Odds
NFL
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Saturday
at Baltimore 17 1/2 (41 1/2) Cleveland
Cincinnati 1 1/2 (48 1/2) at Pittsburgh
Sunday
at Green Bay 10 1/2 (41 1/2) Chicago
Washington 4 1/2 (44 1/2) at Dallas
Buffalo 2 1/2 (38 1/2) at New England
at Atlanta 7 1/2 (48 1/2) Carolina
at Tampa Bay 13 1/2 (43 1/2) New Orleans
Houston 1 1/2 (38 1/2) at Tennessee
at Indianapolis 4 1/2 (45 1/2) Jacksonville
at Philadelphia 2 1/2 (37 1/2) NY Giants
Seattle 6 1/2 (38 1/2) at LA Rams
at Denver 10 1/2 (39 1/2) Kansas City
at Arizona 4 1/2 (42 1/2) San Fran.
LA Chargers 4 1/2 (41 1/2) at Las Vegas
Miami 1 1/2 (39 1/2) at NY Jets
at Detroit 2 1/2 (56 1/2) VIKINGS
College football
Favorite Line Underdog
Thursday
Sugar Bowl - Quarterfinal, New Orleans
Notre Dame 1 1/2 (45 1/2) Georgia
Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla.
Ole Miss 17 1/2 (51 1/2) Duke
NBA
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Thursday
Boston 4 (221) at Minnesota
at Miami 2 (226) Indiana
at Milwaukee Off (Off) Brooklyn
at Okla. City 9 1/2 (217 1/2) LA Clippers
at Golden St Off (Off) Philadelphia
at LA Lakers Off (Off) Portland
College basketball
Favorite Line Underdog
Thursday
at Charleston S. 1 1/2 Gardner-Webb
Longwood 2 1/2 at Presbyterian
at N Florida 7 1/2 Austin Peay
at Winthrop 14 1/2 S Carolina Upstate
at Holy Cross 2 1/2 Loyola (MD)
Troy 2 1/2 at Appalachian St
at Penn St 5 1/2 N'western
at Liberty 8 1/2 W Kentucky
Memphis 4 1/2 at Florida Atl
at Oakland 1 1/2 Milwaukee
at Murray St 6 1/2 Illinois St
Purdue 7 1/2 at GOPHERS
at Indiana 4 1/2 Rutgers
at UTEP 1 1/2 Louisiana Tech
at N.M. St 1 1/2 Sam Houston
at Gonzaga 33 1/2 Portland
Maryland 6 1/2 at Washington
Santa Clara 13 1/2 at San Diego
Oregon St 5 1/2 at Loyola Mrym
at Oregon 2 1/2 Illinois
San Fran. 15 1/2 at Pacific
at St. Mary's (CA) 16 1/2 Pepperdine
NHL
Favorite Line Underdog
Thursday
at Florida -113/-106 Carolina
at Washington -164/+136 WILD
Boston -122/+102 at NY Rangers
at Columbus -120/+100 Detroit
Toronto -120/+100 at NY Islanders
at Winnipeg -310/+240 Anaheim
at Dallas -182/+150 Ottawa
at Colorado -230/+188 Buffalo
Utah -115/-104 at Calgary
at Vegas -192/+158 Philadelphia
at Seattle -125/+104 Vancouver
Tampa Bay -245/+198 at San Jose
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Buffalo 13 3 0 .813 509 345
Miami 8 8 0 .500 325 332
e-N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 306 384
e-New England 3 13 0 .188 266 401
South Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Houston 9 7 0 .563 349 358
e-Indianapolis 7 9 0 .438 351 404
e-Jacksonville 4 12 0 .250 297 409
e-Tennessee 3 13 0 .188 297 437
North Division
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Baltimore 11 5 0 .688 483 351
x-Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 363 328
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 453 417
e-Cleveland 3 13 0 .188 248 400
West Division
W L T Pct PF PA
*-Kansas City 15 1 0 .938 385 288
x-L.A. Chargers 10 6 0 .625 368 281
Denver 9 7 0 .563 387 311
e-Las Vegas 4 12 0 .250 289 400
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
North Division
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Detroit 14 2 0 .875 533 333
x-VIKINGS 14 2 0 .875 423 301
x-Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 438 314
e-Chicago 4 12 0 .250 286 348
East Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Philadelphia 13 3 0 .813 443 290
x-Washington 11 5 0 .688 462 372
e-Dallas 7 9 0 .438 331 445
e-N.Y. Giants 3 13 0 .188 260 395
South Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 475 366
Atlanta 8 8 0 .500 351 379
e-New Orleans 5 11 0 .313 319 371
e-Carolina 4 12 0 .250 297 496
West Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-L.A. Rams 10 6 0 .625 342 356
e-Seattle 9 7 0 .563 345 343
e-Arizona 7 9 0 .438 353 355
e-San Francisco 6 10 0 .375 365 389
e-Eliminated from playoffs
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
*-clinched home-field advantage
Week 18
Saturday’s games
Cleveland at Baltimore, 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Buffalo at New England, noon
Carolina at Atlanta, noon
Chicago at Green Bay, noon
Houston at Tennessee, noon
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, noon
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon
Washington at Dallas, noon
Kansas City at Denver, 3:25 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 3:25 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m.
