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BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—Suspended Philadelphia C Carlos Ruiz 25 games for a violation of the Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Feldman on a one-year contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Placed DB Anthony Levine on injured reserve.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed DT Ron Edwards on injured reserve. Signed DT Frank Kearse from the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS—Signed OL Andre Gurode. Waived DT Amobi Okoye. Released WR Raymond Radway and G Chris Riley from the practice squad. Signed OL Derek Dennis and WR Dale Moss to the practice squad.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Released C Scott Wedige and LB Ben Jacobs from the practice squad. Signed OT Dan Knapp and TE Bryce Davis to the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed DE Ryan Davis to the practice squad.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Released RB Davin Meggett. Signed LB Cameron Collins.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed RB Jordan Todman from the practice squad and RB Joe Banyard to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Placed OT Bryce Harris on injured reserve. Signed TE Michael Higgins from the practice squad.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed RB Ryan Torain and RB Kregg Lumpkin. Released OL Selvish Capers.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Released DE Jason Babin.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Agreed to terms with LB NaVorro Bowman on a five-year contract extension.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released QB Josh Portis from the practice squad. Signed WR Phil Bates to the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Placed S Cody Grimm and T Jeremy Trueblood on injured reserve. Claimed WR/KR David Gilreath off waivers from Pittsburgh. Released G Chris Scott from the practice squad. Signed S Sean Baker to the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Re-signed OL Kyle DeVan. Placed RB Darren Evans on injured reserve.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Announced Tulane is joining for all sports and East Carolina for football for the 2014-15 academic year.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE—Fined Mississippi $5,000 after fans rushed the field following the football team's victory over Mississippi State on Saturday.
KENTUCKY—Named Mark Stoops football coach.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI—Announced football coach Ellis Johnson will not be retained.
TULSA—Placed athletic director Ross Parmley on leave. Named university executive vice president Kevan Buck acting athletics director.
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 9 4 .692 —
New York 9 4 .692 —
Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1
Boston 8 6 .571 1½
Toronto 3 12 .200 7
Southeast Division
Miami 10 3 .769 —
Atlanta 8 4 .667 1½
Charlotte 7 6 .538 3
Orlando 5 8 .385 5
Washington 0 12 .000 9½
Central Division
Milwaukee 7 5 .583 —
Chicago 6 7 .462 1½
Indiana 6 8 .429 2
Detroit 4 11 .267 4½
Cleveland 3 12 .200 5½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 11 4 .733 —
Denver 8 7 .533 3
Utah 8 7 .533 3
Portland 6 8 .429 4½
Minnesota 5 7 .417 4½
Northwest Division
Golden State 8 6 .571 —
L.A. Clippers 8 6 .571 —
L.A. Lakers 7 7 .500 1
Phoenix 7 8 .467 1½
Sacramento 4 9 .308 3½
Pacific Division
L.A. Clippers 8 5 .615 —
Golden State 8 6 .571 ½
L.A. Lakers 7 7 .500 1½
Phoenix 6 8 .429 2½
Sacramento 4 9 .308 4
Tuesday's games
Phoenix 91, Cleveland 78
Philadelphia 100, Dallas 98
Houston 117, Toronto 101
Minnesota at Sacramento (n)
Indiana at L.A. Lakers (n)
Wednesday's games
San Antonio at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Portland at Washington, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Rockets 117, Raptors 101
TORONTO (101) — McGuire 0-1 0-0 0, Bargnani 8-12 2-2 21, Valanciunas 5-10 2-3 12, Lowry 3-10 1-1 7, DeRozan 5-10 2-3 12, Ross 9-17 0-0 19, Calderon 4-9 0-0 12, Davis 5-6 2-2 12, Johnson 2-5 0-1 4, Kleiza 0-1 0-0 0, Lucas 1-5 0-0 2, Gray 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-86 9-12 101.
HOUSTON (117) — Parsons 7-13 2-2 18, Patterson 7-14 6-7 22, Asik 6-9 1-2 13, Lin 7-9 1-2 16, Harden 9-19 2-3 24, Morris 4-6 1-1 11, Smith 1-5 3-4 5, Douglas 1-4 0-0 3, Cook 2-4 0-0 5, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Motiejunas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-83 16-21 117.
Toronto 23 28 28 22—101
Houston 29 32 38 18—117
Three-point goals—Toronto 8-23 (Calderon 4-8, Bargnani 3-4, Ross 1-4, Lucas 0-2, Johnson 0-2, Lowry 0-3), Houston 13-26 (Harden 4-8, Morris 2-3, Patterson 2-4, Parsons 2-4, Cook 1-2, Lin 1-2, Douglas 1-3). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Toronto 44 (Lowry 8), Houston 47 (Asik 18). Assists—Toronto 25 (Calderon 7), Houston 30 (Harden 12). Total fouls—Toronto 15, Houston 15. A—12,907 (18,023).
