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B4 SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2000 DECATUR, ILLINOIS SCOREBOARD ON TV TODAY 5. Oakland (6-0) vs. Arthur, Fri. 6. Carrollton (5-1) vs.

Pleasant Hill, Fri. 7. Colfax (6-0) vs. Deer Creek-Mackinaw, Fri. 8.

Cambridge (6-0) vs. Kewanee Wethers-field, Sat. 9. Virden (6-0) vs. Kincaid, Fri.

10. Durand (5-1) vs. South Beloit, Fri. Soccer MILLIKIN 1 ST. FRANCIS 0 At Fairview Park Millikin goal: Izzy Neis; assisted: Neysa Thiele.

Millikin goalie Sarah Creson had 3 saves. St. Francis goalie Claire Habisorm had 7 saves. (Millikin 3-5; next: Wednesday at 4 p.m. against Rose Huhlman) AUTO RACING NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series.

(Taped) noon, (ESPN2) BASEBALL National League Division Series Game 1 Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals. (Live) (CC) noon, (ESPN) American League Division Series Game 1 Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox. (Live) (CC) 3 p.m. (ESPN) American League Division Series Game 1 New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics.

(Live) (CC) 7 p.m. (WTWO) (KSDK) (WICS) (WEEK) SPORTS By Roxy Roxborough, Universal Press Syndicate INJURY REPORT: On the NFL board, Philadelphia RB Duce Staley is questionable. On the college football board, BYU OB Bret Engemann is questionable; Florida State OB Chris Weinke is probable; Boston College RB Cedric Washington is questionable; Missouri OB Kirk Farmer is out; Michigan State QB Ryan Van Dyke is ques-tionable; Bowling Green QB Andy Sahm is probable; Kansas State RB David Allen is questionable; LSU QB Rohan Davey is probable; Florida QB Jesse Palmer is probable; Arizona State QB Ryan Kealy is out, QB Jeff Krohn and RB Mike Williams are both questionable; San Jose State RB Deonce Whitaker is out; South Carolina QB Phil Petty is probable. LINES Michigan St CLEMSON VIRGINIA Vanderbilt EST VA TECH AIR FORCE VIRGINIA CINCINNATI MICHIGAN MISS ST Akron Ohio St TEXAS Nebraska MISSISSIPPI MIAMI-OHIO NO ILLINOIS NOTRE DAME d-Texas Kansas St ALA BIRM FLORIDA Toledo Boise St 10.5 9.5 IOWA 20 21.5 Nc State 11 11 Maryland 12.5 11 WAKE FOR- 32 31 Temple 20 17 Navy 10.5 12 Idaho 7 4 Houston 4.5 5 Kent St 1.5 1 Auburn 11 8.5 B. GREEN 2.5 2.5 WISCONSIN 9.5 8 Colorado 17.5 16.5 IOWA ST 28 26.5 Arkansas St 29 28 Ball St 4 4 Florida 13 13 Stanford 2 3 Oklahoma 22 22 KANSAS 4 2.5 Louisville 16 16 Lsu Jordan and Rodney Elliott.

Announced the resignation of Andy Enfield, assistant coach. CHARLOTTE HORNETS-Waived Rodney Buford. Signed Terrance Roberson and Caswell Cyrus. DALLAS MAVERICKS-Waived Terry Mills. Signed Mike Jones and Jamal Kendrick.

DETROIT PISTONS-Signed Brain Cardinal, Antonio Smith, Donald Williams, Rosell Ellis, David Vanter-pool and Matt Fish. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Announced the retirement of Terry Cummings. Signed Yinka Dare, Rick Hughes, Marc Jackson, Jerod Ward. LOS ANGELES LAKERS-Signed Mike Penberthy. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZE RS-Announced the retirement of Detlef Schrempf TORONTO RAPTORS-Signed Morris Peterson to a four-year contract.

UTAH JAZZ-Signed Ben Davis and Ira Bowman. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS-Placed RB Michael Basnight on injured reserve. Signed JoJuan Armour from the practice squad to a two-year contract. DENVER BRONCOS-Released Joe Nedney. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Placed RB Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar on injured reserve.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-Acquired TE Alonzo Mayes from the Chicago Bears for an undisclosed draft pick. Waived LB Tommy Hendricks. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Signed RB Fred McAfee. Placed LB Charlie demons on injured reserve. GOLF UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIA-TION-Announced the resignation of Frank Thomas, technical director.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS-Assigned Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Andy McDonald, LW Kevin Sawyer, RW Petr Tenkrat and Antti-Jussi Niemi to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the AH L. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed Rostislav Klesla to a three-year contract. DETROIT RED WINGS-Assigned Jesse Wallin, Yan Golubovsky and Marc Rodgers to Cincinnati of the AHL. Assigned Steve Brule to Manitoba of the IHL. LOS ANGELES KINGS-Assigned Marcel Cousineau to Lowell of the AHL.

