Scoreboard

FOOTBALL

NFL

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Detroit740.636247238

Vikings650.545218192

Green Bay560.455274289

Chicago290.182178264

EastWLTPctPFPA

Dallas1010.909316213

N.Y. Giants830.727231213

Washington641.591280264

Philadelphia560.455254213

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Atlanta740.636358302

Tampa Bay650.545249264

New Orleans560.455334307

Carolina470.364276281

WestWLTPctPFPA

Seattle731.682224187

Arizona461.409245228

Los Angeles470.364170236

San Francisco1100.091228344

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Baltimore650.545218201

Pittsburgh650.545266222

Cincinnati371.318213245

Cleveland0120.000197352

EastWLTPctPFPA

New England920.818293197

Miami740.636249240

Buffalo650.545281236

N.Y. Jets380.273196266

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Houston650.545194236

Tennessee660.500308296

Indianapolis560.455270301

Jacksonville290.182214293

WestWLTPctPFPA

Oakland920.818307275

Kansas City830.727252214

Denver740.636266219

San Diego560.455313291

Game Thursday

Dallas at Vikings, 7:25 pm (Ch. 11/NFLN)

Games Sunday

Denver at Jacksonville, noon

Detroit at New Orleans, noon (Ch. 9)

Houston at Green Bay, noon (Ch. 4)

Kansas City at Atlanta, noon

Los Angeles at New England, noon

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, noon

Miami at Baltimore, noon

San Francisco at Chicago, noon

Buffalo at Oakland, 3:05 pm

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 3:25 pm (Ch. 9)

Tampa Bay at San Diego, 3:25 pm

Washington at Arizona, 3:25 pm

Carolina at Seattle, 7:30 pm (Ch. 11)

Open: Tennessee, Cleveland

Games Monday

Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

COLLEGE

BIG TEN ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAMS

Note: Defensive teams were announced Tuesday.

Offense • Chosen by coaches

QB—J.T. Barrett, Ohio State.

RB—Saquon Barkley, Penn State; Corey Clement, Wisconsin.

WR—Austin Carr, Northwestern; Curtis Samuel, Ohio State.

OL—Pat Elflein, Ohio State; Dan Feeney, Indiana; Billy Price, Ohio State; Erik Magnuson, Michigan; Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin.

TE—Jake Butt, Michigan

Offense • Chosen by media

QB—J.T. Barrett, Ohio State.

RB—Saquon Barkley, Penn State; Justin Jackson, Northwestern

WR—Austin Carr, Northwestern; Curtis Samuel, Ohio State.

OL—Pat Elflein, Ohio State; Dan Feeney, Indiana; Billy Price, Ohio State; Erik Magnuson, Michigan; Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin.

TE—Jake Butt, Michigan

BASKETBALL

TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS (Through Wednesday)

PlayerGMinPtsRebAst

Wiggins1836.522.74.12.3

Towns1835.022.410.02.4

LaVine1736.719.83.22.6

Dieng1831.910.58.32.6

Rubio1330.16.63.66.4

Muhammad1515.36.52.10.3

Payne79.46.12.00.4

Bjelica1816.96.13.41.0

Jones1414.44.21.73.0

Dunn1817.73.32.32.5

Hill25.43.03.00.0

Aldrich1811.52.43.30.4

Rush910.71.61.00.7

Lucas III52.10.40.00.2

Totals18240.0103.141.821.5

Opponents18240.0104.141.020.5

HOCKEY

WILD STATISTICS

(Through Wednesday)

PLAYERGPGATP+/-PIM

Staal215111676

Coyle218715518

Granlund21591452

Suter2141014118

Niederreiter21761374

Koivu21471146

Brodin212810310

Zucker212810118

Parise14459012

Pominville21358-10

Dumba21257314

Eriksson Ek923522

Haula1432516

Spurgeon1714594

Stewart21235029

Dalpe912309

Folin19022816

Graovac1320210

Bertschy501104

Prosser901100

Pulkkinen8101-12

Scandella10011-54

Mitchell900000

Reilly900002

Schroeder200000

Totals21581001580182

Opponents2141691100182

GOALIESWLOTSOSv%GAA

Dubnyk9624.9461.66

Kuemper2210.8973.36

Totals11834.9332.07

Opponents111012.9072.79

COLLEGE • MEN

BIG TEN

Overall standings: Penn State 11-1-1, Ohio State 8-1-4, Gophers 6-4-2, Wisconsin 7-5-0, Michigan 6-5-1, Michigan St. 4-6-1.

