NFL standings

National Football League

All Times EDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 164 120

New England 4 1 0 .800 165 119

N.Y. Jets 2 3 0 .400 121 125

Miami 0 4 0 .000 69 104

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 3 2 0 .600 127 95

Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 105 94

Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 59 115

Indianapolis 0 5 0 .000 87 136

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 119 57

Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 110 94

Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 102 89

Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 74 93

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 4 1 0 .800 120 109

Oakland 3 2 0 .600 136 133

Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 77 150

Denver 1 4 0 .200 105 140

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 3 1 0 .750 83 63

N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 127 123

Dallas 2 2 0 .500 99 101

Philadelphia 1 4 0 .200 125 132

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 157 125

Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 87 125

Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 104 130

Carolina 1 4 0 .200 116 132

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 5 0 0 1.000 173 111

Detroit 5 0 0 1.000 159 89

Chicago 2 3 0 .400 107 122

Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 111 106

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 4 1 0 .800 142 78

Seattle 2 3 0 .400 94 122

Arizona 1 4 0 .200 96 121

St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 46 113

Sunday, Oct. 9

Minnesota 34, Arizona 10

Oakland 25, Houston 20

Kansas City 28, Indianapolis 24

Buffalo 31, Philadelphia 24

New Orleans 30, Carolina 27

Cincinnati 30, Jacksonville 20

Pittsburgh 38, Tennessee 17

Seattle 36, N.Y. Giants 25

San Francisco 48, Tampa Bay 3

San Diego 29, Denver 24

New England 30, N.Y. Jets 21

Green Bay 25, Atlanta 14

Open: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington

Monday’s Game

Detroit 24, Chicago 13

Sunday, Oct. 16

St. Louis at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at New England, 4:15 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Tennessee

Monday, Oct. 17

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 8, 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. LSU (40) 6-0 1,450 1

2. Alabama (10) 6-0 1,405 2

3. Oklahoma (8) 5-0 1,382 3

4. Wisconsin 5-0 1,243 4

5. Boise St. (1) 5-0 1,222 5

6. Oklahoma St. 5-0 1,176 6

7. Stanford 5-0 1,164 7

8. Clemson 6-0 1,080 8

9. Oregon 4-1 1,000 9

10. Arkansas 5-1 921 10

11. Michigan 6-0 868 12

12. Georgia Tech 6-0 741 13

13. West Virginia 5-1 659 16

14. Nebraska 5-1 642 14

15. South Carolina 5-1 608 18

16. Illinois 6-0 594 19

17. Kansas St. 5-0 580 20

18. Arizona St. 5-1 414 22

19. Virginia Tech 5-1 410 21

20. Baylor 4-1 308 25

21. Texas A&M 3-2 251 24

22. Texas 4-1 216 11

23. Michigan St. 4-1 181 NR

24. Auburn 4-2 156 15

25. Houston 6-0 142 NR

Others receiving votes: Florida 86, Washington 71, Notre Dame 64, Georgia 61, Penn St. 22, Southern Cal 17, North Carolina 13, South Florida 11, Wake Forest 7, Southern Miss. 4, SMU 3, Texas Tech 2, Cincinnati 1.

USA Today poll

The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 8, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Oklahoma (32) 5-0 1,434 1

2. LSU (15) 6-0 1,409 2

3. Alabama (11) 6-0 1,399 3

4. Wisconsin (1) 5-0 1,244 5

5. Stanford 5-0 1,232 4

6. Boise State 5-0 1,170 6

7. Oklahoma State 5-0 1,168 7

8. Clemson 6-0 1,046 8

9. Oregon 4-1 995 9

10. Michigan 6-0 891 11

11. Arkansas 5-1 871 12

12. Georgia Tech 6-0 805 13

13. South Carolina 5-1 678 14

14. Nebraska 5-1 671 15

15. Illinois 6-0 634 16

16. West Virginia 5-1 528 19

17. Virginia Tech 5-1 523 17

18. Kansas State 5-0 462 21

19. Michigan State 4-1 431 20

20. Arizona State 5-1 343 24

21. Texas 4-1 243 10

22. Houston 6-0 200 —

23. Texas A&M 3-2 198 25

24. Baylor 4-1 185 —

25. Penn State 5-1 77 —

Others receiving votes: Florida 72, Washington 52, North Carolina 43, Auburn 33, Notre Dame 31, South Florida 30, Wake Forest 22, Georgia 15, SMU 11, Texas Tech 9, Rutgers 8, Southern Miss. 7, TCU 4, Hawaii 1.

MLB postseason

Major League Baseball

Postseason Baseball

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

American League

All games televised by Fox

All Times EDT

Texas 2, Detroit 0

Saturday, Oct. 8: Texas 3, Detroit 2

Sunday, Oct. 9: Detroit at Texas, ppd. rain

Monday, Oct. 10:Texas 7, Detroit 3, 11 innings

Tuesday, Oct. 11: Texas (Lewis 14-10) at Detroit (Fister 11-13), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Texas (Harrison 14-9) at Detroit (Porcello 14-9), 4:19 p.m.

x-Thursday, Oct. 13: Texas at Detroit (Verlander 24-5), 4:19 p.m.

x-Saturday, Oct. 15: Detroit (Scherzer 15-9) at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 16: Detroit (Fister 11-13) at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

National League

All games televised by TBS

Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0

Sunday, Oct. 9: Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 6

Monday, Oct. 10: St. Louis 12, Milwaukee 3

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Milwaukee (Gallardo 17-10) at St. Louis (Carpenter 11-9), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 13: Milwaukee (Wolf 13-10) at St. Louis (Lohse 14-8), 8:05 p.m.

