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8B -fr The Burlington Free Press Tuesday, November 18, 2003 SCOREBOARD NFL Football SPORTS ON 0 p9 Pats punter on last leg with coaches MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Preseason NIT, first round, Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Tech (ESPN) 9 p.m. Preseason NIT, first round, Davidson at Texas Tech (ESPN) NHL 8 p.m. Anaheim Mighty Ducks at Colorado Avalanche (ESPN2) Southern Methodist (134-2) at Santa Clara (13-3-3) Davidson (15-5-2) at Coastal Carolina (18-2) Seton Had (9-5-4) at Virginia (9-9-2) Missouri-Kansas City (10-6-3) at Creighton (10-5-3) San Jose State (124-2) at California (104-2) Rhode Island (13-9-1) at Connecticut (84-3) Binghamton (11-2-7) at Fairleigh Dickinson (14-4-1) Portland (94-1) at Oregon State (134) Lafayette (11-5-3) at Rutgers (1044) North Carolina State (9-8-2) at Old Dominion (144-1) Second Round Wednesday, Nov. 26 Oakland-Tulsa winner at UCLA (18-1-1) UCF-Florida International winner at CS Northridge (144-2) Clemson-Virginia Tech winner at Virginia Commonwealth (16-4) Cincinnati-Kentucky winner at Indiana (12-3-5) W.

Michigan-Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Notre Dame (1544) St Peter s-Brown winner at Michigan (134) SMU-Santa Clara winner at Loyola Manmount (124-1) Davidson-Coastal Carolina winner at North Carolina (12-34) Seton Hall-Virginia winner at Wake Forest (15-4) UMKC-Creighton winner at San Diego (12-4-3) San Jose winner at UC Santa Barbara (15-4-1) Rhode Island-Connecticut winner at St John's (14-5-2) Binghamton-FDU winner at Saint Louis (13-3-3) Portland-Oregon St. winner at Washington!) Lafayette-Rutgers winner at Akron (14-4-2) N.C. State-Old Dominion winner at Maryland (17-2-1) College women NCAA Div. I tournament Third Round Friday Purdue (14-5-3) at North Carolina (22-0-0), 6 p.m. Kansas (18-5-1) at UCLA (18-1-3), 10 p.m.

Saturday Brigham Young (16-6-2) at Villanova (16-5-3), Noon Texas (14-5-2) at Penn State (18-2-3), 1p.m. Tennessee (17-4-2) at Florida (18-3-2), 1:30 p.m. Sunday Michigan (11-74) at Connecticut (12-5-3), Noon Florida State (15-7-1) at West Virginia (17-3-2), 1 p.m. Santa Clara (14-3-5) vs. Portland (18-3-1), 4 p.m.

NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WIT Pet Pf PA New England 8 2 0 .800 196 155 Miami 6 4 0 .600 177 147 Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 159 170 Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 197 211 South Pet PF PA Indianapolis 8 2 0 .800 292 202 Tennessee 8 2 0 .800 265 177 Houston 4 6 0 .400 174 254 Jacksonville 2 8 0 .200 175 241 North Pet PF PA Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 212 191 Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 210 219 Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 179 177 Pittsburgh 3 7 0 .300 190 247 West Pet PF PA Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 306 174 Denver 6 4 0 .600 247 179 Oakland 3 7 0 .300 190 229 San Diego 2 8 0 200 182 280 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA Dallas 7 3 0 .700 181 148 Philadelphia 7 3 0 .700 187 176 Giants 4 6 0 .400 182 223 Washington 4 6 0 .400 193 232 South Pet PF PA Carolina 8 2 0 .800 198 180 New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 212 225 Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 201 161 Atlanta 2 8 0 200 177 273 North WIT Pet PF PA Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 269 233 Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 264 223 Chicago 3 7 0 .300 172 234 Detroit 3 7 0 .300 166 242 West Pet PF PA Seattle 7 3 0 .700 248 188 St. Louis 7 3 0 .700 269 202 San Francisco 5 5 0 .500 232 166 Arizona 3 7 0 .300 136 279 Monday's Gams San Francisco 30, Pittsburgh 14 Sunday's games Carolina at Dallas, 1 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 1 p.m. New England at Houston, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City. 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego. 4:15 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 9 p.m. Steelers 30, 49ers 14 Pittsburgh 0 0 7 730 San Francisco 7 3 14 6 14 First Quarter SF Owens 61 pass from Rattay (T.Peterson kick), 6:56.

Second Quarter SF FG T.Peterson 32, 11:06, Third Quarter Pit Bettis 1 run (Reed kick), 10:01. SF Barlow 78 run (T.Peterson kick), 4:33. SF Beasley 28 pass from Rattay (T.Peterson kick), 4:19. Fourth Quarter SF FG T.Peterson 22, 14:58. SF FG T.Peterson 44, 9:04.

Pit Randle El 32 pass from Maddox (Reed kick), 7:55. A 67,877. Late Sunday Patriots 12, Cowboys 0 Dallas OOOOO New England 3 6 0 312 First Quarter NE FG Vinatieri 23, 3:05. Second Quarter NE A.Smith 2 run (kick blocked), 2:34. Fourth Quarter NEFG Vinatieri 26, 1:56.

A 68,436. Dal NE First downs 17 14 Total Net Yards 291 268 Rushes-yards 28-84 25-65 Passing 207 203 Punt Returns 2-8 3-40 Kickoft Returns 4-80 1-14 Interceptions Ret 0-0 3-47 Comp-Att-Int 20-36-3 15-34-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 2-9 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 10-78 7-84 Time of Possession 30:46 29:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dallas, Hambrick 16-41, Carter 6-33, Murrell 3-11, Bryant 1-2, Anderson 2-(minus 3). New England, A.Smith 16-51, Faulk 8-11, Brady 1-3. PASSING Dallas, Carter 20-36-3-210. New England, Brady 15-34-0-212.

RECEIVING Dallas, Anderson 8-85, Bryant 3-35, Z.Smith 2-38, Hambrick 2-16, Murrell 2-10, Campbell 1-12, Glenn 1-8, Witten 1-6. New England, Fauria 3-24, Faulk 3-22, Branch 2-69, Givens 2-67, Pass 2-7, Johnson 1-16, Graham 1-5, A.Smith 1-2. College Div. I-AA poll PHILADELPHIA (AP) The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16 and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs LMcNeese State (80) 9-1 2.236 1 2.Wofford(6) 10-1 2,111 4 3 Delaware (1) 10-1 2.003 6 4.

Montana (3) 9-2 1,929 5 5. Southern Illinois 10-1 1,720 2 6. Colgate 11-0 1.661 7 7. Massachusetts 9-2 1,650 3 8. Northern Iowa 9-2 1,630 11 9.

Penn 9-0 1,509 8 10. Western Kentucky 8-3 1,439 9 11. Western Illinois 8-3 1,404 10 12. Grambling State 9-2 1,228 12 13. North Carolina AST 10-1 1,184 14 14.

Florida Atlantic 8-2 994 15 15. Bethune-Cookman 8-2 980 16 16. Southern 10-1 939 17 17. Northern Arizona 8-3 876 18 18. Villanova 7-3 663 13 19.

Jacksonville State 7-3 537 21 20. Northern Colorado 8-2 431 22 21. Northeastern 7-4 380 23 22. Georgia Southern 7-4 295 24 23. Maine 7-4 268 NR 24.

Idaho State 7-4 208 NR 25. Fordham 8-3 197 19 Schedule Wednesday's game SOUTH Marshall (6-4) at UCF (3-7), 7:30 p.m. a There's an old football saying, "He who lives by the pass, dies by- the pass Who is generally credited with originating it? See answer below cords through Nov. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Connecticut (46) 0-0 1,150 1 2.

Texas 1-0 1,096 3 3. Tennessee 0-0 1,009 4 4. Duke 0-1 997 2 5. Purdue 1-0 936 7 6. Stanford 0-0 860 6 7.

Texas Tech 2-0 827 10 8. Kansas St. 0-0 826 5 9. Penn St. 0-0 808 8 10.

Georgia 0-0 666 11 11. Louisiana Tech 0-0 649 12 12. LSU 1-1 639 9 13. Minnesota 0-0 606 13 14. North Carolina 0-0 559 14 15.

Rutgers 2-0 454 16 16. Colorado 2-0 376 20 16. Ohio St. 0-0 376 17 18. UC Santa Barbara 1-0 374 18 19.

