NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 6 2 0 .750 238 177

Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 178 165

Miami 4 3 0 .571 174 151

N.Y. Jets 1 7 0 .125 144 228

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 5 3 0 .625 250 187

Houston 4 4 0 .500 185 166

Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 137 202

Jacksonville 1 7 0 .125 118 218

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 4 2 1 .643 161 164

Baltimore 5 3 0 .625 217 131

Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 205 196

Cleveland 4 3 0 .571 163 152

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 6 1 0 .857 224 142

San Diego 5 3 0 .625 205 149

Kansas City 4 3 0 .571 176 128

Oakland 0 7 0 .000 105 181

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 6 1 0 .857 196 147

Philadelphia 5 1 0 .833 183 132

N.Y. Giants 3 4 0 .429 154 169

Washington 2 5 0 .286 151 183

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 3 4 1 .438 167 208

New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 199 188

Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 192 221

Tampa Bay 1 6 0 .143 133 223

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 6 2 0 .750 162 126

Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 222 191

Chicago 3 5 0 .375 180 222

Minnesota 3 5 0 .375 139 173

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 5 1 0 .833 140 119

San Francisco 4 3 0 .571 158 165

Seattle 4 3 0 .571 172 150

St. Louis 2 5 0 .286 136 210

Thursday, Oct. 23

San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 26

Detroit 22, Atlanta 21

Kansas City 34, St. Louis 7

Houston 30, Tennessee 16

Minnesota 19, Tampa Bay 13, OT

Seattle 13, Carolina 9

Cincinnati 27, Baltimore 24

Miami 27, Jacksonville 13

New England 51, Chicago 23

Buffalo 43, N.Y. Jets 23

Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland 23, Oakland 13

Pittsburgh 51, Indianapolis 34

New Orleans 44, Green Bay 23

Open: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco

Monday, Oct. 27

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 30

New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 2

Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee

Monday, Nov. 3

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

 

MLB Playoffs

Major League Baseball Postseason

x-if necessary

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7)

All games televised by Fox

San Francisco leads series 3-2

Tuesday, Oct. 21: San Francisco 7, Kansas City 1

Wednesday, Oct. 22: Kansas City 7, San Francisco 2

Friday, Oct. 24: Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2

Saturday, Oct. 25: San Francisco 11, Kansas City 4

Sunday, Oct. 26: San Francisco 5, Kansas City 0

Tuesday, Oct. 28: San Francisco (Peavy 6-4) at Kansas City (Ventura 14-10), 8:07 p.m.

x-Wednesday, Oct. 29: San Francisco at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 8 7 1 0 14 25 22

Tampa Bay 9 5 3 1 11 27 23

Detroit 8 4 2 2 10 18 17

Boston 10 5 5 0 10 26 24

Ottawa 6 4 1 1 9 16 13

Florida 7 2 2 3 7 10 16

Toronto 8 3 4 1 7 21 25

Buffalo 9 2 7 0 4 11 29

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 8 6 2 0 12 32 27

Washington 7 4 1 2 10 23 15

New Jersey 8 4 2 2 10 25 25

Pittsburgh 7 4 2 1 9 25 19

Columbus 7 4 3 0 8 21 20

N.Y. Rangers 8 4 4 0 8 22 26

Philadelphia 8 3 3 2 8 26 30

Carolina 7 0 5 2 2 14 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 8 5 1 2 12 19 16

Dallas 8 4 2 2 10 29 29

Chicago 7 4 2 1 9 20 13

Minnesota 6 4 2 0 8 19 6

St. Louis 7 3 3 1 7 16 15

Colorado 8 2 4 2 6 19 27

Winnipeg 7 2 5 0 4 13 20

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 8 7 1 0 14 29 15

Los Angeles 7 5 1 1 11 17 10

Calgary 10 5 4 1 11 26 22

San Jose 9 4 4 1 9 28 27

Vancouver 7 4 3 0 8 23 24

Arizona 7 3 3 1 7 18 25

Edmonton 8 3 4 1 7 23 32

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games

Buffalo 2, San Jose 1

Boston 4, Toronto 1

Montreal 3, N.Y. Rangers 1

New Jersey 3, Ottawa 2, OT

N.Y. Islanders 7, Dallas 5

Philadelphia 4, Detroit 2

St. Louis 3, Chicago 2

Pittsburgh 3, Nashville 0

Minnesota 7, Tampa Bay 2

Arizona 2, Florida 1, OT

Washington 3, Calgary 1

Sunday’s Games

Colorado at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Chicago, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 1 1 0 — 2

Los Angeles 0 3 2 — 5

First Period—1, Columbus, Erixon 1 (Hartnell, Johansen), 14:39 (pp). Penalties­—Tropp, Clm, major (fighting), 1:55; Greene, LA, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 1:55; Hartnell, Clm (roughing), 2:26; Doughty, LA (interference), 14:09.

