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6D ARGUSLEADER.COM SPORTS Tagyn 12 kills, 10 digs, three aces and two blocks led the Roosevelt volleyball tean past Lincoln 25-18, 25-18, 25-18 on Tuesday at Lincoln. Paige Rome added seven kills and two blocks for Roosevelt (13-14). Bailey Lamb had 10 digs and 24 set assists. Kyra Wagner had three aces and Rylie Kooima had 10 digs. or Lincoln (9-20), Abbie Jarratt had six kills and 17 digs, Maddi Barness three blocks and 12 digs and Izzy VanVeldhuizen 14 set assists and two blocks.

Michelle Haas also had two blocks. DEF. BRANDON VALLEY 23-25, 25-11, 25-16, 25-12 at Brandon The top-ranked Class AA Knights (24-4) won as Taryn Kloth had 20 kills and 13 digs. Jess Mieras had nine kills, Dalee Stene nine digs and 37 set assists and Kate Cartwright three solo blocks and three block assists. For BV (9-11), Hannah Paauw had 13 kills and Elsie Zajicek eight.

Taylor Thorson had 19 digs and Maddy Klamm nine. Becca Koehn had 32 set assists. YANKTON DEF. WASHINGTON 25-22, 25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 15-13 at SFW Becky Frick had 27 kills to pace the Gazelles (1015). Sophie Drotzmann had five blocks, Hail ey Mines 23 digs, Charlotte Ekeren three aces and Paige Thieman 23 set assists.

For Washington (10-16), Rochelle Ramharter had 1 6 kills and Mearah Miedema 15. Ramharter had 25 digs and Halle Randall 23. Jamie Kayl had three aces, Haile Olson 43 set assists and Miedema three blocks. SMSU rallies past USF in volleyball The Southwest Minnesota State volley- all team, ranked eighth in NCAA Division II, rallied from two sets down to defeat the University of Sioux Falls 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 15-12. SMSU trailed 10-7 in Game 5.

Kenzie Beekman led the Mustangs (17-7, 12-4 NSIC) with 16 kills while Eisha Oden had 14 kills and eight blocks and hit .448. Abbey Thissen had 13 kills. Megan Larson had 11digs and a career-high 49 assists, while Whitney Burmeister had 20 digs. For USF (14-12, 8-8), Michelle Ritland had 15 kills, Kate Hart 14, Emily Johnson 12 and Jordan Calef 11. Abby Folk had 21digs, Kayla Crane 18 and Johnson 12.

Crane had 49 set assists. WAYNE ST. DEF. AUGUSTANA 19-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-16 at Wayne, Neb. The Wildcats (21-4, 13-3 NSIC), ranked 11th in NCAA Division II, outhit Augustana .188.172.

For Augustana (15-9, 8-8), Courtney Ysker had 18 kills, Brittany Cech 13 and A shley Wilson 11. Tahlyr Banks had 30 digs, Cech 21, Marissa Johnson 20 and Ysker 12. Wilson had six block assists, and Johnson ad 43 set assists. Strang lifts USD over Oral Roberts SOCCER: Corey Strang once again scored the game-winner for the University of South Dakota in a 1-0 win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday at Omaha. REGIONAL DIGEST Larson leads RHS past Lincoln BASKETBALL NBA Games (Season Opens) New Orleans 84 an Antonio 100 Houston at L.A.Lakers,(n) Games hiladelphia at p.m.

Milwaukee at p.m. Washington at p.m. Atlanta at p.m. Brooklyn at p.m. Minnesota at p.m.

Chicago at New p.m. Detroit at p.m. ouston at p.m. L.A.Lakers at p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

klahoma City at p.m. WRESTLING COLLEGE NCAA DIVISION II PRESEASON RANKINGS Top 5 teams (plus area teams in ankings) 1.Maryville (Mo.) 151 points.2.Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 142.3. 134.4.Notre Dame Ohio) 122.5.St.Cloud St.121. 15.Au- gustana 45. 16.Upper Iowa 44.

eceiving Minnesota St. A rea Wrestlers in Individual Rankings 125 1.T.J.North (AC). 174 3.Jacob egin (SMSU). 197 7.Jayd Docken AC). 285 4.Cole Wilson (SMSU).