College Men
Tuesday's Games
SEC
Alabama 75 Lamar 47
Mississippi St. 60 Alcorn St. 42
STATE
Cincinnati Christian 71 Ky. Christian 55
Montreat Anderson Alice Lloyd (n)
TOP 25
No. 14 North CarolinaNo. 1 Indiana (n)
No. 3 Michigan 79No. 18 N.C. State 72
Texas SouthernNo. 19 Colorado (n)
No. 21 Minnesota 77 Florida St. 68
Wednesday's Games
(All times p.m.)
OVC—Morehead St. at Marshall, 7; Delaware St. at Eastern Ky., 7; Berea at Austin Peay, 8; Tenn. Tech at Loyola Chicago, 8; Central Ark. at Eastern Ill., 8
STATE—Transylvania at Centre, 7; Grove City at Thomas More, 7:30; St. Andrews at Union, 7:30; Hiwassee at Asbury, 8
TOP 25—No. 13 Michigan St. at Miami (Fla.), 7:30; Boise St. at No. 11 Creighton, 8; Mercer at No. 25 New Mexico, 9; Ga. Tech at No. 22 Illinois, 9; No. 4 Ohio St. at No. 2 Duke, 9:30; UC Irvine at No. 24 UNLV, 10; Northern Ariz. at No. 9 Arizona, 10
College Women
Tuesday's Games
(All times p.m.)
SEC
Mississippi 62 Mississippi Valley St. 60
STATE
Bellarmine 74 Berea 33
Bethel 89 Brescia 62
Cincinnati Christian 92 Ky. Christian 82 (OT)
Cumberlands 76 Columbia 63
Hanover 74 Centre 72
Northern Ky. 66 Youngstown St. 64
Pikeville 71 Alice Lloyd 64
Transylvania 77 Spalding 70
TOP 25
No. 3 Baylor 89 Rice 49
No. 24 Iowa St. 87 Drake 45
bellarmine 74, berea 33
BEREA (1-6) — Romine 17, Parks 6, Walker 4, Householder 4, Burks 2.
BELLARMINE (4-1) — Greenwell 18, Lamb 9, Montano 8, Osen 6, Clemons 6, Hamilton 4, Isabel 3, Brady 2, Hawkins 2, Goodin 2, Jones 2, Galvin 1.
Halftime—Bellarmine 48-16.
cumberlands 76, columbia 63
COLUMBIA — English 25, Abreu 19, Corpening 1, Ingrum 1, Teeple 13, Allphin 4.
CUMBERLANDS — Herman 16, Bicane 18, Mullins 7, Alexander 9, Foster 9, Haye 4, Salyers 11, Moss 2.
Halftime—Cumberlands 40-30.
Hanover 74, Centre 72
HANOVER (3-0) — Prater 23, Gahimer 4, Watson 11, Hopkins 12, Weddle 7, Caudill 2, Malloy 7, Pahren 8.
CENTRE (1-5) — Benham 10, Baechle 13, Hartlage 8, Winstead 13, Mire 2, M. Winstead 4, Guy 5, Stough 6, Moore 11.
Halftime—Hanover 43-27.
Northern Ky. 66, Youngstown St. 64
YOUNGSTOWN ST. (4-1) — Flagg 2-6 3-4 8, Brown 8-15 4-6 21, Davis 5-10 1-1 11, Hornberger 1-7 0-0 3, Schlegel 3-10 8-19 15, Touvelle 2-6 0-2 6, Barger 0-2 0-0 0, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-58 16-22 64.
NORTHERN KY. (1-4) — Hopper 4-5 3-4 11, Holton 4-6 0-0 9, Roush 9-12 2-2 24, Thacker 3-13 1-2 8, Gayheart 2-5 0-0 6, Doss 3-8 0-0 6, Gerrety 1-3 0-0 2, Hamlet 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 6-8 66.
Halftime—Northern Ky. 32-31. Three-point goals—Youngstown St. 6-27 (Touvelle 2-5, Flagg 1-2, Brown 1-5, Hornberger 1-6, Schlegel 1-3, Davis 0-3, Thompson 0-2, Barger 0-1), Northern Ky. 8-21 (Roush 4-6, Gayheart 2-3, Holton 1-2, Thacker 1-5, Hamlet 0-3, Doss 0-1, Gerrety 0-1). Fouled out—Yougnstown St., Davis 5; Northern Ky., Hopper 5. Rebounds—Youngstown St. 34 (Brown 15), Northern Ky. 38 (Roush 8). Assists—Youngstown St. 9 (Davis 5), Northern Ky. 15 (Thacker 4). Total fouls—Youngstown St. 15, Northern Ky. 21. Technicals—None. A—1,128.