x-Friday, Oct. 14: Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Milwaukee, 4:05 or 8:05 p.m.

x-Monday, Oct. 17: St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

All games televised by Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 19 at National League

Thursday, Oct. 20 at National League

Saturday, Oct. 22 at American League

Sunday, Oct. 23 at American League

x-Monday, Oct. 24 at American League

x-Wednesday, Oct. 26 at National League

x-Thursday, Oct. 27 at National League

MLB linescores

Major League Baseball Linescores

NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

St. Louis 202 120 401 — 12 17 0

Milwaukee 000 200 010 — 3 8 1

E.Jackson, Rhodes (5), Lynn (5), Salas (6), Rzepczynski (7), M.Boggs (8), Motte (9) and Y.Molina, G.Laird; Marcum, Estrada (5), Loe (7), Hawkins (7), Narveson (8) and Lucroy. W—Lynn 1-0. L—Marcum 0-1. HRs—St. Louis, Pujols (1), Freese (2). Milwaukee, R.Weeks (1), Fielder (2).

—————

AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Detroit 003 000 000 00 — 3 8 0

Texas 200 000 100 04 — 7 11 1

(11 innings)

Scherzer, Coke (7), Benoit (7), Valverde (9), Perry (11) and Avila; D.Holland, Feldman (3), Ogando (8), M.Gonzalez (9), Feliz (9), M.Adams (11) and Napoli. W—M.Adams 1-0. L—Perry 0-1. HRs—Detroit, Raburn (1). Texas, N.Cruz 2 (3).

H.S. football poll

COLUMBUS (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the fourth weekly Associated Press poll of 2011, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I

1, Cin. Moeller (18) 7-0 287

2, Mentor (8) 7-0 285

T3, Tol. Whitmer (1) 7-0 199

T3, Lakewood St. Edward (3) 6-1 199

5, Hilliard Davidson 6-0 181

6, Can. GlenOak (1) 7-0 168

7, Cin. Colerain 6-1 117

8, Dublin Coffman 7-0 106

9, Middletown 6-1 62

10, Cle. St. Ignatius 6-1 45

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cin. Sycamore 32. 12, Troy 15. 13, Solon 14.

DIVISION II

1, Maple Hts. (17) 7-0 268

2, Avon (3) 7-0 256

3, Trotwood-Madison (4) 7-0 240

4, Kings Mills Kings (3) 7-0 216

5, Warren Howland (5) 7-0 203

6, Cols. Marion-Franklin 7-0 155

7, Wapakoneta 7-0 106

8, Canfield 6-1 105

9, Tipp City Tippecanoe 7-0 63

10, Aurora 6-1 40

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Sunbury Big Walnut 21. 12, Dresden Tri-Valley 17. 13, Zanesville 12.

DIVISION III

1, Steubenville (21) 7-0 281

2, Kettering Alter (3) 7-0 234

3, Akr. SVSM (1) 7-0 223

4, Plain City Jonathan Alder (4) 7-0 210

5, Chagrin Falls 7-0 186

6, Mentor Lake Cath. 6-1 157

7, Thornville Sheridan 7-0 110

8, Youngs. Mooney 4-2 59

9, Minerva (1) 7-0 50

10, Cle. Benedictine 6-1 49

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Spring. Shawnee (2) 41. 12, Dover 21. 13, Ravenna SE 17. 14, Circleville Logan Elm 16. 15, Day. Thurgood Marshall 14. 15, Jackson 14. 17, Alliance Marlington 13.

DIVISION IV

1, Kenton (23) 7-0 298

2, Cols. Hartley (3) 7-0 250

3, Genoa Area (1) 7-0 244

4, Girard (3) 7-0 182

5, Waynesville 7-0 173

6, Cin. Madeira 7-0 159

7, St. Clairsville (1) 7-0 119

8, Pemberville Eastwood 7-0 99

9, Johnstown-Monroe 7-0 63

10, Middletown Fenwick (1) 6-1 43

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Creston Norwayne 37. 12, Coshocton 20. 13, Brookfield 14.

DIVISION V

1, Lima Cent. Cath. (16) 7-0 273

2, Kirtland (6) 7-0 243

3, Coldwater (3) 6-1 218

4, Marion Pleasant (2) 7-0 195

5, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 7-0 162

T6, Bucyrus Wynford (2) 7-0 135

T6, Liberty Center (1) 7-0 135

8, Findlay Liberty-Benton 7-0 120

9, Nelsonville-York (1) 7-0 59

10, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Barnesville 19. 12, Frankfort Adena (1) 17. 12, Lucasville Valley 17. 14, Jeromesville Hillsdale 14. 14, W. Liberty-Salem 14.

DIVISION VI

1, Berlin Center Western Reserve (8) 7-0 274

2, Thompson Ledgemont (18) 7-0 267

3, Maria Stein Marion Local (6) 6-1 254

4, Ada 6-1 193

5, Malvern 6-1 157

6, Tiffin Calvert 6-1 111

7, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 6-1 107

8, Delphos St. John’s 4-3 88

9, Ft. Loramie 6-1 64

10, Lockland 6-1 58

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Leipsic 41. 12, Youngs. Christian 38. 13, Spring. Cath. Cent. 25. 14, Danville 14. 15, Mogadore 12. 15, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 12. 15, Edgerton 12.