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2B NFL Thursday, October 23, 2003 Montgomery Advertiser Kanell thrilled to get another shot as starter Ky mfmmmmm LaVar Arrington on Wednesday criticized team" mates for not taking the team's losing streak seri-" ously enough. "The guys that are laughing and joking and hollering like this doesn't mean -anything, they need to reevaluate why they play ball," the two-time Pro Bowl linebacker said. Arrington said he confronted teammates whose attitudes he didn't like on the team bus following Sunday's 24-7 loss at Buffalo, the Redskins' third straight defeat. He said he did it with an attitude of "love me or hate me, I want to win." "If I'm playing my heart out and guys are laughing and joking and we just lost? You do the math," Arrington said. "I'm ready to run the game back.

I'm not laughing and joking about that. I'm not laughing and joking about life after I lose a game." By John Marshall The Associated Press DENVER Danny Kanell went from being a starting quarterback in the NFL to having trouble getting teams to return his calls. He played minor league baseball for a year, spent a season in the Arena League and even coached at his high school. Will he be the next Tommy Maddox or Kurt Warner? No matter, Kanell is going to enjoy his time as the starter for the Denver Broncos for however long it lasts. "It was frustrating, sitting at home watching games on TV and watching players I felt I could play just as well as, if not better," Kanell said Wednesday.

"I'm excited about it and I'm going to try to make the most out of it." It begins Sunday against Baltimore, when Kanell NFL NOTES that he intended no malice. Asked Wednesday how to limit Tomlinson, San Diego's star running back, Seau told reporters: "You give him watermelon and load him up with fried chicken and tell him to keep eating." Seau, who is of Samoan descent, later said he and Tomlinson, who is black, are friends and the comment was meant in jest. Seau was wearing a Tomlinson jersey when he made the comment. "We ate that all the time. We'd have fried chicken every Friday," Seau said.

"I'm sorry you guys took it that way. I should have realized it was an oversight on my part. I'm sorry it came out that way." Tomlinson said he laughed when he heard Seau's words. "I wasn't offended at all," Tomlinson said. "You just have to know Junior.

He's silly like that. Gannon's status unclear: Rich Gannon's status for the Oakland Raiders' next game remained uncertain Wednesday after the team declined to release the results of tests on the MVP quarterback's bruised throwing shoulder. Oakland coach Bill Callahan referred all questions about Gannon's MRI exam to the quarterback, but Gannon refused comment, instead directing reporters back to Callahan. Callahan acknowledged that Gannon probably couldn't play if the Raiders, who are on their bye week, had a game Sunday Ar ring ton lashes out: His voice rising in anger, Washington Redskins linebacker makes his first NFL start in nearly three years. He was pressed into service after starter Jake Plummer broke his foot and backup Steve Beuerlein broke a finger.

Plummer is expected to miss at least three more weeks and Beuerlein is out for the season, meaning Kanell will be Denver's starter for at least the next two games. Just kidding: Dolphins linebacker Junior Seau insists he meant no harm when he suggested the way to stop former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson is to feed him fried chicken and watermelon. Tomlinson, whose Chargers face the Dolphins on Monday night, said he was not angered by the com-, merits. Dolphins officials backed Seau and agreed SCOREBOARD David Zalubowski AP Due to injuries to Jake Plummer and Steve Beuer-lein, quarterback Danny Kanell will be the starter for the Denver Broncos for however long it lasts. Ing: Sports briefing READERS SOUND OFF! Today' games Cleveland vs.

Toronto at St. John's, Newfoundland, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Utah at New York, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers at Ana-helm, Calif, 9:30 p.m.

Just call 240-9255, and in a few sentences, let us have it. All responses must include name and phone number for verification. Responses will be printed on Sunday. Or write: The Advertiser, 425 Molton Montgomery, AL 36104; fax (334)261-1548. Record Pts Pvs I.McNeese State (91) 5-1 266 1 i Vlllonova(ll) 6-0 263 3 3.

Delaware (2) 7-0 270 4 4. Southern Illinois (4) 7-0 2,351 7 5. Massachusetts 6-1 3,156 6. Watford 6-1 2,024 I 7. Western Illinois 5-2 1,941 2 I.

