FootballOregon stays No. 1 as Big Ten lands four in Top 5
Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week on Sunday as Penn State and Indiana climbed into the top five, Georgia and Miami dropped out of the top 10 and losses by four other ranked teams shuffled the rankings with a month left in the regular season.
No team this season has held the top spot for more consecutive weeks than Oregon, which pulled away from Maryland over the weekend to improve to 10-0 and is a unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week.
Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 2 and Texas got a two-rung bump to No. 3. Penn State was No. 4, one point ahead of No. 5 Indiana, with Tennessee just three points behind at No. 6.
Following Tennessee in the top 10 were BYU, Notre Dame, Alabama and Mississippi. The SEC has four teams in the top 10 and nine overall in the AP Top 25 while the Big Ten has four teams in the top five for the first time in history.
Washington State moved up one spot to No. 19.
Kennesaw St. coach steps down: Brian Bohannon resigned as Kennesaw State coach amid reports he was being fired with the Owls mired at 1-8 in their first season as an FBS program.
BasketballJackson leads Memphis in rout of Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 points and seven rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the Portland Trail Blazers 134-89 on Sunday night.
Jake LaRavia added 18 points off the bench for the Grizzlies, who led by as many as 45 points and has won five of their last six games.
Jerami Grant scored 20 points for Portland, which has lost three straight.
Memphis was missing Ja Morant, who is day-to-day with an injured right hip, and Marcus Smart and Desmond Bane.
The Grizzlies jumped out to a 31-17 lead after the first quarter and led by as many as 25 in the first half.
Around the NBA: Anthony Davis went to the Lakers' locker room after getting hit in the face while blocking a dunk attempt by Toronto's Jakob Poeltl and missed the rest of the game with an eye injury. ... Thunder forward Chet Holmgren left with a right hip injury and did not return. ... Heat forward Jimmy Butler missed Sunday's game because of a sprained right ankle.
Washington dominates at home: Elle Ladine scored a team-high 21 points as four Huskies finished in double-figures in a 94-51 victory against Siena.
Cougars top Idaho: Tara Wallack scored 14 points and Eleonora Villa added 12 in Washington State's 71-60 victory against Idaho.
Stanford routs Gonzaga: Nunu Agara led four Stanford players in double-figures with 16 points and the Cardinal routed Gonzaga 89-58.
Allie Turner led the Bulldogs with 18 points off the bench.
Motor sportsLogano wins finale for third Cup championship
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Joey Logano won his third NACAR championship on Sunday with a relentless drive at Phoenix Raceway that gave Team Penske its third major motorsports title in less than a month.
Logano held off Penske teammate Ryan Blaney over the final 20 laps to beat him to the Cup Series title by 0.330 seconds. Blaney was trying to become the first back-to-back champion since Jimmie Johnson won five straight from 2006 to 2010.
Instead, Logano became the 10th driver in NASCAR history to win three or more championships and broke a tie with Kyle Busch as the only active drivers with multiple titles.
"I love the playoffs, I love it man," Logano said. "What a team, what a Penske battle there at the end. Three of them? That's truly special."
It was the first time in Team Penske history the organization finished 1-2 in the championship. And, it came after Roger Penske's sports car team in IMSA won the title last month and his World Endurance Championship team won the title last weekend in Bahrain.
It also gave Penske and Ford three consecutive Cup Series championships. Logano won in 2022 and Blaney won last year.
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Baseball: The Marlins are hiring former Dodgers first-base coach Clayton McCullough as their next manager. ... Thousands of fans streamed into Great American Ball Park despite steady rain to pay respects to Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader, who died Sept. 30 at the age of 83.
Hockey: Jocelyne Larocque scored less than 4 minutes into the game, Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the first period and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the United States to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game Rivalry Series.
Golf: Bernhard Langer won for the 18th straight year on the PGA Tour Champions, holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Steven Alker in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. ... Austin Eckroat won the World Wide Technology Championship for his second PGA Tour title of the year. ... Paul Waring picked up the biggest win of his career when he closed with a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship.
Tennis: U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz frustrated Daniil Medvedev to the point that the Russian smashed his racket and was docked a point in a 6-4, 6-3 victory for the American in the opening match of the ATP Finals. Later, top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4. ... Tennis Channel took analyst Jon Wertheim off the air "indefinitely" after Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova called him out on social media for what she called "coverage that focused on my appearance rather than my performance."
Cycling: Mark Cavendish, one of the best road sprinters in cycling history, retired in style by winning the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore.