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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs owner Clark Hunt expects at least one NFL franchise to be playing in Los Angeles next season, though he declined to speculate Sunday whether the Raiders, Chargers or Rams are the leading candidate. The three are expected to file for relocation Monday, the day after the regular season ends.
Hunt is part of a six-man committee made up of league owners that will meet to discuss relocation. The rest of the league’s owners will meet to review their findings the following week, and could decide whether one or two teams will move to Los Angeles for the 2016 season.
The nation’s second-largest market hasn’t had an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams left after the 1994 season. The Chargers have played in San Diego for 55 seasons.
UConn remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday after facing a tough test from Maryland.
The Huskies topped the Terrapins by 10 points at the Maggie Dixon Classic last Monday. UConn (11-0) only led by 4 in the final minute before pulling away. The Huskies have a busy week with three games over the next seven days.
South Carolina and Notre Dame stay second and third in the Top 25. Texas moved up to fourth while Ohio State is fifth. It’s the Buckeyes highest ranking in nearly six years as they moved up four spots after beating then-No. 6 Maryland.
Baylor, Mississippi State, Maryland, Stanford and Kentucky round out the first 10.
Seton Hall re-entered the poll at No. 25 while Miami fell out. The Pirates host No. 24 DePaul on Tuesday.
Iowa received 20 votes in this weeks poll and Iowa State received 3 votes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes, Kansas City sacked Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr six times, and the Chiefs held on for a 23-17 victory Sunday to give them a franchise-best 10 straight wins entering the postseason.
*The Chiefs will travel to NRG Stadium to take on the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs this Saturday at 3:35 p.m. CT. The Texans won the AFC South division with a 9-7 record and the Chiefs clinched the AFC’s first Wild Card spot at 11-5.
Saturday will mark the second meeting between the Chiefs and the Texans, who met in a Week 1 game the Chiefs won, 27-20. Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith had 243 yards passing and 3 touchdowns in the victory.
The Chiefs (11-5) are somehow in the dance after a 1-5 start. The Raiders (7-9), who accounted for two of those victories, had the ball with 1:34 left. But Carr was sacked one last time, and the clock expired before they came close to a go-ahead touchdown.
(*Playoff information is from kcchiefs.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell scored a career-high 28 and Illinois State rallied to beat Drake 67-62 on Sunday. Akoon-Purcell scored 12 points and Paris Lee seven when the Redbirds (8-7, 2-0 Missouri Valley) outscored the Bulldogs 21-6 over the first 10 minutes of the second half to lead by three.
After that, the lead changed hands six times and the game tied five times before Tony Wills’ 3-pointer with 1:22 put Illinois State in front 63-60. Lee made four free throws from there while the Bulldogs (5-9, 0-2) missed a pair of 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds.
Drake led 32-22 at halftime as the Redbirds shot just 26.5 percent before intermission. Lee had 15 points and Deontae Hawkins 12 for the Redbirds, who shot 61 percent in the second half. Drake’s Reed Timmer scored 16 points and had Graham Woodward 15. Illinois State is 2-0 in the MVC for the first time since 2008-09.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 25 points, Peter Jok had 11 points and nine rebounds and Iowa erased a 17-point halftime deficit in a 70-63 upset victory over No. 14 Purdue on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes (11-3, 2-0 Big Ten) have won four straight and eight of nine, including two upsets of Top 15 teams this week. They beat No. 1 Michigan State on Tuesday night.
Kendall Stephens led Purdue (13-2, 1-1) with 12 points, and A.J. Hammons had 11. The Boilermakers had won 15 straight at hole. Purdue completely dominated the first half, using seven 3-pointers to build a 37-20 lead. But the Boilermakers collapsed in the second half.
Iowa used a 13-0 spurt to finally take the lead, 48-46 lead with 7:30 to go. And after Purdue tied it for the final time, at 48, Iowa scored five straight.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 22 points and No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 11 Iowa State 87-83 on Saturday night to match the second-best start in school history at 12-0. Ryan Spangler had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Isaiah Cousins scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the Sooners in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
Oklahoma plays at No. 2 Kansas on Monday in what could be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown after No. 1 Michigan State lost to Iowa on Tuesday night. Oklahoma, the nation’s top 3-point shooting team, made only 3 of 16 3s in the first half, but was 8 of 13 in the second.
Georges Niang scored 29 points, and Deonte Burton had 14 of his 19 points in the second half for Iowa State (11-2).
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Anthony Beane made six 3-pointers and matched a career-best with 32 points, and Southern Illinois held off Northern Iowa’s late rally for a 75-73 victory on Saturday night. Beane made a 3-pointer and Southern Illinois led 70-59 with 1:35 remaining. Klint Carlson, Matt Bohannon and Paul Jesperson each made 3-pointers as part of a 13-3 run that pulled Northern Iowa to 73-72 with 12 seconds to play.
Beane dunked with three seconds left, sealing the fifth-straight win for Southern Illinois (13-2, 2-0 Missouri Valley). The Salukis led 39-30 before Northern Iowa used a 16-11 spurt to pull to 50-46 with 12 minutes to go. Beane answered with two 3s and Sean O’Brien added four points to stretch Southern Illinois’ lead to 60-48.
The Panthers cut the deficit to six points with 4:28 remaining. Carlson sparked the rally at the 1:10-mark. Wes Washpun led Northern Iowa (9-6, 1-1) with 19 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 64, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 46
Treynor 55, Red Oak 39
Tri-Center, Neola 58, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 38
Timberwolves Shootout
Champlin Park, Minn. 76, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 45
Maple Grove, Minn. 70, Iowa City, West 57
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Panorama, Panora 57, Shenandoah 41
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 84, Atlantic 43
Treynor 72, Red Oak 27
Tri-Center, Neola 47, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 42
Lopsided games and having the College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Eve led to a 13 percent drop in TV ratings for the New Year’s Six Bowls from last year. The Rose Bowl on Friday drew its lowest rating (7.9) since it became part of the BCS in 1999. The overnight ratings for the big New Year’s Day bowls were announced Saturday by ESPN, which broadcasts all the games.
All three of Friday’s major bowls were blowouts. The Fiesta between Ohio State and Notre Dame, earned a 6.2 rating. That was up 35 percent from last season’s Arizona-Boise State game. The Buckeyes won 44-28. Stanford beat Iowa 45-16 in the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl, which Mississippi won 48-20 against Oklahoma State, drew a 5.3 rating.
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