Odds
NFL
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Saturday
at Baltimore 17 1/2 (42 1/2) Cleveland
Cincinnati 1 1/2 (48 1/2) at Pittsburgh
Sunday
Washington 3 1/2 (44 1/2) at Dallas
Buffalo 2 1/2 (38 1/2) at N. England
at Atlanta 7 1/2 (48 1/2) Carolina
at Tampa Bay 13 1/2 (43 1/2) New Orleans
at Tennessee 1 1/2 (37 1/2) Houston
at Indianapolis 5 1/2 (45 1/2) Jacksonville
at Philadelphia 3 (38 1/2) NY Giants
at Green Bay 9 1/2 (40 1/2) Chicago
Seattle 3 (39 1/2) at LA Rams
at Denver 8 1/2 (39 1/2) Kansas City
San Fran. 1 1/2 (46 1/2) at Arizona
LA Chargers 5 1/2 (41 1/2) at Las Vegas
Miami 1 1/2 (40 1/2) at NY Jets
at Detroit 2 1/2 (52 1/2) VIKINGS
College Football
Favorite Line Underdog
Today
ReliaQuest Bowl
Alabama 14 1/2 (43 1/2) Michigan
Sun Bowl
Louisville 1 1/2 (49 1/2) Washington
Citrus Bowl
S Carolina 9 1/2 (49 1/2) Illinois
Texas Bowl
Baylor 3 1/2 (60 1/2) LSU
Fiesta Bowl - CFP Quarterfinal
Penn St 11 1/2 (53 1/2) Boise St
Wednesday
Peach Bowl - CFP Quarterfinal
Texas 12 1/2 (51 1/2) Arizona St
Rose Bowl - CFP Quarterfinal
Ohio St 2 1/2 (55 1/2) Oregon
Sugar Bowl - CFP Quarterfinal
Georgia 1 1/2 (45 1/2) Notre Dame
Thursday
Gator Bowl
Ole Miss 17 1/2 (51 1/2) Duke
Friday
First Responder Bowl
Texas St 13 1/2 (61 1/2) N Texas
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
GOPHERS 7 1/2 (42 1/2) Virginia Tech
Saturday
Bahamas Bowl
Buffalo 2 1/2 (50 1/2) Liberty
NBA
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Today
at Indiana Off (Off) Milwaukee
at Boston Off (Off) Toronto
at San Antonio Off (Off) LA Clippers
at Okla. City Off (Off) TIMBERWOLVES
at Phoenix Off (Off) Memphis
at LA Lakers Off (Off) Cleveland
College Basketball
Favorite Line Underdog
Today
NC State 1 1/2 at Virginia
St. Louis 1 1/2 at Fordham
at Texas Tech 13 1/2 UCF
at Charlotte 3 1/2 Tulane
at Xavier 9 1/2 Seton Hall
VCU 2 1/2 at St. Bonaventure
at Dayton 17 1/2 La Salle
Rhode Island 3 1/2 at Duquesne
at G. Mason 6 1/2 Davidson
at St. Joseph’s 9 1/2 UMass
at Kentucky 22 1/2 Brown
at Kansas 12 1/2 W Virginia
Wake Forest 1 1/2 at Syracuse
at Baylor 10 1/2 Utah
at Georgia Tech 1 1/2 Notre Dame
at Tennessee 31 1/2 Norfolk St
at S Florida 2 1/2 E Carolina
at BYU 9 1/2 Arizona St
UNLV 9 1/2 at Air Force
G Wash 3 1/2 at Richmond
at N Texas 6 1/2 UAB
at Abil. Christ. 2 1/2 SFA
St. John’s 1 1/2 at Creighton
at Duke 24 1/2 Virginia Tech
Colorado St 4 1/2 at San Jose St
Marquette 6 1/2 at Providence
New Mexico 15 1/2 at Fresno St
at S Indiana 1 1/2 Morehead St
Boise St 7 1/2 at Wyoming
at Nevada 2 1/2 Utah St
NHL
Favorite Line Underdog
Today
at Washington -140/+116 Boston
at Toronto -146/+122 NY Islanders
at Vegas -250/+202 Montreal
St. Louis -146/+122 at Chicago
at Detroit -125/+104 Pittsburgh
at Colorado -178/+146 Winnipeg
New Jersey -265/+215 at Anaheim
at Dallas -235/+190 Buffalo
at WILD -166/+138 Nashville
Carolina -230/+188 at Columbus
Philadelphia -170/+140 at San Jose
Vancouver -114/-105 at Calgary
at Edmonton -235/+190 Utah
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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-LAChargers 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-S. Francisco 6 10 0 .375 365 389
e-Eliminated from playoffs
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
*-clinched home-field advantage
Week 17
Wednesday’s games
Kansas City 29, Pittsburgh 10
Baltimore 31, Houston 2
Thursday’s game
Seattle 6, Chicago 3
Saturday’s games
L.A. Chargers 40, New England 7
Cincinnati 30, Denver 24, OT
L.A. Rams 13, Arizona 9
Sunday’s games
Buffalo 40, N.Y. Jets 14
Jacksonville 20, Tennessee 13
Las Vegas 25, New Orleans 10
N.Y. Giants 45, Indianapolis 33
Philadelphia 41, Dallas 7
Tampa Bay 48, Carolina 14
Miami 20, Cleveland 3
VIKINGS 27, Green Bay 25
Washington 30, Atlanta 24, OT
Monday’s game
Detroit 40, San Francisco 34
Lions 40, 49ers 34
Detroit 6 7 18 9 — 40 San Francisco 7 14 7 6 — 34
First quarter
SF — Pearsall 3 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 8:13.