Utah 1-0 341 19 20. Notre Dame 1-1 331 15 21. Oklahoma 04 234 21 22. Arizona 04 170 23 23. TCU 0-0 123 24 24.

Oregon 2-0 113 25. Aubum 1-1 93 22 Others receiving votes: Virginia 90, George Washington 57, Vanderbilt 42, De-Paul 23, Boston College 22, Michigan St. 17, Baylor 14, Virginia Tech 12, Villanova 10, Cincinnati 9, Washington 7, SW Missouri St. 5, Louisville 4, Temple 4, BYU 3, Harvard 3, Arizona St. 2, Arkansas 2, Creighton 2, 2, New Mexico 2, Saint Joseph's 2, Montana 1, Pittsburgh I.W.Michigan 1.

Monday's scores EAST California, Pa. 98, Mercyhurst 54 Shaw 73, W. Virginia St. 63 TOURNAMENT Preseason NIT Quarterfinals Michigan 73, Cincinnati 69 UC Santa Barbara 52, Utah 44 EXHIBITION Baylor 82, Perik Jumpers 33 Georgia Southern 63, Reebok Winning Ways 57 N. Iowa 88, Wayne St.

40 Premier Players 82, Wake Forest 71 TCU 74, Everyone's Internet 59 Troy St. 50, NWBL Southeast 39 Vanderbilt 90, Athletes in Action 74 Auto racing NASCAR Winston Cup Leaders Through Nov. 16 Points Matt Kenseth, 5,022. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 4,932. 3, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, 4,815.

4, Jeff Gordon, 4,785. 5, Kevin Harvick, 4,770. 6, Ryan Newman, 4,711. 7, Tony Stewart, 4,549. 8, Bobby La-bonte, 4,377.

9, Bill Elliott, 4,303. 10, Terry Labonte, 4,162. II, Kurt Busch, 4,150. 12, Jeff Burton, 4,109. 13, Jamie McMurray, 3,965.

14, Rusty Wallace, 3,950. 15, Michael Waltrip, 3,934. 16, Robby Gordon, 3,856. 17, Mark Martin, 3,769. 18, Sterling Martin, 3,745.

19, Jeremy Mayfield, 3,736. 20, Greg Biffle, 3,696. Money 1, Jimmie Johnson, $5,517,850. 2, Tony Stewart, $5,227,503. 3, Jeff Gordon, $5,107,762.

4, Kurt Busch, (5,020,465. 5, Kevin Harvick, 4,994,249. 6, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, 4,923,497. 7, Ryan Newman, 4,827,377. 8, Bobby Labonte, 4,745,258.

9, Michael Waltrip, $4,463,845. 10, Bill Elliott, $4,321,185. t1, Dale Jarrett, $4,055,487. 12, Mark Martin. $4,048,847.

13, Matt Kenseth, $4,038,124. 14, Sterling Marlin, $3,960,809. 15, Jeff Burton, $3,846,884. 16, Rusty Wallace, $3,766,741. 17.

Robby Gordon, $3,705,320. 18, Terry Labonte, $3,643,695. 19, Elliott Sadler, $3,660,174. 20, Ward Burton, $3,500,156. Hockey College men NCAA Div.

I poll MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Top teams in the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16, points, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. North Dakota (20) 7-2-0 568 1 2. Boston College (12) 6-2-2 553 3 3.

Maine (3) 9-2-0 494 4 4. New Hampshire 6-2-1 457 2 5. St. Cloud State (5) 8-1-1 446 7 6. Colorado College 6-1-1 405 6 7.

Michigan 9-3-0 373 5 8. Denver 7-2-1 336 8 9. Massachusetts 8-2-0 258 9 10. Boston University 3-2-2 224 10 11. Cornell 3-1-2 191 11 12.

Ohio State 8-5-0 134 14 13. Harvard 2-2-1 76 12 14. Michigan State 7-4-1 59 15 15. Minnesota-Duluth 5-5-1 45 13 15. Brown 4-1-0 45 NR Others Receiving Votes: Providence 41, Dartmouth 35, Wisconsin 18, Union 16, Notre Dame 15, Colgate 5, Minnesota 4, Holy Cross 2.

