Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The future of embattled Nebraska coach Mike Riley has been the hottest topic in the state and among Cornhusker fans everywhere this week. The Huskers are coming off a 56-14 loss to Ohio State that was their most lopsided defeat at home since 1949. Bill Moos was hired away from Washington State to be Nebraska’s athletic director. Moos will decide after the season whether to bring back Riley for a fourth year.

UNDATED (AP) — The same technological advances that tempt fans to stay home rather than heading to the stadium also make it easy for programs to start new college football traditions. Social media enables traditions to begin much sooner nowadays. The latest example is Florida getting fans to sing along to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” after the third quarter.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders came into the season trying to chase the Kansas City Chiefs for AFC West dominance. The Raiders head into the first meeting between the rivals this season on a four-game losing streak and desperate for any kind of win. Oakland has lost its last five meetings against the Chiefs. It can ill afford another if the team wants to compete for a playoff berth.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Bill Snyder coached his first game as Kansas State’s head coach in 1989. Lincoln Riley was six years old. Snyder is oldest coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Riley is the youngest. Their teams will face off this week.

UNDATED (AP) — Wichita State’s move to the American Athletic Conference left the Missouri Valley looking like a one-bid league. Northern Iowa doesn’t seem like a team content to rely on the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers open the season at North Carolina, play in a Thanksgiving weekend tournament against Power Five teams, host UNLV and Xavier, and play Iowa State on a neutral floor.

Class 3A

Region 2

(3-0) Kuemper Catholic def. Atlantic, 25-10 25-18 25-6
(3-1) East Sac County def. OA-BCIG, 25-16 25-17 23-25 25-10
(3-0) Roland-Story def. Greene County, 25-11 25-13 25-22
(3-2) South Central Calhoun def. Southeast Valley, 25-19 25-13 15-25 23-25 15-10

Region 3

(3-0) Red Oak def. Clarke, 25-7 25-6 25-9
(3-2) Shenandoah def. Creston, 25-13 18-25 25-18 28-30 15-8
(3-0) Gilbert def. Saydel, 25-11 25-8 25-8
(3-0) North Polk def. Chariton, 25-14 25-9 25-19

Class 4A

Region 1

(3-0) Carroll def. Denison-Schleswig, 26-24 25-23 25-18
(3-2) Storm Lake @ Spencer, 25-18 25-17 14-25 19-25 15-12

Region 2

(3-0) Harlan def. Perry, 25-14 25-11 25-16
(3-0) ADM def.Boone, 25-15 25-17 25-14

Class 5A

Region 2

(3-0) Council Bluffs/Thomas Jeff. def. Des Moines East, 25-13 25-12 25-17

Boys 4A

Girls 4A

Boys 3A

Girls 3A

Boys 2A

Girls 2A

Boys 1A

Girls 1A

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released the final individual cross country rankings on Tuesday night. State Qualifying meets are set to be held on Thursday. See the full rankings here . Area ranked runners are listed below.

Class 1A Girls

2. Janette Schraft, JR, East Mills
3. Emma Lucas, JR, Bedford
14. Elise Emmick, SR, Southeast Warren
16. Peyton Pogge, FR, Tri-Center
20. Taylor Sporrer, SO, Logan-Magnolia

Class 1A Boys

2. Evan Wilson, SR, Exira/EHK
4. Jerry Jorgenson, JR, Treynor
6. Brycen Wallace, SR, Nodaway Valley
9. Tyler Breheny, SO, Nodaway Valley
20. Josh Baudler, SO, Nodaway Valley
27. Skyler Rawlings, SR, Nodaway Valley
28. Justin Ambrose, SR, Boyer Valley
29. Dalton Fischer, SR, AHSTW

Class 2A Girls

3. Karley Larson, SR, Underwood

Class 2A Boys

12. Adam Thompson, JR, Southwest Iowa
24. Jordan Hustak, JR, Missouri Valley
30. Gage Graeve, SR, Missouri Valley

Class 3A Girls

12. Raegan Andersen, JR, Denison-Schleswig
23. Taylor McCreedy, FR, Atlantic

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have won 12 consecutive games against the AFC West heading into Thursday night’s game in Oakland. They’ve also won five straight and seven of eight against the Raiders. But nobody in the Kansas City locker room can put their finger on why the Chiefs have had such a run of divisional dominance.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ perfect start ended Sunday against Pittsburgh. Now, they must heal up in short order before facing Oakland on Thursday night. It is a particularly grueling turnaround considering the physical nature of the Chiefs’ game against the Steelers, one that left them with even more players on the injury list.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles are No. 1 in the latest AP Pro32 poll. They received five of 12 first-place votes for 376 points in balloting by media members who regularly cover the NFL. Kansas City fell to No. 2 after its first loss. The Patriots jumped up to No. 3.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State lost the best point guard in school history to graduation in Monte Morris. The Cyclones compensated by signing freshman Lindell Wigginton, one of the most highly-touted recruits in program history. Iowa State will be without Morris for the first time in four years. But in Wigginton, who was the top-ranked prep player coming out of Canada, the Cyclones hope they’ve found a worthy successor.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa made it to the middle of October at 4-2 halfway through the season. How Iowa finishes over the next six weeks will determine whether 2017 will be a season to remember or one to forget. The schedule doesn’t get any easier either, starting with Saturday’s matchup at Northwestern.