Pikeville 71, Alice Lloyd 64
PIKEVILLE (2-4) — Haney 6, Roberts 16, Conley 10, Tunnell 6, Johnson 15, Day 3, Wright 10, J. Haney 2, Jackson 3.
ALICE LLOYD (6-4) — Booth 15, Nickell 14, Crowder 7, Hickson 14, McDaniel 6, Hack 2, Brown 2, Smith 4.
Halftime—Pikeville 41-25.
Transylvania 77, Spalding 70
TRANSYLVANIA (3-1) — Webb 2-6 4-4 8, Smith 5-8 6-6 16, Coffman 9-13 6-8 29, Botkin 3-9 1-2 7, McKenzie 3-5 5-5 11, Gillespie 1-1 0-0 2, Dobson 0-0 2-2 2, Lucas 1-2 0-0 2, Moreland 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Colliver 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-45 24-27 77.
SPALDING (2-1) — Hayes 6-12 6-6 22, Harrod 3-12 8-12 15, Ash 3-6 1-2 7, Washle 4-9 1-2 9, Guy 2-7 4-4 8, Roarx 1-1 0-0 2, Dennison 1-2 0-0 3, Fears 1-3 0-0 2, Baker 1-1 0-0 2, Douglas 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 20-26 70.
Halftime—Spalding 32-31. Three-point goals—Transylvania 5-8 (Coffman 5-6, Webb 0-2), Spalding 6-21 (Hayes 4-9, Harrod 1-6, Dennison 1-1, Ash 0-2, Washle 0-2, Fears 0-1). Fouled out—Spalding, Harrod 5. Rebounds—Transylvania 28 (Smith, Botkin 6), Spalding 28 (Harrod 6). Assists—Transylvania 13 (Webb 7), Spalding 8 (Hayes, Roarx, Dennison 2). Total fouls—Transylvania 20, Spalding 20. Technicals—Spalding, Guy. A—105.
Wednesday's Games
(All times p.m. unless noted)
SEC—Miami (Ohio) at No. 9 Kentucky, 11 a.m.; Furman at No. 8 Georgia, 7; Drexel at South Carolina, 7; Middle Tennessee St. at No. 16 Tennessee, 7; Savannah St. at Mississippi St., 8; Auburn at Tulane, 8; Austin Peay at Vanderbilt, 8
STATE—Oglethorpe vs. Transylvania at Huntingdon, 10 a.m.; Grove City at Thomas More, 5:30; St. Andrews at Transylvania, 5:30; Hiwassee at Asbury, 6; Eastern Ky. at No. 7 Louisville, 7; Morehead St. at Cincinnati, 7
TOP 25—No. 4 Duke at Michigan, 7; No. 15 Ohio St. at No. 22 North Carolina, 7; Ga. Tech at No. 14 Purdue, 7; No. 23 Dayton at Wright St., 7; Colgate at No. 2 Connecticut, 7; Grambling St. at No. 20 Kansas, 8; Texas St. at No. 18 Oklahoma St., 8; No. 11 Maryland at No. 21 Nebraska, 8
Middle School Girls
At Beaumont
A: Beaumont 36, Leestown 22
B: Beaumont 22, Leestown 11
At Bryan Station
A: Bryan Station 33, Jessie Clark 28
B: Jessie Clark 37, Bryan Station 33
At Crawford
A: Edyth J. Hayes 44, Crawford 8
B: Edyth J. Hayes 46, Crawford 2
At Tates Creek
A: Morton 29, Tates Creek 28
B: Morton 25, Tates Creek 24
At Winburn
A: LTMS 48, Winburn 17
B: LTMS 43, Winburn 14
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W-L-T Pct PF PA
New England 8-3 .727 407 244
Miami 5-6 .455 211 226
N.Y. Jets 4-7 .364 221 290
Buffalo 4-7 .364 243 319
South
Houston 10-1 .909 327 211
Indianapolis 7-4 .636 230 273
Tennessee 4-7 .364 238 335
Jacksonville 2-9 .182 188 308
North
Baltimore 9-2 .818 283 219
Pittsburgh 6-5 .545 231 210
Cincinnati 6-5 .545 282 247
Cleveland 3-8 .273 209 248
West
Denver 8-3 .727 318 221
San Diego 4-7 .364 245 237
Oakland 3-8 .273 218 356
Kansas City 1-10 .091 161 301
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W-L-T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7-4 .636 305 226
Washington 5-6 .455 295 285
Dallas 5-6 .455 242 262
Philadelphia 3-8 .273 184 282
South
Atlanta 10-1 .909 294 216
Tampa Bay 6-5 .545 310 254
New Orleans 5-6 .455 308 304
Carolina 3-8 .273 214 265
North
Chicago 8-3 .727 277 175
Green Bay 7-4 .636 273 245
Minnesota 6-5 .545 248 249
Detroit 4-7 .364 267 280
West
San Francisco 8-2 .773 276 155
Seattle 6-5 .545 219 185
St. Louis 4-6-1 .409 205 254
Arizona 4-7 .364 180 227
Monday's game
Carolina 30, Philadelphia 22
