ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

Major League Baseball
American League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at Texas -120 Oakland +110
at Boston -200 Cleveland +185
at Detroit -130 Kansas City +120
Tampa Bay -150 at Baltimore +140
at Toronto -165 New York +155
at Minnesota -115 Chicago +105
at Seattle -140 Los Angeles +130
National League

at Philadelphia -300 Atlanta +250
Florida -135 at Washington +125
at New York -150 Chicago +140
at Houston -130 Cincinnati +120
at Milwaukee -280 Pittsburgh +240
at St. Louis -135 Arizona +125
at Los Angeles -230 San Diego +210
at San Francisco -140 Colorado +130
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NCAA Football
Thursday's Games
FAVORITE OPEN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

at Tulane 161/2 18 SMU
Southern Cal 211/2 25 at Oregon St.
Friday's Game

at Louisville 11/2 31/2 Connecticut
Saturday's Game

at Wake Forest 141/2 16 Navy
W. Michigan 3 31/2 at Temple
at West Virginia 17 14 Marshall
Pittsburgh 161/2 15 at Syracuse
Michigan St. 81/2 8 at Indiana
at Iowa 8 81/2 Northwestern
at Duke 51/2 61/2 Virginia
at Miami 7 71/2 North Carolina
at Florida 24 221/2 Mississippi
at LSU 231/2 24 Mississippi St.
N. Illinois 6 61/2 at E. Michigan
at C. Michigan 7 61/2 Buffalo
Cincinnati 91/2 101/2 at Akron
at East Carolina 101/2 101/2 Houston
at Notre Dame 3 1 Purdue
at Ohio St. 17 171/2 Minnesota
at Nebraska 61/2 7 Virginia Tech
at Washington 5 31/2 Stanford
at California 251/2 261/2 Colorado St.
at Georgia 71/2 7 Alabama
at Auburn 61/2 61/2 Tennessee
Wisconsin 3 6 at Michigan
at Clemson 101/2 11 Maryland
Fresno St. 31/2 61/2 at UCLA
Bowling Green 3 31/2 at Wyoming
Oregon 191/2 201/2 at Washngtn St.
at Oklahoma 181/2 171/2 TCU
at S. Carolina 261/2 241/2 UAB
at Texas A&M 29 28 Army
at Ball St. 18 171/2 Kent St.
South Florida 91/2 81/2 at N.C. State
Florida St.-x 6 51/2 Colorado
UCF 41/2 41/2 at UTEP
at Penn St. 161/2 141/2 Illinois
New Mexico 4 31/2 at N. Mexico St.
at San Diego St. 9 11 Idaho
at UNLV 3 4 Nevada
at Hawaii 3 3 San Jose St.
at Kentucky 221/2 211/2 W. Kentucky
Arkansas St. Pk 1 at Memphis
at Oklahoma St. 17 161/2 Troy
at Toledo 17 19 Fla. International
at Kansas St. 20 21 La.-Lafayette
at Rice 171/2 171/2 North Texas
at Texas 261/2 271/2 Arkansas

x-at Jacksonville, Fla.
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NFL
Sunday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

Denver 91/2 9 (46) at Kansas City
at Cincinnati 3 31/2 (44) Cleveland
at Jacksonville 7 71/2 (42) Houston
at N.Y. Jets 11/2 21/2 (45) Arizona
at New Orleans 6 6 (481/2) San Francisco
at Carolina 71/2 7 (391/2) Atlanta
at Tennessee 3 3 (36) Minnesota
at Tampa Bay 11/2 1 (43) Green Bay
Buffalo 91/2 8 (411/2) at St. Louis
San Diego 7 71/2 (46) at Oakland
at Dallas 101/2 111/2 (46) Washington
at Chicago OFF OFF (OFF) Philadelphia
Monday's Game