Western Kentucky 5-2 1,156 9 9. Northern Iowa 6-1 1,725 11 10. Northern Arizona 6-1 1,576 14 II. Bethune-Cookman 6-1 1,523 12 12. Montana 5-2 1,386 5 13.

Penn 5-0 1,260 15 14. Southern 7-0 1,230 17 15 Grambllng State 5-2 1,167 16 16. Colgate 7-0 1,102 II 17. Idaho State 5-2 1,011 21 18. Northwestern State 6-2 1,001 19 19.

Georgia Southern 4-3 602 10 20. Harvard 5-0 587 33 21. Florida Atlantic 6-2 557 23 22. Furman 4-3 370 13 23. North Carolina 6-1 363 25 24.

Fordham 5-2 294 24 25. Hampton 5-1 269 NR Today's sports HOCKEY NHL standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division OL Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 3 110 7 16 11 Philadelphia 2 12 1 7 13 15 New Jersey 1 2 2 0 4 10 11 N.Y. Rangers 1 2 2 0 4 I 13 Pittsburgh 1 2 2 0 4 9 14 Northeast Division OL Pts GF GA Boston 4 1 2 0 10 19 16 Montreal 4 2 0 0 I 17 9 Ottawa .3101 7 17 10 Toronto 2 2 2 0 6 10 14 Buffalo 2 4 0 0 4 I 21 Southeast Division OL Pts GF GA Atlanta 3 0 2 1 9 17 11 Tampa Bav 4 0 0 0 8 16 6 Florida 2 3 2 0 6 11 12 Carolina 0 2 3 0 3 7 10 Washington 1 4 1 0 3 IS 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division OL Pts GF GA Detroit 4 2 0 0 8 17 13 St. Louis 3 2 0 1 7 16 15 Nashville 3 3 0 0 6 13 10 Columbus 3 3 0 0 6 14 13 Chicago 3 4 0 0 4 9 19 Northwest Division OL Pts GF GA Vancouver 4 3 1 0 9 22 12 Calgary 3 2 0 0 6 8 10 Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 19 16 Colorado 2 3 0 0 4 15 14 Minnesota 1 5 1 0 3 14 20 Pacific Division OL Pts GF GA Los Angeles 4 2 0 0 8 20 12 Dallas 4 3 0 0 I II 14 Phoenix 3 2 0 0 6 11 12 Anaheim 2 4 0 1 5 11 19 San Jose 14 10 3 I 16 Two points for a win, one point for a tie and overtime loss.

Tuesday's results Tampa Bay 3, Atlanta 2, OT Calgary 3, Minnesota 2 Boston 4, Colorado 1 St. Louis 6. Edmonton 4 Anaheim 2, San Jose 0 Los Angeles 4, Philadelphia 0 Wednesday's results Corollno 1. Pittsburgh 1, tie Detroit 4, Columbus I Florida 1 New Jersey 1 Toronto 3, Dallas 1 Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2 Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Today's games Tampa Bay at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Washington at p.m. Nashville at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorodo, 8 p.m. Toronto at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Chicago at San Jose. 9:30 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 9:30 am.

Division II poll Through Oct. 20 Record Pts Pvs 1. 7-0 646 2 2. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) (4) 7-0 610 5 3.

Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 7-0 593 3 4. North Alabama 7-0 551 7 5. Texas 5-1 541 6 6. Central Oklahoma 7-0 487 9 7. Grand Volley St.

(Mich.) 6-1 485 1 8. Catawba (N.C) 6-1 446 10 9. Indiana (Pa) 6-1 405 11 10. North Dakota 6-1 397 13 11. Pittsburg St.

(Kan.) 6-1 377 4 11 Emporia St. (Kan.) 6-1 351 18 13. Winona St. (Minn.) 7-1 332 14 14. Central Missouri St.

6-1 324. 15 15. Mesa St. (Colo.) 6-1 262 16 16. North Dakota St.

5-3 340 I 17. Nebraska-Omaha 6-3 221 19 18. St. Cloud St. (Minn.) 6-2 186 20 19.

Bentlev (Mass.) 7-0 177 17 20. Tusculum (Tenn.) 6-1 168 23 31. Southern Arkansas 5-3 136 NR 33. Tarleton St. (Texas) 5-3 123 24 23.