VIKINGS at Detroit, 7:20 p.m.
Hockey
PWHL
PTS W OTW OTL L GF GA
Montréal 13 3 2 0 1 17 14
FROST 12 3 1 1 1 22 16
Ottawa 10 3 0 1 3 16 18
New York 9 2 1 1 2 18 17
Toronto 7 2 0 1 4 18 22
Boston 6 2 0 0 4 12 16
Thursday’s game
Boston at FROST, 6:30 p.m.
IIHF men’s world junior championship
Thursday’s games
Germany vs. Kazakhstan, 10 a.m.
Sweden vs. Latvia, 11 a.m.
U.S. vs. Switzerland, 1:30 p.m.
Finland vs. Slovakia, 4 p.m.
Czechia vs. Canada, 6:30 p.m.
College
Men’s basketball
Wednesday’s games
AP top 25
No. 11 Connecticut 81, DePaul 68
National scores
EAST
Boston College 78, Miami 68
Dartmouth 108, Colby Sawyer 55
Pittsburgh 86, California 74
Yale 93, Howard 65
SOUTH
Clemson 85, Stanford 71
ETSU 84, VMI 69
Furman 90, W. Carolina 61
Louisville 83, North Carolina 70
Mercer 99, Chattanooga 94, OT
N. Kentucky 69, Fort Wayne 68, OT
UNC-Greensboro 68, Wofford 66
MIDWEST
Evansville 68, S. Illinois 53
Ill.-Chicago 74, Drake 70
UConn 81, DePaul 68
Villanova 73, Butler 65
Youngstown St. 77, IU Indianapolis 61
SOUTHWEST
Rice 70, Tulsa 64
WoMen’s basketball
Wednesday’s games
AP top 25
No. 1 UCLA 86, No. 24 Michigan 70
No. 4 Southern Cal 75, Nebraska 55
No. 7 Connecticut 77, Marquette 45
No. 11 TCU 63, Colorado 50
No. 12 Kansas St. 74, Houston 55
No. 18 West Virginia 80, UCF 58
No. 21 Michigan St. 77, Purdue 59
No. 23 Iowa 80, Penn St. 68
BIG TEN
Iowa 80, Penn St. 68
Michigan St. 77, Purdue 59
Southern Cal 75, Nebraska 55
UCLA 86, Michigan 70
MIAC
St. Olaf 59, Martin Luther 57
UMAC
St. Olaf 59, Martin Luther 57
National scores
EAST
Buffalo 81, Cent. Michigan 55
Dartmouth 94, Colby Sawyer 46
Iowa 80, Penn St. 68
Providence 59, St. John’s 52, OT
Temple 63, East Carolina 58
West Virginia 80, UCF 58
SOUTH
Furman 107, Southern Wesleyan 51
Memphis 93, Wichita St. 83
Rice 72, Tulane 64
South Florida 69, Charlotte 68, OT
MIDWEST
Akron 74, Ohio 61
Ball St. 68, Miami (Ohio) 55
Cincinnati 75, BYU 63
Creighton 68, Butler 64
Detroit 67, IUPUI 59
Fort Wayne 74, Youngstown St. 60
Iowa St. 78, Kansas 64
Kent St. 81, Bowling Green 71
Michigan St. 77, Purdue 59
N. Illinois 59, Toledo 58
UConn 77, Marquette 45
W. Michigan 65, E. Michigan 51
SOUTHWEST
Kansas St. 74, Houston 55
North Texas 84, Tulsa 78
Oklahoma St. 84, Baylor 61
TCU 63, Colorado 50
UTSA 67, UAB 56
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 79, Texas Tech 61
Colorado St. 67, San Diego St. 56
New Mexico 70, Nevada 62
Southern Cal 75, Nebraska 55
UCLA 86, Michigan 70
UNLV 90, San Jose St. 70
Wyoming 73, Utah St. 53
Football
Wednesday’s games
College Football Playoff
Quarterfinals
Peach Bowl, Atlanta
No. 4 Texas 39, No. 10 Arizona St. 31
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
No. 6 Ohio St. 41, No. 1 Oregon 21
Thursday’s games
College Football Playoff
Quarterfinal
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Georgia, TBA
Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla.
Duke vs. Mississippi, 6:30 p.m.