at Pittsburgh OFF OFF (OFF) Baltimore
Off Key

Philadelphia RB questionable

Pittsburgh QB questionable

N.Y. Jets played Sept. 22

San Diego played Sept. 22
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
American League• TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed LHP Reid Santos from Cleveland.
National League• MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Signed a four-year affiliation agreement with Wisconsin (MWL). Activated INF Russell Branyan and RHP Yovani Gallardo from the 15-DL.
• SAN DIEGO PADRES—Announced the resignation of Wally Joyner, hitting coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League• CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed CB Jamar Fletcher. Waived CB Geoffrey Pope.
• CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed OL Travis Leffew to the practice squad. Waived OL Nathan Bennett from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League• ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed C Maxime Macenauer and D Eric Regan to three-year contracts.
• BUFFALO SABRES—Assigned F Tyler Ennis, F Paul Byron, F Jacob Lagace, D Nick Crawford and D Jordon Southorn to their junior teams.
• PHOENIX COYOTES—Named John Muckler senior advisor to the general manager. Signed Ulf Samuelsson, associate coach, to a contract extension.
• PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Assigned F Kris Beech, F Ryan Stone, F Adam Henrich, F Aaron Boogaard, F Tim Wallace, F Jonathan Filewich, F David Gove, F Christopher Minard, D Deryk Engelland, D T.J. Kemp, D Ben Lovejoy, D Joey Mormina and G David Brown to W-B/Scranton (AHL).
• WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Returned Joel Broda, Stefan Della Rovere, Dmitry Kugryshev, Brett Leffler, Eric Mestery and Justin Taylor to their junior teams.
FOOTBALL
NFL

Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
WL T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 78 49
New England 2 1 0 .667 49 58
N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 59 81
Miami 1 2 0 .333 62 64
South
WL T Pct PF PA

Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 72 29
Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 49 58
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 52 67
Houston 0 2 0 .000 29 69
North
WL T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 45 20
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 54 38
Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 40 67

Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 26 66
West
WL T Pct PF PA

Denver 3 0 0 1.000 114 84
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 60 73
San Diego 1 2 0 .333 110 94
Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 32 78
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
WL T Pct PF PA

Dallas 3 0 0 1.000 96 63
N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 83 43
Washington 2 1 0 .667 60 57
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 90 50
South
WL T Pct PF PA

Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 71 57
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 81 59
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 56 61
New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 80 83
North
WL T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 88 71
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 54 52
Chicago 1 2 0 .333 70 60
Detroit 0 3 0 .000 59 113
West
WL T Pct PF PA

Arizona 2 1 0 .667 71 47
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 77 66
Seattle 1 2 0 .333 77 80
St. Louis 0 3 0 .000 29 116
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Monday's Late ResultSan Diego 48, N.Y. Jets 29
Sunday's GamesArizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:15 p.m.
Open: Indianapolis, Miami, New England, Seattle, N.Y. Giants, Detroit
Monday's GamesBaltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
AFC Leaders

Week 3
Quarterbacks
Att Com Yds TD Int
Rivers, S.D. 85 57 844 9 2
Cutler, Den. 108 73 914 8 2
Favre, NY-J 90 63 646 6 3
Roethlisberger, Pit. 59 39 447 3 1
Edwards, Buf. 94 63 733 3 1
Collins, Ten. 49 30 382 2 1
Pennington, Mia. 83 53 589 2 1
Russell, Oak. 62 32 391 3 0
Cassel, N.E. 72 48 448 2 1
Manning, Ind. 120 71 784 3 4
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Rushers
Att Yds Avg LG TD
C. Johnson, Ten. 50 276 5.5 51 0
Parker, Pit. 66 263 4.0 32 3
McFadden, Oak. 44 252 5.7 50 1
Lynch, Buf. 60 218 3.6 21t 4
L. Johnson, K.C. 58 217 3.7 48 1
Jones, NY-J 49 208 4.2 16 1
Tomlinson, S.D. 57 190 3.3 14 2
Taylor, Jac. 49 188 3.8 34 0
Perry, Cin. 60 180 3.0 25t 2
Young, Den. 26 179 6.9 49 1
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Punters
No Yds LG Avg
Lechler, Oak. 15 739 67 49.3
Koch, Bal. 8 387 59 48.4
Colquitt, K.C. 20 963 73 48.2
Hanson, N.E. 10 473 70 47.3
Moorman, Buf. 17 800 62 47.1
Zastudil, Cle. 17 769 59 45.2
Smith, Ind. 12 541 60 45.1
Hentrich, Ten. 19 856 70 45.1
Podlesh, Jac. 11 484 60 44.0
Berger, Pit. 14 609 55 43.5
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Punt Returners
No Yds Avg LG TD
Faulk, N.E. 5 87 17.4 24 0
Parrish, Buf. 11 167 15.2 63t 1
Figurs, Bal. 4 56 14.0 35 0
Witherspoon, Jac. 4 52 13.0 29 0
Washington, NY-J 5 64 12.8 20 0
Royal, Den. 4 47 11.8 22 0
Chatman, Cin. 8 84 10.5 34 0
Cribbs, Cle. 7 68 9.7 12 0
Jones, Hou. 6 50 8.3 33 0
Sams, K.C. 7 58 8.3 16 0
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Kicking
PAT FG LG Pts
Kaeding, S.D. 12-12 6- 6 49 30
Prater, Den. 13-13 5- 5 52 28
Gostkowski, N.E. 4- 4 7- 7 44 25
Scobee, Jac. 4- 4 7- 8 51 25
Janikowski, Oak. 6- 6 6- 6 56 24
Lindell, Buf. 9- 9 5- 7 45 24
Bironas, Ten. 9- 9 3- 3 47 18
Reed, Pit. 6- 6 4- 4 53 18
Graham, Cin. 4- 4 4- 5 43 16
Carpenter, Mia. 8- 8 2- 2 39 14
Dawson, Cle. 2- 2 4- 4 38 14
Vinatieri, Ind. 5- 5 3- 4 47 14
COLLEGE