Soccer College men NCAA Div. I tournament First Round Friday or Saturday Oakland. Mich. (12-4-5) at Tulsa (12-5-2) Central Florida (12-5-3) at Florida International (13-4-2) Clemson (9-7-3) at Virginia Tech (14-4-2) Cincinnati (10-4-5) at Kentucky (12-6-1) Western Michigan (12-6-2) at Wisconsin-Milwaukee (15-5-1) St Peter's (17-4-2) at Brown (10-3-3) THE AIR 5. Texas 6.

Georgia 7. Tennessee 8. TCU 9. Michigan 10. Washington St 11.

Florida St. 12. Miami 13. Florida 14. Miami (Ohio) 15.

Mississippi 16. Purdue 17. Virginia Tech 18. Iowa 19. Kansas St 20.

Bowling Green 16.35 16.73 1815 1927 19.73 21.03 24.25 24.70 26.91 30.53 34.11 35.10 36.07 37.52 45.55 47.27 AL MVP voting NEW YORK Voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, with first-, second- and third-place votes and total points on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis: Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Rodriguez. Tex 6 5 6 242 Dekjado.Tor 5.8 3 213 Posada, NY 5 4 4 194 Stewart. Min 3 2 2 140 Ortiz, Bos 4 3 2 130 Ramirez. Bos 1 3 3 100 Garciaparra. Bos 1 2 1 99 Wells, Tor 1 1 84 Beltran.KC 1 77 B.Boone, Sea 1 65 Tejada.Oak 1 1 49 Mueller, Bos 2 45 Giambi, NY 1 36 Anderson, Ana 35 Foulke, Oak 1 20 Thomas, Chi 20 Chavez, Oak 18 Lee, Chi 16 Ordonez, Chi 16 Soriano, NY 15 Jeter, NY 1 10 Martinez, Bos 7 Suzuki, Sea 6 Loaiza.Chi 4 Varitek.

Bos 4 Huff, TB 4 M.Rivera, NY 3 Basketball College men AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (69) 0-0 1,796 1 2. Duke (1) 0-0 1,677 2 3. Michigan St.

(1) 0-0 1,623 3 4. Arizona 0-0 1,494 4 5. Missouri 0-0 1,438 5 6 Kansas (1) 0-0 1,414 6 7. Syracuse 0-0 1,334 7 8. Florida 0-0 1,217 8 9.

North Carolina 04 1,172 9 10. Kentucky 0-0 1,115 11 11. Texas 0-0 1,100 12 12. Illinois 0-0 946 13 13. Saint Joseph's 1-0 865 17 H.Oklahoma 0-0 862 14 15.

Wisconsin 0-0 719 15 16Gonzaga 0-1 714 10 17. Louisville 0-0 615 16 18. Cincinnati 0-0 538 18 19. Wake Forest 1-0 528 20 20. Stanford 0-0 521 19 21.

Notre Dame 0-0 427 21 22. Pittsburgh 1-0 348 22 23. Marquette 1-0 226 23 24. N.C. State 0-0 118 24 25.

Oklahoma St 0-0 102 25 Others receiving votes: Maryland 64, Xavler 63, California 61, Oregon 57, Ohio St 39, Utah 30, BYU 23, Arizona St. 15, Auburn 15, LSU 14, Providence 13, UCLA 13, Colorado 12, Mississippi St. 8, Southern Cal 8, Alabama 7, Purdue 7, Michigan 6, Butler 5, Manhattan 5, Temple 5, Georgia 3, N. Illinois 3, Nevada 3, Wichita St. 3.

Arkansas 2, Ill -Chicago 2, Vermont 2, Dayton 1, Indiana 1, Seton Hall 1. Monday's scores EAST Gannon 87, Columbia Union 61 Point Park 75, West Liberty 68 SOUTH Aubum 66, Coll. of Charleston 62 SOUTHWEST Texas 89, Brown 51 TOURNAMENT Dell BCA Classic Championship Xavier 76, Oakland, Mich. 66 Third Place 75, Mercer 64 Fifth Place UC Irvine 63. Ohio 60 Seventh Place Coppin St 76.