DET — Ja.Williams 3 run (kick blocked), 3:42.
Second quarter
SF — Juszczyk 9 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 14:53.
DET — Ja.Williams 42 pass from Goff (Bates kick), 10:09.
SF — Purdy 9 run (Moody kick), 6:13.
Third quarter
DET — LaPorta 6 pass from Goff (Patrick pass from Goff), 9:58.
SF — Samuel 5 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 7:40.
DET — FG Bates 57, 4:25.
DET — St. Brown 4 pass from Goff (Bates kick), :19.
Fourth quarter
DET — FG Bates 42, 10:29.
DET — Gibbs 30 run (kick failed), 2:58.
SF — Dobbs 7 run (kick failed), :43.
DET SF
First downs 23 29
Total net yards 439 475
Rushes-yards 33-152 18-75
Passing 287 400
Punt returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff returns 3-86 4-128
Interceptions ret 2-39 0-0
Comp-att-int 26-34-0 30-40-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 2-12
Punts 0-0.0 0-0.0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-yards 6-57 5-30
Time of poss 34:52 25:08
INDIVIDUAL Stats
Rushing — Detroit, Gibbs 18-117, Reynolds 7-31, Jefferson 3-9, Ja.Williams 2-(minus 2), Goff 3-(minus 3). San Francisco, Guerendo 9-34, Samuel 3-16, Purdy 3-12, Dobbs 1-7, Pearsall 2-6.
Passing — Detroit, Goff 26-34-0-303. San Francisco, Purdy 27-35-2-377, Dobbs 3-4-0-35, Pearsall 0-1-0-0.
Receiving — Detroit, St. Brown 8-60, LaPorta 6-64, Ja.Williams 5-77, Gibbs 4-46, Reynolds 2-35, Robinson 1-21. San Francisco, Pearsall 8-141, Kittle 8-112, Jennings 7-67, Guerendo 4-65, Conley 1-13, Juszczyk 1-9, Samuel 1-5.
Missed field goals — San Francisco, Moody 58, Moody 51.
Week 18
Saturday, Jan. 4
Cleveland at Baltimore, 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 5
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
New York 9 2 1 1 2 18 17
Ottawa 7 2 0 1 3 14 17
Toronto 7 2 0 1 3 17 20
Boston 6 2 0 0 4 12 16
Monday’s game
Montreal 3, Boston 1
Tuesday’s game
Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m.
IIHF men’s world junior championship
Monday’s games
Slovakia 5, Kazakhstan 4, OT
Latvia 4, Germany 3, OT
Tuesday’s games
Kazakhstan vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m.
Finland vs. Latvia, 1:30 p.m.
Sweden vs. Czechia, 4 p.m.
Canada vs. USA, 7 p.m.
College
Men’s basketball
Associated Press top-25 rankings
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Record Pts Pvs
1. Tennessee (41) 12-0 1504 1
2. Auburn (20) 11-1 1481 2
3. Iowa St. 10-1 1392 3
4. Duke 10-2 1321 4
5. Alabama 11-2 1238 5
6. Florida 13-0 1202 6
7. Kansas 9-2 1084 7
8. Marquette 11-2 1037 8
9. Oregon 12-1 979 9
10. Kentucky 10-2 958 10
11. UConn 10-3 904 11
12. Oklahoma 13-0 863 12
13. Texas A&M 11-2 812 13
14. Houston 8-3 626 15
15. UCLA 11-2 571 22
16. Cincinnati 10-1 551 17
17. Mississippi St. 11-1 483 19
18. Michigan St. 10-2 473 18
19. Gonzaga 9-4 383 14
20. Purdue 9-4 281 21
21. Memphis 10-3 213 -
22. Illinois 9-3 193 24
23. Arkansas 10-2 174 23
24. Mississippi 11-2 165 16
25. Baylor 8-3 139 25
Others receiving votes: Maryland 133, Drake 100, St. John’s 98, Dayton 90, Michigan 65, Utah St. 59, Georgia 48, Pittsburgh 35, West Virginia 30, San Diego St. 28, Ohio St. 19, Missouri 19, North Carolina 19, Arizona St 13, Indiana 11, Texas Tech 8, Clemson 8, Wisconsin 7, Penn St. 5, St. Bonaventure 2, Nebraska 1.
