AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2014 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 2014 final ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Ohio St. (61) 14-1 1,525 1

2. TCU 12-1 1,428 3

3. Alabama 12-2 1,322 4

4. Baylor 11-2 1,263 7

5. Michigan St. 11-2 1,256 t5

6. Auburn 8-5 1,192 22

7. Oregon 13-2 1,156 2

8. Southern Cal 9-4 1,085 20

9. Georgia 10-3 991 9

10. Florida St. 13-1 959 t5

11. Notre Dame 8-5 873 NR

12. Clemson 10-3 862 15

13. UCLA 10-3 698 10

14. LSU 8-5 675 NR

15. Arizona St. 10-3 605 12

16. Georgia Tech 11-3 588 8

17. Mississippi 9-4 563 17

18. Arkansas 7-6 410 NR

19. Oklahoma 8-5 394 NR

20. Wisconsin 11-3 393 13

21. Stanford 8-5 347 NR

22. Arizona 10-4 311 19

23. Boise St. 12-2 240 16

24. Missouri 11-3 219 14

25. Tennessee 7-6 114 NR

Others receiving votes: Mississippi St. 100, Texas A&M 61, Oklahoma St. 46, Virginia Tech 42, Utah 36, Penn St. 20, Louisville 12, Cincinnati 8, Nebraska 6, Kansas St. 5, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, BYU 2, Michigan 2, N. Illinois 2, California 1, W. Kentucky 1, West Virginia 1.

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 67 56 .545 —

Washington 62 61 .504 5

Atlanta 53 71 .427 14 1/2

Miami 50 74 .403 17 1/2

Philadelphia 50 74 .403 17 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 78 45 .634 —

Pittsburgh 74 48 .607 3 1/2

Chicago 71 51 .582 6 1/2

Milwaukee 53 72 .424 26

Cincinnati 51 71 .418 26 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 67 56 .545 —

San Francisco 66 58 .532 1 1/2

Arizona 62 61 .504 5

San Diego 61 63 .492 6 1/2

Colorado 49 73 .402 17 1/2

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta 7

Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 2

Washington 6, Milwaukee 1

Arizona 11, Cincinnati 7

Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 1

Philadelphia 4, Miami 2

N.Y. Mets 14, Colorado 9

San Diego 8, St. Louis 0

Sunday’s Games

Arizona 4, Cincinnati 0

Philadelphia 2, Miami 0

Washington 9, Milwaukee 5

Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings

Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta 3

N.Y. Mets 5, Colorado 1

St. Louis 10, San Diego 3

Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 2

Monday’s Games

Cleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-9), 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-6) at Philadelphia (Morgan 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-5) at Atlanta (Teheran 8-6), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Happ 1-1) at Miami (Koehler 8-11), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 9-8) at Arizona (Ray 3-9), 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 69 55 .556 —

New York 68 55 .553 1/2

Baltimore 62 61 .504 6 1/2

Tampa Bay 62 62 .500 7

Boston 56 68 .452 13

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 75 48 .610 —

Minnesota 63 61 .508 12 1/2

Detroit 59 64 .480 16

Chicago 58 64 .475 16 1/2

Cleveland 58 65 .472 17

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 69 56 .552 —

Texas 64 59 .520 4

Los Angeles 63 61 .508 5 1/2

Seattle 57 67 .460 11 1/2

Oakland 54 71 .432 15

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 2

Minnesota 3, Baltimore 2

Texas 5, Detroit 3

Kansas City 6, Boston 3

Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 1

Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 4

Toronto 15, L.A. Angels 3

Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 3, 10 innings

Sunday’s Games

Cleveland 4, N.Y. Yankees 3

Texas 4, Detroit 2

Kansas City 8, Boston 6

Minnesota 4, Baltimore 3, 12 innings

Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings

Toronto 12, L.A. Angels 5

Oakland 8, Tampa Bay 2

Seattle 8, Chicago White Sox 6

Monday’s Games

Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—DGordon, Miami, .335; Harper, Washington, .330; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .330; Pollock, Arizona, .324; Posey, San Francisco, .314; LeMahieu, Colorado, .313; Panik, San Francisco, .309.

RUNS—Pollock, Arizona, 88; Harper, Washington, 86; Fowler, Chicago, 83; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 79; Arenado, Colorado, 72; Braun, Milwaukee, 72; Votto, CINCINNATI, 72.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 93; Arenado, Colorado, 92; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 79; Posey, San Francisco, 79; Kemp, San Diego, 76; Rizzo, Chicago, 76; BCrawford, San Francisco, 75.