San Diego 62 Guardians Classic First Round Idaho 84. Elon 60 Richmond 62, MVSU 46 SW Missouri St 82, W. Illinois 71 San Francisco 73, 62 South Carolina 83, Gardner-Webb 74 Preseason NIT First Round Connecticut 70, Yale 60 Minnesota 78, UMKC 67 Nevada 69, Vermont 49 Utah 46, Georgia St 38 EXHIBITION Cleveland St 88, Reality Sports 80 EA Sports 54, Saint Louis 51 Fairleigh Dickinson 96, Team Dasani 76 Georgia All-Stars 99, Lamar 91 Illinois 83, Spot-Lite Jammers 63 Iowa St. 91, Global Sports 83 Samford 100, VASDA Gold 74 South Alabama 129, Houston Elite Action 66 Tennessee Tech 88, VASDA USA 75 Texas-Arlington 89, Bossier City All-Stars 77 UAB 92, Arkansas Angels 81 Valparaiso 79, Athletes in Action 75 College women AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, re- MORNING BREAK Thursday's games SOUTH TCU (10-0) at Southern Miss. (7-3), 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Middle Tennessee (3-8) at Arkansas SL (5-6), 7 p.m. Friday's game FAR WEST Boise St (9-1) at Fresno St. (7-4), 9 p.m. Saturday's games EAST Rhode Island (4-7) at Massachusetts (9-2), Noon Maine (6-4) at New Hampshire (4-7), Noon West Virginia (6-4) at Syracuse (5-4), Noon Brown (4-5) at Columbia (4-5), 12:30 p.m. Princeton (2-7) at Dartmouth (4-5), 12:30 p.m.

Colgate (11-0) at Holy Cross (1-10), 12:30 p.m. Lafayette (5-5) at Lehigh (7-3), 12:30 p.m. Fordham (8-3) at Towson (6-5), 12:30 p.m. Harvard (6-3) at Yale (6-3), 12:30 p.m. Georgetown, C.

(4-7) at Bucknell (5-6), 1 p.m. Monmouth, N.J. (10-1) at Duquesne (7-3), 1 p.m. Pittsburgh (7-3) atTemple (1-9), 1 p.m. Cent.

Michigan (34) at Navy (6-4), 1:30 p.m. Cornell (1-8) at Penn (9-0), 4 p.m. Delaware (10-1) at Villanova (7-3), 4 p.m. SOUTH Howard (3-7) at Delaware St. (1-9), Noon Northeastern (7-4) at James Madison (6-5), Noon Rutgers (4-6) at Miami (8-2), Noon Georgia Teen (6-4) at Virginia (5-5), Noon Kentucky (4-6) at Georgia (8-2), 12:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe (1-10) at Troy St. (5-6), 12:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech (2-8) at E. Kentucky (6-5), 1p.m. The Citadel (6-5) at ETSU (4-7), 1 p.m.

Savannah St. (0-11) at Hampton (6-4), 1 p.m. Norfolk St (1-10) at Morgan St. (5-5), 1 p.m. Duke (3-8) at North Carolina (2-9), 1 p.m.

William Mary (4-5) at Richmond (2-8), 1 p.m. Vanderbilt (2-9) at Tennessee (8-2), 1 p.m. Coastal Carolina (5-5) at Charleston Southern (1-10), 1:30 p.m. Hofstra (2-9) at Liberty (5-6), 1:30 p.m. Cincinnati (5-5) at Memphis (7-3), 2 p.m.

N. Carolina (10-1) vs. S. Carolina St. (7-4) at Charlotte, N.C., 2 p.m.

Gardner-Webb (8-3) at W. Carolina (4-7), 2 p.m. Bluff (4-6) at Alabama (7-4), 2:30 p.m. Alcorn St. (6-5) at Jackson St.

(2-9), 2:30 p.m. Tennessee St. (6-5) at Murray St. (4-7), 2:30 p.m. East Carolina (1-9) at Tulane (4-7), 2:30 p.m.

Houston 16-4) at Louisville (7-3), 3 p.m. Furman (5-5) at Chattanooga (3-8), 3:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic (8-2) at Fla. International (2-9), 3:30 p.m. LSU (9-1) at Mississippi (8-2), 3:30 p.m.