BASEBALL AREA NABA TOURNEY Tuesday at Las Vegas Over-50 Division SD JACKALOPES Scott Redd and Dave Hinnencamp each had three hits for the Jackalopes (2-0 in ool pitched the first four innings and Dave Roiger the last three. ver-60 Division DENVER PHEASANTS 4 Gar Croon and Terry Milton each had two hits for the Pheasants (1-1in pool play). Rich Sagen pitched an 11-hitter for SD. SBL OVER-74 TOURNEY Tuesday in Phoenix Two teams playing a best-of 5 series SAN DIEGO RUSHMORES San Diego scored three in the ninth to reak a 3-3 tie and take a 2-1lead in the series.For the Clement pitched eight solid innings.Clements, Kent Rolfing and Lee Goldammer each had two hits. SCORES TUESDAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL def.Brandon Valley, 232 Roosevelt def.Lincoln,25-18,25-18, 25-18 ankton def.Washington,25-22,25- Brookings def.Mitchell,25-15,23-25, Huron def.Aberdeen Central, 29-27, Omaha Rapid City Stevens def.Sturgis, 25-7, Red Cloud def.Oelrichs,25-22,25-23, 25-23 Spearfish def.Rapid City Central, atertown def.Harrisburg,25-18,25- JVC Triangular Freeman Academy def.Mitchell FA def.James Valley Christian, 25-13, 2 Mitchell Christian def.JVC, I owa entral Lyon 211 6-14 Harris-LP Cent ral-Everly 22-25-25-19-11 arcus-M-C Remsen 23-22-16 ioux Central 2 3-20-16 estern Christian Ocheyedan 4-11-13 innesota A A Section 3 Quarterfinal ackson County Central def.

Pipes arshall def.St.James Area, 25-12, 2 New London-Spicer def.Montevideo, Redwood Valley def.Morris ASection 2 Quarterfinal BOLD def.Nicollet,25-23,26-24,25- 22 Buffalo Lake-H-S def.Mankato Martin County West def.St. Windom def.Lake Crystal-WM, 25-16, ASection 3 Quarterfinal Central Christian def.Lakeview, 251 eron Lake-Okabena def.Murray County Minneota def.Dawson-Boyd,25-18, Tracy-M-B def.Wabasso,25-21,25- HOCKEY USHL Western Conference WL Pt Sioux City8 1117 Des Moines6 2 113 argo6 2 113 Tri-City6 2 113 Lincoln3 4 17 Sioux Falls3 6 17 aterloo3 5 0 6 maha2 6 2 6 Eastern Conference Muskegon7 3 0 14 Cedar Rapids7 10 14 Youngstown6 2 113 Dubuque5 3 0 10 loomington4 4 19 hicago 3 3 2 8 Green Bay3 5 0 6 eam USA2 7 0 4 adison15 2 2 uesday games oday Team USA at Muskegon NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Montreal10820162726 Tampa Bay10631133426 Ottawa8521112217 Detroit8422101817 Boston11560102928 Toronto944192525 Florida722371016 Buffalo1028041133 Metropolitan Division GP WLO ts A Islanders 96301 2 3 5 3 1 ittsburgh 85211 1 3 3 2 2 ash8422102519 Rangers9540102730 Phila9432102932 New Jersey9432102833 Columbus 945082 5 3 0 arolina 705221 4 2 9 ESTERN CONFERENCE entral Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Nashville8512121916 Chicago 95311 1 2 2 1 5 allas9423113233 Minnesota 85301 0 2 7 1 4 t.Louis843192018 Winnipeg 945081 9 2 4 olorado1024482232 Pacific Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Anaheim10820163119 LAngeles 96121 4 2 4 1 5 an Jose11641133530 Calgary 1 1 5421 2 2 7 2 4 ancouver 85301 0 2 7 2 6 dmonton 944192 6 3 2 A rizona 834172 1 3 2 points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Games an Jose ontreal Minnesota 3 Winnipeg 3 hiladelphia Angeles Pittsburgh Jersey 3 Ottawa 2 oronto 0 Tampa Bay 3 Anaheim 0 t.Louis Carolina at Games Detroit at p.m. Nashville at p.m. WILD 3 at Boston Marco Scandella scored with 5:53 remaining as Minnesota rallied for three goals i the third period to win.One night after allowing five goals in the third period and blowing a 3-0 lead in New York a gainst the Wild were at the opposite end of a surprising comeback in Boston.The Wild trailed 3-1en- ering the came out firing on Boston goalie Tuukka Rask.Zach Parise scored with 15:39 remaining and Justin Fontaine tied it just 2:13 later.

DIVING COLLEGE SUMMIT LEAGUE ivers of the Week Men Ross Edfort sen- i or from both diving events in a win over Missouri State. won the one-meter dive with a score 335.05 and the three-meter with 332.50 points. Women Greysen Hertting (USD). he sophomore from earns her third straight DOW honor and 13th of her career after posting four top- three two event wins. In a dual at Iowa won the three-meter dive with 293.65 points and was second in the one-meter with 275.55.Both scores are NCAA Zone qualifiers and are tops in the league this eason.She also won the three-meter dive (249.15) and took third in the one- meter (247.43) at Northern Iowa.

TRANSACTIONS TUESDAY BASEBALL American League ORONTO BLUE JAYS Claimed IB Justin Smoak off waivers from Seattle. ational League ASHINGTON NATIONALS Reins tated RHP Ross Ohlendorf from the 60- day DL and assigned him outright. Ann ounced Ohlendorf refused his outright assignment and elected free agency. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS Exercised its third-year contract option on Tim Hardaway Jr. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Signed RB Zach Bauman to the practice squad.

Released CB Anthony Gaitor from the practice squad. ATLANTA FALCONS Signed Charles Godfrey.Waived Sean Baker. BUFFALO BILLS Placed Kenny Ladler on the injured reserve list. CAROLINA PANTHERS Signed Robert Lester from the practice squad and OT Mike Remmers from the St. Louis practice squad.Placed LB Chase Blackburn on injured reserve.

Waived RB Darrin Reaves. EW ENGLAND Acquired LB Jonathan Casillas and a 2014 sixth-round draft pick from Tampa Bay or a 2014 fifth-round draft pick. Released OL Chris Barker. NEW YORK JETS Released LB A.J. dds.Signed CB Marcus Williams from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Traded Mark Barron to St.Louis for a 2015 ourth- and sixth-round draft pick. HOCKEY ational Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES Activate Eric Staal from injured reserve. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Placed Sergei Bobrovsky on injured reserve. MINNESOTA WILD Recalled Stu Bickel and Justin Falk from Iowa Keith Ballard and Christian Folin on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct.21. OLLEGE CULVER-STOCKTON Named Pat Atwell athletics director.

I OWA Announced freshman WR errick Willies is leaving the football program. HIO STATE Announced senior TB od Smith has left the football team for ersonal reasons. Today 10-29 Thursday 10-30 Friday 10-31 Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-2 Monday 11-3 Tuesday 11-4 Washington oon KTTW San Jose 7p.m. Dallas 7p.m. FSN Pittsburgh 7p.m.

FSN Des Moines 7 :05 p.m. Sioux City 7 :05 p.m. emphis 7p.m. SN Detroit 7p.m. SN Chicago 7p.m.

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643 1 61 1 64 altimore 530. 625 2 17 1 31 ittsburgh530.625205196 Cleveland 430. 571 1 63 1 52 est WLTPctPFPA Denver610.857224142 San Diego 530. 625 2 05 1 49 ansas City430.571176128 Oakland070.000105181 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ast WLTPctPFPA Dallas620.750213167 Philadelphia520.714203156 N.Y.Giants 340. 429 1 54 1 69 ashington 350.

375 1 71 2 00 outh WLTPctPFPA Carolina341.438167208 New Orl.340.429199188 Atlanta260.250192221 Tampa Bay160.143133223 North WLTPctPFPA Detroit620.750162126 Green Bay530.625222191 Chicago350.375180222 Minnesota350.375139173 West WLTPctPFPA Arizona610.857164139 San Fran.430.571158165 Seattle 430. 571 1 72 1 50 t.Louis250.286136210 Thursday ew Orleans at p.m. unday A rizona at hiladelphia at N.Y.Jets at Kansas Washington at Tampa Bay at Jacksonville at Cincinnati, noon San Diego at t.Louis at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Oakland at p.m. Denver at New p.m.

altimore at p.m. onday I ndianapolis at N.Y.Giants, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE NSAA Players of the Week Offense Zach Ely (Dakota State). The senior wide receiver from Colton (West Central HS) had four receptions for 123 yards and three touchdowns (17, 76,19) in a 69-13 win over Trinity Bible (N.D.). Defense Cole Potter sophomore defensive end from Winfred (Howard HS) tied the school record for most sacks in a game with four.

