FOOTBALL
NFL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
North W L T Pct PF PA
Vikings 5 2 0 .714 139 104
Green Bay 4 3 0 .571 172 156
Detroit 4 4 0 .500 183 190
Chicago 2 6 0 .250 131 179
East W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 6 1 0 .857 188 130
N.Y. Giants 4 3 0 .571 133 141
Philadelphia 4 3 0 .571 179 117
Washington 4 3 1 .563 186 189
South W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 5 3 0 .625 262 231
Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 152 189
New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 201 215
Carolina 2 5 0 .286 191 196
West W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 4 2 1 .643 131 109
Arizona 3 4 1 .438 179 140
Los Angeles 3 4 0 .429 120 154
San Francisco 1 6 0 .143 144 219
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
North W L T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 170 150
Cincinnati 3 4 1 .438 167 189
Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 133 139
Cleveland 0 8 0 .000 158 238
East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 7 1 0 .875 217 132
Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 212 172
Miami 3 4 0 .429 146 159
N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 150 208
South W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 5 3 0 .625 137 167
Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 182 183
Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 208 230
Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 139 196
West W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 6 2 0 .750 194 136
Oakland 6 2 0 .750 215 203
Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 166 137
San Diego 3 5 0 .375 225 212
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:
Record Pts Pvs
1. NW Missouri St. (30) 9-0 750 1
2. Grand Valley St. 9-0 716 2
3. Shepherd (W.Va.) 8-0 688 3
4. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 9-0 656 4
5. Harding (Ark.) 9-0 615 5
6. California (Pa.) 8-0 602 6
7. North Alabama 6-1 561 7
8. Texas A&M-Comm. 7-1 535 8
9. Emporia St. (Kan.) 8-1 493 10
10. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 9-0 463 11
11. Indiana (Pa.) 7-1 450 12
12. Midwestern St. 7-1 429 13
13. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 8-1 372 15
14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 7-1 329 17
15. Assumption (Mass.) 8-1 326 16
16. N.C.-Pembroke 8-1 301 18
17. Fairmont St. (W.Va.) 9-0 288 20
18. Minn. Duluth 8-1 236 21
19. Ferris St. (Mich.) 7-2 201 22
20. Newberry (S.C.) 8-1 180 23
21. Ashland (Ohio) 7-2 134 9
22. SW Baptist (Mo.) 8-1 110 t25
23. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 6-2 58 14
24. Edinboro (Pa.) 8-1 56 —
25. Central Missouri 7-2 44 —
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:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Mount Union (14) 8-0 605 1
2. Wis.-Whitewater (2) 8-0 596 2
3. M. Hardin-Baylor (8) 8-0 591 3
4. St. Thomas (1) 8-0 558 4
5. Wis.-Oshkosh 7-1 512 5
6. North Central (Ill.) 8-0 499 6
7. Linfield (Ore.) 6-1 456 7
8. St. John's 7-1 433 8
9. Johns Hopkins 8-0 428 9
10. Hardin-Simmons 7-1 381 10
11. Wis.-Platteville 6-2 348 11
12. Wheaton (Ill.) 7-1 343 12
13. Thomas More 8-1 317 13
14. Stevenson 8-0 296 14
15. Alfred 8-0 242 15
16. St. Lawrence 8-0 230 16
17. Coe (Iowa) 9-0 228 17
18. Salisbury 7-1 165 19
19. Wabash (Ind.) 7-1 162 20
20. John Carroll 7-1 156 21
21. E. Texas Baptist 7-1 146 18
22. Wittenberg 7-1 89 23
23. St. John Fisher 7-1 79 24
24. Case W. Reserve 8-0 74 25
25. Monmouth 8-0 27 —
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)
Player G Min Pts Reb Ast
LaVine 3 33.2 23.7 4.7 2.3
Wiggins 3 33.5 23.7 3.7 1.3
Towns 3 34.5 15.7 6.7 4.3
Dieng 3 34.1 14.3 11.0 2.0
Dunn 3 21.4 7.3 3.0 3.7
Muhammad 3 14.5 6.3 2.3 0.7
Rush 3 14.6 4.7 1.3 0.7
Rubio 2 30.8 4.5 2.5 6.5
Hill 1 4.5 4.0 3.0 0.0
Bjelica 3 15.3 3.0 4.3 1.0
Aldrich 3 10.5 2.0 3.7 0.3
Jones 1 18.8 2.0 2.0 6.0
Totals 3 240.0 105.7 44.0 22.7
Opponents 3 240.0 96.0 36.0 17.7
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:
Record Pts Prv
1. Notre Dame (14) 33-2 793 2
2. Baylor (12) 36-2 789 4
3. Connecticut (6) 38-0 743 1
4. South Carolina (1) 33-2 719 3
5. Louisville 26-8 718 8
6. Maryland 31-4 635 5
7. Ohio State 26-8 632 9
8. Texas 31-5 604 7
9. UCLA 26-9 557 10
10. Mississippi St. 28-8 516 15
11. Stanford 27-8 471 13
12. Florida St. 25-8 437 17
13. Tennessee 22-14 415 —
14. Miami 24-9 328 19
14. Syracuse 30-8 328 14
16. Oklahoma 22-11 285 24
17. Washington 26-11 259 —
18. Arizona St. 26-7 244 11
19. Kentucky 25-8 228 12
20. Florida 22-9 181 25
21. DePaul 27-9 160 20
22. West Virginia 25-10 154 23
23. Indiana 21-12 108 —
24. Missouri 22-10 98 —
25. Oregon St. 32-5 95 6
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)
PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM
Suter 10 3 7 10 5 4
Staal 10 4 4 8 2 2
Coyle 10 3 4 7 1 18
Zucker 10 2 5 7 9 4
Parise 8 2 4 6 -2 8
Granlund 10 2 4 6 0 0
Eriksson Ek 6 2 3 5 3 0
Koivu 10 2 3 5 1 4
Niederreiter 10 2 3 5 5 2
Pominville 10 2 3 5 0 0
Stewart 10 2 3 5 1 19
Brodin 10 1 3 4 6 6
Dumba 10 1 3 4 3 2
Dalpe 9 1 2 3 0 9
Haula 4 1 1 2 2 2
Spurgeon 6 1 1 2 2 0
Bertschy 2 0 1 1 1 2
Folin 9 0 1 1 8 8
Graovac 2 1 0 1 1 0
Prosser 6 0 1 1 0 0
Pulkkinen 8 1 0 1 -1 2
Scandella 7 0 1 1 -6 0
Reilly 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Schroeder 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10 33 57 90 0 96
Opponents 10 21 32 53 0 96
Goalies W L OL Sh Sv% GAA
Dubnyk 5 2 1 3 .948 1.51
Kuemper 1 1 0 0 .871 4.00
Totals 6 3 1 3 .932 2.09
Opponents 4 6 0 0 .863 3.45
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
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
wednesday
WASHINGTON 1 Toronto
CHARLOTTE 12 Philadelphia
NEW YORK 1½ Houston
ATLANTA 11½ L.A. Lakers
Detroit 4 BROOKLYN
MEMPHIS 5½ New Orleans
BOSTON 3 Chicago
UTAH 4 Dallas
Portland 3 PHOENIX
L.A. CLIPPERS 7 Oklahoma City
NHL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
wednesday
MONTREAL -210/+190 Vancouver
PHIL. -125/+115 Detroit
ANAHEIM off/off Pittsburgh
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FAVORITE LINE (O/U) UNDERDOG
Wednesday
Toledo 9 (72) AKRON
THURSDAY
OHIO 20 (49) Buffalo
Arkansas St. 3½ (45½) GEORGIA ST.
Oklahoma 21 (70) IOWA STATE
COLORADO 12 (57) Ucla
FRIDAY
C. Michigan 4 (47) MIAMI (OHIO)
Temple 10 (45½) CONN.
BOISE ST. 29 (57½) San Jose St.
SATURDAY
GOPHERS 17½ (57) Purdue
Notre Dame 6½ (67) Navy
APPAL. ST. 31½ (54) Texas St.
Brig. Young 8 (54½) CINCINNATI
ARMY 1 (48) Air Force
Louisville 25 (55½) BOSTON C.
Virginia Tech 10½ (53½) DUKE
CLEMSON 26½ (61½) Syracuse
W. VIRGINIA 34½ (53½) Kansas
Indiana 14 (56) RUTGERS
ILLINOIS off (off) Michigan St.
Florida St. 5 (58) N.C. STATE
MICHIGAN 31 (54) Maryland
WAKE FOREST 3½ (44) Virginia
KANSAS ST. 3 (58½) Oklahoma St.
TULSA 8½ (75) E. Carolina
MID. TENN. 20½ (64½) Tex.-San Ant.
S. MISS. 20 (63½) Charlotte
BAYLOR 8 (69) Texas Christian
MIAMI 3½ (58½) Pittsburgh
N. CAROLINA 10 (61) Georgia Tech
AUBURN 26 (44½) Vanderbilt
Georgia 2 (51) KENTUCKY
Florida 5½ (47) ARKANSAS
COLORADO ST 15 (54) Fresno St.
MISSISSIPPI 27 (63) Ga. Southern
TROY 21 (56½) Mass.
RICE 4 (58½) Fla. Atlantic
WYOMING 5½ (55½) Utah State
S. CAROLINA 7 (55½) Missouri
S. Alabama 13½ (51) LA.-MONROE
LA.-LAFAYETTE 5 (55) Idaho
W. KENTUCKY 30 (66½) Fla. Int'l
La. Tech 20 (66½) N. TEXAS
Washington 17 (78) CALIFORNIA
USC 17 (78½) Oregon
OLD DOMIN. 11½ (60) Marshall
S. DIEGO ST. 21½ (53½) Hawaii
Texas 3½ (79½) TEXAS TECH
Texas A&M 13½ (62½) MISS. ST.
Memphis 3 (65) SMU
PENN STATE 7½ (52) Iowa
STANFORD 14½ (41½) Oregon St.
WASH. ST. 17 (65) Arizona
Alabama 7 (44½) LSU
Wisconsin 6½ (40½) N'WESTERN
OHIO STATE 17 (52½) Nebraska
NEW MEXICO 14½ (59) Nevada
C. FLORIDA 17 (49½) Tulane
NFL
FAVORITE LINE (O/U) UNDERDOG
Thursday
Atlanta 3½ (51) TAMPA BAY
SUNDAY
VIKINGS 6½ (40½) Detroit
KANSAS CITY 9½ (46) Jacksonville
N.Y. GIANTS 2½ (42½) Philadelphia
Dallas 7 (48½) CLEVELAND
MIAMI 4 (44) N.Y. Jets
BALTIMORE 2 (43½) Pittsburgh
New Orleans 3 (52) SAN FRAN.
Carolina 3 (45) LOS ANGELES
GREEN BAY 7 (54) Indianapolis
SAN DIEGO 5 (47) Tennessee
OAKLAND pick (44) Denver
MONDAY
SEATTLE 6½ (43) Buffalo
Note Home teams are in CAPS.
