 11 12

10. Washington St. 12 8 9 11 9 9 14

11. Florida St. 11 13 6 12 12 17 11

12. Miami 9 6 10 10 13 14 7

13. Florida 18 7 17 13 4 12 13

14. Miami (Ohio) 6 16 8 9 22 4 10

15. Mississippi 16 15 15 17 8 18 18

Explanation Key

Poll Average – The average of The Associated Press media poll and USA Today-ESPN coaches poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.

Computer Average – The average of Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, Jeff Sagarin and the Peter Wolfe rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging six of the seven rankings. The lowest (worst) ranking will be disregarded.

Schedule Rank – Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams of actual games played divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponent (66.67 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponents’ opponents (33.33 percent).

Losses – One point for each loss during the season.

Quality Win Component – The quality win component will reward to varying degrees teams that defeat opponents ranked among the top 10 in the weekly standings. The bonus point scale will range from a high of 1.0 points for a win over the top ranked team to a low of 0.1 for a victory over the 10th-ranked BCS team. The final BCS standings will determine final quality win points. If a team registers a victory over a team more than once during the regular season quality win points will be awarded just once. Quality win points are based on the standings determined by the subtotal. The final standings are reconfigured to reflect the quality win point deduction.

Note: Teams on NCAA probation (i.e. not eligible for postseason competition) are not listed in the BCS Standings. Teams with victories over teams on probation will receive appropriate quality win points.

Transactions

Monday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Sent RHP Danys Baez outright to Buffalo of the IL.

TEXAS RANGERS-Signed INF Andy Fox to a minor league contract.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS-Agreed to terms with INF Jose Vizcaino on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA-Reduced Houston F Maurice Taylor’s suspension from 10 to six games for violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS-Signed F Sean Marks. Waived G Shane Heal.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS-Waived WR Quentin McCord.

DETROIT LIONS-Placed WR Scotty Anderson on injured reserve. Signed WR David Kircus from the practice squad.

HOUSTON TEXANS-Signed QB Mike Quinn to the practice squad. Signed LB Shantee Orr from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS-Placed S Jon McGraw on injured reserve. Added DT Josh Evans to the active roster.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES-Activated LW Jochen Hecht from injured reserve. Waived LW Jason Botterill.

CAROLINA HURRICANES-Announced the retirement of LW Jeff Daniels.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Assigned RW Pavel Vorobiev to Norfolk of the AHL.

COLORADO AVALANCHE-Recalled C Steve Moore from Hershey of the AHL.

DALLAS STARS-Acquired D Jon Klemm and a 2004 fourth round draft pick from Chicago for D Stephane Robidas and a 2004 second round draft pick. Sent C Antti Miettinen to Utah of the AHL. Recalled F Steve Gainey and F Rob Valicevic from Utah.

EDMONTON OILERS-Signed C Adam Oates to a one-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS-Reassigned RW Juraj Kolnik to San Antonio of the AHL.

LOS ANGELES KINGS-Recalled C Michael Cammalleri from Manchester of the AHL.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Recalled RW Radovan Somik and Jim Vandermeer from Philadelphia of the AHL.

PHOENIX COYOTES-Recalled C Jeff Taffe from Springfield of the AHL. Placed C Jan Hrdina on injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Assigned D Darren Rumble to Hershey of the AHL.

Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 5 5 .500 –

New Jersey 5 5 .500 –

Philadelphia 5 6 .455 1/2

Washington 4 6 .400 1

New York 3 7 .300 2

Miami 2 8 .200 3

Orlando 1 10 .091 41/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 8 2 .800 –

New Orleans 7 3 .700 1

Detroit 6 4 .600 2

Milwaukee 5 4 .556 21/2

Toronto 5 5 .500 3

Chicago 4 7 .364 41/2

Cleveland 3 7 .300 5

Atlanta 3 8 .273 51/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Midwest Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 7 3 .700 –

Dallas 7 4 .636 1/2

Denver 5 4 .556 11/2

Memphis 5 4 .556 11/2

San Antonio 6 5 .545 11/2

Utah 6 5 .545 11/2

Minnesota 5 5 .500 2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 8 2 .800 –

Seattle 6 2 .750 1

L.A. Clippers 4 2 .667 2

Sacramento 6 4 .600 2

Portland 5 5 .500 3

Golden State 4 5 .444 31/2

Phoenix 3 6 .333 41/2

Monday’s Games

Houston 74, Philadelphia 66

Washington 106, Atlanta 97

New York 89, Boston 86

Dallas 105, Portland 98

Utah 90, Orlando 88

Today’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

New Orleans at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Miami at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

New Orleans at Boston, 4 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 4 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 7 p.m.

