MLB postseason
Major League Baseball
Postseason Baseball
All Times EDT
x-if necessary
WILD CARD
Tuesday, Oct. 1: Washington 4, Milwaukee 3
Wednesday, Oct. 2: Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 1
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5)
American League
Houston 2, Tampa Bay 2
Friday, Oct. 4: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2
Saturday, Oct. 5: Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1
Monday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3
Tuesday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay 4, Houston 1
Thursday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay (Glasnow 6-1) at Houston (Cole 20-5), 7:07 p.m. (FS1)
N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 0
Friday, Oct. 4: N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 4
Saturday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1
National League
L.A. Dodgers 2, Washington 2
Thursday, Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0
Friday, Oct. 4: Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4
Monday, Oct. 7: Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington (Strasburg 18-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 14-4), 8:37 p.m. (TBS)
Atlanta 2, St. Louis 2
Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6
Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0
Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1
Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis (Flaherty 11-8) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 8-6), 5:02 p.m. (TBS)
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7)
American League
Saturday, Oct. 12 (Fox or FS1)
Sunday, Oct. 13 (Fox or FS1)
Tuesday, Oct. 15 (Fox or FS1)
Wednesday, Oct. 16 (Fox or FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 17 (Fox or FS1)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (Fox or FS1)
x-Sunday, Oct. 20 (Fox or FS1)
National League
Friday, Oct. 11 (TBS)
Saturday, Oct. 12 (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14 (TBS)
Tuesday, Oct. 15 (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16 (TBS)
x-Friday, Oct. 18 (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (TBS)
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7)
Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record (Fox)
Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox)
x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better record (Fox)

NFL standings
National Football League
All Times EDT
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 5 0 0 1.000 155 34
Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70
N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 39 101
Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 3 2 0 .600 131 110
Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 113 115
Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 111 118
Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 98 76
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123
Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 92 122
Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114
Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113
Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123
L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94
Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 141 111
Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90
N.Y. Giants 2 3 0 .400 97 125
Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116
Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107
Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148
Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 4 1 0 .800 119 93
Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95
Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69
Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 127 57
Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118
L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134
Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138
Thursday, Oct. 3
Seattle 30, L.A. Rams 29
Sunday, Oct. 6
Buffalo 14, Tennessee 7
Philadelphia 31, N.Y. Jets 6
Arizona 26, Cincinnati 23
Minnesota 28, N.Y. Giants 10
New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 24
New England 33, Washington 7
Oakland 24, Chicago 21
Houston 53, Atlanta 32
Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Carolina 34, Jacksonville 27
Denver 20, L.A. Chargers 13
Green Bay 34, Dallas 24
Indianapolis 19, Kansas City 13
Open: Detroit, Miami
Monday, Oct. 7
San Francisco 31, Cleveland 3
Thursday, Oct. 10
New York Giants at New England, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/Amazon)
Sunday, Oct. 13
Carolina at Tampa Bay (London), 9:30 a.m (NFLN)
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New Orleans at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Houston at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at New York Jets, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Chargers, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Open: Buffalo, Chicago, Indianapolis, Oakland
Monday, Oct. 14
Detroit at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Browns’ stats
Cleveland 0 3 0 0 = 3
San Francisco 14 7 7 3 = 31
First Quarter
SF—Breida 83 run (Gould kick), 13:17.
SF—Breida 5 pass from Garoppolo (Gould kick), 6:26.
Second Quarter
Cle—FG Seibert 30, 11:22.
SF—Coleman 19 run (Gould kick), 1:54.
Third Quarter
SF—Kittle 22 pass from Garoppolo (Gould kick), 10:37.
Fourth Quarter
SF—FG Gould 44, 5:08.
A—70,042.
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Cle SF
First downs 9 22
Total Net Yards 180 446
Rushes-yards 18-102 40-275
Passing 78 171
Punt Returns 1-(minu 1-32
Kickoff Returns 3-64 1-4
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-62
Comp-Att-Int 9-24-2 20-29-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-42 2-10
Punts 7-56.7 4-44.0
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-55 4-34
Time of Possession 22:17 37:43
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Cleveland, Chubb 16-87, Beckham 2-15. San Francisco, Breida 11-114, Coleman 16-97, Mostert 7-34, Kittle 1-18, Goodwin 1-15, Garoppolo 4-(minus 3).
PASSING—Cleveland, Beckham 1-1-0-20, Mayfield 8-22-2-100, Gilbert 0-1-0-0. San Francisco, Garoppolo 20-29-0-181.
RECEIVING—Cleveland, Landry 4-75, Beckham 2-27, Chubb 1-12, D’.Johnson 1-6, D.Harris 1-0. San Francisco, Kittle 6-70, Goodwin 3-41, Breida 3-15, Bourne 2-24, Juszczyk 2-20, Dwelley 2-(minus 3), Pettis 1-11, Samuel 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Francisco, Gould 47, Gould 52.

