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AP College Football Top 25 11/19/2017

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November 20th, 2017 by admin

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, 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. Alabama (58) 11-0 1522 1
2. Miami (3) 10-0 1433 2
3. Oklahoma 10-1 1370 3
4. Clemson 10-1 1355 4
5. Wisconsin 11-0 1328 5
6. Auburn 9-2 1203 6
7. Georgia 10-1 1157 7
8. Ohio St. 9-2 1064 8
9. Notre Dame 9-2 1023 9
10. TCU 9-2 906 11
11. Southern Cal 10-2 891 12
12. Penn St. 9-2 888 13
13. UCF 10-0 833 14
14. Washington St. 9-2 697 15
15. Washington 9-2 613 16
16. Mississippi St. 8-3 573 17
17. Memphis 9-1 496 18
18. Oklahoma St. 8-3 422 10
19. LSU 8-3 415 21
20. Stanford 8-3 407 20
21. Michigan St. 8-3 366 22
22. South Florida 9-1 247 23
23. Northwestern 8-3 232 NR
24. Virginia Tech 8-3 136 NR
25. Boise St. 9-2 96 NR

Others receiving votes: Michigan 49, Iowa St. 47, South Carolina 30, NC State 9, San Diego St. 8, Wake Forest 7, Texas A&M 1, Fresno St. 1.

McMurray has 23, Drake tops Drexel 90-88 in 2OT

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November 20th, 2017 by admin

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — De’Antae McMurray scored 23 points, including the winning jumper with 15 seconds left, Drexel turned the ball over on its final two possessions and Drake held on for a 90-88 win in double overtime in the third place game of the relocated Paradise Jam on Sunday.

Tramaine Isabell, who scored 32 for Drexel, was called for traveling after McMurray’s basket. McMurray then missed a pair of free throws with five seconds left, but he made up for it with a steal before the Dragons got off a final shot.

McMurray had a 3-point play in the middle of a 7-0 run that put the Bulldogs up 88-85 with 47 seconds left. But Sammy Mojica, who opened the second overtime with a 3, hit one at 41 seconds to tie the game.

Nick McGlynn had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Graham Wood had 13 points as six players scored in double figures for Drake (3-1).

Kurk Lee had 21 points for Drexel (2-3) and Austin Williams had 14 rebounds.

The tournament was moved from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to the Vines Center in Lynchburg due to damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 11/20/2017

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November 20th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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Northern Iowa to host Monmouth in opening round of FCS Playoffs

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November 20th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Northern Iowa Panthers will host Monmouth in the opening round of the FCS Playoffs. The Panthers are in for the 19th time after finishing 7-4 with a 41-3 win over Indiana State. UNI closed the regular season by winning five of its final six games. The players watched the selection show at coach Mark Farley’s house.

Farley says the Panthers were thrilled with the opportunity to play at home. He says travel can be difficult this time of year and that makes playing at home even more important.

It will be the first meeting between UNI and Monmouth while the playoff appearance for the Hawks is their first in school history. MU earned a 9-2 record on the season and a 4-1 record overall in the Big South.

(Learfield Sports)

Iowa State tops Boise State to win Puerto Rico Tipoff

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November 20th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State had a 24 point second half lead trimmed to four but the Cyclones held off Boise State 75-64 Sunday, to win the Puerto Rico Tipoff at Myrtle Beach. Donovan Jackson scored 26 points, including ISU’s final 13 points of the game.

After dropping their first two games the Cyclones have won three straight. Junior guard Nick Weiler-Babb was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

(Learfield Sports)

Giants 12, Chiefs 9, OT

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November 19th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Roger Lewis Jr. made a spectacular catch to set up the winning 23-yard yard goal by Aldrick Rosas in overtime and the New York Giants responded from weeks of adversity to beat the AFC West-leading Kansas City Chiefs 12-9 on a blustery, cold Sunday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Giants (2-8) and sent the Chiefs (6-4) to their fourth loss in five games.

The winning kick came two plays after Lewis was yanked to the ground on a deep pass from Eli Manning, but still caught the ball while flat on his back for a 34-yard completion on a fourth-down heave. Had he not caught it, flags flew for pass interference.

UP NEXT: Chiefs: Host Buffalo next Sunday.

Purdue beats Iowa 24-15 for 1st Big 10 road win

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November 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Elijah Sindelar threw for 229 yards and a career-high three touchdown passes and Purdue beat Iowa 24-15 to move within a game of bowl eligibility.

The Boilermakers (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) won their first Big Ten road game of the year and snapped Iowa’s four-game win streak in the series.

 

UP NEXT: Iowa plays Nebraska on Friday.

Kraemer throws 4 TDs, Drake downs Jacksonville 52-7

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November 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Grant Kraemer passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Steven Doran and Connor Ostrander, and Drake beat Jacksonville 52-7 on Saturday to close out its season.

Brock Reichardt scored on a 39-yard run on Drake’s opening drive before Kraemer hit Doran on TD passes of 49 and 55 yards on the next two possessions for a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter. They were Doran’s only receptions and he finished with 104 yards.

Kraemer threw TD passes of 13 and 28 yards to Ostrander, who had six catches for 102 yards. Alex Bonds scored on a 6-yard run, Tyler Updegraff had a 2-yard scoring run and Danny Donley kicked a career-best 48-yard field goal.

Sean Lynch had 11 solo tackles for the Bulldogs (7-4, 6-2 Pioneer), who held the Dolphins, which average 275 rushing yards per game, to 298 total yards.

Jacksonville’s Rylan Wells scored on a 1-yard keeper in the second quarter after the Dolphins (7-4, 5-3) recovered Drew Lauer’s fumble. Wells threw for 90 yards with an interception.

Team Roth wins US women’s Olympic curling trials

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November 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Registered nurse Nina Roth led her team to victory in the U.S. curling trials on Saturday to earn the American women’s spot in the Olympics. Fellow first-time Olympians Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving and Becca Hamilton are set to join her at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Roth’s rink beat the one led by Jamie Sinclair 7-6 to win the best-of-three playoff in Omaha.

Roth’s team missed back-to-back takeouts in the second-to-last end, then nearly gave the match away when Roth was called for a foul for failing to release her stone before it crossed the hogline.

But Roth’s team scored two in the 10th end, or inning, to earn the victory. Roth, Peterson and Hamilton also have qualified for next month’s mixed doubles trials.

Iowa State ends 2-game skid with 23-13 victory at Baylor

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November 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

WACO, Texas (AP) — Allen Lazard became Iowa State’s career receiving leader with a touchdown catch and the Cyclones clinched a winning conference record for the first time since 2000 with their 23-13 victory at Baylor on Saturday.

Hakeem Butler had a one-handed catch over his shoulder and then broke a tackle for a 67-yard touchdown just before halftime that snapped a 10-10 tie and put Iowa State (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) ahead to stay.

The Cyclones snapped a two-game losing streak that had followed a perfect 4-0 October in which they became the only team this season with two wins over top-five opponents. They will play in their first bowl game since 2012.

Lazard entered the game 26 yards short of Todd Bylthe’s school record 3,096 yards receiving, and surpassed that on his 25th career TD, a 36-yarder in the first quarter. David Montgomery ran for 144 yards on 27 carries, going over 1,000 yards for the season, but the Iowa State sophomore had to be helped off the field after a run in the fourth quarter when he got bent in a weird direction.

 

UP NEXT: Iowa St: The bowl-bound Cyclones go to Kansas State next Saturday.