Northwest Missouri St. 5-2 106 25 24. Delta St. (Miss.) 5-2 94 13 25. Concordla-St.

Paul (Minn.) 6-1 37 NR Division III poll Throuah Oct 20 ON THE AIR COLLEGE FOOTBALL Maryland at Georgia Tech, ESPN, 6:30 p.m. GOLF European PGA Tour, The Telefonica Open de Madrid, first round, at Madrid, Spain, The Golf Channel, 8 a.m. PGA Tour, Funai Classic, first round, at Lake Buena Vista, ESPN, 2 p.m. Champions Tour, Charles Schwab Cup Championship, first round, at Sonoma, The Golf Channel, 4 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL World Series, Game 5, N.Y.

Yankees at Florida, WCOVFox, 7 p.m. NBA Preseason, L.A. Clippers vs. LA. Lakers, at Anaheim, TNT, 9:30 p.m.

NHL Carolina at Boston, ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Atlanta, Turner South, 6:30 p.m. RADIO TALK SHOWS SportsLine with John Longshore and Barry McKnight, WMSP-AM 740, 6 a.m. The Wake-Up Call with Michael Butler and Mike Segrest, WTLS-AM 1300, WIQR-AM 1410, 6:30 a.m. Jim Fyffe's MorningLine, with Doug Amos and guest host, WACV-AM 1170, 7 a.m.

Murray in the Morning, WIQR-AM 1410, 8 a.m. The Tony Kornheiser Show, WMSP-AM 740, 9 a.m. James Brown, WIQR-AM 1410, 9 a.m. The Jungle with Jim Rome, WMSP-AM 740, 11 a.m. Peter Brown, WIQR-AM 1410, 11 a.m.

The Dan Patrick Show, WMSP-AM 740, 2 p.m. Tim Brando, WIQR-AM 1410, 2 p.m. The Paul Finebaum Radio Network, WMSP-AM 740, WTLS-AM 1300, 3 p.m. SportsCall, WQNR-FM 99.9, WAUD-AM 1230, 4 p.m. Southern Sports Tonight, WIQR-AM 1410, 5 p.m.

ESPN GameNight, WMSP-AM 740, 8 p.m. VRick Ballou, WIQR-AM 1410, 9 p.m. ETC. Personnel changes AUTO RACING ATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL Named Jon Beckman director of business development, and Steve Ely track operations manager. BASEBALL National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Named Chip Hole manager and Lorenzo Bundy hitting coach tor Tucson of the PCL.

and Damon Mashore hitting coach and Met Stottlemyre Jr. pitching coach for El Paso of the Texas League. HOUSTON ASTROS Signed Jlmy Williams, manager, to a one-year con trod extension through the 2005 season, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Declined to exercise their 2004 option on the contract of OF Jose Cruz, Jr. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA Suspended Golden State Jason Richardson the first three regular-season games without pay. INDIANA PACERS Exercised their options on the contracts of Jamool Tlnsley and Primoz Brezec LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Waived Tremaine Fowlkes.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS Waived Antonio Meeklng. NEW JERSEY NETS Waived Jonathan Kerner and Larry Lewis. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Waived Sam Clancy. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZE RS Signed Vladimir Stepanla to a multiyear deal. SEATTLE SUPERSONICS-Exerclsed their option on Vladimir Radmanovlc for the 2004-05 season.

Waived Galen Young and CMIkki Moore. Continental Basketball Association IDAHO STAMPEDE Signed Chris Monroe. ROCKFORD LIGHTNING Signed Greg Clausen. BOWLING Professional Bowlers Association PBA Announced the retirement of Mike Aulby, following the 2003-04 season. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS Signed QB Randy Fa-sani to the practice squad.

Released 06 Brandon Doman from the practice squad. CINCINNATI BENGALS Waived LB Keyon Whiteside. Claimed LB Ladalris Jackson off waivers from Washington. CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed OL Scot Osborne and OL Ben Claxton to the practice squad. DENVER BRONCOS Re-signed QB Ja-rlous Jackson.

