NFL standings

National Football League

All Times EDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 164 120

New England 4 1 0 .800 165 119

N.Y. Jets 2 3 0 .400 121 125

Miami 0 4 0 .000 69 104

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 3 2 0 .600 127 95

Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 105 94

Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 59 115

Indianapolis 0 5 0 .000 87 136

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 119 57

Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 110 94

Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 102 89

Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 74 93

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 4 1 0 .800 120 109

Oakland 3 2 0 .600 136 133

Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 77 150

Denver 1 4 0 .200 105 140

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 3 1 0 .750 83 63

N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 127 123

Dallas 2 2 0 .500 99 101

Philadelphia 1 4 0 .200 125 132

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 157 125

Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 87 125

Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 104 130

Carolina 1 4 0 .200 116 132

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 5 0 0 1.000 173 111

Detroit 4 0 0 1.000 135 76

Chicago 2 2 0 .500 94 98

Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 111 106

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 4 1 0 .800 142 78

Seattle 2 3 0 .400 94 122

Arizona 1 4 0 .200 96 121

St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 46 113

Sunday, Oct. 9

Minnesota 34, Arizona 10

Oakland 25, Houston 20

Kansas City 28, Indianapolis 24

Buffalo 31, Philadelphia 24

New Orleans 30, Carolina 27

Cincinnati 30, Jacksonville 20

Pittsburgh 38, Tennessee 17

Seattle 36, N.Y. Giants 25

San Francisco 48, Tampa Bay 3

San Diego 29, Denver 24

New England 30, N.Y. Jets 21

Green Bay 25, Atlanta 14

Open: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington

Monday’s Game

Chicago at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16

St. Louis at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at New England, 4:15 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Tennessee

Monday, Oct. 17

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

Bengals’ stats

Cincinnati 7 6 0 17 — 30

Jacksonville 7 6 0 7 — 20

First Quarter

Jac—Jones-Drew 6 run (Scobee kick), 9:35.

Cin—Green 37 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 3:17.

Second Quarter

Jac—FG Scobee 19, 12:01.

Jac—FG Scobee 20, 7:06.

Cin—Gresham 3 pass from Dalton (kick failed), :14.

Fourth Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 47, 9:41.

Jac—Hill 74 pass from Gabbert (Scobee kick), 8:24.

Cin—Scott 2 run (Nugent kick), 1:56.

Cin—Atkins 10 fumble return (Nugent kick), :00.

A—61,799.

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Cin Jac

First downs 13 12

Total Net Yards 239 296

Rushes-yards 31-77 27-96

Passing 162 200

Punt Returns 3-43 3-3

Kickoff Returns 3-76 2-58

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-30

Comp-Att-Int 21-33-1 15-28-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 3-21

Punts 7-47.7 7-37.7

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2

Penalties-Yards 4-33 2-15

Time of Possession 32:33 27:27

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cincinnati, Benson 24-53, Scott 6-20, Leonard 1-4. Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 19-85, Gabbert 5-11, Karim 2-4, Thomas 1-(minus 4).

PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 21-33-1-179. Jacksonville, Gabbert 15-28-0-221.

RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Green 5-90, Gresham 5-21, Simpson 4-40, Caldwell 2-13, Hawkins 2-6, Scott 2-(minus 1), Leonard 1-10. Jacksonville, Hill 5-118, Thomas 3-53, Karim 3-27, Jones 1-10, Lewis 1-6, Bolen 1-4, Dillard 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Ohio State stats

No. 14 NEBRASKA 34, OHIO ST. 27

Ohio St. 10 10 7 0 — 27

Nebraska 3 3 14 14 — 34

First Quarter

OSU—FG Basil 41, 7:16.

Neb—FG Maher 50, 5:15.

OSU—Stoneburner 32 pass from B.Miller (Basil kick), 1:51.

Second Quarter

OSU—Hyde 63 run (Basil kick), 12:46.

Neb—FG Maher 34, 2:44.

OSU—FG Basil 35, :00.

Third Quarter

OSU—Hyde 1 run (Basil kick), 10:53.

Neb—Martinez 18 run (Maher kick), 7:23.

Neb—Enunwa 36 pass from Martinez (Maher kick), 1:44.

Fourth Quarter

Neb—Burkhead 30 pass from Martinez (Maher kick), 7:35.

