NFL standings
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 6 2 0 .750 239 185
Miami 4 4 0 .500 174 219
N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 192 200
Buffalo 2 6 0 .250 87 200
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 5 3 0 .625 197 167
Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 106 127
Jacksonville 3 5 0 .375 134 170
Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 231 213
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh 4 2 1 .643 204 172
Cincinnati 5 3 0 .625 221 237
Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 197 137
Cleveland 2 5 1 .313 169 210
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 7 1 0 .875 290 205
L.A. Chargers 5 2 0 .714 195 163
Denver 3 5 0 .375 188 194
Oakland 1 6 0 .143 138 218
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 5 2 0 .714 146 134
Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 178 156
Dallas 3 4 0 .429 140 123
N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 150 205
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 6 1 0 .857 234 183
Carolina 5 2 0 .714 178 152
Atlanta 3 4 0 .429 190 212
Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 201 233
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 4 3 0 .571 194 144
Minnesota 4 3 1 .563 197 195
Green Bay 3 3 1 .500 175 173
Detroit 3 4 0 .429 171 186
West
W L T Pct PF PA
L.A. Rams 8 0 0 1.000 264 155
Seattle 4 3 0 .571 171 131
Arizona 2 6 0 .250 110 199
San Francisco 1 7 0 .125 173 236
Thursday, Nov. 1
Oakland at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Kansas City at CLEVELAND, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
x-Green Bay at New England, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 5
Tennessee at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Byes: Arizona, CINCINNATI, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, New York Giants, Philadelphia
Thursday, Nov. 8
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN)
Sunday, Nov. 11
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New Orleans at CINCINNATI, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at CLEVELAND, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Arizona at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at New York Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New England at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Los Angeles Chargers at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Seattle at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
x-Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 12
New York Giants at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Byes: Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Minnesota

NBA standings
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 7 1 .875 —
Boston 6 2 .750 1
Philadelphia 5 4 .556 2 1/2
Brooklyn 3 6 .333 4 1/2
New York 3 6 .333 4 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Charlotte 4 5 .444 —
Miami 3 4 .429 —
Orlando 2 6 .250 1 1/2
Atlanta 2 6 .250 1 1/2
Washington 1 7 .125 2 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 7 1 .875 —
Indiana 6 3 .667 1 1/2
Detroit 4 3 .571 2 1/2
Chicago 2 7 .222 5 1/2
Cleveland 1 7 .125 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 5 2 .714 —
Memphis 5 2 .714 —
New Orleans 4 4 .500 1 1/2
Houston 2 5 .286 3
Dallas 2 7 .222 4
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 7 1 .875 —
Portland 6 2 .750 1
Minnesota 4 4 .500 3
Utah 4 4 .500 3
Oklahoma City 4 4 .500 3
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State 8 1 .889 —
Sacramento 6 3 .667 2
L.A. Clippers 5 4 .556 3
L.A. Lakers 3 5 .375 4 1/2
Phoenix 1 6 .143 6
Thursday’s Games
Denver 110, Cleveland 91
Oklahoma City 111, Charlotte 107
Philadelphia 122, L.A. Clippers 113
Sacramento 146, Atlanta 115
Boston 117, Milwaukee 113
Portland 132, New Orleans 119
Friday’s Games
L.A. Clippers 120, Orlando 95
Houston 119, Brooklyn 111
Indiana 107, Chicago 105
Oklahoma City 134, Washington 111
New York 118, Dallas 106
Memphis 110, Utah 100
Toronto at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Sacramento at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m.
New York at Washington, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
Orlando at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m.
Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Houston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Miami at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Boston at Denver, 9 p.m.
Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m.
Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL standings
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 12 8 3 1 17 42 34
Boston 12 7 3 2 16 37 29
Montreal 12 7 3 2 16 40 33
Toronto 13 8 5 0 16 43 39
Buffalo 13 6 5 2 14 33 39
Ottawa 12 5 5 2 12 40 46
Detroit 13 4 7 2 10 34 49
Florida 11 3 5 3 9 34 41
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 11 6 2 3 15 45 35
N.Y. Islanders 12 7 4 1 15 39 30
Columbus 12 7 5 0 14 43 44
Carolina 12 6 5 1 13 36 34
Washington 11 5 4 2 12 43 43
Philadelphia 13 6 7 0 12 40 50
New Jersey 10 5 4 1 11 34 32
N.Y. Rangers 13 5 7 1 11 35 43
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 13 10 3 0 20 46 30
Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 41 38
Minnesota 12 7 3 2 16 35 35
Colorado 13 7 4 2 16 46 33
Chicago 14 6 5 3 15 43 51
Dallas 12 7 5 0 14 36 31
St. Louis 11 4 4 3 11 41 42
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary 14 8 5 1 17 47 47
Vancouver 14 8 6 0 16 40 44
Edmonton 12 7 4 1 15 36 34
San Jose 13 6 4 3 15 42 40
Anaheim 14 5 6 3 13 34 40
Arizona 11 6 5 0 12 31 21
Vegas 13 5 7 1 11 30 39
Los Angeles 12 3 8 1 7 24 44
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Thursday’s Games
Winnipeg 4, Florida 2
N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO
Dallas 2, Toronto 1
Detroit 4, New Jersey 3
Montreal 6, Washington 4
Nashville 4, Tampa Bay 1
Ottawa 4, Buffalo 2
St. Louis 5, Vegas 3
Calgary 6, Colorado 5
Edmonton 4, Chicago 0
N.Y. Rangers 3, Anaheim 2, SO
Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 2
Columbus 4, San Jose 1
Friday’s Games
Florida 4, Winnipeg 2
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Ottawa at Buffalo, 2 p.m.