Placed DE Bryant McNeai on Injured reserve. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed LB Justin Kurpelkls to the practice squad, NEW YORK JETS Signed Brandon Moore from the practice squad. Released QB Jamie Martin. Placed Dennis O'Sulll-van on the physical ly-unable-to-perform list. Re-signed RB Little John Flowers and OT Will Ofenheusle to the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS Placed OT Mathlas Nkwentl on Injured reserve. Signed OT Barrett Brooks. Signed OT Josh Burr to the practice squad. Released Russell Stuvalnts from the practice squad. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Signed OL Michael Keathley.

Waived WR Dondre Gilliam. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Released OB Rob Johnson. Signed QB Tim Hassel-beck. Arena Football League ARIZONA RATTLERS Signed OL-DL Nate Mallory. LOS ANGELES AVENGERS Signed WR-DB Brian Sump.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL Suspended Vancouver Brad May one game without pay for receiving a match penalty In an Oct. 20 game against Buffalo. COLORADO AVALANCHE Traded RW Bates Battaglfa and Jonas Johansson to Washington for Steve Konowaichuk, Called up Brad Larsen from Hershey of the AHL. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Recalled Mark Hartigan from Syracuse of the AHL. NASHVILLE PREDATORS Claimed Jeremy Stevenson off waivers from Minnesota Assigned Vernon Fiddler and Andrew Hutchinson to Milwaukee of the AHL.

NEW YORK RANGERS Agreed to terms with Pascal Rheaume. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Claimed RW Steve Webb off woivers from Philadelphia Assigned LW Reld Simpson to Wilkes-BarreScronton of the AHL. SAN JOSE SHARKS Activated Brad Stuart from injured reserve. Assigned Christian Ehrhoff to Cleveland of the AHL. COLLEGE MORAVIAN-Named Andrew Nodler men's assistant lacrosse coach and assistant to me director of intramurals, SAN DIEGO STATE Named Gory Grant men's assistant basketball coach.

STETSON Named Sebastian Singletary men's assistant basketball coach. Record 1. Mount Union (Ohio) (45) 6-0 1st. John's (Minn.) (1) 6-0 3. Llnfleld (Ore.) 5-0 4.

Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 6-0 5. Wheaton (III.) 6-0 6. Wartburg (Iowa) 6-0 7. Springfield (Mass.) 7-0 BASKETBALL NBA preseason standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pts Fvs 1,136 I 1,100 2 1,039 3 1,009 4 960 6 896 7 854 I 788 9 706 11 629 12 622 13 555 14 539 IS 531 16 8. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) 5-1 9.

Washington Jefferson (Pa) 10. Rowan (N.J.) 11. Brldgewater(Va) 12. Trinity (Texas) 13. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 14.

Bethel (Minn.) 15. Crosse 5-1 5-1 5-1 7-0 7-0 5-1 GB Vj 2 3 3 3 4 Gl 16. Hardln-Slmmons (Texas) 430 17 5-1 TRACK AND FIELD U.S. officials propose new drug rules USA Track Field proposed tougher drug rules Wednesday that could include lifetime bans for first steroid offenses and fines up to $100,000 for athletes, acknowledging it has not done enough to curb drug use; The plan was unveiled as Dwain Chambers, Europe's fastest man, became the first athlete to admit testing positive for a newly discovered designer steroid, and USATF chief executive officer Craig Masback an-; nounced that four of its athletes also tested positive for the drug. The previously undetectable steroid is at the center of a potentially colossal scandal involving chemists, athletes and coaches.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says several athletes used the drug and that it's believed to have come from a laboratory that supplies some of the nation's top sports stars with nutritional supplements. The USATF hopes to adopt the new anti-doping policy at its annual meeting Dec. 4-8 in Greensboro, N.C, after determining if it can legally implement the increased penalties under the Amateur Sports Act. NBA Bryant to play against Clippers Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is looking forward to his first game since being ordered to stand trial for sexual assault and undergoing knee surgery: "It's my eighth year in the league too many years in the league to be nervous," he said after practice Wednesday.

Coach Phil Jackson said he plans to start Bryant in the exhibition game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Anaheim tonight and play him in "eight- to nine-minute bursts." "There's a natural timeout in the" first quarter, and I'll take him out of the game and see how he does in the second session in the first half and go from there," Jackson said. It will also be the first time Bryant will play with Karl Malone and Gary Payton, free agents who signed with the Lakers during the summer. With center Shaquille O'Neal, it gives the Lakers four potential Hall of Famers. On Monday, Bryant was ordered to stand trial for sexual assault A 19-year-old Eagle, hotel employee alleges he sexually assaulted her in his room on July 1. Bryant, who was in Colorado for knee surgery, says they had consensual sex.