Neb—Burkhead 17 run (Maher kick), 5:10.

A—85,426.

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OSU Neb

First downs 16 25

Rushes-yards 41-243 51-232

Passing 108 191

Comp-Att-Int 6-18-1 16-22-1

Return Yards 7 6

Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 4-44.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0

Penalties-Yards 9-75 6-50

Time of Possession 29:17 30:43

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ohio St., Hyde 13-104, B.Miller 10-91, J.Hall 17-49, Bauserman 1-(minus 1). Nebraska, Burkhead 26-119, Martinez 17-102, Abdullah 2-16, Aa.Green 1-7, Marlowe 1-2, Turner 1-(minus 7), Team 3-(minus 7).

PASSING—Ohio St., Bauserman 1-10-1-13, B.Miller 5-8-0-95. Nebraska, Martinez 16-22-1-191.

RECEIVING—Ohio St., C.Brown 3-61, Stoneburner 1-32, Boren 1-11, D.Smith 1-4. Nebraska, Burkhead 5-59, K.Bell 3-33, Reed 3-28, Kinnie 2-14, Enunwa 1-36, K.Cooper 1-17, B.Cotton 1-4.

Notre Dame stats

NOTRE DAME 59, AIR FORCE 33

Air Force 3 13 0 17 — 33

Notre Dame 21 21 7 10 — 59

First Quarter

ND—Floyd 34 pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 12:13.

ND—Eifert 5 pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 8:21.

AFA—FG Herrington 34, 5:48.

ND—Toma 10 pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 4:07.

Second Quarter

AFA—Jefferson 3 run (kick blocked), 13:41.

ND—J.Gray 5 run (Ruffer kick), 11:39.

ND—C.Wood 8 run (Ruffer kick), 6:10.

AFA—MacArthur 6 pass from Jefferson (Herrington kick), 1:41.

ND—Riddick 24 pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), :32.

Third Quarter

ND—J.Gray 6 run (Ruffer kick), 6:49.

Fourth Quarter

AFA—FG Herrington 32, 14:56.

ND—FG Ruffer 39, 10:12.

ND—G.Atkinson 1 run (Grieco kick), 6:22.

AFA—Coleman 36 pass from Dietz (LaCoste run), 4:32.

AFA—Lee 8 run (run failed), :33.

A—80,795.

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AFA ND

First downs 32 28

Rushes-yards 60-363 29-266

Passing 202 294

Comp-Att-Int 16-28-1 27-36-0

Return Yards 0 0

Punts-Avg. 3-40.0 2-37.5

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 6-70 6-54

Time of Possession 32:26 27:34

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Air Force, Clark 11-102, Jones 5-50, DeWitt 7-49, LaCoste 2-26, Lee 3-25, Getz 7-24, Jefferson 10-22, Baska 1-19, Strickland 2-18, Cobb 5-16, Dietz 2-10, Hart 1-3, Warzeka 3-2, Hunter 1-(minus 3). Notre Dame, Hendrix 6-111, J.Gray 7-69, C.Wood 10-66, Riddick 1-14, McDaniel 2-8, G.Atkinson 2-1, Team 1-(minus 3).

PASSING—Air Force, Jefferson 12-24-1-137, Dietz 2-2-0-41, Tipton 2-2-0-24. Notre Dame, Rees 23-32-0-261, Hendrix 4-4-0-33.

RECEIVING—Air Force, Warzeka 6-71, Coleman 2-50, Freeman 2-32, Hirneise 2-15, Kauth 1-13, DeWitt 1-9, Hunter 1-6, MacArthur 1-6. Notre Dame, Riddick 8-83, Eifert 8-81, Floyd 6-78, C.Wood 2-11, Jones 1-23, Toma 1-10, Goodman 1-8.