Second Period—2, Los Angeles, Carter 5 (Toffoli, Doughty), 3:04 (pp). 3, Los Angeles, Toffoli 4 (Carter, Regehr), 16:30. 4, Los Angeles, King 1 (Williams, Carter), 18:32. 5, Columbus, Letestu 3 (Tropp, Prout), 19:04. Penalties—Anisimov, Clm (goaltender interference), 1:32; Johansen, Clm (hooking), 2:42; Muzzin, LA (tripping), 7:59.

Third Period—6, Los Angeles, Pearson 6 (Toffoli, Greene), 11:49. 7, Los Angeles, Pearson 7 (Toffoli, Carter), 15:26. Penalties—Wisniewski, Clm (delay of game), 8:49.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 7-10-7=24. Los Angeles 9-9-9=27.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 1 of 3; Los Angeles 1 of 4.

Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 4-4-0 (27 shots-22 saves). Los Angeles, Quick 5-1-1 (24-22).

A—18,230 (18,118). T—2:37.

Referees—Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen—Mark Wheler, Shane Heyer.

 

NBA schedule

National Basketball Association

Opening Night Schedule

Tuesday’s Games

Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

 

H.S. football

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Saturday’s Football Scores

Akr. Buchtel 39, Akr. North 0

Bellaire St. John 44, Cameron, W.Va. 6

Belmont Union Local 21, Bellaire 14

Castalia Margaretta 28, Sandusky St. Mary 20

Cin. College Prep. 50, Cin. Riverview East 12

Cin. Hills Christian Academy 59, Cin. Clark Montessori 0

Cin. McNicholas 35, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 19

Cin. Shroder 33, Cin. Woodward 0

Cin. St. Xavier 24, Cle. St. Ignatius 10

Cle. VASJ 49, Louisville Aquinas 42

Grove City Christian 41, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 37

Kirtland 49, Beachwood 24

Kiski School, Pa. 19, Hudson WRA 7

Lakewood St. Edward 24, Cin. Moeller 10

Lima Cent. Cath. 55, Harrod Allen E. 21

Loudonville 53, Gates Mills Gilmour 13

Norwalk St. Paul 34, Ashland Mapleton 28

Parma Hts. Holy Name 21, Cle. Cent. Cath. 18

Steubenville Cath. Cent. 41, Madonna, W.Va. 8

Tiffin Calvert 44, Oregon Stritch 6

Troy Christian 20, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 18

Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 21, Newcomerstown 2

Wahama, W.Va. 55, Corning Miller 14

Warren JFK 35, Garfield Hts. Trinity 20

Willow Wood Symmes Valley 34, Portsmouth Notre Dame 14

 