The 25-year-old Bryant, free on $25,000 bond, faces four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation, and a fine of up to $750,000. His next court appearance is Nov. 10. Jason Richardson of the Golden State Warriors has been suspended for three games without pay for being convicted of domestic violence over the summer in Michigan, the NBA announced Wednesday. Richardson's suspension will begin with the Warriors' first game of the 2003-04 season, next Wednesday night against Dallas.

He also will miss games against Philar delphia and the Los Angeles Lakers. Richardson, who is starting his third season in the NBA, was convicted in August of a misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from an assault on his ex-girlfriend. Roshon-da Jacqmain testified that Richardson pushed her so hard that she fell and struck her head against a wall at her apartment. A jury deliberated IVi hours before reaching its verdict. Richardson is free on bond pending a sentencing hearing.

He faces up to 93 days in jail and $500 in fines. Washington Wizards forward Jerry Stackhouse had scar tissue removed during surgery on his right knee, and the team did not issue a timetable for his return, Stackhouse had surgery Tuesday in New York to relieve soreness he has felt since the final weeks of last season: He has been diagnosed with a condition that has deteriorated the lining on the back of his kneecap. No ligament damage was found during the operation. Stack-house will likely start the regular season on the injured list, meaning he will miss at least five games. Stack-house led the Wizards in scoring last season, averaging 21.5 points.

He recently signed a contract worth $33 million over the next four seasons. NFL James expected to start Sunday Running back Edgerrin James is expected to start when the Indianapolis Colts play the Houston Texans on Sunday at the RCA Dome. James has missed the last three games with a lower back injury, but the two-time NFL rushing champion was able to practice Monday and Wednesday. Coach Tony Dungy, who earlier in the week expressed a wait-and-see attitude toward James! return, was optimistic Wednesday. LOCAL SPORTS Mackey wins middleweight bout Montgomery boxer John Mackey defeated David Simpson by a unanimous decision in a middleweight bout on Tuesday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Mackey, who trains at Bad Boy Boxing Gym, won in three rounds. The Dirt Devil Youth Fastpitch Association is hosting tryouts for the newly formed 10U team for the 2004 sea1 son. Tryouts will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Au. burn Softball Complex.

For further questions or to sign up for tryouts please contact (334) 332-8234 or (256) 825-5905. From wire, staff reports it 4 Pet Miami 5 2 .714 New Jersey 4 2 .667 Boston 3 4 .429 New York 3 5 .286 Philadelphia 3 5 .286 Washington 2 5 .286 Orlando 1 6 .143 Central Division Pet Toronto 4 2 Ml New Orleans 5 3 25 Chicago I 1 SI Cleveland 4 3 .571 Milwaukee 4 3 .571 Indiana 3 3 .500 Atlanta 3 4 .429 Detroit 3 4 .429 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet Memphis 5 1 .833 Utah 5 1 .833 Denver 4 3 .571 Son Antonio 4 3 .571 Houston 3 4 .429 Minnesota 3 4 .429 Dallas 3 5 .375 Pacific Division Pet Seattle 6 2 .750 Golden State 4 2 .667 L.A. Lakers 3 3 .500 Portland 3 4 .429 Sacramento 3 4 .429 L.A. Clippers 2 4 .333 Phoenix 2 5 .286 17. Capital (Ohio) 6-0 335 21 18.

BrockportSMN.Y.) 6-1 331 5 19. Salisbury (Md.) 5-0 323 19 20.St.Norbert(Wls.) 7-0 284 20 21. Christopher Newport (Va) 5- 1 340 33 22. College of New Jersey 5-1 222 23 33. Lycoming (Pa) 4-1 189 10 34.

Ithaca (N.Y.) 5-1 154 NR 35. Wittenberg (Ohio) 5-1 133 25 NAIA poll Through Oct. 20 Record Pts Pvs 1. Carroll (Mont.) (16) 7-0 400 1 2. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 6-0 383 3 3.