MAVERICKS 105, TRAIL BLAZERS 98

FG FT Reb

PORTLAND Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Wallace 45 12-25 4-5 4-8 3 3 31

Randolph 41 9-12 7-11 10-19 6 4 25

Davis 31 2-7 1-2 6-9 2 3 5

Stoudamire 36 1-11 3-3 3-7 7 1 5

Wells 28 7-13 0-0 0-2 0 1 14

McInnis 26 4-9 0-0 0-0 4 5 9

Stepania 7 1-3 0-0 1-3 0 0 2

Woods 12 0-3 0-0 0-3 0 3 0

Carroll 14 3-5 0-0 0-2 0 0 7

Totals 240 39-88 15-21 24-53 22 20 98

Percentages: FG .443, FT .714.

3-Point Goals: 5-15, .333 (Wallace 3-5, Carroll 1-1, McInnis 1-2, Wells 0-1, Woods 0-1, Stoudamire 0-5).

Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 13 (17 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 3 (Wallace 2, Wells).

Turnovers: 13 (Randolph 5, Wells 3, Wallace, Stoudamire, McInnis, Woods, Stepania).

Steals: 8 (Wells 2, Wallace, Stoudamire, Randolph, McInnis, Woods, Stepania).

Technical Fouls: Wallace, 3:05 second.

FG FT Reb

DALLAS Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Walker 40 5-14 2-4 0-6 1 6 14

Nowitzki 38 8-19 2-2 2-8 5 4 20

Fortson 18 2-4 0-2 5-7 0 3 4

Finley 44 10-20 2-3 3-7 4 1 25

Nash 40 5-11 2-2 4-10 12 1 14

Best 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2

Jamison 33 8-11 4-5 3-4 2 2 20

Najera 14 2-5 2-2 1-1 1 1 6

Howard 4 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 0

Totals 240 41-87 14-20 19-45 26 19 105

Percentages: FG .471, FT .700.

3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450 (Finley 3-5, Nash 2-4, Nowitzki 2-5, Walker 2-5, Best 0-1).

Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 11 (14 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 4 (Nowitzki 3, Najera).

Turnovers: 10 (Nash 3, Walker 3, Nowitzki, Najera, Fortson, Howard).

Steals: 7 (Jamison 2, Walker 2, Finley, Najera, Best).

Technical Fouls: Walker, 1:01 third.

Portland 24 26 24 24 – 98

Dallas 23 23 31 28 – 105

A-19,471 (19,200). T-2:09.

Officials-Bernie Fryer, David Jones, Zach Zarba.