Thursday's game
New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
New England at Miami, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Panthers 30, Eagles 22
Monday's game
Carolina 14 0 7 9—30
Philadelphia 3 12 7 0—22
First quarter: Phi—FG Henery 36, 11:12. Car—Barnidge 24 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 6:12. Car—LaFell 43 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 3:36. Second quarter: Phi—FG Henery 41, 14:15. Phi—Brown 65 run (pass failed), 10:56. Phi—FG Henery 45, 3:20. Third quarter: Car—Newton 1 run (Gano kick), 9:13. Phi—Brown 5 run (Henery kick), 3:30. Fourth quarter: Car—FG Gano 23, 12:40. Car—Newton 2 run (kick failed), 4:40.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Carolina, Newton 14-52, Stewart 8-27, D.Williams 11-21, LaFell 1-6, Tolbert 1-3. Philadelphia, Brown 19-178, Lewis 5-24, Jackson 1-2, Foles 1-0.
PASSING—Carolina, Newton 18-28-0-306. Philadelphia, Foles 16-21-0-119.
RECEIVING—Carolina, Smith 4-60, Olsen 4-50, LaFell 3-74, Murphy 2-65, Tolbert 2-24, Stewart 2-9, Barnidge 1-24. Philadelphia, Maclin 5-55, Brown 4-11, Celek 2-19, D.Johnson 2-13, Jackson 1-9, Cooper 1-7, Havili 1-5.
Golf
Professional
This week's tournaments
PGA TOUR
WORLD CHALLENGE
Where: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
When: Thursday-Sunday
Course: Sherwood Country Club (7,053 yards, par 72)
Purse: $5 million ($1 million to the winner)
TV: Golf (3-6 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 1-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday) and NBC-18 (3-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday).
Field: Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker, Bo Van Pelt, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods.
Last year: Woods won his own tournament for the fifth time for his first victory since the Australian Masters in November 2009. Zach Johnson was second a stroke back.
Notes: Woods also won in 2001, '04, '06 and '07. He won three PGA Tour titles this year to push his career total to 74. The event is his last of the year. ... McDowell won the 2010 tournament, beating Woods in a playoff.
SUNSHINE TOUR
NEDBANK CHALLENGE
Where: Sun City, South Africa
When: Thursday-Sunday
Course: Gary Player Country Club (7,590 yards, par 72)
Purse: $5 million ($1.25 million to the winner)
TV: Golf (9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday; 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday)
Field: Nicolas Colsaerts, Peter Hanson, Paul Lawrie, Garth Mulroy, Carl Pettersson, Charl Schwartzel, Bill Haas, Martin Kaymer, Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood.
Last year: Westwood won for the second straight year, shooting a course-record 62 in the third round en route to a two-stroke victory over Robert Karlsson.
Soccer
College
NCAA Tournament
(All times p.m.; games listed in bracket order;)
Quarterfinals
At Hoover, Ala.
Nov. 30: Indiana vs. North Carolina, 6
Dec. 2: Creighton vs. Connecticut, 1
Dec. 1: Georgetown vs. San Diego, 1
Dec. 1: Louisville vs. Maryland, 5
Volleyball
College
NCAA Tournament Pairings
(All times p.m. and EST;games listed in bracket order)
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND., REGION
FIRST ROUND
Friday, Nov. 30, at Penn St.
Penn St. vs. Binghamton, 7:30
Yale vs. Bowling Green, 5
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 7:30
Friday, Nov. 30, at Kentucky
Ohio St. vs. Notre Dame, 5
East Tennessee St. vs. Kentucky, 7:30
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 7
Friday, Nov. 30, at Florida St.