Dickinson State (N.D.) 7-0 363 4 4. MldAmerlca Nazarene (Kan.) 8-0 347 6 5. St. Francis (Ind.) 6-0 340 7 6. Northwestern Oklahoma 6- 1 327 8 7.

6-1 296 10 8. McKendree (III.) S-l 281 2 9. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 5-1 355 13 10. Evangel (Mo.) 5-1 345 11 11. Northwestern (Iowa) 6-1 339 13 13.

Georgetown (Ky.) 5-3 207 5 13. Tabor (Kan.) 6-0 205 14 14. Campbellsvllle (Kv.) 6-1 184 16 15 Lambuth (Tenn) 5-2 176 19 16. Walsh (Ohio) 6-1 175 17 17. St.

Xavlerdll.) 5-2 143 23 II. Benedictine (Kan.) 5-2 134 9 19. Cumberland (Ky.) 5-1 128 20 20. Ottawa (Kan.) 5-1 117 21 21. Hastings (Neb.) 4-3 64 35 22.

Midland Lutheran (Neb.) 5-1 63 II FOOTBALL NFL standings AMERICAN East Pet PF PA New England 5 .714 145 126 Miami 4 2 0 .647 118 77 Buffalo 4 5 0 .571 138 110 N.Y.Jetl 2 4 0 .333 94 94 South Pet PF PA Indianapolis 5 19 -33 171 105 Tennessee 5 3 0 .714 194 150 Houston I .333 100 170 Jacksonville ISO .167 110 154 North Pet PF PA Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 134 1 26 Cleveland 3 4 0 .429 112 121 Cincinnati 5 4 0 .333 111 132 Pittsburgh 2 4 0 -333 111 144 West Pet PF PA Kansas City 6 0 0 1.000 191 115 Denver 5 2 0 .714 178 115 Oakland 2 4 0 .333 lis 144 Tuesday's Games Memphis 97, Miami 12 Chicago 94, Toronto 91 Milwaukee 97, Detroit 86 New York B4, New Jersey 82 -Utah 92, Dallas 76 Wednesday's rasults Atlanta 91, Orlando 83 Boston 96, Minnesota 80 Cleveland 108, Washington 92 Houston 102, Denver 79 San Antonio 103, New Orleans 79 Sacramento 121, Dallas 99 Portland 109, Phoenix 98 Seattle 1 10, Golden State 91 23. Southern Nazarene (Okla) 4-3 55 15 39 NR 15 24 4-3 4-3 34. Olivet Nazarene (III.) 35. Mlnot State (N.D.) San Diego 1 5 0 .167 115 169 NATIONAL IN THE BLEACHERS bast Pet PF PA Dallas 5 1 0 .133 150 100 Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 95 119 Washington 3 4 0 .429 135 171 N.Y. Giants 4 0 433 105 123 South Pet PF PA Carolina 5 1 0 .833 HI 105 Tampa Bav 3 3 0 .500 134 97 New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 152 168 Atlanta 1 6 0 .143 114 220 North Pet PF PA Minnesota 6 0 0 1.000 179 104 Green Bay 3 4 0 .429 200 166 Chicago ISO -167 97 176 Detroit 1 3 0 .167 101 160 1 Virginia Tech 6-0 1,498 3 4.

Georgia 6-1 1,394 4 5. Southern Cat 6-1 1,378 5 6. Florida St. 6-1 1,213 7 6. Washington St.

6-1 1,213 6 8. Ohio St, 6-1 1,161 8 9. LSU 6-1 1,087 10 10. Purdue 6-1 957 13 11. Michigan St.

7-1 918 IS 12. N. Illinois 7-0 185 13 13. Michigan 6-2 744 17 14. Nebraska 6-1 732 II 15.

TCU 7-0 685 16 16. Iowa 5-3 623 9 17. Auburn 5-3 593 19 II. Oklahoma St. 6-1 467 23 19.

Texas J-I 435 20 20. Wisconsin 6-3 402 14 21. Arkansas 4-2 331 11 22. Tennessee 4-2 295 21 23. Bowling Green 6-1 189 24.

Utah 6-1 171 25. Florida 5-3 156 Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 60, Missouri 58, Miami (Ohio) 55, Pittsburgh 55, Maryland 45, Minnesota 41, Mississippi 30, Louisville 27, UCLA 17, Boise St. 1 1, Oregon St. 11, Kansas 3, Kansas St. 3, Syracuse 1, Washington 1.