No. 4 Texas 39, No. 10 Arizona St. 31, 2OT
Texas 14 3 0 7 — 39 Arizona St. 3 0 5 16 — 31
First quarter
ASU — FG Kieffer 39, 8:59.
TEX — D.Moore 23 pass from Ewers (Auburn kick), 8:14.
TEX — Bolden 75 punt return (Auburn kick), 7:08.
Second quarter
TEX — FG Auburn 22, 8:54.
Third quarter
ASU — safety, 7:38.
ASU — FG Kieffer 36, :41.
Fourth quarter
TEX — Ewers 5 run (Auburn kick), 10:17.
ASU — McClain 42 pass from Skattebo (Guillory pass from Leavitt), 6:31.
ASU — Skattebo 2 run (Skattebo run), 5:00.
First Overtime
ASU — Skattebo 3 run (Kieffer kick), :00.
TEX — Golden 28 pass from Ewers (Auburn kick), :00.
Second Overtime
TEX — Helm 25 pass from Ewers (Golden pass from Ewers), :00.
TEX ASU
First downs 17 29
Total net yards 375 510
Rushes-yards 30-53 49-214
Passing 322 296
Punt returns 2-80 1-8
Kickoff returns 3-29 1-17
Interceptions ret 1-0 1-0
Comp-att-int 20-30-1 26-48-1
Sacked yds lost 3-15 3-9
Punts 3-48.667 3-40.0
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 10-67 6-50
Time of poss 22:06 37:54
INDIVIDUAL Stats
Rushing — Texas, Wisner 18-45, Bolden 1-5, Blue 4-4, Ewers 6-1, (Team) 1-(minus 2). Arizona St., Skattebo 30-143, Leavitt 13-60, K.Brown 5-11, Stovall 1-0.
Passing — Texas, Ewers 20-30-1-322. Arizona St., Leavitt 24-46-1-222, Skattebo 1-1-0-42, Floyd 1-1-0-32.
Receiving — Texas, Golden 7-149, Wisner 4-40, Helm 3-56, Wingo 2-33, D.Moore 2-25, Blue 1-11, Davis 1-8. Arizona St., Skattebo 8-99, Stovall 7-34, Guillory 3-19, Metayer 3-16, Omeire 2-40, McClain 1-42, Lono-Wong 1-32, K.Brown 1-14.
Missed field goals — Texas, Auburn 48, Auburn 38. Arizona St., Kieffer 36.
No. 6 Ohio State 41, No. 1 Oregon 21
Ohio St. 14 20 7 0 — 41 Oregon 0 8 7 6 — 21
First quarter
OSU — J.Smith 45 pass from Howard (Fielding kick), 14:00.
OSU — Egbuka 42 pass from Howard (Fielding kick), 7:31.
Second quarter
OSU — FG Fielding 46, 14:50.
OSU — J.Smith 43 pass from Howard (Fielding kick), 10:28.
OSU — Henderson 66 run (Fielding kick), 8:47.
OSU — FG Fielding 36, 2:59.
ORE — Holden 5 pass from Gabriel (Lowe pass from Gabriel), :00.
Third quarter
ORE — Whittington 2 run (Sappington kick), 8:55.
OSU — Henderson 8 run (Fielding kick), 2:19.
Fourth quarter
ORE — Holden 27 pass from Gabriel (run failed), 10:00.
OSU ORE
First downs 20 15
Total net yards 500 276
Rushes-yards 31-181 28--23
Passing 319 299
Punt returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff returns 1-3 0-0
Interceptions ret 0-0 0-0
Comp-att-int 17-26-0 29-42-0
Sacked yds lost 0-0 8-56
Punts 5-40.4 8-39.875
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 2-14 3-13
Time of poss 29:02 30:58
INDIVIDUAL Stats
Rushing — Ohio St., Henderson 8-94, Judkins 17-85, J.Smith 1-5, Howard 5-(minus 3). Oregon, J.James 7-14, Limar 2-4, Whittington 6-3, Te.Johnson 1-(minus 1), Gabriel 12-(minus 43).
Passing — Ohio St., Howard 17-26-0-319. Oregon, Gabriel 29-41-0-299, D.Moore 0-1-0-0.
Receiving — Ohio St., J.Smith 7-187, Egbuka 5-72, Henderson 3-20, G.Scott 1-30, Tate 1-10. Oregon, Holden 7-116, Whittington 6-30, Te.Ferguson 5-71, Te.Johnson 5-32, Lowe 2-27, J.James 2-7, Sadiq 1-10, Bryant 1-6.
Missed field goals — None.
WoMen’s hockey
Wednesday’s game
WCHA
GOPHERS 4, Bemidji State 1
High school
Boys hockey
Cambridge-Isanti 2, South St. Paul 1, OT
Bloomington Jefferson 8, Highland Park 2
St. Louis Park 3, Hastings 2
Woodbury vs Farmington, late
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