Edmonton at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Boston at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Carolina at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Monday’s Games
New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Boston, 7 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Washington, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Blue Jackets’ box
Columbus 1 2 1 = 4
San Jose 1 0 0 = 1
First Period—1, San Jose, Labanc 2 (Couture, Vlasic), 11:50. 2, Columbus, Duclair 5 (Wennberg, Murray), 16:30. Penalties—Jenner, CBJ, (slashing), 19:49.
Second Period—3, Columbus, Jones 2 (Duclair, Sedlak), 9:15. 4, Columbus, Foligno 4 (Nutivaara), 18:40. Penalties—Meier, SJ, (hooking), 14:31.
Third Period—5, Columbus, Anderson 7, 18:59 (sh). Penalties—Duclair, CBJ, (slashing), 4:59; Dillon, SJ, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:59; Nash, CBJ, (delay of game), 18:51; Murray, CBJ, (hooking), 19:37.
Shots on Goal—Columbus 11-8-8—27. San Jose 10-10-25—45.
Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 1; San Jose 0 of 3.
Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 3-5-0 (45 shots-44 saves). San Jose, Dell 1-1-2 (26-23).
A—15,879 (17,562). Referees—Ghislain Hebert, Wes McCauley. Linesmen—Shandor Alphonso, Matt MacPherson.

MLB free agents
NEW YORK (AP) — The 158 free agents. Additional players may become free agents this week pending option decisions.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (2) — Adam Jones, of; Colby Rasmus, of.
BOSTON (7) — Nathan Eovaldi, rhp; Joe Kelly, rhp; Craig Kimbrel, rhp; Ian Kinsler, 2b; Steve Pearce, inf-of; Brandon Phillips, 2b; Drew Pomeranz, lhp.
CHICAGO (4) — Jeanmar Gomez, rhp; Miguel Gonzalez, rhp; Hector Santiago, lhp; James Shields, rhp.
CLEVELAND (11) — Cody Allen, rhp; Michael Brantley, of; Melky Cabrera; of; Lonnie Chisenhall, of; Rajai Davis, of; Josh Donaldson, 3b; Brandon Guyer, of; Andrew Miller, lhp; Oliver Perez, lhp; Adam Rosales, inf; Josh Tomlin, rhp.
DETROIT (4) — Jose Iglesias, ss; Francisco Liriano, lhp; Victor Martinez, dh; Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c.
HOUSTON (7) — Evan Gattis, of; Marwin Gonzalez, inf-of; Dallas Keuchel, lhp; Martin Maldonado, c; Brian McCann, c; Charlie Morton, rhp; Tony Sipp, lhp.
KANSAS CITY (2) — Alcides Escobar, ss; Jason Hammel, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (6) — Jim Johnson, rhp; Garrett Richards, rhp; Blake Wood, rhp; Junichi Tazawa, rhp; Chris Young, of; Eric Young Jr., of,
MINNESOTA (6) — Matt Belisle, rhp; Logan Forsythe, 2b; Chris Gimenez, c; Joe Mauer, 1b; Logan Morrison, 1b; Ervin Santana, rhp,
NEW YORK (9) — Zach Britton, lhp; Brett Gardner, of; J.A. Happ, lhp; Adeiny Hechavarria, ss; Lance Lynn, rhp; Andrew McCutchen, of; David Robertson, rhp; CC Sabathia, lhp; Neil Walker, inf.
OAKLAND (8) — Brett Anderson, lhp; Trevor Cahill, rhp; Jeurys Familia, rhp; Edwin Jackson, rhp; Matt Joyce, of; Shawn Kelley, rhp; Jed Lowrie, 2b; Jonathan Lucroy, c.
SEATTLE (8) — Gordon Beckham, 2b; Nelson Cruz, dh; Zach Duke, lhp; Cameron Maybin, of; David Phelps, rhp; Andrew Romine, inf-of; Denard Span, of; Adam Warren, rhp.