USA TodayESPN Top 25 poll The top 25 teams In the USA Today-ESPN college football poll, with flrst-pkxt votes In parentheses, team's records through Oct. 18, points based on 25 points tor a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-ploce vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Oklahoma (57) 7-0 1,569 1 2. Miami (Fla.) (6) 7-0 1,516 2 3. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,450 3 4 Southern California 6-1 1,364 4 5.

Georgia 6-1 1J27 4. Washington State 6-1 1,183 6 7. Florida State 6-1 1,171 7 State 6-1 1,146 8 t.LSU 6-1 1,059 10 10. Purdue 6-1 898 IS 11. Nebraska 6-1 855 14 13.

Michigan State 7-1 786 1 8 13. TCU 7-0 781 13 14. Northern Illinois 7-0 760 16 15. Michigan 6-3 713 17 16. Iowa 5-2 637 17.

Wisconsin 6-2 438 12 IS. Texas 5-2 426 20 19. Oklahoma State 6-1 410 24 30. Arkansas 4-3 404 11 31. Auburn J-2 350 35 32.

Tennessee 4-3 290 22 23. Utah 6-1 158 NR 24. Minnesota 6-3 120 19 25. Florida 5-3 95 NR Also receiving votes: Bowling Green 19; Pittsburgh 79; Louisville 59; Boise State 57; Texas Tech 57; Miami (Ohio) 46; Maryland 45; Oregon State 43; Kansas State 30; Missouri 23; Mississippi 21; Air Force Georgia Tech Colorado State Kansas UCLA Virginia Clemson 1. Division l-AA poll PHILADELPHIA The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with flrst-placo votes In parentheses, records through Oct.

19 and previous ranK- 1 West Virginia 28, (3) Virginia Tech 7 Vo Tech 0 7 0 0-7 West Virginia 14 0 14 0-21 First Quorter WV Harris 7 run (Cooper kick), 4:11 WV Wilson 5 run (Cooper kick), 2:01 Second Quarter VT Fuller 50 tumble return (Warley), 2:07 Third Quarter WV-Garvtn 93 pass from Marshall (Cooper kick), 10.56 WV Marshall 4 run (Cooper kick), 2:57 west Pet PF PA 3 1 0 33 146 104 1 0 .667 170 108 Seattle St. Louis San Francisco Arizona 3 4 0 .429 159 126 1 5 0 .167 12 180 2003 Uhwral Pnm SwtfiaM www uremics com VT WV First downs 14 21 Rushes-yards 39-65 59-264 Passing 146 162 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-3 7-14-0 Return Yards 97 46 Punts-Avo. 5-42 6-34 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 13-116 9-96 Time of Possession 21:24 31:36 sunaav games Detroit at Chicago, noon Denver at Baltimore, noon St. Louis at Pittsburgh, noon Seattle at Cincinnati, noon Dallas at Tampa Bav, noon Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon Cleveland at New England, noon Carolina at New Orleans, noon N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, noon Son Fronclsco at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 3:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m. Buffalo at Kansas City. 7:30 p.m.

Open: Oakland, Washington, Green Bav, Atlanta Monday's game Miami at San Diego, 8 p.m. AP Top 25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Vlrglnla Tech, K.Jones 11-57, Humes 3-15, Easllck 1-1, Randall 14-(mlnus 8). West Virginia, Wilson 33-178, Harris 15-77, Marshall 9-9, team 2-0. PASSING Virginia Tech, Randall 14-22-3-146. West Virginia, Marshall 7-14-0-161 RECEIVING-Vlrglnla Tech, Wllford 4-58, Hamilton 3-35, Easllck 2-10, Willis 1-11, KJones 1-14, J.King 1-6, Clifton 1-6, Humes Hmlnus 1).

West Virginia, Garvin 3-117, Henry 2-16, Johnson 1-19, Bailey 1-10. The Too 25 teams in The Associated Press col lege football poll, with first-place votes In parentheses, records through Oct. II, total points based on 25 points for a hrst-ploce vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs I. Oklahoma (62) 7-0 122 I I Miami 13) 7-0 1,558 tt Personal foul. Number 55.

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