College football

Saturday’s College Football Scores

EAST

Cent. Michigan 20, Buffalo 14

Dartmouth 27, Columbia 7

Georgia Tech 56, Pittsburgh 28

Harvard 49, Princeton 7

Maine 20, Rhode Island 14

Navy 41, San Jose St. 31

New Hampshire 28, Stony Brook 20

Ohio St. 31, Penn St. 24, 2OT

Villanova 48, Morgan St. 28

Yale 43, Penn 21

SOUTH

Alabama 34, Tennessee 20

Alabama A&M 37, Alabama St. 36

Auburn 42, South Carolina 35

Boston College 23, Wake Forest 17

Clemson 16, Syracuse 6

E. Kentucky 33, SE Missouri 21

Georgia Southern 69, Georgia St. 31

LSU 10, Mississippi 7

Louisiana Tech 31, Southern Miss. 20

Marshall 35, FAU 16

Mississippi St. 45, Kentucky 31

Morehead St. 48, Valparaiso 47

North Carolina 28, Virginia 27

W. Kentucky 66, Old Dominion 51

William & Mary 31, Delaware 17

MIDWEST

Ball St. 35, Akron 21

Illinois 28, Minnesota 24

Illinois St. 21, Missouri St. 7

Indiana St. 41, S. Illinois 26

Kansas St. 23, Texas 0

Miami (Ohio) 10, Kent St. 3

Michigan St. 35, Michigan 11

Missouri 24, Vanderbilt 14

N. Dakota St. 47, South Dakota 7

N. Illinois 28, E. Michigan 17

N. Iowa 27, W. Illinois 13

Nebraska 42, Rutgers 24

Toledo 42, UMass 35

W. Michigan 42, Ohio 21

Wisconsin 52, Maryland 7

Youngstown St. 30, S. Dakota St. 27

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 45, UAB 17

Memphis 48, SMU 10

Rice 41, North Texas 21

Sam Houston St. 38, Abilene Christian 21

TCU 82, Texas Tech 27

UTEP 34, UTSA 0

West Virginia 34, Oklahoma St. 10

FAR WEST

Arizona 59, Washington St. 37

Cal Poly 41, Montana 21

Colorado St. 45, Wyoming 31

Idaho St. 46, N. Colorado 12

Portland St. 30, Weber St. 17

S. Utah 35, North Dakota 17

San Diego 40, Dayton 29

Stanford 38, Oregon St. 14

UCLA 40, Colorado 37, 2OT

Utah 24, Southern Cal 21

Utah St. 34, UNLV 20

 

Buckeyes’ stats

No. 13 OHIO ST. 31, PENN ST. 24, 2OT

Ohio St. 7 10 0 0 7 7 — 31

Penn St. 0 0 7 10 7 0 — 24

First Quarter

OSU—Elliott 10 run (Nuernberger kick), 10:15.

Second Quarter

OSU—FG Nuernberger 49, 11:07.

OSU—Heuerman 1 pass from Barrett (Nuernberger kick), 3:58.

Third Quarter

PSU — Zettel 40 interception return (Ficken kick), 13:37.

Fourth Quarter

PSU—Blacknall 24 pass from Hackenberg (Ficken kick), 11:08.

PSU—FG Ficken 31, :09.

First Overtime

PSU — Barrett 4 run (Nuernberger kick).

OSU — Barrett 5 run (Nuernberger kick).

Second Overtime

OSU — Barrett 4 run (Nuernberger kick).

A—107,895.

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OSU PSU

First downs 19 20

Rushes-yards 57-219 31-16

Passing 74 224

Comp-Att-Int 12-19-2 31-50-2

Return Yards (-4) 57

Punts-Avg. 6-45.0 8-34.5

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 8-70 4-42

Time of Possession 34:24 25:36

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ohio St., Elliott 26-109, Barrett 20-75, Wilson 5-20, Marshall 3-19, C.Jones 1-0, Team 2-(minus 4). Penn St., Lynch 13-38, Belton 9-8, Hamilton 1-(minus 3), Hackenberg 8-(minus 27).

PASSING—Ohio St., Barrett 12-19-2-74. Penn St.,

Hackenberg 31-49-2-224, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Ohio St., Heuerman 3-19, Marshall 2-9, Wilson 1-14, Samuel 1-9, D.Smith 1-8, Elliott 1-7, Vannett 1-6, M.Thomas 1-3, Spencer 1-(minus 1). Penn St., Hamilton 14-126, Blacknall 4-34, James 4-22, Godwin 3-16, Belton 2-5, Lewis 1-11, Carter 1-4, Gesicki 1-3, Lynch 1-3.

 

Bengals’ stats

Baltimore 0 6 8 10 — 24

Cincinnati 7 0 10 10 — 27

First Quarter

Cin—Dalton 1 run (Nugent kick), 10:01.

Second Quarter

Bal—FG Tucker 45, 9:15.

Bal—FG Tucker 50, 1:02.

Third Quarter

Cin—Bernard 1 run (Nugent kick), 9:56.

Cin—FG Nugent 32, 6:29.

Bal—Taliaferro 10 run (Forsett run), 1:58.

Fourth Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 33, 11:24.

Bal—Taliaferro 8 run (Tucker kick), 6:31.

Bal—FG Tucker 53, 3:59.

