Oregon remained the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday after its close call at Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Alabama each jumped up two spots and Georgia returned to the top 10. LSU is unranked for the first time in two years.
The unbeaten Ducks are atop the AP Top 25 for the fifth straight week, passing Texas as the No. 1 team for the most polls this season. They received all 62 first-place votes for the third week in a row after scoring their fewest points in 37 games in the 16-13 win over Wisconsin.
Oregon also holds the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings and will attempt to complete its first perfect regular season since 2010 when it hosts Washington in two weeks.
The Ducks were followed in the AP poll by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Indiana for the second straight week.
Tennis
Sinner beats Fritz, Wins ATP Finals >> Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans — and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.
Sinner won his first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and U.S. Open in 2024 and had already clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking.
Sinner, however, has off-court issues after he tested positive in two separate drug tests in March. A decision to clear him of wrongdoing was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency in September. A final ruling is expected from the Court of Arbitration for Sport early next year.
Sinner’s explanation was that the banned performance-enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who had used a spray containing the steroid to treat his own cut finger.
Women’s basketball
Stanford takes FIRST LOSS >> Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 21 points and Yarden Garzon put up 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Indiana knocked off No. 24 Stanford 79-66.
The Hoosiers (2-2) took the lead at the end of the first quarter when Moore-McNeil drilled a 3 to tie the game and Garzon scored at the basket to make it 24-22 and they never trailed the rest of the way.
Nunu Agara led Stanford (4-1) with 15 points and four assists.
Saturday’s late games
No. 13 Boise State 42, San Jose State 21 >> Ashton Jeanty ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns to set a school record for yards rushing in a season, and Boise State beat San Jose State for its eighth straight win.
Boise State (9-1, 6-0 MWC), took advantage of four turnovers by San Jose State (6-4, 3-3), two of them on consecutive drives in the second half.
SHARKS lose in shooutout to Penguins >> Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.
Tyler Toffoli scored twice, including a power-play goal, while Mikael Granlund also scored for the Sharks.
Granlund and Toffoli scored in the third period to tie the game, as San Jose rallied from a three-goal deficit to force overtime.