Carlos Rodón wants to be more like Gerrit Cole when he starts the AL Championship Series opener for the Yankees against the Guardians on Monday night.

After getting knocked out in the fourth inning of his Division Series start against the Royals, Rodón paid close attention to his teammate’s outing in Thursday’s clincher.

“Gerrit’s a good poker player. Me, not so much,” Rodón said Sunday. “I need to be better at poker.”

Cole pitched shutout ball into the sixth, allowed Vinnie Pasquantino’s RBI double that cut the Yankees’ lead to two runs, then retired Salvador Perez on a popup. He pitched seven innings in the Yankees’ series-clinching 3-1 win.

“He didn’t react every inning,” Rodón said. “If you watched him come out, it’s just like a robot walking to the dugout. Then at the end of the seventh, it’s a big roar because he knows like ‘I did my job.’”

Cole starts Game 2 on Tuesday, followed by Clarke Schmidt in Game 3 at Cleveland on Thursday and rookie Luis Gil the following day in Game 4.

College football: Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday following thrilling wins in high-profile games, and Top 25 newcomers Navy and Army are in the rankings together for the first time since 1960. Texas strengthened its hold on No. 1 with its 31-point victory over Oklahoma. The Longhorns received 56 of 62 first-place votes, four more than last week and their most since they were a unanimous No. 1 in October 2008.

Soccer: After three wins from four games as England interim coach, Lee Carsley has appeared to distance himself from taking on the job full time. A 3-1 victory against Finland in the Nations League on Sunday saw England get back to winning ways in Helsinki after the shocking 2-1 home loss to Greece.