Monday’s games
Top 25
No. 2 Auburn 87, Monmouth 58
No. 3 Iowa St. 79, Colorado 69
No. 14 Houston 60, Oklahoma St. 47
Kansas St. 70, No. 16 Cincinnati 67
No. 17 Miss. St. 87, Bethune-Cookman 73
No. 18 Michigan St. 80, Western Mich. 62
No. 19 Gonzaga at Pepperdine, late
No. 23 Arkansas 92, Oakland 62
BIG TEN
Rutgers 91, Columbia 64
Iowa 112, New Hampshire 70
Nebraska 77, Southern 43
summit
Oral Roberts 92, Tex. A&M-Texarkana 54
MIAC
LeTourneau 72, Concordia-Moorhead 68
Gustavus Adolphus 78, Coe 75
Wis.-Oshkosh 74, Hamline 65
Claremont-M-S 87, Saint Mary’s 49
UW-River Falls 80, St. Scholastica 57
Wis.-Eau Claire 76, Carleton 73
woMen’s basketball
Associated Press top-25 rankings
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Record Pts Pvs
1. UCLA (30) 13-0 798 1
2. South Carolina (1) 12-1 763 2
3. Notre Dame (1) 11-2 727 3
4. Southern Cal 12-1 693 4
5. Texas 13-1 642 5
6. LSU 15-0 628 6
7. UConn 11-2 613 7
8. Maryland 12-0 609 8
9. Oklahoma 12-1 534 9
10. Ohio St. 13-0 504 10
11. TCU 13-1 475 11
12. Kansas St 13-1 452 12
13. Georgia Tech 14-0 400 13
14. Duke 10-3 357 14
15. Tennessee 12-0 340 15
16. Kentucky 11-1 321 16
17. North Carolina 13-2 303 17
18. West Virginia 10-2 233 18
19. Alabama 13-1 207 20
20. California 13-1 186 21
21. Michigan St. 11-2 148 19
22. NC State 10-3 137 22
23. Iowa 11-2 116 24
24. Michigan 10-3 82 23
25. Mississippi 8-3 48 25
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 26, Utah 24, Illinois 11, Oklahoma St. 7, Baylor 5, Nebraska 4, Mississippi St. 3, Harvard 3, Portland 1.
Monday’s games
Top 25
No. 25 Mississippi 93, Alcorn 41
MIAC
Augsburg 48, Crown 35
Concordia-Moorhead 80, CWRU 54
St. Catherine 93, Buena Vista 64
Gustavus Adolphus 89, Bethany Lutheran 46
football
Monday’s Music City Bowl
Missouri 27, Iowa 24
College football playoffs
Quarterfinals
Today
Fiesta Bowl
Penn State vs. Boise State, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Peach Bowl
Texas vs. Arizona State, , noon
Rose Bowl
Ohio State vs. Oregon, 4 p.m.
Sugar Bowl
Notre Dame vs Georgia, 7:45 p.m.
Semifinals
Jan. 9
Orange Bowl
Penn St.-Boise St. Winner vs. Notre Dame-Georgia winner, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 10
Cotton Bowl
Clemson-Texas-Arizona St. winner vs. Ohio St.-Oregon winner, 6:30 p.m.
National Championship
Jan. 20
Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m.
High school
Boys basketball
Andover 70, Mounds View 68
Columbia Heights 72, Mpls. Camden 70
Menomonie 61, Mahtomedi 45
Centennial 99, Chisago Lakes 66
Minneapolis North 89, Two Rivers 67
Minnehaha Academy 74, South St. Paul 60
Mound-Westonka 71, Mankato West 51
Hopkins 95, Breck 75
Boys hockey
St. Louis Park 4, Cambridge-Isanti 2
Tartan 4, Northern Edge 0
Woodbury 9, Highland Park 0
Farmington 8, Bloomington Jefferson 1
Hastings 7, South St. Paul 1
Girls hockey
Hopkins/Park 6, Visitation 1
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