Scoreboard

FOOTBALL

NFL

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Vikings520.714139104

Green Bay430.571172156

Detroit440.500183190

Chicago260.250131179

EastWLTPctPFPA

Dallas610.857188130

N.Y. Giants430.571133141

Philadelphia430.571179117

Washington431.563186189

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Atlanta530.625262231

Tampa Bay340.429152189

New Orleans340.429201215

Carolina250.286191196

WestWLTPctPFPA

Seattle421.643131109

Arizona341.438179140

Los Angeles340.429120154

San Francisco160.143144219

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Pittsburgh430.571170150

Cincinnati341.438167189

Baltimore340.429133139

Cleveland080.000158238

EastWLTPctPFPA

New England710.875217132

Buffalo440.500212172

Miami340.429146159

N.Y. Jets350.375150208

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Houston530.625137167

Tennessee440.500182183

Indianapolis350.375208230

Jacksonville250.286139196

WestWLTPctPFPA

Denver620.750194136

Oakland620.750215203

Kansas City520.714166137

San Diego350.375225212

RESULT MONDAY

Chicago 20, Vikings 10

GAME THURSDAY

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:25 pm (NFLN)

GAMES SUNDAY

Detroit at Vikings, noon (Ch. 9)

Dallas at Cleveland, noon

Jacksonville at Kansas City, noon

N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon

Carolina at Los Angeles, 3:05 pm

New Orleans at San Francisco, 3:05 pm

Indianapolis at Green Bay, 3:25 pm

Tennessee at San Diego, 3:25 pm

Denver at Oakland, 7:30 pm (Ch. 11)

Open: Washington, Arizona, Chicago, New England, Houston, Cincinnati

GAME MONDAY

Buffalo at Seattle, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

COLLEGE

NCAA DIVISION II TOP 25

As chosen by the American Football Coaches Association, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, points received and last week's ranking:

RecordPtsPvs

1. NW Missouri St. (30)9-07501

2. Grand Valley St.9-07162

3. Shepherd (W.Va.)8-06883

4. Sioux Falls (S.D.)9-06564

5. Harding (Ark.)9-06155

6. California (Pa.)8-06026

7. North Alabama6-15617

8. Texas A&M-Comm.7-15358

9. Emporia St. (Kan.)8-149310

10. LIU-Post (N.Y.)9-046311

11. Indiana (Pa.)7-145012

12. Midwestern St.7-142913

13. Azusa Pacific (Calif.)8-137215

14. Tuskegee (Ala.)7-132917

15. Assumption (Mass.)8-132616

16. N.C.-Pembroke8-130118

17. Fairmont St. (W.Va.)9-028820

18. Minn. Duluth8-123621

19. Ferris St. (Mich.)7-220122

20. Newberry (S.C.)8-118023

21. Ashland (Ohio)7-21349

22. SW Baptist (Mo.)8-1110t25

23. Valdosta St. (Ga.)6-25814

24. Edinboro (Pa.)8-156—

25. Central Missouri7-244—

NCAA DIVISION III TOP 25

As chosen by d3football.com, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, points received and last week's ranking:

RecordPtsPvs

1. Mount Union (14)8-06051

2. Wis.-Whitewater (2)8-05962

3. M. Hardin-Baylor (8)8-05913

4. St. Thomas (1)8-05584

5. Wis.-Oshkosh7-15125

6. North Central (Ill.)8-04996

7. Linfield (Ore.)6-14567

8. St. John's7-14338

9. Johns Hopkins8-04289

10. Hardin-Simmons7-138110

11. Wis.-Platteville6-234811

12. Wheaton (Ill.)7-134312

13. Thomas More8-131713

14. Stevenson8-029614

15. Alfred8-024215

16. St. Lawrence8-023016

17. Coe (Iowa)9-022817

18. Salisbury7-116519

19. Wabash (Ind.)7-116220

20. John Carroll7-115621

21. E. Texas Baptist7-114618

22. Wittenberg7-18923

23. St. John Fisher7-17924

24. Case W. Reserve8-07425

25. Monmouth8-027—

Others receiving votes: Wesley 20, Frostburg St. 15, W. New England 14, Denison 13, Franklin 11, Berry 10, Concordia (Moorhead) 10, Hobart 10, Whitworth 9, Huntingdon 8, Maryville (Tenn.) 6, Trinity (Conn.) 6, Muhlenberg 4, Centre 3, Olivet 2, Illinois Wesleyan 1, Randolph-Macon 1, Redlands 1.