He led the Trojans with 13 five tackles-for-loss of 43 yards.Potter also had a forced fumble.He set a school record for most sacks in a season ith 12. Special teams Brendon Waldner sophomore from Madison ad a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown. GPAC Standings Morningside (Iowa) Dakota Wesleyan 4-2, (Neb.) Wesleyan Midland Cliff Players of the Week Offense Clayton Moore (Doane). The senior from scored hree touchdowns in the second half as the Tigers erased a 20-3 halftime deficit to win 23-20 over Concordia He ran for 105 yards on 16 carries. Defense Logan Gibbs senior linebacker from a season-high 11tackles for a Mustang defense that held Briar liff to just 86 yards of total offense in a 63-0 win.He had a pass break up and forced a fumble that he recovered and returned 15 yards to the BC 1-yard line.

Special teams Devin Thomas senior from Council a punt 62 yards for a touchdown. COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS 1. Mississippi St. 7 -0 2 Florida St. 7 -0 3 Auburn6-1 4.

Mississippi7-1 5. Oregon7-1 6. Alabama7-1 7. TCU6-1 8. Michigan St.7-1 play next week.

CENTRAL LYON DEF.GEORGE-LIT- LE ROCK in Rock Ivy Sieperda had 30 set a ssists and 15 Halse 13 kills and 13 digs and Ashley Boer 11kills for is host to Marcus-Merid en-Cleghorn on Friday. COLLEGE Tuesday ORTHERN ST.DEF MSU MOORHEAD at Kelsey Chambers a nd Mandy Kurosky eac had 13 kills and Tori Biach had 11kills and hit .400 for the Wolves offman had 17 digs and Chambers and Jussy Tuscherer each had 13.Biach had one solo block and seven block assists. Drew Smith had 49 set assists.MSUM is DAKOTA STATE DEF.DAKOTA WESLEYAN at Madison Carly Rozell had 20 kills and Caitlin Pick 15 for the Trojans (19-14), who outhit DWU Gonzalez had 29 Westby 13 and Chelsey Davis and Allison Thielsen 12 each.Westby had 32 set assists and Kaylee VanderWal 22.For DWU (8-18), Lauren Tadlock had 20 kills and Mallory Jark 10.Maggie Stehly had 26 Stevens helle Van Epps 13 and Taylor Spence 10.Jark had three solo blocks and six block assists.Van Epps had 49 set ass ists. GPAC Standings Northwestern (Iowa) oncordia (Neb.) 8-5, Wesleyan Briar Cliff oane Marty 2-10, Wesleyan layers of the Week Player Tiegen Skains (Concordia). he sophomore from Colorado Springs, 11kills agaionst NW and a career-high 20 in the upset of No.

21 ordt.She hit .316 on the week. Setter Brooke Fessler junior from aver- a ged 11.91set assists per game as the Red Raiders went 3-0. Defense Julie Els senior from 6.23 digs as the Tigers went 2-1. SOCCER COLLEGE WOMEN Tuesday OUTH DAKOTA ROBERTS 0 at Omaha Sophomore Corey Strang once again scored the game-winner for he Coyotes in a game that was rescheduled to a neutral site after being rained out on Oct.10. trang caught ORU goalkeeper Helen rb out of position in the 75th minute and tapped the ball in from five yards ut.The goal was fifth of the eason and third game-winner.

Strang also notched game-winning goals in 1-0 ictories over Fort Wayne and Drake. SD Summit League) a nd Oral Roberts each had our shots on goal during the match. Mackenzie Viktor recorded four a penalty kick stop in the 66th minute. NSIC Standings Minnesota St.13-0,16-0 St.10-2-1,13-2-1;Upper Iowa St.8-4-1,9-6-1;Minot St. Minnesota St.7-5-1,8- Crookston St.