Associated Press
Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Southern Cal (62) 2-0 1,621 1
2. Oklahoma 3-0 1,484 2
3. Georgia (2) 4-0 1,475 3
4. Florida (1) 3-0 1,442 4
5. LSU 3-0 1,363 6
6. Missouri 4-0 1,360 5
7. Texas 3-0 1,174 7
8. Alabama 4-0 1,132 9
9. Wisconsin 3-0 1,091 8
10. Texas Tech 4-0 962 11
11. BYU 4-0 919 14
12. Penn St. 4-0 891 16
13. South Florida 4-0 798 12
14. Ohio State 3-1 790 13
15. Auburn 3-1 785 10
16. Wake Forest 3-0 711 18
17. Utah 4-0 574 20
18. Kansas 3-1 555 19
19. Boise St. 3-0 363 —
20. Clemson 3-1 300 23
21. Vanderbilt 4-0 242 —
22. Illinois 2-1 224 22
23. East Carolina 3-1 201 15
24. TCU 4-0 117 —
25. Fresno St. 2-1 105 25

Others receiving votes: Oregon 100, Oklahoma St. 98, Virginia Tech 63, Colorado 39, Nebraska 32, Connecticut 26, Tulsa 19, Miami 17, Michigan St. 14, Georgia Tech 8, Kentucky 7, Northwestern 7, Ball St. 6, South Carolina 3, Florida St. 2, North Carolina 2, West Virginia 2, Minnesota 1.
AFCA Division III
Coaches Poll

Through Sunday
Record Pts
1. Mount Union (Ohio) (29) 2-0 989
2. Wisconsin-Whitewater (11) 2-0 951
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 2-0 897
4. Capital (Ohio) 2-0 831
5. Wabash (Ind.) 2-0 738
6. Salisbury (Md.) 3-0 618
7. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 2-0 602
8. North Central (Ill.) 2-0 596
9. Ithaca (N.Y.) 3-0 594
10. Wheaton (Ill.) 2-0 587
11. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 3-0 567
12. Hardin-Simmons (Texas) 3-0 438
13. Cortland State (N.Y.) 2-0 426
14. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 2-1 395
15. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2-1 351
16. Trinity (Texas) 2-0 347
17. Millsaps (Miss.) 3-0 333
18. St. John's (Minn.) 2-1 328
19. Redlands (Calif.) 2-0 305
20. Wesley (Del.) 1-1 304
21. Franklin (Ind.) 2-0 251
22. Case Western (Ohio) 3-0 186
23. Wartburg (Iowa) 2-1 173
24. Illinois Wesleyan 3-0 168
25. Central (Iowa) 1-1 111
Standings
Mid-American Conference

West Division
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.

Ball State 1 0 1.00 4 0 1.00
W.Michigan 1 0 1.00 3 1 .750
C.Michigan 1 0 1.00 2 2 .500
Toledo 1 0 1.00 1 2 .333
N.Illinois 0 1 .000 1 2 .333
E.Michigan 0 1 .000 1 3 .250
East Division
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.

Buffalo 1 0 1.00 2 2 .500
Bowling Green 0 0 .000 1 2 .333

Kent State 0 0 .000 1 3 .250

Miami, Oh 0 0 .000 1 3 .250

Akron 0 1 .000 2 2 .500

Temple 0 1 .000 1 3 .250
Ohio 0 1 .000 0 4 .000
Saturday's Games
Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, noon
Kent State at Ball State, noon
VMI at Ohio, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at Akron, 3:30 p.m.
Bowling Green at Wyoming 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Central Michigan, 4 p.m.
Florida International at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Western Michigan at Temple, TBA
Big Ten Conference

Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.

