Coaches’ poll

The Amway Top 25 football coaches preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2014 records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and 2014 final ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Ohio State (62) 14-1 1598 1

2. TCU (1) 12-1 1487 3

3. Alabama (1) 12-2 1452 4

4. Baylor 11-2 1365 8

5. Oregon 13-2 1260 2

6. Michigan State 11-2 1230 5

7. Auburn 8-5 1103 23

8. Florida State 13-1 1057 6

9. Georgia 10-3 1026 9

10. Southern California 9-4 1014 21

11. Notre Dame 8-5 883 NR

12. Clemson 10-3 838 15

13. LSU 8-5 727 NR

14. UCLA 10-3 697 10

15. Mississippi 9-4 668 19

16. Arizona State 10-3 577 14

17. Georgia Tech 11-3 573 7

18. Wisconsin 11-3 470 13

19. Oklahoma 8-5 407 NR

20. Arkansas 7-6 377 NR

21. Stanford 8-5 365 NR

22. Arizona 10-4 299 17

23. Missouri 11-3 229 11

24. Boise State 12-2 190 16

25. Tennessee 7-6 166 NR

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 164; Texas A&M 149; Oklahoma State 89; Virginia Tech 70; Utah 40; Kansas State 37; Louisville 27; Nebraska 27; Minnesota 25; Penn State 20; South Carolina 18; Miami (Fla.) 16; Texas 8; Illinois 7; Duke 6; Air Force 5; Louisiana Tech 5; Marshall 4; Utah State 4; Brigham Young 3; North Carolina State 3; West Virginia 3; Florida 2; Georgia Southern 2; North Carolina 2; Central Florida 1; Cincinnati 1; Kentucky 1; Maryland 1; Michigan 1; Washington 1.

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 54 46 .540 —

New York 52 50 .510 3

Atlanta 46 56 .451 9

Miami 42 60 .412 13

Philadelphia 39 64 .379 16 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 65 37 .637 —

Pittsburgh 59 42 .584 5 1/2

Chicago 54 47 .535 10 1/2

Cincinnati 46 54 .460 18

Milwaukee 44 59 .427 21 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 57 45 .559 —

San Francisco 56 45 .554 1/2

Arizona 49 51 .490 7

San Diego 49 53 .480 8

Colorado 43 57 .430 13

Thursday’s Games

San Diego 8, N.Y. Mets 7

Washington 1, Miami 0

Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1

Cincinnati 15, Pittsburgh 5

St. Louis 9, Colorado 8

Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2

Friday’s Games

Atlanta (Wisler 5-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Miami (Phelps 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 9-7), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 5-2), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-11) at St. Louis (Wacha 11-4), 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 8:08 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 57 43 .570 —

Baltimore 51 50 .505 6 1/2

Toronto 52 51 .505 6 1/2

Tampa Bay 51 52 .495 7 1/2

Boston 45 58 .437 13 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 61 40 .604 —

Minnesota 53 48 .525 8

Detroit 50 52 .490 11 1/2

Chicago 49 51 .490 11 1/2

Cleveland 47 54 .465 14

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 58 45 .563 —

Los Angeles 55 46 .545 2

Texas 48 52 .480 8 1/2

Seattle 46 57 .447 12

Oakland 45 58 .437 13

Thursday’s Games

Detroit 9, Baltimore 8

Toronto 5, Kansas City 2

Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 2

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Houston 3, L.A. Angels 0

Minnesota 9, Seattle 5

Cleveland 3, Oakland 1

Friday’s Games

Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Cueto 0-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-2), 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-8) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-3), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Minnesota (Milone 5-2), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 8-6) at Oakland (Graveman 6-7), 9:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Kansas City at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Kansas City at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Goldschmidt, Arizona, .347; Harper, Washington, .335; DGordon, Miami, .334; GParra, Milwaukee, .328; LeMahieu, Colorado, .325; Posey, San Francisco, .325; YEscobar, Washington, .314; Votto, CINCINNATI, .313.

RUNS—Harper, Washington, 68; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 67; Pollock, Arizona, 67; Fowler, Chicago, 65; Blackmon, Colorado, 62; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 61; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 58; Votto, CINCINNATI, 58.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 78; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 77; Harper, Washington, 68; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 67; Posey, San Francisco, 67; Stanton, Miami, 67; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 65.