TAMPA BAY (2) — Carlos Gomez, of; Sergio Romo, rhp.
TEXAS (4) — Tony Barnette, rhp; Adrian Beltre, 3b; Bartolo Colon, rhp; Yovani Gallardo, rhp; c
TORONTO (2) —Tyler Clippard, rhp; Marco Estrada, rhp,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (10) — Clay Buchholz, rhp; Patrick Corbin, lhp; Randall Delgado, rhp; Daniel Descalso, inf; Jake Diekman, lhp; Jon Jay, of; Jeff Mathis, c; A.J. Pollock, of; Chris Stewart, c; Brad Ziegler, rhp.
ATLANTA (9) — Brad Brach, rhp; Lucas Duda, 1b; Ryan Flaherty, inf; Nick Markakis, of; Brandon McCarthy, rhp; Peter Moylan, rhp; Rene Rivera, c; Anibal Sanchez, rhp; Kurt Suzuki, c.
CHICAGO (6) — Jesse Chavez, rhp; Jorge De La Rosa, lhp; Jaime Garcia, lhp; Daniel Murphy, 2b; Bobby Wilson, c; Justin Wilson, lhp;
CINCINNATI (1) — Matt Harvey, rhp.
COLORADO (6) — Drew Butera, c; Carlos Gonzalez, of; Matt Holliday, of; DJ LeMahieu, 2b; Adam Ottavino, rhp; Gerardo Parra, of.
LOS ANGELES (7) — John Axford, rhp; Brian Dozier, 2b; Yasmani Grandal, c; Daniel Hudson, rhp; Manny Machado, ss; Ryan Madson, rhp; Hyun-Jin Ryu, lhp.
MILWAUKEE (6) — Gio Gonzalez, lhp; Curtis Granderson, of; Jordan Lyles, rhp; Wade Miley, lhp; Mike Moustakas, 3b; Joakim Soria, rhp.
NEW YORK (6) — Jerry Blevins, lhp; Austin Jackson, of; Jose Lobaton, c; Devin Mesoraco, c; A.J. Ramos, rhp; Jose Reyes, inf,
PHILADELPHIA (4) — Jose Bautista, of; Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b; Aaron Loup, lhp, Wilson Ramos, c.
PITTSBURGH (3) — Josh Harrison, 2b; Jung Ho Kang, inf; Jordy Mercer, ss.
ST. LOUIS (4) — Matt Adams, 1b; Bud Norris, rhp; Tyson Ross, rhp; Adam Wainwright, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (2) — A.J. Ellis, c; Freddy Galvis, ss.
SAN FRANCISCO (4) — Gregor Blanco, of; Derek Holland, lhp; Nick Hundley, c; Hunter Pence, of.
WASHINGTON (8) — Joaquin Benoit, rhp; Tim Collins, lhp; Bryce Harper, of; Jeremy Hellickson, rhp; Kelvin Herrera, rhp; Greg Holland, rhp; Mark Reynolds, 1b; Matt Wieters, c.

USA women’s poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today preseason women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2017-18 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season’s final ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Notre Dame (30) 35-3 798 1
2. UConn (2) 36-1 757 3
3. Oregon 33-5 690 5
4. Louisville 36-3 687 4
5. Baylor 33-2 656 9
6. Mississippi State 37-2 594 2
7. Stanford 24-11 578 13
8. Texas 28-7 535 10
9. Oregon State 26-8 514 8
10. Maryland 26-8 511 18
11. South Carolina 29-7 502 6
12. Tennessee 25-8 444 17
13. Georgia 26-7 411 19
14. Missouri 24-8 318 22
15. DePaul 27-8 293 23
16. N.C. State 26-9 283 16
17. Iowa 24-8 262 —
18. Syracuse 22-9 208 —
19. Marquette 24-10 199 —
20. Duke 24-9 164 12
21. South Florida 26-8 159 24
21. Texas A&M 26-10 159 11
23. UCLA 27-8 116 7
24. Miami 22-11 92 —
25. West Virginia 25-12 73 —
Others receiving votes: Arizona State 59, Michigan 53, Florida State 51, California 46, Central Michigan 23, LSU 19, Kansas 14, Florida Gulf Coast 12, Minnesota 12, Washington 12, Drake 10, North Carolina 10, Illinois 9, Quinnipiac 8, Green Bay 6, Villanova 6, Jacksonville 5, Ohio State 5, Duquesne 4, Florida 4, Kentucky 4, UALR 4, Buffalo 3, Gonzaga 3, Michigan State 3, Alabama State 2, Boise State 2, Houston 2, Idaho 2, Princeton 2, Southern Cal 1, UCF 1.