BASKETBALL

TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS

(Through Tuesday)

PlayerGMinPtsRebAst

LaVine333.223.74.72.3

Wiggins333.523.73.71.3

Towns334.515.76.74.3

Dieng334.114.311.02.0

Dunn321.47.33.03.7

Muhammad314.56.32.30.7

Rush314.64.71.30.7

Rubio230.84.52.56.5

Hill14.54.03.00.0

Bjelica315.33.04.31.0

Aldrich310.52.03.70.3

Jones118.82.02.06.0

Totals3240.0105.744.022.7

Opponents3240.096.036.017.7

COLLEGE • WOMEN

NCAA DIVISION I PRESEASON TOP 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason 2016-17 women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2015-16 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking:

RecordPtsPrv

1. Notre Dame (14)33-27932

2. Baylor (12)36-27894

3. Connecticut (6)38-07431

4. South Carolina (1)33-27193

5. Louisville26-87188

6. Maryland31-46355

7. Ohio State26-86329

8. Texas31-56047

9. UCLA26-955710

10. Mississippi St.28-851615

11. Stanford27-847113

12. Florida St.25-843717

13. Tennessee22-14415—

14. Miami24-932819

14. Syracuse30-832814

16. Oklahoma22-1128524

17. Washington26-11259—

18. Arizona St.26-724411

19. Kentucky25-822812

20. Florida22-918125

21. DePaul27-916020

22. West Virginia25-1015423

23. Indiana21-12108—

24. Missouri22-1098—

25. Oregon St.32-5956

Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 78, Auburn 43, Texas A&M 20, Duke 16, Colorado St. 10, California 9, Creighton 9, S. Florida 8, BYU 6, Temple 6, South Dakota State 5, Belmont 4, UTEP 3, Boise St. 2, Green Bay 2, N.C. State 2, Chattanooga 2, Iowa State 1, Saint Louis 1, Oregon 1.

HOCKEY

WILD STATISTICS

(Through Tuesday)

PLAYERGPGAPTS+/-PIM

Suter10371054

Staal1044822

Coyle10347118

Zucker1025794

Parise8246-28

Granlund1024600

Eriksson Ek623530

Koivu1023514

Niederreiter1023552

Pominville1023500

Stewart10235119

Brodin1013466

Dumba1013432

Dalpe912309

Haula411222

Spurgeon611220

Bertschy201112

Folin901188

Graovac210110

Prosser601100

Pulkkinen8101-12

Scandella7011-60

Reilly2000-10

Schroeder100000

Totals10335790096

Opponents10213253096

GoaliesWLOLShSv%GAA

Dubnyk5213.9481.51

Kuemper1100.8714.00

Totals6313.9322.09

Opponents 4600.8633.45

COLLEGE • WOMEN

UPPER MIDWEST

St. Scholastica 3, Finlandia (Mich.) 1

Wis.-Eau Claire 4, St. Thomas 1

Wis.-Superior 6, Northland 1

SOCCER

COLLEGE • MEN

MIAC PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals

Augsburg 2, Gustavus 1

St. John's 3, Carleton 0

Semifinals • Wednesday

Augsburg at St. Thomas, 11:30 am

St. John's at Macalester, 7 pm

Championship • Saturday

Semifinal winners, 11 am or 1 pm

COLLEGE • WOMEN

MIAC PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals

Augsburg 2, Hamline 0

St. Catherine 1, Gustavus 1, 2OT

(St. Catherine wins shootout, 3-1)

Semifinals • Wednesday

Augsburg at Bethel, 2 pm

St. Catherine at St. Thomas, 2 pm

Championship • Saturday

Semifinal winners, 1 pm

VOLLEYBALL

COLLEGE

MIAC PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals

• Bethel def. St. Mary's, 25-18, 25-19, 16-25, 25-10

• St. Thomas def. Concordia (Moorhead), 25-22, 25-13, 25-14

Semifinals • Thursday

Bethel at Augsburg, 7 pm

St. Thomas at Gustavus, 7 pm

Championship • Saturday

Semifinal winners at highest seed, 7 pm

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Seattle: Reinstated C Steve Clevenger from the 60-day DL.

BASKETBALL

NBA: G Ray Allen announced his retirement.

Charlotte: Signed C Cody Zeller to a four-year contract.

Oklahoma City: Signed C Steven Adams and G Victor Oladipo to multi-year contract extensions.

Philadelphia: Traded F Jerami Grant to Oklahoma City for F Ersan Ilyasova and a conditional first-round draft pick.