Maryland (7-3) at N.C. State (7-4), 3:30 p.m. Boston College (6-5) at Virginia Tech (8-2), 3:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman (8-2) at Florida (6-5), 4 p.m. Stephen F.Austin (6-4) at Northwestern St.

(6-5), 4 p.m. McNeese St. (9-1) at Nicholls St. (5-5), 7 p.m. Clemson (7-4) at South Carolina (5-6), 7 p.m.

UAB (4-6) at South Florida (6-3V 7p.m. Alabama (4-7) at Auburn (6-5), p.m. MIDWEST Northwestern (5-6) at Illinois (1-10), Noon Purdue (8-3) at Indiana (2-9), Noon Ohio St. (10-1) at Michigan (9-2), Noon Penn St. (3-8) at Michigan St.

(7-4), Noon Bowling Green (8-2) at Ball St. (4-7), 1 p.m. Morehead St. (8-2) at Valparaiso (7-4), 1 p.m. Iowa St.

(2-8) at Kansas (5-6), 2 p.m. E. Michigan (3-8) at N. Illinois (9-2), 2 p.m. Jacksonville St.

(7-3) at SE Missouri (5-6), 2 p.m. Samford (6-4) at E. Illinois (4-7), 2:30 p.m. Miami (Ohio) (9-1) at Ohio (2-8), 2:30 p.m. Iowa (8-3) at Wisconsin (7-4), 3:30 p.m.

Buffalo (1-10) at Kent St. (4-7), 4 p.m. Missoun (7-3) at Kansas St. (9-3), 7 p.m. W.

Michigan (5-6) at Toledo (7-3), 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. (8-3) at Baylor (3-8), 12:30 p.m. Mississippi St. (2-8) at Arkansas (7-3), 2 p.m.

UTEP (2-9) at Rice (3-7), 3:30 p.m. Oklahoma (11-0) at Texas Tech (7-4), 3:30 p.m. Sam Houston St. (2-8) at Texas State (3-8), 7 p.m. Alabama St.

(6-4) at Texas Southern (5-5), 8 p.m. FAR WEST Montana (9-2) at Montana St. (6-5), 2 p.m. New Mexico (7-4) at Wyoming (4-6), 2 p.m. Utah (8-2) at BYU (4-7), 3 p.m.

Tulsa (7-4) at San Jose St. (3-7), 3 p.m. Oregon St. (7-3) at Oregon (7-4), 3:30 p.m. UCLA (6-5) at Southern Cal (9-1), 3:30 p.m.

California (6-6) at Stanford (4-5), 3:30 p.m. Humboldt St. (3-6) at Cal Poly-SLO (6-4), 4 p.m. Weber St. (7-4) at St.

Mary's, Cal. (1-10), 4 p.m. Utah St. (3-8) at Idaho (2-9). 5 p.m.

Washington St. (9-2) at Washington (5-6), 6:30 p.m. Colorado St. (6-5) at UNLV (5-5). 7 p.m.

S. Utah (4-6) at Idaho St. (7-4), 8:30 p.m. Air Force (7-4) at San Diego SL (54), 9 p.m. Army (0-11) at Hawaii (6-4), 11 p.m.

BCS standings No. 17,2003 Team Total I.Oklahoma 1.80 2. Ohio State 7.52 3. Southern Cal 7.71 4. LSU 12.21 The Associated Press FOXBORO, Mass.

In case Ken Walter is feeling too secure as the New England Patriots punter, here is a reminder about how he got the job. Walter was brought in during the 2001 season when Lee Johnson's kicks started getting shorter and more inconsistent. The Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl, so it's hard to question coach Bill Belichick's decision to change kickers in the middle of that year. New England is on its way to the playoffs again, and after 10 games they're having trouble with their punter again. And this time, it could be Walter who goes.

"The ball wasn't going very far last night," Beli-chick said Monday, a day after New England beat Dallas 12-0 for its sixth consecutive victory. "That is no secret." The Patriots improved to 8-2 two games ahead of Miami in the AFC East even though Walters' average of 38.2 yards per kick is last in the NFL. On Sunday night, he punted eight times for an average of 34.6 yards. A lot of it depends on the situation. One of the kicks was a 28-yarder that resulted in a fair catch at the Dallas 14 yard-line; that would be considered a good punt.