Minnesota 0 0 .000 4 0 1.00
Northwestern 0 0 .000 4 0 1.00
Penn State 0 0 .000 4 0 1.00
Wisconsin 0 0 .000 3 0 1.00
Iowa 0 0 .000 3 1 .750
Michigan State 0 0 .000 3 1 .750

Ohio State 0 0 .000 3 1 .750

Illinois 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Indiana 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Purdue 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Michigan 0 0 .000 1 2 .333
Saturday's Games
Michigan State at Indiana, 11 a.m.
Minnesota at Ohio State, 11 a.m.
Northwestern at Iowa, 11 a.m.
Purdue at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Michigan, 2:30 p.m.
Illinois at Penn State, 7 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus 14 6 5 47 44 31

New England 12 7 6 42 36 34
Chicago 11 9 5 38 31 24
New York 9 8 8 35 31 33
D.C. United 10 12 3 33 41 43
Kansas City 8 9 8 32 28 33
Toronto FC 7 12 6 27 25 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 10 5 9 39 34 28
CD Chivas USA 9 10 6 33 32 36
Colorado 9 12 4 31 33 33
Real Salt Lake 8 10 7 31 30 32
FC Dallas 7 9 9 30 36 33
Los Angeles 7 10 8 29 49 51
San Jose 7 9 8 29 24 28

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Thursday's GameLos Angeles at Chicago, 9 p.m.
Saturday's GamesHouston at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
Colorado at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Kansas City at CD Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA

Playoff Glance

FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-three)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
DETROIT VS. INDIANA(Shock wins series 2-1)
Game 1: Detroit 81, Indiana 72
Game 2: Indiana 89, Detroit 82, OT
Tuesday's Result: Detroit 80, Indiana 61
CONNECTICUT VS. NEW YORK(Liberty wins series 2-1)
Game 1: New York 72, Connecticut 63
Game 2: Connecticut 73, New York 70
Game 3: New York 66, Connecticut 62
WESTERN CONFERENCE
SAN ANTONIO VS. SACRAMENTO(Silver Stars win series 2-1)
Game 1: San Antonio 85, Sacramento 78
Game 2: Sacramento 84, San Antonio 67
Game 3: San Antonio 86, Sacramento 81
SEATTLE VS. LOS ANGELES(Series tied 1-1)
Game 1: Los Angeles 77, Seattle 67
Game 2: Seattle 64, Los Angeles 50,
Tuesday's Result: Los Angeles at Seattle, late
HOCKEY
NHL

Preseason

Tuesday's Results
N.Y. Islanders 2, Boston 1, OT
Montreal 3, Buffalo 2
Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Rangers at 2
Dallas at St. Louis, late
Columbus at Chicago, late
Florida at Calgary, late
Edmonton at Vancouver, late
Today's Games
Montreal at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Calgary vs. Phoenix at Winnipeg, Manitoba, 8:30 p.m.
Florida at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL
VOLLEYBALL

Scoring Summaries
STOW 25-25-25, GARFIELD 9-13-8

Kills: Garrson (S) 7. Digs: McDad (S) 5. Assists: Garner (S) 18. Blocks: Garner (S) 2.

Records: Stow 11-3, 4-1.

SOUTHEAST 25-25-26,
KENT ROOSEVELT 21-11-24

Kills: Dukes (K) 12, Romocean (S) 9. Digs: Shriver (K) 13, Williams (S) 9. Assists: Onusic (K) 22, Carson (S) 6. Blocks: Carver (K) 4, Levels (S) 3. Service Points: Shriver (K) 7, Woodard (S) 10.

Records: Kent 4-5, 4-7, Southeast 12-4, 7-2.

FIELD 25-25-25, SPRINGFIELD 17-3-14

Kills: Vandegrift (F) 15, Archer (S) 3. Digs: Kenyan (F) 23, Kirkman (S) 2, Tidwell (S) 2. Assists: Feciuch (F) 20, Tidwell (S) 5. Blocks: Vandergrift (F) 4, Holcomb (S) 3. Service Points: Feciuch (F) 14, Kenyan (F) 11, Belvin (S) 4.

Records: Field 15-0, 9-0; Springfield 3-10, 1-7.

BARBERTON 25-13-25-25, TALLMADGE 20-25-18-22

Kills: Scruggs (B) 11, Walker (T) 15. Digs: Lowry (B) 13, Schaefer (T) 20. Assists: Cuckler (B) 33, Ferguson (T) 32. Blocks: Scruggs, Cuckler (B) 4, Grace (T) 2. Service Points: Lowry (B) 13, Ferguson (T) 9.

Records: Barberton 12-2; Tallmadge 7-10.

CRESTWOOD 25-25-25, RAVENNA 12-13-14

Kills: Zigman (C) 18, Retherford (R) 4. Digs: Zigman, Sweet, Kralik (C) 8, McEwen, Oberholtzer (R) 5. Assists: Bowen (C) 22, McEwen (R) 4. Blocks: Zigman (C) 4, Retherford (R) 4. Service Points: Bowen (C) 18, McEwen (R) 8.