FOOTBALL

NFL: Suspended Washington OT Trent Williams four games and Detroit DE Armonty Bryant three games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

Arizona: Placed TE Ifeanyi Momah and OT Jared Valdheer on injured reserve. Re-signed G Taylor Boggs. Signed S Christian Bryant from the practice squad.

Buffalo: Placed S Aaron Williams on injured reserve. Signed WR Percy Harvin.

Chicago: Waived OL Arturo Uzdavinis from the practice squad.

New England: Signed OL Chase Ellis and TE Austin Traylor to the practice squad.

N.Y. Jets: Waived RB Troymaine Pope. Claimed RB Knile Davis off waivers from Green Bay.

Tampa Bay: Traded CB Johnathan Banks to Detroit for a conditional 2018 seventh-round draft pick. Signed RB Mike James.

Tennessee: Placed WR Andre Johnson on the reserve/retired list. Signed WR Tre McBride from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

NHL

Wild: Recalled Fs Christoph Bertschy, Tyler Graovac and Jordan Schroeder from Iowa (AHL).

Anaheim: Recalled G Dustin Tokarski from San Diego (AHL). Reassigned C Michael Sgarbossa to San Diego.

Calgary: Recalled D Keegan Kanzig from Adirondack (ECHL) to Stockton (AHL).

Carolina: Activated D Ryan Murphy from injured reserve.

Detroit: Claimed RW Martin Frk off waivers from Carolina and assigned him to Grand Rapids (AHL).

Nashville: Assigned D Jonathan Diaby from Milwaukee (AHL) to Cincinnati (ECHL).

New Jersey: Recalled D Vojtech Mozik from Albany (AHL).

COLLEGE

Gophers: Dismissed WR Brian Smith from the football program.

Connecticut: Demoted offensive coordinator Frank Verducci to tackles and tight ends coach. Promoted running backs coach David Corley to offensive coordinator.

Oklahoma: Suspended RB Joe Mixon for Thursday's night game against Iowa State for violating team rules.

Purdue: Suspended G Ryan Cline three games.

South Carolina: Announced freshman TE Robert Tucker III is giving up football for medical reasons.

AWARDS

Big Ten: Named Gophers middle blocker Molly Lohman Volleyball defensive player of the week.

MIAC: Named the following athletes of the week: Football—Hamline's Nick Kampa (offensive), St. Thomas' Adam Brant (defensive), Hamline's Kyle Johnson (special teams); Men's hockey—St. John's Matt Colford; Women's hockey—St. Benedict's Elli Marvin; Men's soccer— Augsburg's Clark Page; Women's soccer—Hamline's Arendje Louter; Volleyball—St. Mary's Brandi Blattner (hitter) and Gustavus' Nora Holtan (setter/libero); Men's swimming and diving—St. Thomas' Andrew Grabowski; Women's swimming and diving—Carleton's Maria Wetzel.

NSIC: Named the following athletes of the week: Football—Bemidji State's Jordan Hein (offensive), SW Minnesota State's Tyler Flud (defensive), Northern State's Nathan Shaw (special teams); Women's soccer—Minot State's Ninfa Ramirez (offensive), MSU Mankato's Abby Nordeen (defensive) and Augustana's Taylor Machacek (goalkeeper); Volleyball—Wayne State's Alyssa Frauendorfer (offensive), Wayne State's Michaela Mestl (defensive) and Concordia (St. Paul)'s Kasey Williams (setter); Women's swimming—St. Cloud State's Andrea Bryson.

UMAC: Named the following athletes of the week: Football—Jacksonville's Chazz Middlebrook (offensive), Greenville's Cory Snyder (defensive)and Greenville's Michael Carie (special teams); Men's soccer—Crown's Sam Eckmann (offensive) and Northwestern (St. Paul)'s Turner Main (defensive); Women's soccer—Crown's Katelyn Carter (offensive) and Crown's Emily Kirby (defensive); Volleyball—Northwestern (St. Paul)'s Lindsey Peterson (offensive), Minn.-Morris' Katie Reitsma (defensive) and Minn.-Morris' Layne Hermann (setter).

MCAC: Named the following volleyball athletes of the week: Itasca's Mandi McNeil (North hitter), Itasca's Amelia Walz (North setter), Mesabi Range's Alexis Boissy (North defensive), Central Lakes' Rachel Mathias (North all-around), Fergus Falls' Lexi Frederick (South hitter), Ridgewater's Baylie Kubesh (South setter), Fergus Falls' Doranna Blascyk (South defensive) and Fergus Falls' Lindsey Dierks (South all-around).