Florida St. vs. Hofstra, 6:30
Colorado St. vs. Purdue, 4:30
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 4:30
Friday, Nov. 30, at Minnesota
Creighton vs. Marquette, 5:30
Liberty vs. Minnesota, 7:30
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 7
BERKELEY, CALIF., REGION
FIRST ROUND
Friday, Nov. 30, at UCLA
UCLA vs. LIU-Brooklyn, 11
Michigan St. vs. San Diego, 8:30
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 10
Thursday, Nov. 29, at Louisville
Tennessee vs. Michigan, 5
Belmont vs. Louisville, 7:30
Friday, Nov. 30: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 7:30
Thursday, Nov. 29, at Iowa St.
Iowa St. vs. IPFW, 8:30
California vs. North Carolina, 6
Friday, Nov. 30: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 8:30
Friday, Nov. 30, at Stanford
Western Ky. vs. Loyola Marymount, 8:30
Jackson St. vs. Stanford, 11
Saturday, Dec. 1: Game one winner vs. game two winner, 10
Odds
Glantz-Culver Line
NCAA Basketball
Favorite Line Underdog
at Ohio 10 St. Bonaventure
at Wisconsin 10½ Virginia
at Youngstown St. 4½ Kent St.
Cleveland St. 1 at Ball St.
at Richmond 12½ William & Mary
at James Madison Pk George Washington
Temple 8 at Buffalo
Bradley 2½ at Central Mich.
at Clemson 6 Purdue
Michigan St. 2 at Miami
George Mason 4½ at Rhode Island
at North Texas 8 Texas-Arlington
at Wichita St. 15 Tulsa
at Southern Ill. 3 Fresno St.
at SMU 8 Utah
at Creighton 14 Boise St.
at UTEP 2½ New Mexico St.
at Illinois 9 Georgia Tech
at Penn St. 2½ Boston College
at Duke 6 Ohio St.
at UC Santa BarbaraPk Wyoming
at Washington St.6½ Idaho
at Nevada 13½ UC Davis
at UNLV 15 UC Irvine
at Stanford 19 Seattle
at Santa Clara 8½ Utah St.
at Washington 4½ St. Louis
at UCLA 16½ CS Northridge
at Marshall 11½ Morehead St.
Duquesne 4 at Appalachian St.
at Dayton 14 Weber St.
at Georgia Southern2½ Elon
at Furman PkWestern Carolina
at Iona 6 Niagara
UMass 8½ at Siena
at South Dakota St.15 North Dakota
at Loyola Chicago5 Tenn. Tech
BYU-x 4½ Montana
at Arizona 23½ Northern Ariz.
x-at Salt Lake City
NFL
Thursday's game
Favorite Open Today Underdog
at Atlanta 3½ 4 New Orleans
Sunday, Dec. 2
at Chicago 4 4 Seattle
at Green Bay 9 9 Minnesota
San Francisco 7 7 at St. Louis
at N.Y. Jets 3½ 4½ Arizona
Carolina 1 3 at Kansas City
at Detroit 4½ 4½ Indianapolis
at Buffalo 6 6 Jacksonville
New England 7 7½ at Miami
Houston 4½ 5½ at Tennessee
at Denver 6½ 7 Tampa Bay
at Baltimore Off Off Pittsburgh
at Oakland Off Off Cleveland
Cincinnati +1 1½ at San Diego
at Dallas 9 9 Philadelphia
Monday, Dec. 3
N.Y. Giants Pk 2½ at Washington
Off key—Pittsburgh QB questionable; Cleveland QB questionable.
NCAA Football
Thursday's game
Favorite Open Today Underdog
at Rutgers 2½ 3 Louisville
Friday's games
MAC Championship at Detroit
Northern Ill. 5 6 Kent St.
Pac-12 Championship
at Stanford 10½ 8½ UCLA
Saturday's games
Cincinnati 5½ 5 at UConn
Pittsburgh 5½ 6 at South Florida
Oklahoma 7 6½ at TCU
at Kansas St. 10½ 11½ Texas
Oklahoma St. 4½ 4½ at Baylor
Boise St. 8½ 9½ at Nevada
at West Virginia 20 20 Kansas
at Texas St. 12½ 13 New Mexico St.
at Arkansas St. 10½ 10 Middle Tenn.
La.-Lafayette 9½ 9½ at Fla. Atlantic
at Hawaii 3½ 6 South Alabama
Conference USA Championship
at Tulsa 1 1 Central Fla.
SEC Championship at Atlanta
Alabama 7½ 7 Georgia
ACC Championship at Charlotte, N.C.
Florida St. 13 14 Georgia Tech
Big Ten Championship at Indianapolis
Nebraska 3 3 Wisconsin


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