Another went 34 yards to the Cowboys' 44 yard-line; in a defensive game that turns on field position, that's the kind of thing that can be costly. Perhaps more frustrating, Walter did uncork kicks of 40 and 41 yards in the third quarter the latter with a minus-1 yard return and put a 39-yarder on the Dallas 8 in the second. Taylor slowed by knee woes: At Jacksonville, Fred Taylor underwent tests on both knees Monday after twisting one and getting hit on the other in the Jaguars' loss to Tennessee. Taylor sat out most of the fourth quarter of the 10-3 defeat Sunday, and he was not in the game during the final drive, which ended on downs at the Tennessee 2 with Jacksonville seeking the tying touchdown. Favre's thumb sore: At Green Bay, quarterback Brett Favre had a sore right thumb one day after a victory in Tampa but shouldn't miss any games.

"He is only three weeks removed from a broken thumb, so it is going to be sore and it is," coach Mike Sherman said. "He can't really reinjure it unless he breaks another part of the thumb, so it is healing. It will continue to get better." Jets' McGraw out: At Hempstead, N.Y., safety Jon McGraw will miss the rest of the season after reinjuring his right shoulder against the Colts. With the open roster spot, the Jets (3-7) activated tackle Josh Evans, who was reinstated to the team Nov. 4 after missing the first nine weeks of the season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.

Chargers' Dwight hospitalized: At San Diego, Chargers wide receiver Tim Dwight remained hospitalized in Denver on Monday with a partially collapsed lung sustained a day earlier in a 37-8 loss to the Broncos. Coach Marty Schottenheimer said Dwight is expected to return to San Diego on Wednesday. MRI shows high ankle sprain for Kearse: At Nashville, Tennessee defensive end Jevon Kearse has a high sprain of his left ankle, good news for the Titans because he heard clicking in the joint after being hurt in their 10-3 victory over Jacksonville. The MRI showed no damage to the joint, and Fisher said Kearse traditionally has been a quick healer with such injuries. Ramsey has been playing with broken foot: At Ashburn, Redskins quarterback Patrick Ramsey has been playing all season with a broken bone in his right foot.

Coach Steve Spurrier revealed the injury Monday, a day after Ramsey had one of his worst games of the season in a 20-17 loss at Carolina. Carr to miss another game: At Houston, Texans quarterback David Carr will miss at least one game and perhaps more with a sprained right shoulder, meaning veteran Tony Banks will get his second start of the season Sunday against New England. San Francisco slams Steelers Transactions Monday's deals BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Sent RHP Danys Baez outright to Buffalo of the IL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SAN ANTONIO SPURS Signed Sean Marks. Waived Shane Heal.

FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS Placed WR Scotty Anderson on injured reserve. Activated WR David Kircus from the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS Signed QB Mike Quinn to the practice squad. Signed LB Shantee Orr from the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS Placed Jon McGraw on injured reserve.

Added DT Josh Evans to the active roster. Trivia Today's answer Former UCLA coach Red Sanders. (Note: The Bruins passed 49 times in a 31-13 loss to Oregon.) IN VERMONT Basketball College men's Nevada 69, Vermont 49 VERMONT (O-l) Sorrentine 1-6 4-4 Coppenrath 8-21 3- 7 19; Hehn 0-1 0-0 Njila 3-6 0-0 Jones 2-4 0-0 Phelan 0-0 0-0 Klimes 0-0 0-0 Goia 0-1 0-0 Jensen 2- 4 2-2 Sullivan 1-3 0-0 Hanson 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 18-48 9-1349. NEVADA (1-0) Snyder 8-13 0-0 17; Okeson 3-7 3-6 11; Pinkney 4-8 1-3 Hill-Thomas 2-8 2-4 Paul 1-1 0-0 Taylor 0-1 0-0 Shi-loh 1-3 0-0 Kemp 4-9 0-2 10; Browne 4- 5 0-0 Fazekas 0-2 2-2 Washington 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 28-60 8-17 69. Halftime: Nevada 41, Vermont 22. 3- pointers: Vermont 4-13 (Jensen 2-3, Hanson 1-1, Sorrentine 1-3, Coppenrath 0-2, Hehn 0-1, Njila 0-1. Goia 0-1, Sullivan 0-1); Nevada 5-12 (Kemp 2-2. Okeson 2-5.