UNDATED (AP) — Bill Moos will receive a payment of $1.25 million if he still is Nebraska’s athletic director at the end of 2022. He also is eligible for $500,000 in bonuses each year if the Cornhuskers’ teams achieve certain academic and on-field performance thresholds. His starting base salary starts at $1 million.

UNDATED (AP) — An AP survey finds that more than two dozen universities and conferences with major basketball programs responded to news of the sport’s bribery scandal by conducting internal reviews of their compliance operations. The arrests and details of a federal probe have triggered uncomfortable soul-searching across the sport.

Classes 3A-5A will get their postseason volleyball tournaments started on Wednesday. Here’s a look at area matches. All matches are set for 7:00pm starts.

Class 3A

Region 2

Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic
OA-BCIG @ East Sac County
Greene County @ Roland-Story
Southeast Valley @ South Central Calhoun

Region 3

Clarke @ Red Oak
Creston @ Shenandoah
Saydel @ Gilbert
Chariton @ North Polk

Class 4A

Region 1

Denison-Schleswig @ Carroll
Storm Lake @ Spencer

Region 2

Perry @ Harlan
Boone @ ADM

Class 5A

Region 2

Des Moines East @ Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson

Class 2A

Region 2
(3-1) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-16-25, MVAOCOU18-17-25-9

Region 3
(3-2) Underwood 25-20-26-21-15, AHSTW 11-25-24-25-12
(3-0) Madrid 30-25-25, Panorama 28-12-15

Region 4
(3-1) Southwest Valley 25-25-23-25, Nodaway Valley 13-14-25-17
(3-1) I-35 20-25-25-25, West Central Valley 25-20-11-16
(3-0) Mount Ayr 25-25-25, Wayne 8-14-7
(3-0) Pleasantville 25-25-25, Martensdale St Marys 21-13-20

Class 1A

Region 2
(3-0) Riverside, Oakland 25-25-25, Clarinda Academy 6-7-6
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25 , South Page 15-20-19
(3-1) Lenox 25-26-25-26, Bedford 17-24-27-24
(3-2) Griswold 17-24-25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 25-26-22-22-8
(3-0) West Harrison 25-25-25, Woodbine 13-16-17
(3-1) Boyer Valley 25-25-22-25, Heartland Christian 17-12-25-19

Region 3
(3-0) Newell-Fonda 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 23-19-15
(3-0) Ar-We-Va 25-25-25, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 12-10-23

Region 4
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-22-25 Glidden-Ralston 11-20-25-20
(3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25 Audubon 19-20-19 ON KJAN
(3-0) Ankeny Christian 25-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 12-12-15

Final HS Volleyball Rankings
Class 1A and 2A
Tuesday, October 17
Class 3A/4A/5A final rankings will be released Wednesday, Oct. 18

Class 1A

Dropped Out: Essex (14), Harris-Lake Park (15)

Class 2A

Dropped Out:  North Cedar (13), Wapsie Valley (15)

The Exira-EHK Spartans avenged an earlier loss to the Audubon Wheelers on Tuesday night in the first round of the Class 1A tournament 3-0.  The Spartans jumped out to a quick start in the first set and played with leads most of the first two sets on their way to the three set sweep 25-19, 25-20, 25-19.

Sophia Peppers came up big all night long for the Spartans as she seemed to find the right moments to get big points.  Peppers finished the match with 15 kills. Bailey Robertson had a great setting night for the Spartans as well and finished with 19 assists.

Audubon had taken a 2-0 win over Exira-EHK in tournament play back on September 16th in Guthrie Center.  Spartan Head Coach Hillary Runyan said they didn’t even talk about that previous loss and just went out and tried to play confident.

The Spartans improve to 15-17 on the season and will move on to the Region 4 Quarterfinals on Monday night.  The Spartans will play at Coon Rapids-Bayard at 7:00pm on Monday. The Crusaders picked up a 3-1 win over Glidden-Ralston in their opening match Tuesday.

Audubon sees their season end at 5-24.