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Kansas State seeks relief from 4-game slide against Mississippi Valley St.
Streaky Kansas State is desperate to begin a run of a different kind when the Wildcats host Mississippi Valley State Monday night in Manhattan, Kan.,Following five straight wins to open the season, Kansas State officially has hit the skids, dropping four games in a row. The last two, an 82-66 shocke...

San Francisco records victory over Mississippi State
Tyrone Riley IV scored 16 points and San Francisco scored four points in the final eight seconds to defeat Mississippi State 65-62 on Sunday in Tupelo, Miss., ,Ryan Beasley added 12 points as the Dons (6-4) ended a three-game losing streak., ,Jordan Epps scored 21 and Ja'Borri McGhee added 13 for th...

Hideki Matsuyama edges Alex Noren in playoff to win Hero World Challenge
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama outlasted Alex Noren of Sweden in a one-hole playoff to win the Hero World Challenge on Sunday at Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas.,Both players closed with sparkling 8-under-par 64s to finish regulation tied at 22-under 266 before Matsuyama prevailed with a birdie on the e...

Notre Dame, Iowa State, Kansas State decline bowl bids
Notre Dame, Iowa State and Kansas State qualified for bowl games but have turned down invitations to play.,Notre Dame was the biggest program to opt out of the postseason, historically seen as a reward for a good campaign before the sport adopted a playoff and grew it to 12 participants.,The Fightin...

Bengals melt down in snow as Bills rally for 39-34 win
Christian Benford returned a fourth-quarter interception for a touchdown as the Buffalo Bills kept pace in the playoff chase by rallying from a late 10-point deficit in the snow for a 39-34 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Down 28-25 with under six minutes remainin...

Seahawks dismantle Falcons after halftime, reach 10 wins
ATLANTA -- Sam Darnold threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns to help the Seattle Seahawks cruise to a 37-9 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.,Jaxon Smith-Njigba had seven catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns for Seattle (10-3), which outscored the Falcons 31-3 in the second half.,Kirk...

Ohio St. opens as slight CFP favorite ahead of Indiana
Even after falling in the Big Ten championship game, Ohio State was listed as the slight favorite to win the national title after the College Football Playoff field was announced Sunday.,Ohio State (12-1) was installed as the +240 favorite by DraftKings, slightly ahead of second choice Indiana (13-0...

Oklahoma-Alabama rematch to kick off CFP slate of games
Multi-time national championship winners Oklahoma and Alabama will square off in the opening game of the College Football Playoff on Dec. 19.,As the No. 8 seed, the Sooners will host the No. 9 Crimson Tide in a first-round game at Norman, Okla.,It will be a rematch of a Southeastern Conference clash...

Indiana takes No. 1 spot in AP Top 25 for first time in history
Undefeated Indiana sits atop the Associated Press Top 25 football poll for the first time in school history after its 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game Saturday night.,In this week's poll, released Sunday morning, the Hoosiers earned all 66 first-place votes as they booted t...

Arizona State gets off to fast start in triumph over Oklahoma
Arizona State got off to a hot start on offense and built a 19-point halftime lead, then cruised the rest of the way to an 86-70 win over Oklahoma on Saturday night in the second game of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix at the home of the NBA's Suns.,Moe Odum led the Sun Devils (7-2) with 17 p...

Patrick Kane scores last as Red Wings edge Kraken
Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal at 17:31 of the third period as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Saturday night.,Emmett Finnie, Andrew Copp and James van Riemsdyk also scored and Simon Edvinsson had two assists for the Red Wings, who won for the second time in t...

No. 2 Arizona's red-hot shooting dooms No. 20 Auburn
Koa Peat scored 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting and No. 2 Arizona remained unbeaten with an impressive 97-68 victory over No. 20 Auburn on Saturday night at Tucson, Ariz.,Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries scored 16 points apiece for the Wildcats (8-0), who will likely become the nation's top-ranked te...

No. 2 Indiana deals No. 1 Ohio State first loss for Big Ten crown
INDIANAPOLIS -- Fernando Mendza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday.,The Hoosiers (13-0) won their first conference title since 1967 and beat the B...

Zach LaVine has season-high 42 as Kings control Heat
Zach LaVine scored 29 of his season-high 42 points in the first half on Saturday, helping lead the visiting Sacramento Kings to a 127-111 victory over the Miami Heat.,LaVine made eight of his 13 3-point attempts for the Kings, who snapped a four-game losing streak, improving to 3-10 on the road. Kee...

Emanuel Sharp tallies 27 points to carry No. 8 Houston past Florida State
Emanuel Sharp continued his hot start with 27 points to lead host Houston to an 82-67 victory over Florida State on Saturday night as part of the Houston Hoops Showdown.,Sharp was 6-of-10 from 3-point range to lead the No. 8 Cougars (8-1) to their second win in a row, with both coming against Atlant...

Jake Neighbours, Joel Hofer star in Blues' win vs. Senators
Jake Neighbours scored twice as the visiting St. Louis Blues held off the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Saturday night.,Joel Hofer made 41 saves and the Blues killed off six penalties while snapping a two-game losing streak.,Blues winger Jordan Kyrou suffered a left leg injury in the first period and did n...

Oklahoma State stays unblemished with win over Grand Canyon
Parsa Fallah scored 25 points and Christian Coleman added 16 as Oklahoma State remained undefeated with an 84-78 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix, Ariz.,Anthony Roy and Jaylen Curry both had 14 points for the Cowboys (9-0).,The Lopes (5-4) were led ...

Hurricanes jump out to 5-goal lead, cool off Predators
Jackson Blake notched two goals and an assist the Carolina Hurricanes blasted the Nashville Predators 6-3 on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Nikolaj Ehlers provided a goal and two assists and Taylor Hall, William Carrier and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes, who registered more than one ...

Looking to find stride, Mississippi State faces San Francisco
Mississippi State hasn't had a great start to the season., ,But the Bulldogs (4-4) hope their last game was a turning point as they prepare to meet San Francisco (5-4) on Sunday afternoon in Tupelo, Miss., ,Mississippi State, which had lost to Iowa State, Kansas State and New Mexico on neutral court...

Illinois State's frantic rally KOs defending FCS champs North Dakota State
Tommy Rittenhouse threw two touchdown passes to Daniel Sobkowicz and found Scotty Presson Jr. on the go-ahead two-point conversion as Illinois State scored 15 unanswered points in the final 2:44 to post a stunning 29-28 victory over top-seeded North Dakota State on Saturday in Fargo, N.D., in the se...