game thursday

Michigan at Penn State, 5:30 pm

VOLLEYBALL

NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT

MINNESOTA REGIONAL

Games Thursday

N. Illinois at Missouri, 6:30 pm

Purdue vs. Iowa State, 4:30 pm

Games Friday

North Dakota at Gophers, 7 pm

J. Madison vs. Coast. Carolina, 3:30 pm

Hawaii vs. USC, 4:30 pm

High Point at North Carolina, 5:30 pm

San Diego vs. Baylor, 7:30 pm

Murray St. at UCLA, 10 pm

NEBRASKA REGIONAL

Games Friday

Cleveland St. vs. Arizona, 4 pm

Pittsburgh vs. Dayton, 4 pm

Wichita St. vs. TCU, 4:30 pm

Fairfield at Michigan St., 6:30 pm

LIU Brooklyn at Penn St., 6:30 pm

Kentucky vs. Colorado St., 7 pm

New Hampshire at Nebraska, 7 pm

Texas A&M C.C. at Washington, 9:30 pm

TEXAS REGIONAL

Games Thursday

Texas A&M vs. SMU, 4 pm

Northern Iowa vs. Creighton, 4 pm

Oregon vs. Miami (Ohio), 4:30 pm

UNLV vs. Utah, 6 pm

American at Michigan, 6:30 pm

Samford at Kansas, 6:30 pm

Tex.-Rio Grande Valley at Texas, 6:30 pm

Princeton at BYU, 8 pm

WISCONSIN REGIONAL

Games Thursday

Marquette vs. Washington St., 5 pm

Howard at Wisconsin, 7:30 pm

Games Friday

Cincinnati vs. Florida St., 3:30 pm

Ohio State vs. Missouri St., 5 pm

Alabama St. at Florida, 6 pm

W. Kentucky vs. Boise St., 6:30 pm

Lipscomb at Kansas St., 7:30 pm

Denver at Stanford, 9 pm

SOCCER

MLS PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(Toronto FC def. Montreal, 7-5)

Wednesday • Second leg

Toronto FC 5, Montreal 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(Seattle def. Colorado, 3-1)

Sunday • Second leg

Seattle 1, Colorado 0

MLS CUP

Saturday, Dec. 10

Toronto vs. Seattle, 7 pm

high schools

BASKETBALL • GIRLs

METROPOLITAN AREA

• SP Highland Park 63, Cristo Rey Jesuit 24

St. Paul Highland Park24 39-63

Cristo Rey Jesuit 11 13-24

St. Paul Highland Park: Owens 15, Ugass 11, Martinez-Stewart 7, Asberry 6, Newman 6, Ciccarelli 4, Mason 4, McClenton 4, Ellis 2, Johnson 2, Carlson 2. Cristo Rey Jesuit: Phillips 9, Burgess 6, Nolen 5, House 4.

POLLS

BASKETBALL • BOYS

STATE PRESEASON POLLS

Provided by Minnesota Basketball News

• Class 4A: 1. Champlin Park, 2. Lakeville North, 3. Hopkins, 4. Maple Grove, 5. Cretin-Derham Hall, 6. Apple Valley, 7. Woodbury, 8. Lakeville South, 9. Tartan, 10. Chaska.

• Class 3A: 1. DeLaSalle, 2. Fergus Falls, 3. Delano, 4. Minneapolis Henry, 5. Marshall, 6. Austin, 7. Mahtomedi, 8. Grand Rapids, 9. Alexandria, 10. Orono.

• Class 2A: 1. Caledonia, 2. Minnehaha Academy, 3. Annandale, 4. Jackson County Central, 5. Esko, 6. Crosby-Ironton, 7. Eden Valley-Watkins, 8. St. Cloud Cathedral, 9. Braham, 10. Perham.

• Class 1A: 1. Minneapolis North, 2. Red Lake, 3. Central Minnesota Christian, 4. Browerville-Eagle Valley, 5. Spring Grove, 6. Lake Park-Audubon, 7. Goodhue, 8. Springfield, 9. Nevis, 10. Hillcrest Lutheran.

BASKETBALL • GIRLS

STATE POLLS

Provided by Minnesota Basketball News

• Class 4A: 1. Hopkins; 2. Eastview; 3. Park Center; 4. St. Michael-Albertville; 5. Lakeville North; 6. East Ridge; 7. Elk River; 8. Centennial; 9. Wayzata; 10. Cretin-Derham Hall.

• Class 3A: 1. Hutchinson; 2. Alexandria; 3. Holy Angels; 4. Mahtomedi; 5. Winona; 6. Kasson-Mantorville; 7. DeLaSalle; 8. Grand Rapids; 9. Waseca; 10. Hermantown.

• Class 2A: 1. Watertown-Mayer; 2. Roseau; 3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville; 4. Sauk Centre; 5. Minnehaha Academy; 6. Esko; 7. New London-Spicer; 8. Norwood-Young America; 9. Annandale; 10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

• Class 1A: 1. Goodhue; 2. Maranatha; 3. Mountain Iron-Buhl; 4. Wheaton-Herman-Norcross; 5. Cromwell-Wright; 6. SW Minnesota Christian; 7. Canby; 8. Cedar Mountain-Comfrey; 9. Mankato Loyola; 10. Mayer Lutheran.

HOCKEY • BOYS

STATE POLLS

Provided by Let's Play Hockey

Note: First-place votes are in parentheses

• Class 2A: 1. Eden Prairie (9); 2. Stillwater (1); 3. Grand Rapids; 4. Elk River/Zimmerman; 5. Holy Family; 6. St. Thomas Academy; 7. Edina; 8. Minnetonka; 9. Centennial; 10. Duluth East.