HITS—DGordon, Miami, 154; Pollock, Arizona, 150; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 145; Markakis, Atlanta, 141; LeMahieu, Colorado, 137; Blackmon, Colorado, 136; Posey, San Francisco, 135.

DOUBLES—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 36; Arenado, Colorado, 31; Pollock, Arizona, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 30; Belt, San Francisco, 29; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 29; BCrawford, San Francisco, 29; Harper, Washington, 29; Markakis, Atlanta, 29; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 29.

TRIPLES—DGordon, Miami, 8; DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; Blackmon, Colorado, 6; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 6; Realmuto, Miami, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; ISuzuki, Miami, 6.

HOME RUNS—Harper, Washington, 31; Arenado, Colorado, 30; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 30; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 24; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 24.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 54; DGordon, Miami, 41; Blackmon, Colorado, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 25; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Maybin, Atlanta, 21.

PITCHING—Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Arrieta, Chicago, 15-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 15-6; GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 12-6; deGrom, New York, 12-6.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.67; deGrom, New York, 1.98; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.29; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.30; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.49; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.50; Harvey, New York, 2.57.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 222; Scherzer, Washington, 201; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 180; Shields, San Diego, 174; Arrieta, Chicago, 170; GCole, Pittsburgh, 162; TRoss, San Diego, 160.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 39; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 38; Kimbrel, San Diego, 35; Familia, New York, 33; Casilla, San Francisco, 30; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 30; Storen, Washington, 29.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Kipnis, Cleveland, .321; Fielder, Texas, .320; NCruz, Seattle, .320; Hosmer, Kansas City, .317; Brantley, Cleveland, .316; Bogaerts, Boston, .314; Altuve, Houston, .310.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 95; Dozier, Minnesota, 85; Bautista, Toronto, 81; Kinsler, Detroit, 80; Trout, Los Angeles, 80; Gardner, New York, 78; LCain, Kansas City, 77.

RBI—Donaldson, Toronto, 100; CDavis, Baltimore, 89; Bautista, Toronto, 85; KMorales, Kansas City, 85; JMartinez, Detroit, 81; Teixeira, New York, 79; NCruz, Seattle, 78.

HITS—NCruz, Seattle, 150; Kinsler, Detroit, 150; Altuve, Houston, 149; Fielder, Texas, 148; Bogaerts, Boston, 145; Donaldson, Toronto, 145; Hosmer, Kansas City, 145.

DOUBLES—Brantley, Cleveland, 38; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; KMorales, Kansas City, 33; Kinsler, Detroit, 32; Kipnis, Cleveland, 32; Dozier, Minnesota, 31; LCain, Kansas City, 29; Cano, Seattle, 29.

TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 11; Gattis, Houston, 9; ERosario, Minnesota, 9; Burns, Oakland, 8; RDavis, Detroit, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Betts, Boston, 7; DeShields, Texas, 7.

HOME RUNS—NCruz, Seattle, 37; CDavis, Baltimore, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; JMartinez, Detroit, 32; Teixeira, New York, 31.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 32; Burns, Oakland, 24; LCain, Kansas City, 24; JDyson, Kansas City, 23; DeShields, Texas, 21; Gose, Detroit, 19; Gardner, New York, 18.

PITCHING—Lewis, Texas, 14-5; Keuchel, Houston, 14-6; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-8; Eovaldi, New York, 13-2; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-6; McHugh, Houston, 13-7; 6 tied at 12.

ERA—SGray, Oakland, 2.10; Keuchel, Houston, 2.37; Kazmir, Houston, 2.39; Kazmir, Houston, 2.39; Price, Toronto, 2.40; Price, Toronto, 2.40; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.77.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Chicago, 222; Archer, Tampa Bay, 205; Kluber, Cleveland, 202; Carrasco, Cleveland, 173; Price, Toronto, 171; Salazar, Cleveland, 162; Keuchel, Houston, 156.

SAVES—Perkins, Minnesota, 31; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 30; Street, Los Angeles, 29; Britton, Baltimore, 29; GHolland, Kansas City, 28; AMiller, New York, 27; Allen, Cleveland, 26.

 

NFL schedule

National Football League

Exhibition Results

Thursday, Aug. 20

Washington 21, Detroit 17

Buffalo 11, Cleveland 10

Friday, Aug. 21

N.Y. Jets 30, Atlanta 22

Kansas City 14, Seattle 13

Saturday, Aug. 22

Philadelphia 40, Baltimore 17

Carolina 31, Miami 30

New England 26, New Orleans 24

Chicago 23, Indianapolis 11

N.Y. Giants 22, Jacksonville 12

Minnesota 20, Oakland 12

Denver 14, Houston 10

San Diego 22, Arizona 19

Sunday, Aug. 23

Pittsburgh 24, Green Bay 19

San Francisco 23, Dallas 6

Tennessee 27, St. Louis 14

Monday, Aug. 24

Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28

New England at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Denver, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30

Houston at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Arizona at Oakland, 8 p.m.