NHL standings
National Hockey League
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 3 2 0 1 5 13 7
Toronto 4 2 1 1 5 16 13
Boston 2 2 0 0 4 3 1
Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 10 9
Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 9 9
Tampa Bay 3 1 1 1 3 11 10
Florida 3 1 2 0 2 9 14
Ottawa 2 0 2 0 0 4 9
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 4 4 0 0 8 17 11
Washington 4 2 0 2 6 10 10
N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 10 5
Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 2 4 3
Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 7 14
Pittsburgh 3 1 2 0 2 9 9
N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 7 8
New Jersey 2 0 1 1 1 6 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 3 2 0 1 5 8 7
Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 9 5
Winnipeg 4 2 2 0 4 14 15
Nashville 2 1 1 0 2 8 7
Dallas 4 1 3 0 2 10 12
Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
Minnesota 2 0 2 0 0 4 9
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 3 3 0 0 6 8 3
Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 14 9
Vegas 2 2 0 0 4 9 2
Calgary 2 1 1 0 2 6 5
Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 5 6
Vancouver 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
Arizona 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
San Jose 3 0 3 0 0 3 12
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s Games
Columbus 4, Buffalo 3, OT
St. Louis 3, Toronto 2
Tuesday’s Games
Dallas 4, Washington 3, OT
Winnipeg 4, Pittsburgh 1
Carolina 6, Florida 3
Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Anaheim 3, Detroit 1
San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Boston at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Washington at Nashville, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Boston at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Vegas at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Jackets’ box
MONDAY’S GAME
Buffalo 0 2 1 0 = 3
Columbus 2 0 1 1 = 4
First Period—1, Columbus, Bjorkstrand 1 (Jones, Werenski), 18:09. 2, Columbus, Atkinson 2 (Dubois, Wennberg), 19:05 (pp). Penalties—Savard, CBJ, (holding), 7:26; Jokiharju, BUF, (tripping), 18:56.
Second Period—3, Buffalo, Johansson 1 (Miller, Sheary), 1:32 (pp). 4, Buffalo, Skinner 2, 11:58. Penalties—Atkinson, CBJ, (hooking), 0:37; Columbus bench, served by Milano (too many men on the ice), 7:04; Dahlin, BUF, (interference), 8:14.
Third Period—5, Columbus, Foligno 1 (Texier, Bemstrom), 6:46 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Olofsson 3 (Dahlin, Reinhart), 18:46 (pp). Penalties—Dahlin, BUF, (interference), 5:38; Jenner, CBJ, (delay of game), 17:34.
Overtime—7, Columbus, Texier 1 (Foligno), 2:08. Penalties—None.
Shots on Goal—Buffalo 6-7-5—18. Columbus 14-15-14-1—44.
Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 2 of 4; Columbus 2 of 3.
Goalies—Buffalo, Ullmark 0-0-1 (44 shots-40 saves). Columbus, Korpisalo 1-1-0 (18-15).
A—14,518 (18,500). T—2:38.
Referees—Gord Dwyer, Steve Kozari. Linesmen—Steve Barton, James Tobias.