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. LSU (40) 6-0 1,450 1

2. Alabama (10) 6-0 1,405 2

3. Oklahoma (8) 5-0 1,382 3

4. Wisconsin 5-0 1,243 4

5. Boise St. (1) 5-0 1,222 5

6. Oklahoma St. 5-0 1,176 6

7. Stanford 5-0 1,164 7

8. Clemson 6-0 1,080 8

9. Oregon 4-1 1,000 9

10. Arkansas 5-1 921 10

11. Michigan 6-0 868 12

12. Georgia Tech 6-0 741 13

13. West Virginia 5-1 659 16

14. Nebraska 5-1 642 14

15. South Carolina 5-1 608 18

16. Illinois 6-0 594 19

17. Kansas St. 5-0 580 20

18. Arizona St. 5-1 414 22

19. Virginia Tech 5-1 410 21

20. Baylor 4-1 308 25

21. Texas A&M 3-2 251 24

22. Texas 4-1 216 11

23. Michigan St. 4-1 181 NR

24. Auburn 4-2 156 15

25. Houston 6-0 142 NR

Others receiving votes: Florida 86, Washington 71, Notre Dame 64, Georgia 61, Penn St. 22, Southern Cal 17, North Carolina 13, South Florida 11, Wake Forest 7, Southern Miss. 4, SMU 3, Texas Tech 2, Cincinnati 1.

USA Today poll

The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 8, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Oklahoma (32) 5-0 1,434 1

2. LSU (15) 6-0 1,409 2

3. Alabama (11) 6-0 1,399 3

4. Wisconsin (1) 5-0 1,244 5

5. Stanford 5-0 1,232 4

6. Boise State 5-0 1,170 6

7. Oklahoma State 5-0 1,168 7

8. Clemson 6-0 1,046 8

9. Oregon 4-1 995 9

10. Michigan 6-0 891 11

11. Arkansas 5-1 871 12

12. Georgia Tech 6-0 805 13

13. South Carolina 5-1 678 14

14. Nebraska 5-1 671 15

15. Illinois 6-0 634 16

16. West Virginia 5-1 528 19

17. Virginia Tech 5-1 523 17

18. Kansas State 5-0 462 21

19. Michigan State 4-1 431 20

20. Arizona State 5-1 343 24

21. Texas 4-1 243 10

22. Houston 6-0 200 —

23. Texas A&M 3-2 198 25

24. Baylor 4-1 185 —

25. Penn State 5-1 77 —

Others receiving votes: Florida 72, Washington 52, North Carolina 43, Auburn 33, Notre Dame 31, South Florida 30, Wake Forest 22, Georgia 15, SMU 11, Texas Tech 9, Rutgers 8, Southern Miss. 7, TCU 4, Hawaii 1.

MLB postseason

Major League Baseball

Postseason Baseball

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

All Times EDT

American League

All games televised by Fox

Texas 1, Detroit 0

Saturday, Oct. 8: Texas 3, Detroit 2

Sunday, Oct. 9: Detroit at Texas, ppd. rain

Monday, Oct. 10: Detroit (Scherzer 15-9) at Texas (Holland 16-5), 4:19 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 11: Texas (Lewis 14-10) at Detroit (Fister 11-13), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Texas (Harrison 14-9) at Detroit (Porcello 14-9), 4:19 p.m.

x-Thursday, Oct. 13: Texas at Detroit (Verlander 24-5), 4:19 p.m.

x-Saturday, Oct. 15: Detroit (Scherzer 15-9) at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 16: Detroit (Fister 11-13) at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

National League

All games televised by TBS

Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0

Sunday, Oct. 9: Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 6

Monday, Oct. 10: St. Louis (Jackson 12-9) at Milwaukee (Marcum 13-7), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Milwaukee (Gallardo 17-10) at St. Louis (Carpenter 11-9), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 13: Milwaukee (Wolf 13-10) at St. Louis (Lohse 14-8), 8:05 p.m.

x-Friday, Oct. 14: Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Milwaukee, 4:05 or 8:05 p.m.

x-Monday, Oct. 17: St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

All games televised by Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 19 at National League

Thursday, Oct. 20 at National League

Saturday, Oct. 22 at American League

Sunday, Oct. 23 at American League

x-Monday, Oct. 24 at American League

x-Wednesday, Oct. 26 at National League

x-Thursday, Oct. 27 at National League

MLB linescores

Major League Baseball Linescores

NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

St. Louis 100 310 100 — 6 9 1

Milwaukee 200 060 10x — 9 11 0

J.Garcia, Dotel (5), Lynn (6), McClellan (7), Rzepczynski (7), M.Boggs (8) and Y.Molina; Greinke, Saito (7), Fr.Rodriguez (8), Axford (9) and Lucroy. W—Greinke 1-0. L—J.Garcia 0-1. Sv—Axford (1). HRs—St. Louis, Freese (1). Milwaukee, Braun (1), Fielder (1), Y.Betancourt (1).