Snyder 1-4, Shiloh 0-1). Rebounds: Vermont 28 (Coppenrath, Njila 6), Nevada 41 (Pinkney, Browne 6). Assists: Vermont 15 (Hehn 5). Nevada 20 (Okeson 9). Total fouls: Vermont 19, Nevada 17.

A 4,763. Recreational Burlington Parks Rec Women's League Waterfront Catering 48, Missfits 37; Team A 52, Above the Rim 37; Doggie Daycare 50, Cupcakes 27; Veterans 68, Lady Tractors 50 Vermont scores Monday's games College men's basketball Nevada 69, Vermont 49 Vermont schedule Today's games College women's basketball St. Michael at Green Mountain, 7 p.m. The Associated Press Skidmore men's hockey survives through gift SAN FRANCISCO His catches were beautiful. His blocking was gritty.

Terrell Owens thrived in the spotlight again and he even kept his pens in his socks. Owens had a 61-yard touchdown catch among his eight receptions for 155 yards, and Tim Rattay went 21-of-27 for 254 yards in the 49ers' 30-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. Helped by two downfield blocks by Owens, Ke-van Barlow rushed for a 78-yard score in the third quarter to break open San Francisco's fourth straight home victory. Fullback Fred Beasley also caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Rattay, who added more spice to the 49ers' quarterback controversy with a second straight near-flawless performance in place of injured Pro Bowler Jeff Garcia. Former Steelers kicker Todd Peterson made three field goals.

In the teams' first meeting since a rain-soaked game at Candlestick in 1999, San Francisco (5-5) dominated the matchup of defending division champions who have struggled so far this season. Tommy Maddox was 25-of-44 for 327 yards for Pittsburgh (3-7), which lost its sixth in seven games thanks to key defensive errors and Antwaan Randle El's fumble on a kickoff return, which allowed San Francisco to score two touchdowns in 14 seconds. But the Niners' victory was sparked by Owens, who had the best game of his up-and-down season. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Skidmore College said Monday it will continue its men's hockey program after donors committed $2.5 million to the school's athletics program.

Donations from alumni, parents and others came in after the school in September announced it would cut the team beginning with the 2004-05 season. The decision was part of a plan to restructure the athletics program. The plan followed a two-year study of Skidmore's sports and recreation offerings that warned cuts may be necessary. It called for upgrading coaching positions in women's sports and expanding fitness and recreation programs. NCAA FOOTBALL Holtz facing heat: At Colum for the national skeleton team that will race on the World Cup circuit in the upcoming season, the U.S.

Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced Monday. MISC. Hasten out: At Atlanta, Stan Kasten, president of three major sports teams in Atlanta, left all three posts Monday, sources told The Associated Press. Kasten headed baseball's Braves, basketball's Hawks and hockey's Thrashers and served as the president of Philips Arena. But his positions have been the subject of speculation since corporate owner Time Warner decided to sell the teams.

Wire reports bia, S.C., South Carolina coach Lou Holtz has a couple of new things to worry about: harsh questions from fans and www.fi-relouholtz.com. The critics, Holtz knows, come with the Gamecocks' (5-6) three-game losing streak. As for the Web site, it's "better than going to pornography," Holtz said Monday. "I hope a lot of people visit it. Maybe I can help the good Lord's work in some way." Despite No.

6 ranking, IUP left out: At Indiana, being ranked No. 6 in the NCAA Division II coaches poll wasn't good enough to get longtime power Indiana, into the national playoffs. Indiana (10-1) was left out of the 16-team Division II playoffs when it was ranked fifth by the Northeast region selection committee. Only the top four teams in each region qualify. Defending national champion Grand Valley State (10-1), Saginaw Valley State (11-0), Bentley College (10-0) and Edinboro (8-2) were chosen from the Northeast region.

Edinboro handed IUP its only loss. Bentley made the national playoffs for the first time despite playing only one game outside of the Northeast-10 Conference, against Division III Plymouth State. SKELETON Shea, Gale top World Cup team: At Lake Placid, N.Y., Olympic gold medalists Jim Shea of Lake Placid and Tristan Gale of Salt Lake City head the roster.