WCHA: Named the following athletes of the week: men's hockey—Ferris State's Gerald Mayhew (offensive), Bemidji State's Michael Blitzer (defensive) and Michigan Tech's Angus Redmond (rookie).

NCHA: Named the following women's hockey athletes of the week: St. Scholastica's Emily Stegora (offensive) and Lindsey Hartfiel (defensive).

TODAY'S LINE

NBA

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

wednesday

WASHINGTON1Toronto

CHARLOTTE12Philadelphia

NEW YORK1½Houston

ATLANTA11½L.A. Lakers

Detroit4BROOKLYN

MEMPHIS5½New Orleans

BOSTON3Chicago

UTAH4Dallas

Portland3PHOENIX

L.A. CLIPPERS7Oklahoma City

NHL

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

wednesday

MONTREAL-210/+190Vancouver

PHIL. -125/+115Detroit

ANAHEIMoff/offPittsburgh

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Wednesday

Toledo9 (72)AKRON

THURSDAY

OHIO20 (49)Buffalo

Arkansas St. 3½ (45½)GEORGIA ST.

Oklahoma21 (70)IOWA STATE

COLORADO12 (57)Ucla

FRIDAY

C. Michigan4 (47)MIAMI (OHIO)

Temple10 (45½)CONN.

BOISE ST. 29 (57½)San Jose St.

SATURDAY

GOPHERS17½ (57)Purdue

Notre Dame6½ (67)Navy

APPAL. ST. 31½ (54)Texas St.

Brig. Young8 (54½)CINCINNATI

ARMY1 (48)Air Force

Louisville25 (55½)BOSTON C.

Virginia Tech10½ (53½)DUKE

CLEMSON26½ (61½)Syracuse

W. VIRGINIA34½ (53½)Kansas

Indiana14 (56)RUTGERS

ILLINOISoff (off)Michigan St.

Florida St. 5 (58)N.C. STATE

MICHIGAN31 (54)Maryland

WAKE FOREST3½ (44)Virginia

KANSAS ST. 3 (58½)Oklahoma St.

TULSA8½ (75)E. Carolina

MID. TENN.20½ (64½)Tex.-San Ant.

S. MISS. 20 (63½)Charlotte

BAYLOR8 (69)Texas Christian

MIAMI3½ (58½)Pittsburgh

N. CAROLINA10 (61)Georgia Tech

AUBURN26 (44½)Vanderbilt

Georgia2 (51)KENTUCKY

Florida5½ (47)ARKANSAS

COLORADO ST15 (54)Fresno St.

MISSISSIPPI27 (63)Ga. Southern

TROY21 (56½)Mass.

RICE4 (58½)Fla. Atlantic

WYOMING5½ (55½)Utah State

S. CAROLINA7 (55½)Missouri

S. Alabama13½ (51)LA.-MONROE

LA.-LAFAYETTE5 (55)Idaho

W. KENTUCKY30 (66½)Fla. Int'l

La. Tech20 (66½)N. TEXAS

Washington17 (78)CALIFORNIA

USC17 (78½)Oregon

OLD DOMIN. 11½ (60)Marshall

S. DIEGO ST. 21½ (53½)Hawaii

Texas3½ (79½)TEXAS TECH

Texas A&M13½ (62½)MISS. ST.

Memphis3 (65)SMU

PENN STATE7½ (52)Iowa

STANFORD14½ (41½)Oregon St.

WASH. ST. 17 (65)Arizona

Alabama7 (44½)LSU

Wisconsin6½ (40½)N'WESTERN

OHIO STATE17 (52½)Nebraska

NEW MEXICO14½ (59)Nevada

C. FLORIDA17 (49½)Tulane

NFL

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Thursday

Atlanta3½ (51)TAMPA BAY

SUNDAY

VIKINGS6½ (40½)Detroit

KANSAS CITY9½ (46)Jacksonville

N.Y. GIANTS2½ (42½)Philadelphia

Dallas7 (48½)CLEVELAND

MIAMI4 (44)N.Y. Jets

BALTIMORE2 (43½)Pittsburgh

New Orleans3 (52)SAN FRAN.

Carolina3 (45)LOS ANGELES

GREEN BAY7 (54)Indianapolis

SAN DIEGO5 (47)Tennessee

OAKLANDpick (44)Denver

MONDAY

SEATTLE6½ (43)Buffalo

Note Home teams are in CAPS.