Cin—Dalton 1 run (Nugent kick), :57.

A—55,711.

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Bal Cin

First downs 18 19

Total Net Yards 294 350

Rushes-yards 26-107 34-111

Passing 187 239

Punt Returns 2-17 1-6

Kickoff Returns 5-122 3-93

Interceptions Ret. 1-5 2-17

Comp-Att-Int 17-34-2 21-28-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 2-27

Punts 1-50.0 3-52.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 7-51 6-40

Time of Possession 29:16 30:44

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Baltimore, Forsett 17-68, Taliaferro 7-27, Flacco 2-12. Cincinnati, Bernard 16-45, Sanu 2-27, Hill 10-25, Dalton 6-14.

PASSING—Baltimore, Flacco 17-34-2-195. Cincinnati, Dalton 21-28-1-266.

RECEIVING—Baltimore, Campanaro 3-40, Smith Sr. 3-35, Forsett 3-17, Taliaferro 2-42, Gillmore 2-23, Aiken 2-15, Juszczyk 1-21, M.Brown 1-2. Cincinnati, Sanu 5-125, Gresham 4-34, Hill 4-28, Little 3-42, Tate 2-30, Bernard 2-2, Hewitt 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

Browns’ stats

Oakland 0 6 0 7 — 13

Cleveland 6 3 0 14 — 23

First Quarter

Cle—FG Cundiff 52, 9:54.

Cle—FG Cundiff 33, 2:28.

Second Quarter

Cle—FG Cundiff 26, 5:46.

Oak—FG Janikowski 46, 1:50.

Oak—FG Janikowski 38, :00.

Fourth Quarter

Cle—Hawkins 4 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), 14:17.

Cle—Tate 5 run (Cundiff kick), 2:26.

Oak—Holmes 10 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), :07.

A—67,431.

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Oak Cle

First downs 19 15

Total Net Yards 387 306

Rushes-yards 22-71 25-39

Passing 316 267

Punt Returns 4-24 2-7

Kickoff Returns 1-21 0-0

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-35

Comp-Att-Int 34-56-1 19-28-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 1-8

Punts 7-44.0 7-46.3

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-0

Penalties-Yards 8-54 6-30

Time of Possession 34:52 25:08

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Oakland, McFadden 12-59, Jones-Drew 6-8, Thompkins 1-7, Olawale 1-0, Carr 2-(minus 3). Cleveland, Tate 15-26, West 7-11, Hoyer 2-1, Crowell 1-1.

PASSING—Oakland, Carr 34-54-0-328, McFadden 0-1-0-0, Schaub 0-1-1-0. Cleveland, Hoyer 19-28-0-275.

RECEIVING—Oakland, Rivera 7-83, J.Jones 6-62, Holmes 5-69, Reece 5-34, Thompkins 4-34, McFadden 4-26, Butler 1-9, Jones-Drew 1-6, D.Moore 1-5. Cleveland, Hawkins 7-88, Cameron 3-40, Gabriel 2-60, Austin 2-34, Dray 2-27, West 1-10, Crowell 1-8, Tate 1-8.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 25, 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. Mississippi St. (46) 7-0 1,486 1

2. Florida St. (14) 7-0 1,453 2

3. Alabama 7-1 1,290 4

4. Auburn 6-1 1,267 5

5. Oregon 7-1 1,199 6

6. Notre Dame 6-1 1,161 7

7. Mississippi 7-1 1,095 3

8. Michigan St. 7-1 1,086 8

9. Georgia 6-1 1,074 9

10. TCU 6-1 1,030 10

11. Kansas St. 6-1 930 11

12. Baylor 6-1 839 12

13. Ohio St. 6-1 676 13

14. Arizona 6-1 669 15

15. Arizona St. 6-1 667 14

16. LSU 7-2 574 24

17. Nebraska 7-1 535 16

18. Utah 6-1 524 19

19. Oklahoma 5-2 430 17

20. West Virginia 6-2 379 22

21. East Carolina 6-1 366 18

22. Clemson 6-2 265 21

23. Marshall 8-0 184 23

24. Duke 6-1 121 NR

25. UCLA 6-2 106 25

Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 29, Southern Cal 22, Wisconsin 14, Stanford 9, Louisville 8, Missouri 7, N. Dakota St. 3, Oklahoma St. 2.