STATS FCS poll
The top 25 teams in the STATS Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 5, points and previous rank:
Record Pts Pv
1. North Dakota State (155) 5-0 3899 1
2. James Madison (1) 5-1 3704 2
3. South Dakota State 4-1 3611 3
4. Weber State 3-2 3286 4
5. Villanova 6-0 3221 5
6. Montana State 5-1 3043 6
7. Kennesaw State 4-1 2820 7
8. Montana 5-1 2815 8
9. Towson 3-2 2497 9
10. Northern Iowa 3-2 2357 13
11. Furman 4-2 2271 14
12. Nicholls 3-2 2173 16
13. N.C. A&T 4-1 1993 15
14. Illinois State 3-2 1810 10
15. Delaware 3-2 1437 19
16. Central Arkansas 3-2 1391 11
17. Jacksonville State 4-2 1118 21
18. Maine 2-3 1071 20
19. Youngstown State 4-1 985 18
20. Southeast Missouri State 3-2 959 23
21. Princeton 3-0 775 25
22. Stony Brook 4-2 680 24
23. Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 525 17
24. UC Davis 2-4 414 12
25. Sam Houston State 4-2 351 NR
Others: Sacramento State 350, Dartmouth 281, S.C. State 198, North Dakota 195, Austin Peay 114, Yale 88, CCSU 70, Wofford 39, Alcorn State 28, Eastern Washington 26, New Hampshire 24, Tennessee Tech 23, McNeese 20, Houston Baptist 17, Samford 8, UT Martin 7, Elon 3, Georgetown 2, Cal Poly 1.

Coaches’ FCS poll
FCS Coaches Football Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Dakota State (26) 5-0 650 1
2. James Madison 5-1 621 2
3. South Dakota State 4-1 598 3
4. Kennesaw State 4-1 548 4
5. Weber State 3-2 536 5
6. Montana State 5-1 508 7
7. Villanova 6-0 506 8
8. Montana 5-1 480 9
9. Towson 3-2 406 10
10. Northern Iowa 3-2 392 13
11. Furman 4-2 380 14
12. Nicholls 3-2 345 15
13. Illinois State 3-2 340 6
14. N.C. A&T 4-1 329 16
15. Delaware 3-2 243 18
16. Central Arkansas 3-2 231 10
17. Youngstown State 4-1 210 17
18. Jacksonville State 4-2 191 20
19. Princeton 3-0 146 23
20. Maine 2-3 130 22
21. UC Davis 2-4 114 12
22. Southeast Missouri State 3-2 103 25
23. Stony Brook 4-2 93 24
24. Sam Houston State 4-2 57 NR
25. Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 55 19
Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota 55, Sacramento State 42, Yale 30, Dartmouth 26, S.C. State 22, Austin Peay 18, Houston Baptist 16, Tennessee Tech 14, Eastern Washington 5, Wofford 4, Cal Poly 3, New Hampshire 3, Campbell 2, CCSU 1, Idaho 1, Incarnate Word 1.

NCAA D2 poll
AFCA Division II Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pv
1. Valdosta State (30) 5-0 797 1
2. Ferris State (1) 5-0 761 2
3. Minnesota State 5-0 733 3
4. Tarleton State (1) 5-0 708 4
5. Notre Dame (Ohio) 5-0 633 5
5. Ouachita Baptist 5-0 633 6
7. Northwest Missouri State 5-0 610 7
8. Lenoir-Rhyne 5-0 587 8
9. Slippery Rock 5-0 524 10
10. Indianapolis 5-0 523 11
11. Colorado School of Mines 5-0 486 13
12. West Chester 5-0 411 14
13. Pittsburgh State 5-0 406 15
14. Wingate 5-0 362 16
15. Central Missouri 5-0 352 17
16. Indiana 5-0 288 19
17. Colorado State-Pueblo 4-1 262 18
18. Bowie State 5-0 236 20
19. Grand Valley State 4-1 211 9
20. Texas A&M-Commerce 3-1 174 21
21. Kutztown 5-0 161 24
22. Harding 4-1 158 22
23. Minnesota-Duluth 4-1 127 12
24. Truman State 5-0 101 NR
25. West Florida 4-1 53 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Angelo State 44, Virginia Union 19, East Stroudsburg 13, West Texas A&M 8, Carson-Newman 7, Ashland 5, Eastern New Mexico 2, Henderson State 2, Dixie State 1, Missouri S&T 1, Saginaw Valley State 1.