HITS—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 124; DGordon, Miami, 124; LeMahieu, Colorado, 118; Pollock, Arizona, 117; Markakis, Atlanta, 113; Panik, San Francisco, 113; Blackmon, Colorado, 112; Votto, CINCINNATI, 112.

DOUBLES—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 30; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 26; Belt, San Francisco, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 26; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 25; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 25.

TRIPLES—DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Grichuk, St. Louis, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; Blackmon, Colorado, 5; DGordon, Miami, 5; GParra, Milwaukee, 5; Realmuto, Miami, 5.

HOME RUNS—Harper, Washington, 29; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 21; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 21.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 49; DGordon, Miami, 33; Blackmon, Colorado, 27; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Pollock, Arizona, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 20; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 17; Maybin, Atlanta, 17; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 17; Upton, San Diego, 17.

PITCHING—GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-4; CMartinez, St. Louis, 11-4; Wacha, St. Louis, 11-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-5; Heston, San Francisco, 11-5; Arrieta, Chicago, 11-6; Scherzer, Washington, 11-8.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.37; deGrom, New York, 2.05; Scherzer, Washington, 2.22; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.24; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.44; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.51; CMartinez, St. Louis, 2.61.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 185; Scherzer, Washington, 172; Shields, San Diego, 148; Arrieta, Chicago, 147; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 140; TRoss, San Diego, 137; Hamels, Philadelphia, 137.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 32; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 31; Kimbrel, San Diego, 30; Storen, Washington, 29; Familia, New York, 27; Casilla, San Francisco, 26; Grilli, Atlanta, 24.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .350; Kipnis, Cleveland, .332; Fielder, Texas, .330; JIglesias, Detroit, .318; Bogaerts, Boston, .316; Hosmer, Kansas City, .315; LCain, Kansas City, .313.

RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 75; Dozier, Minnesota, 74; Gardner, New York, 72; Donaldson, Toronto, 71; Kipnis, Cleveland, 66; JMartinez, Detroit, 65; LCain, Kansas City, 64.

RBI—KMorales, Kansas City, 70; CDavis, Baltimore, 69; Donaldson, Toronto, 69; Bautista, Toronto, 68; Teixeira, New York, 67; JMartinez, Detroit, 66; Pujols, Los Angeles, 64; Trout, Los Angeles, 64.

HITS—Kipnis, Cleveland, 132; Fielder, Texas, 126; NCruz, Seattle, 119; Bogaerts, Boston, 118; Cespedes, Detroit, 118; Hosmer, Kansas City, 117; Altuve, Houston, 116; Donaldson, Toronto, 116.

DOUBLES—Kipnis, Cleveland, 31; Brantley, Cleveland, 30; Cespedes, Detroit, 28; Dozier, Minnesota, 28; KMorales, Kansas City, 27; Donaldson, Toronto, 26; Betts, Boston, 25.

TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 10; RDavis, Detroit, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Gattis, Houston, 7; Betts, Boston, 6; De Aza, Boston, 6; DeShields, Texas, 6; Kipnis, Cleveland, 6; ERosario, Minnesota, 6.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 31; Pujols, Los Angeles, 30; JMartinez, Detroit, 27; NCruz, Seattle, 26; Teixeira, New York, 26; CDavis, Baltimore, 25; Donaldson, Toronto, 25.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 28; Burns, Oakland, 21; LCain, Kansas City, 18; JDyson, Kansas City, 17; DeShields, Texas, 16; Reyes, Toronto, 16; Gardner, New York, 15; Pillar, Toronto, 15.

PITCHING—McHugh, Houston, 12-5; Keuchel, Houston, 12-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 12-6; Lewis, Texas, 11-4; Gray, Oakland, 11-4; Buehrle, Toronto, 11-5; Carrasco, Cleveland, 11-8.

ERA—Kazmir, Houston, 2.10; Kazmir, Houston, 2.10; Gray, Oakland, 2.16; Keuchel, Houston, 2.32; Santiago, Los Angeles, 2.43; Price, Detroit, 2.53; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.54.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Chicago, 177; Archer, Tampa Bay, 173; Kluber, Cleveland, 172; Carrasco, Cleveland, 140; Price, Detroit, 138; Salazar, Cleveland, 132; Keuchel, Houston, 132.

SAVES—Perkins, Minnesota, 29; Britton, Baltimore, 26; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 25; Street, Los Angeles, 25; Soria, Detroit, 23; AMiller, New York, 23; Uehara, Boston, 22; GHolland, Kansas City, 22; DavRobertson, Chicago, 22.