St.Paul St. 3-9-1, Moorhead Falls (Neb.) St. 1-12, 2-13-1. layers of the Week Offense Sarah Stram (Bemidji he sophomore from Elk Grove Village, I two goals and an assist as the Beavers went 2-0. Goalkeeper Lexie Gauger (Crooks- sophomore from Green Bay, up two shutouts as UMC tied No.18 Winona State and Upper Iowa by identical 0-0 scores in double overtime.She had 10 saves against Winona and six against UIU.

Defense Sidni Trotter (MSU). The sophomore from Omaha helped the Mavericks to shutout wins over UMD and SCSU. SUMMIT LEAGUE Standings Denver Dakota St.4-2-1,8-7-1;Oma- ha Dakota St.3-2-2, Dakota Illinois Oral Roberts Wayne Players of the Week Offense Sarah Hall sen- i or from three goals a WIU went 1-1. Defense Sam Harder (Denver). The enior from led a defensive backline to shutouts over NDSU and IPFW.

9 Kansas St. 6 -1 1 0. Notre Dame6-1 11. Georgia6-1 12. Arizona6-1 13.

Baylor 6 -1 1 4. Arizona St. 6 -1 1 5. Nebraska 7 -1 1 6. Ohio St.

6 -1 1 7. Utah6-1 18. Oklahoma5-2 19. LSU7-2 20. West Virginia6-2 21.

Clemson 6 -2 2 2. UCLA 6 -2 2 3. East Carolina6-1 24. Duke 6 -1 2 5. Louisville6-2 The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will issue weekly rankings ach the final rankings eing announced playoff semifinals will match the No.

1 eed vs.the No.4 No.2 will ace No.3.The semifinals will be hosted at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on an.1.The championship game will be Jan.12 at TSN FCS POLL -LPtsPvs 1.ND State (157)8-039251 2.New Hampshire6-136163 3.Coastal Carolina8-035824 4.Villanova7-135165 5.Jacksonville St6-132546 6.E Washington 7 -2 2 996 2 7 St7-029249 8.Montana St6-2270810 9.McNeese St 5 -2 2 534 1 1 1 0.Fordham7-1243312 11.Youngstown St6-2205817 12.Montana 5 -3 2 025 7 1 3.Richmond6-2198616 14.Chattanooga5-3184815 15.SE Louisiana6-317588 16.E Kentucky7-1147219 17.William Mary 5 -3 1 453 1 8 18.S Dakota St5-3116013 19.Indiana St5-3104422 20.Harvard6-088721 21.Bethune-Cook6-273814 22.Northern Iowa4-450423 23.Albany6-239325 24.Steph F.Austin6-2320NR 25.Bryant6-1249NR Area teams receiving votes: Illinois Arizona Poly St Illinois 8. AFCA DIVISION II COACHES POLL W-LPtsPvs 1.Minnesota 2 (2) 8 -0 7 40 2 3 Alabama (2) 7 -0 7 14 3 4 (N.C.)8-06605 5.Ferris (1)8-06546 6.Bloomsburg 7.Pittsburg 8.NW Missouri St.7-154510 9.Colo 10.Sioux Falls8-048714 11.Winston-Salem7-138415 12.Ohio Dominican 6 -1 3 69 1 6 1 3.Ouachita Baptist7-036818 14.Hend 7 -1 3 17 4 1 5.Concord (W.Va.) 8 -0 3 11 1 9 1 6.Carson-Newman6-130617 17.Harding 18.Colorado Mines 7 -1 2 72 1 1 1 9.Delta 20.West Chester 21.Michigan Tech6-118813 22.Shepherd (W.Va.) 6 -1 1 62 2 1 2 3.Ashland (Ohio) 7 -1 1 35 2 4 24.Azusa Pac 25.California (Pa.) 7 -1 4 5 AIA POLL W-L ts vs 1 (15) 7 -0 3 40 1 2 3.Grand View (Iowa)7-13134 4.Faulkner 5.Southern Oregon 7 -1 2 83 7 5 7.Baker 8.Northwestern (Iowa)6-12498 9.Saint Xavier 10.Missouri Valley5-221810 11.Lindsey Wilson 6-220814 12.Cumber 13.Marian 14.MidAm Nazarene6-116220 15.Ottawa 1 6.Wm Penn (Iowa)5-313411 17.Valley City St 7 -1 1 33 1 9 1 8.Robert Morris 19.Dakota Wesleyan 6 -2 1 09 2 1 2 0.Friends 21.Rocky Mt 22.Benedictine 23.Eastern Oregon 5 -3 5 1 2 4.Tabor 25.Langston VOLLEYBALL HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday WATERTOWN DEF.HARRISBURG at Harrisburg The third-ranked Class AA Arrows (17-3) won as Macy Denzer had 12 kills and five aces.Tatum Hemiller had 21digs a nd Daniele Duncan 13.Danielle Gottsleben and McKenzie Werner each had four blocks and Mikaela Stanley had three.Sydney Dale had 22 set assists. or Harrisburg Bruggeman had seven kills and 15 McKenna Mathiesen had 2.5 blocks. Mikayla Axtell had 15 digs.Karli nor and Avery Thorson each had eight set assists.Both teams begin district Sports Editor: Stu Whitney i 977-3922 CONTACT US TV HIGHLIGHTS BASKETBALL 7p.m.NBA:Chicago at New YorkESPN 7p.m.NBA:Timberwolves at MemphisFSN 9:30 p.m.NBA:Oklahoma City at PortlandESPN GOLF 10 p.m.PGA:CIMB ClassicTGC 2a.m.LPGA:Taiwan ChampionshipTGC HOCKEY 6:30 p.m.NHL:Detroit at WashingtonNBCSN BASEBALL 7p.m.World Francisco at Kansas CityKTTW GENERAL 6:30 p.m.Augustana SportsceneMidco SN 7p.m. I nside the Summit LeagueMidco SN 7 :30 p.m.Northern Sun ExperienceMidco SN 8p.m.Jackrabbit JournalMidco SN RADIO HIGHLIGHTS BASEBALL 7p.m.World Francisco at Kansas CityKSOO-FM 99.1 KVTK-AM 1570 TALK 9a.m.