NCAA D3 poll
AFCA Division III Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pv
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (45) 4-0 1315 1
2. Mount Union (8) 4-0 1280 2
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater 4-0 1184 3
4. St. Johns (Minn.) 4-0 1148 4
5. Muhlenberg 5-0 1063 7
6. Wheaton (Ill.) 4-0 1023 9
7. Berry 5-0 970 8
8. Wesley 4-0 876 10
9. Bethel (Minn.) 4-0 872 11
10. Ithaca 4-0 765 12
11. Wartburg 5-0 716 13
12. North Central 3-1 661 5
13. Delaware Valley 4-1 619 14
14. John Carroll 3-1 592 15
15. Salisbury 3-0 532 16
16. St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-1 522 17
17. Redlands 4-0 453 19
18. Johns Hopkins 4-1 419 18
19. Wisconsin-Platteville 4-0 408 24
20. Hardin-Simmons 4-1 370 6
21. Case Western Reserve 4-0 240 25
22. Linfield 2-1 224 22
23. Central (Iowa) 4-0 149 NR
24. Susquehanna 4-1 148 NR
25. Cortland 4-0 87 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Chapman 77, Union (N.Y.) 61, Whitworth 60, WPI 52, Texas Lutheran 44, Washington & Jefferson 36, Bridgewater (Va.) 33, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 33, Hope 26, Hobart 24, Hendrix 20, Brockport 19, Mount St. Joseph 15, Wisconsin-La Crosse 14, RPI 12, Wittenberg 12, Illinois Wesleyan 11, Martin Luther 9, Middlebury 6, Wabash 5, Trine 4, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4, Washington (Mo.) 3, Wesleyan (Conn.) 3, Simpson (Iowa) 2, Western New England 2, Baldwin-Wallace 1, Endicott 1.

Notre Dame stats
Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 = 0
Notre Dame 21 14 10 7 = 52
First Quarter
ND—Tremble 17 pass from Book (Doerer kick), 9:32
ND—Kmet 21 pass from Book (Doerer kick), 6:51
ND—Claypool 34 pass from Book (Doerer kick), 4:44
Second Quarter
ND—Claypool 8 pass from Book (Doerer kick), 6:49
ND—McKinley 25 pass from Book (Doerer kick), 1:24
Third Quarter
ND—FG Doerer 27, 7:12
ND—A.Davis 7 pass from Jurkovec (Leonard kick), 2:23
Fourth Quarter
ND—Flemister 1 run (Leonard kick), 6:56
A—77,622.
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BGN ND
First downs 14 27
Rushes-yards 42-118 34-233
Passing 110 340
Comp-Att-Int 15-27-1 21-27-0
Return Yards 29 36
Punts-Avg. 8-38.75 2-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-39 1-5
Time of Possession 33:20 26:40
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Bowling Green, D.Jones 16-59, Denley 13-57, Loy 8-6, Sealey 3-3, Wade 2-(minus 7). Notre Dame, T.Jones 7-102, Jurkovec 4-42, Flemister 8-30, Smith 3-29, Assaf 4-15, Clark 1-9, Book 2-5, Lenzy 1-3, A.Davis 3-0, (Team) 1-(minus 2).
PASSING—Bowling Green, Wade 2-2-0-4, Loy 13-25-1-106. Notre Dame, Book 16-20-0-261, Jurkovec 5-7-0-79.
RECEIVING—Bowling Green, Morris 10-92, Denley 2-11, Marlow 1-5, Sims 1-2, D.Jones 1-0. Notre Dame, McKinley 5-104, Tremble 4-38, Claypool 3-61, A.Davis 3-39, Kmet 2-31, Wright 1-40, Finke 1-24, Lenzy 1-5, Young 1-(minus 2).
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Bowling Green, Needham 40.