College basketball

Monday’s College Basketball Scores

SOUTHWEST

Texas 89, Brown 51

TOURNAMENT

Dell BCA Classic

Championship

Xavier 76, Oakland, Mich. 66

Third Place

Ill.-Chicago 75, Mercer 64

Fifth Place

UC Irvine 63, Ohio 60

Seventh Place

Coppin St. 76, San Diego 62

Guardians Classic

First Round

Idaho 84, Elon 60

Richmond 62, MVSU 46

SW Missouri St. 82, W. Illinois 71

San Francisco 73, Tenn.-Martin 62

South Carolina 83, Gardner-Webb 74

Preseason NIT

First Round

Connecticut 70, Yale 60

Minnesota 78, UMKC 67

Nevada 69, Vermont 49

Utah 46, Georgia St. 38

EXHIBITION

Cleveland St. 88, Reality Sports 80

Drexel 123, Three-Twenty All-Stars 95

EA Sports 54, Saint Louis 51

Fairleigh Dickinson 96, Team Dasani 76

Georgia All-Stars 99, Lamar 91

Illinois 83, Spot-Lite Jammers 63

Iowa St. 91, Global Sports 83

Samford 100, VASDA Gold 74

South Alabama 129, Houston Elite Action 66

Tennessee Tech 88, VASDA USA 75

Texas-Arlington 89, Bossier City All-Stars 77

UAB 92, Arkansas Angels 81

Valparaiso 79, Athletes in Action 75

Monday’s Women’s Basketball Scores

TOURNAMENT

Preseason NIT

Quarterfinals

Michigan 73, Cincinnati 69

UC Santa Barbara 52, Utah 44

EXHIBITION

Baylor 82, Perik Jumpers 33

Georgia Southern 63, Reebok Winning Ways 57

N. Iowa 88, Wayne St. 40

Premier Players 82, Wake Forest 71

TCU 74, Everyone’s Internet 59

Troy St. 50, NWBL Southeast 39

Vanderbilt 90, Athletes in Action 74

The Women’s Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Connecticut (46) 0-0 1,150 1

2. Texas 1-0 1,096 3

3. Tennessee 0-0 1,009 4

4. Duke 0-1 997 2

5. Purdue 1-0 936 7

6. Stanford 0-0 860 6

7. Texas Tech 2-0 827 10

8. Kansas St. 0-0 826 5

9. Penn St. 0-0 808 8

10. Georgia 0-0 666 11

11. Louisiana Tech 0-0 649 12

12. LSU 1-1 639 9

13. Minnesota 0-0 606 13

14. North Carolina 0-0 559 14

15. Rutgers 2-0 454 16

16. Colorado 2-0 376 20

16. Ohio St. 0-0 376 17

18. UC Santa Barbara 1-0 374 18

19. Utah 1-0 341 19

20. Notre Dame 1-1 331 15

21. Oklahoma 0-0 234 21

22. Arizona 0-0 170 23

23. TCU 0-0 123 24

24. Oregon 2-0 113 –

25. Auburn 1-1 93 22

Others receiving votes: Virginia 90, George Washington 57, Vanderbilt 42, DePaul 23, Boston College 22, Michigan St. 17, Baylor 14, Virginia Tech 12, Villanova 10, Cincinnati 9, Washington 7, SW Missouri St. 5, Louisville 4, Temple 4, BYU 3, Harvard 3, Arizona St. 2, Arkansas 2, Creighton 2, N.C.-Wilmington 2, New Mexico 2, Saint Joseph’s 2, Montana 1, Pittsburgh 1, W. Michigan 1.

Pro hockey

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

Philadelphia 10 2 3 1 24 52 31

New Jersey 9 3 4 0 22 40 28

N.Y. Islanders 8 6 2 0 18 51 40

N.Y. Rangers 6 6 3 2 17 42 44

Pittsburgh 4 9 3 0 11 31 58

Northeast Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

Boston 10 2 3 2 25 47 34

Toronto 7 5 5 1 20 43 50

Buffalo 8 7 2 1 19 39 48

Ottawa 7 6 2 1 17 50 37

Montreal 8 9 1 0 17 35 39

Southeast Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 9 2 2 1 21 42 26

Atlanta 8 7 3 1 20 53 52

Florida 7 10 2 0 16 41 49

Carolina 5 7 5 0 15 38 40

Washington 5 12 1 0 11 44 54

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

St. Louis 11 4 0 1 23 42 34

Detroit 9 7 2 0 20 55 46

Chicago 6 7 4 2 18 36 51

Nashville 7 8 1 0 15 42 44

Columbus 5 9 2 1 13 35 46

Northwest Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

Vancouver 10 4 2 2 24 57 37

Colorado 10 5 1 1 22 56 43

Edmonton 8 7 2 0 18 50 51

Minnesota 7 8 3 0 17 40 41

Calgary 6 8 0 2 14 32 40

Pacific Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 8 6 1 1 18 44 38

Anaheim 7 7 1 3 18 38 46

Phoenix 5 6 5 1 16 42 51

Dallas 7 9 2 0 16 40 50

San Jose 3 6 7 2 15 43 52

Monday’s Games

Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1

Today’s Games

Philadelphia at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Boston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.