NASCAR

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Hollywood Casino 400 Results

Sunday

At Kansas Speedway

Kansas City, Kan.

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 272 laps, 149.2 rating, 48 points, $331,336.

2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 272, 100.7, 42, $227,083.

3. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 272, 108.6, 42, $192,433.

4. (4) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 272, 121.3, 41, $186,311.

5. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 272, 87.6, 39, $169,441.

6. (14) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 272, 94.2, 38, $160,486.

7. (24) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 272, 101.7, 37, $154,408.

8. (1) Greg Biffle, Ford, 272, 112.7, 37, $130,750.

9. (21) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 272, 76.7, 35, $132,491.

10. (9) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 272, 93.7, 34, $108,375.

11. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 272, 102.5, 34, $144,541.

12. (6) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 272, 87.5, 32, $104,775.

13. (17) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 272, 84.6, 32, $136,750.

14. (18) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 272, 86.4, 30, $102,300.

15. (23) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 272, 109.8, 29, $136,283.

16. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 272, 84.1, 28, $136,925.

17. (41) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 272, 67.2, 0, $111,808.

18. (11) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 272, 68.7, 26, $129,775.

19. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 271, 62, 25, $118,114.

20. (13) David Ragan, Ford, 271, 73.6, 24, $99,375.

21. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 271, 70.5, 23, $97,500.

22. (29) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 271, 69.8, 22, $123,914.

23. (34) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 271, 60.5, 21, $126,658.

24. (16) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 271, 66.2, 20, $113,920.

25. (22) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 270, 54.5, 19, $124,336.

26. (26) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 270, 52.1, 0, $82,850.

27. (36) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 270, 43, 0, $98,208.

28. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, 270, 41.7, 0, $94,397.

29. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 270, 53.3, 15, $92,550.

30. (33) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 269, 46, 14, $112,045.

31. (38) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 269, 43.3, 13, $84,000.

32. (30) David Gilliland, Ford, 268, 38.4, 12, $83,300.

33. (25) Scott Speed, Ford, 266, 35.1, 0, $81,550.

34. (10) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, engine, 264, 91.9, 11, $117,336.

35. (27) David Reutimann, Toyota, 264, 54.4, 9, $108,083.

36. (8) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 241, 77.1, 8, $87,975.

37. (35) Andy Lally, Ford, overheating, 72, 36.1, 7, $89,250.

38. (39) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, vibration, 37, 32.9, 0, $79,525.

39. (40) Michael McDowell, Toyota, brakes, 30, 34.6, 5, $79,325.

40. (32) David Stremme, Chevrolet, rear gear, 27, 33.5, 4, $79,080.

41. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, clutch, 18, 29.9, 0, $78,805.

42. (37) Casey Mears, Toyota, brakes, 16, 29.8, 2, $78,635.

43. (28) J.J. Yeley, Ford, ignition, 12, 29.5, 1, $78,907.

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Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 137.181 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes, 27 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.548 seconds.

Caution Flags: 6 for 25 laps.

Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-20; T.Kvapil 21-23; J.Johnson 24-40; M.Kenseth 41-64; G.Biffle 65; M.Kenseth 66-67; L.Cassill 68-69; G.Biffle 70; J.Johnson 71-84; G.Biffle 85; Ky.Busch 86-93; J.Johnson 94-130; J.Gordon 131-132; J.Johnson 133-206; B.Keselowski 207; J.Johnson 208-220; Ku.Busch 221-226; J.Johnson 227-240; B.Keselowski 241-244; J.Johnson 245-272.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 7 times for 197 laps; M.Kenseth, 2 times for 26 laps; G.Biffle, 4 times for 23 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 8 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 6 laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 5 laps; T.Kvapil, 1 time for 3 laps; L.Cassill, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 2 laps.

Top 12 in Points: 1. C.Edwards, 2,161; 2. K.Harvick, 2,160; 3. J.Johnson, 2,157; 4. Bra.Keselowski, 2,150; 5. M.Kenseth, 2,149; 6. Ku.Busch, 2,145; 7. T.Stewart, 2,142; 8. Ky.Busch, 2,141; 9. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,118; 10. J.Gordon, 2,114; 11. R.Newman, 2,107; 12. D.Hamlin, 2,082.