the JohnKVTK-AM 1570 2p.m.Calling All SportsKWSN-AM 1230 3p.m.Sports Talk with Craig and ChrisKWSN-AM 1230 3p.m.Overtime with Jeff ThurnKSOO-FM 99.1 SPORTS ON THE AIR Mississippi State, Florid a State, Auburn and Miss issippi are the top four eams in the first College ootball Playoff rankings. The first of seven Top 25 rankings compiled by a 12-member selection committee was released Tuesday night. The selection committee will ultimately pick the four teams to play in the national semifinals and set the matchups for ther four marquee New Day bowls that are art of the playoff rotation. It was extremely difficult, more difficult than any of us had expected having gone through our mock selections A rkansas athletic director a nd committee chairman eff Long said. regon was fifth and Alabama was sixth, giving the Southeastern West Division four of the top six teams.

There are still four games remaining matching those SEC West rivals, starting with matchup of Auburn and Ole Miss in xford, Mississippi. he final rankings will released Dec. 7, the day after the most of the con- erence championships are decided. TCU was seventh, Michigan State was eighth, Kansas State ninth a nd Notre Dame was 10th. ississippi State and efending national champ ion Florida State are the only undefeated teams left among the Big Five conferences and also hold the two spots in the AP Top 25 poll.

No. 3 was where the differences started between the playoff rankings and the AP media poll. The AP voters had Ala- ama at No.3 and Auburn a No. 4. Oregon was fifth, otre Dame was sixth and Ole Miss was seventh after osing for the first time this season at LSU on Sat- urday.

Ole Miss beat Alabama at home earlier this month. his is the first year for he playoff format in col- ege football, and the list is he first indication of how the committee is evaluating playoff potential. The committee creates small groups of teams, debates their merits and ranks the teams using as many votes as needed to come up with a consensus. embers are given reams data on each FBS team a nd each member is allowed to judge those numb ers however they determine is best. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mississippi Florida St.

top playoff list Associated Press AP The first of seven top-25 rankings done by a 12-member selection committee was released Tuesday. Dak Prescott pictured) and Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn, Mississippi are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings..