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Arizona narrowly holds on to No. 1 spot in AP Top 25 poll
Arizona maintained the slimmest of grips on No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men's top 25 poll released Monday.,The Wildcats (14-0) earned 32 first-place votes, with Michigan (13-0) garnering the remaining 29. In all, Arizona received 1,494 votes, with the Wolverines capturing just one fewer.,Th...

Top 4 unchanged in poll; Notre Dame exits after long run
UConn, Texas, South Carolina and UCLA all remained atop the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll that was updated Monday for the first time in two weeks.,UConn (15-0) won three times over the holidays as the poll took a one-week break. The Huskies improved to 6-0 in the Big East C...

Raiders claim No. 1 pick, Jets second in 2026 draft
The Raiders locked up the No. 1 overall pick and enter the offseason in the driver's seat of the NFL draft for the first time since selecting LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell in 2007.,Las Vegas defeated the Chiefs in Week 18 but clinched the top pick because the New York Giants defeated the Dallas C...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 22 Baylor stuns previously perfect No. 10 Iowa St.
Taliah Scott hit a tiebreaking jumper with two seconds left for the last of her 21 points and No. 22 Baylor picked up a key road victory by handing No. 10 Iowa State its first loss with a 72-70 decision in Big 12 Conference play on Sunday at Ames, Iowa.,Iowa State (14-1, 2-1 Big 12) had played only ...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Duke hands No. 18 Notre Dame another loss
Taina Mair poured in a season-high 23 points and supplied six assists and Toby Fournier racked up 20 points as Duke knocked off No. 18 Notre Dame 82-68 on Sunday at Durham, N.C.,The Blue Devils (9-6, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) have rattled off six consecutive victories. Ashlon Jackson scored 13 ...

Top 25 roundup: SMU halts No. 12 UNC's 7-game win streak
No. 1 Arizona 97, Utah 78, ,Jaden Bradley scored 18 points and Koa Peat added 17 to lead the unbeaten Wildcats over the Utes in the teams' Big 12 opener in Salt Lake City., ,Tobe Akawa tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help Arizona (14-0) win its ninth straight game by double figure...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Utah works OT to hand No. 8 TCU first loss
Lani White sank a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left to force overtime and finished with a team-high 25 points as Utah upset previously unbeaten and eighth-ranked TCU 87-77 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,The Utes (11-4, 2-1 Big 12) outscored the Horned Frogs 20-10 in the extra period. Utah trailed...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UConn wins easily again
Sarah Strong recorded 18 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals to lead top-ranked UConn to an 84-48 victory over Seton Hall in a Big East Conference game Saturday in Hartford, Conn.,Strong played 25 minutes as the Huskies (15-0, 6-0 Big East) won their third straight game by at least ...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Kentucky hands No. 5 LSU first loss at buzzer
Tonie Morgan's 3-pointer at the buzzer capped her 24-point performance as No. 11 Kentucky handed No. 5 LSU its first loss of the season, 80-78, on Thursday in Baton Rouge, La. ,Morgan methodically dribbled along the left wing, seeking an opening with Kentucky (14-1, 1-0 SEC) trailing by one in the c...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Illinois downs No. 7 Maryland; Iowa tops Nebraska
Berry Wallace scored 22 points, Cearah Parchment and Gretchen Dolan each netted 17 points and Illinois handed No. 7 Maryland its first loss of the season, 73-70, on Thursday in Champaign, Ill.,Illinois (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten Conference) went on a 13-3 run midway through the fourth quarter, taking the le...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Iowa gets past No. 20 Nebraska
No. 14 Iowa closed on a 16-6 run, pulling away from No. 20 Nebraska 86-76 in Thursday's Big Ten Conference showdown in Iowa City.,The Hawkeyes (12-2, 3-0 Big Ten) scored 10 unanswered points, capitalizing on holding the visiting Cornhuskers scoreless for 4:01. Chazadi Wright capped her team-high 24-...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 UCLA stays hot, crushes Penn St.
Lauren Betts poured in a game-high 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting to lead No. 4 UCLA to its seventh straight victory, a 97-61 wire-to-wire walloping of Penn State on Monday in University Park, Pa.,Betts scored 10 points in the first quarter as the Bruins (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten) shot 57.9% from the field...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Michigan slips past Oregon in 2 OTs
Syla Swords scored six of her 18 points in the second overtime as No. 6 Michigan recovered from blowing a 15-point second-half lead to defeat Oregon 92-87 on Monday in Eugene, Ore.,Ashley Sofilkanich and Olivia Olson each added 16 points as the Wolverines (11-1, 2-0 Big Ten) earned their seventh win...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Maryland, No. 17 USC earn Big Ten wins
Oluchi Okananwa exploded for a season-high 28 points and No. 7 Maryland steamrolled Wisconsin 97-59 to resume Big Ten Conference action on Monday in College Park, Md.,Okananwa scored 12 of her points in the first quarter alone as the Terrapins raced out to a 29-8 lead while forcing 11 Wisconsin turn...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 UCLA takes down No. 19 Ohio State
Lauren Betts' 18 points and Kiki Rice's 16 points carried No. 4 UCLA past No. 19 Ohio State for an 82-75 Big Ten Conference victory Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, in the only game on the day's schedule pitting nationally ranked teams against each other.,Angela Dugalic added 15 points off the bench for UC...

TGL Season 2 primer: Schedule, what’s new, what to watch for
Atlanta Drive GC swept New York Golf Club 2-0 in the finals of the inaugural season of TGL. Season 2 begins Sunday afternoon with a rematch between Atlanta and New York.,Six teams of four PGA Tour stars apiece are back in the saddle for the second season of the indoor golf league co-founded by Tiger...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 24 Michigan St. tops No. 15 Ole Miss in tourney final
Grace VanSlooten compiled 16 points and 10 rebounds, leading No. 24 Michigan State to a 66-49 win over No. 15 Ole Miss in the championship game of the Cherokee (N.C.) Invitational on Monday.,Isaline Alexander added 14 points and Rashunda Jones had 13 as the Spartans (11-1) won their third game in a ...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Oklahoma drops 126 points on NC Central
Zya Vann scored 21 points with 10 rebounds, six steals and three blocks to help No. 8 Oklahoma break the program record for points in a game during a 126-54 trouncing of North Carolina Central on Monday in Norman, Okla.,It marked career highs in points, rebounds and blocks for Vann, who shot 8 of 11...

Spain ends 2025 atop FIFA men's world rankings, U.S. stays 14th
With the start of North America's World Cup just over six months away, Spain will head into the new year as FIFA's top ranked team, with two of the three host countries for the 2026 tournament tightly bunched together.,The United States will end the year ranked No. 14 in the poll, while Mexico sits ...

Arizona still No. 1 as Michigan inches closer in AP poll
Iowa State, UConn and Purdue moved up a spot and Duke dropped three places to No. 6 in Monday's latest Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll.,Arizona remained No. 1 in the country and Michigan again is No. 2, but the Wolverines moved a mere 20 points away from the Wildcats in the vot...