• Class 1A: 1. Hermantown (10); 2. Delano/Rockford; 3. St. Paul Academy; 4. Breck; 5. St. Cloud Cathedral; 6. Mahtomedi; 7. Greenway; 8. Orono; 9. East Grand Forks; 10. Alexandria.

HOCKEY • GIRLS

STATE POLLS

Provided by Let's Play Hockey

Note: First-place votes are in parentheses

• Class 2A: 1. Edina (7); 2. Maple Grove (1); 3. Eden Prairie (2); 4. Hill-Murray; 5. Blaine; 6. Elk River/Zimmerman; 7. Centennial; 8. Cretin-Derham Hall; 9. Minnetonka; 10. Wayzata.

• Class 1A: 1. Blake (10); 2. Breck; 3. St. Paul United; 4. Warroad; 5. Thief River Falls; 6. Northfield; 7. New Prague; 8. Proctor/Hermantown; 9. Hibbing/Chisholm; 10. Alexandria.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

Twins: Agreed to terms with C Jason Castro on a three-year contract.

Oakland: Agreed to terms with OF Matt Joyce on a two-year contract. Designated INF Rangel Ravelo for assignment.

National League

Atlanta: Agreed to terms with INF-OF Sean Rodriguez on a two-year contract.

Colorado: Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Lyles on a one-year contract.

New York: Agreed to terms with OF Yoenis Cespedes on a four-year contract. Traded RHP Logan Verrett to Baltimore for cash.

Philadelphia: Named Terry Ryan special assignment scout.

Pittsburgh: Agreed to terms with LHP Dan Runzler and RHP Jason Stoffel on minor league contracts.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

Philadelphia: Assigned F-C Nerlens Noel to Delaware (NBADL). Recalled G-F Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot from Delaware.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

Atlanta: Placed CB Desmond Trufant on injured reserve. Waived P Matt Wile. Signed C Trevor Robinson and CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson. Signed OL Kevin Graf to the practice squad.

Buffalo: Signed TE Logan Thomas. Signed G Isame Faciane to the practice squad.

Detroit: Signed LB Brandon Chubb to the practice squad.

Miami: Waived DT Leon Orr.

New England: Signed RB D.J. Foster to the practice squad. Released FB Glenn Gronkowski from the practice squad.

New York Giants: Designated RB Shane Vereen for return from injured reserve. Signed S Christian Bryant to the practice squad.

New York Jets: Signed OT Donald Hawkins to the practice squad. Released OT Zach Sterup from the practice squad.

Washington: Signed DL Trevon Coley to the practice squad.

TODAY'S LINE

NFL

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Thursday

Dallas3 (43½)VIKINGS

Sunday

Denver4 (40)JACKSONVILLE

ATLANTA4 (49)Kansas City

GREEN BAY6½ (45½)Houston

CINCINNATIpick (42½)Philadelphia

NEW ORLEANS6 (54)Detroit

CHICAGO1 (43½)San Francisco

NEW ENGLAND13½ (44)Los Angeles

BALTIMORE3 (40½)Miami

OAKLAND3 (49)Buffalo

SAN DIEGO3½ (47½)Tampa Bay

ARIZONA3 (49)Washington

PITTSBURGH6 (48½)NY Giants

SEATTLE7 (44)Carolina

Monday

Indianapolis1 (48)NY JETS

NBA

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Thursday

CHARLOTTE10½ (194)Dallas

Milwaukee4 (217)BROOKLYN

CLEVELAND4½ (214½)LA Clippers

Orlando1 (182½)MEMPHIS

UTAH10 (189)Miami

GOLDEN ST.10 (228½)Houston

nhl

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

Thursday

WASHINGTON-220/+200NY Islanders

PITTSBURGH-211/+191Dallas

BOSTON-155/+145Carolina

NY Rangers-150/+140BUFFALO

OTTAWA-115/+105Philadelphia

DETROIT-109/-101Florida

ST. LOUIS-145/+135Tampa Bay

WINNIPEG-113/+103Edmonton

CHICAGO-165/+155New Jersey

Los Angeles-130/+120ARIZONA

Columbus-125/+115COLORADO

Anaheim-130/+120VANCOUVER

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

Thursday

SETON HALL16Columbia

TROY5South Florida

MISSISSIPPI ST8½Oregon St

IOWA STOFFCincinnati

CAL POLY7½UTSA

College Football

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Friday

W Michigan19 (60)Ohio

Washington7½ (59)Colorado

Saturday

W. VIRGINIA17 (68½)Baylor

TCU4½ (52½)Kansas St

S. ALABAMA12½ (58)New Mexico St

Troy7 (54½)GEORGIA SO.

La.-Lafayette6½ (59)LA.-MONROE

OKLAHOMA11 (78)Oklahoma St

Arkansas St22½ (54)TEXAS STATE

IDAHO6 (53)Georgia St

W KENTUCKY10 (82)La. Tech

NAVY3 (62½)Temple

Alabama24 (40½)Florida

San Diego St6½ (62½)WYOMING

Clemson10 (58)Virginia Tech

Wisconsin3 (47½)Penn St

Note: Home teams are in CAPS.