 

NASCAR results

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Irwin Tools Night Race Results

Saturday

At Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 500 laps, 137.8 rating, 47 points, $365,198.

2. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 108.3, 42, $262,605.

3. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 120.2, 42, $195,330.

4. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 99.6, 40, $190,166.

5. (9) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 108.5, 39, $166,213.

6. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 103.1, 39, $167,786.

7. (3) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500, 115.1, 38, $121,995.

8. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 127.2, 38, $175,286.

9. (20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 84.5, 35, $135,970.

10. (18) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 84.7, 34, $145,670.

11. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 89.9, 33, $142,826.

12. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 500, 85.2, 32, $138,468.

13. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500, 79, 31, $147,896.

14. (11) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 499, 95.1, 30, $124,060.

15. (22) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 498, 68.1, 29, $150,985.

16. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 498, 70, 28, $122,685.

17. (31) Aric Almirola, Ford, 497, 71.8, 27, $150,171.

18. (26) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 497, 65.7, 26, $133,905.

19. (40) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 497, 61.1, 25, $134,049.

20. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 496, 82.2, 24, $151,521.

21. (8) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 496, 64.8, 23, $113,535.

22. (15) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 496, 64.7, 0, $101,285.

23. (28) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 496, 57.6, 21, $128,468.

24. (29) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 496, 52.3, 20, $111,635.

25. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 496, 60.6, 19, $134,018.

26. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 495, 57.6, 18, $130,818.

27. (32) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 495, 55.8, 17, $109,440.

28. (23) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 495, 77.5, 16, $127,175.

29. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 495, 44, 15, $112,278.

30. (27) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 495, 41, 14, $103,385.

31. (30) Michael McDowell, Ford, 495, 43.2, 13, $97,275.

32. (36) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 494, 46.2, 12, $109,712.

33. (42) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 493, 43.7, 11, $99,555.

34. (38) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 492, 37.3, 0, $96,895.

35. (34) Josh Wise, Ford, 491, 34.9, 9, $96,760.

36. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 488, 32.5, 8, $104,675.

37. (43) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 486, 28.7, 0, $96,505.

38. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 480, 33, 0, $91,228.

39. (41) Timmy Hill, Ford, 476, 28.4, 0, $87,165.

40. (4) David Ragan, Toyota, accident, 443, 75, 4, $110,479.

41. (12) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 356, 72.6, 3, $107,073.

42. (13) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, engine, 110, 59.1, 2, $112,101.

43. (35) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, engine, 0, 26, 1, $71,665.

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Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 96.890 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 2 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.220 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 52 laps.

Lead Changes: 14 among 5 drivers.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 908; 2. J.Logano, 865; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 819; 4. B.Keselowski, 793; 5. J.Johnson, 792; 6. M.Truex Jr., 771; 7. M.Kenseth, 753; 8. Ku.Busch, 713; 9. D.Hamlin, 712; 10. J.McMurray, 696; 11. R.Newman, 683; 12. P.Menard, 674; 13. J.Gordon, 672; 14. C.Edwards, 666; 15. C.Bowyer, 655; 16. A.Almirola, 620.

 

AFL playoffs

Arena Football Playoffs

First Round

Friday, Aug. 14

National Conference

San Jose 55, Portland 28

Saturday, Aug. 15

National Conference

Arizona 72, Spokane 41

American Conference

Philadelphia 47, Cleveland 35

Jacksonville 55, Orlando 33

Conference Championships

Sunday, Aug. 23

American Conference

Jacksonville 61, Philadelphia 56

National Conference

San Jose 70, Arizona 67

ArenaBowl

Saturday, Aug. 29

At Stockton, Calif.

Jacksonville at San Jose, 7 p.m.

 

CFL standings

Canadian Football League

EAST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Hamilton 6 2 0 12 292 156

Toronto 6 2 0 12 223 207

Ottawa 4 4 0 8 158 228

Montreal 3 5 0 6 165 148

WEST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Calgary 6 2 0 12 219 182

Edmonton 5 3 0 10 200 150

Winnipeg 3 5 0 6 160 237

B.C. 3 5 0 6 179 234

Saskatchewan 0 8 0 0 205 259

Saturday, Aug. 22

Calgary 34, Saskatchewan 31

Sunday’s Game

Toronto 30, Ottawa 24

Thursday, Aug, 27

Montreal at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28

Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29

Calgary at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30

Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 4 p.m.