SAN JOSE SHARKS-Signed RW Todd Harvey. Assigned Jim Montgomery, LW Larry Courville and Greg Andrusak to Kentucky of the AHL. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Signed Kristian Kudroc to a three-year contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Traded Alexander Karpovtsev to the Chicago Blackhawks for Bryan McCabe and a 2001 fourth-round draft pick. International Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS-Received Joel Bouchard on loan from Phoenix of the NHL.

KANSAS CITY BLADES-Assigned Anthony Cappelletti, Trevor Sherban, Mike Bayrack, Colin Chaulk, Ryan Johnston and David Arsenault to Missouri of the UHL. Assigned Ken Carroll, Forbes MacPherson and Dan Wildfong to Shreveport of the WPHL. International Hockey League MANITOBA MOOSE-Received Steve Brule from Detroit of the NHL and Brett Hauer from Edmonton. United Hockey League MOHAWK VALLEY PROWLERS-Signed Steven Low. SOCCER NATIONAL SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA-Named Craig Bohnert assistant executive director for communications.

COLLEGE ALBANY, N.Y.-Named Todd Beeten assistant athletic facilities director and men's volunteer assistant basketball coach, and Kevin Nesbeth women's assistant basketball coach. Baseball Favorite Odds Underdog American League Playoffs WHITE SOX 5.5-6.5 Mariners Yankees 5.56.5 A'S National League Playoffs Braves 6.5-7.5 CARDS Wednesday GIANTS 6-7 Mets NFL Favorite Points Underdog Open Current OU Sunday DOLPHINS 2 2 34.5 Bills Colts 4 3.5 43.5 PATRIOTS LIONS 3 3 43 Packers Titans 10 10 37.5 BENGALS JETS 9 8 38 Steelers Redskins 4.5 3 37 EAGLES BEARS 5.5 5.5 40 Saints FALCONS 3 1.5 41.5 Giants PANTHERS 4 4 43 Seahawks Broncos 6 6 43 CHARGERS Raiders 5 4.5 49 49ERS CARDS 4.5 4.5 40 Browns JAGUARS 2.5 2.5 38.5 Ravens Monday VIKINGS 1 1 39.5 Bucs NASCAR Leaders DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) NASCAR Winston Cup driver standings and money leaders through Oct. 1: Points Bobby Labonte, 4,225. 2, Dale Earnhardt, 4,012.

3, Jeff Burton, 3,998. 4, Dale Jarrett, 3,974. 5, Tony Stewart, 3,812. 6, Ricky Rudd, 3,797. 7, Rusty Wallace, 3,703.

8, Mark Martin, 3,693. 9, Jeff Gordon, 3,513. 10, Ward Burton, 3,431. II, Mike Skinner, 3,135. 12, Steve Park, 3,105.

13, Matt Kenseth, 3,066. 14, Johnny Benson, 3,053. 15, Ken Schrader, 2,949. 16, Dale Earnhardt, 2,914. 17, Sterling Marlin, 2,844.

18, Terry Labonte, 2,830. 19, Joe Nemechek, 2,826. 20, Bill Elliott, 2,678. Money Dale Jarrett, $4,762,514. 2, Jeff Burton, $4,577,509.

3, Bobby Labonte, $3,405,046. 4, Rusty Wallace, $2,666,186. 5, Tony Stewart, $2,594,426. 6, Dale Earnhardt, $2,338,236. 7, Mark Martin, $2,292,936.

8, Dale Earnhardt, $2,230,366. 9, Jeff Gordon, $2,220,131. 10, Bill Elliott, $2,163,958. II, Ward Burton, $1,995,626. 12, Ricky Rudd, $1,979,424.

13, Matt Kenseth, $1,843,839. 14, Terry Labonte, $1,716,894. 15, Mike Skinner, $1,675,084. 16, Steve Park, $1,668,707. 17, John Andretti, $1,643,642.

18, Jerry Nadeau, $1,624,324. 19, Joe Nemechek, $1,573,661. 20, Sterling Marlin, $1,542,774. Local COLES COUNTY DRAG WAY Results from Saturday Super Pro Final 1. John Wallace (Charleston), 6.16 on 5.77 dial at 85.36 mph; 2.

Richard Briscoe (Decatur), 8.264 on 5.26 dial at 49.99 mph Semifinal Gary Wright (Decatur), Todd Stillwell (Martinsville) Quarterfinals Ed Buckles (Decatur), Paul Hargis (Humboldt), Bob Weaver (Cerro Gordo) Sportsman Final 1. Jeffrey Lee (Martinsville), 8.235 on 8.21 dial at 81.35 mph; 2. Andy Romine (Atwood), 8.284 on 8.30 dial at 78.54 mph Semifinal Jim Blaney (Urbana) Quarterfinal Ryan Romine (Atwood), Tony Hill (Arthur), Terry Willard (Mat-toon), Robby Easton (Mattoon), Tom Schwent (Decatur), Allen Townshend (Shelbyville) Motorcycle Final 1. Chad Isley (Charleston), 8.348 on 8.33 dial at 79.78 mph; 2. Jeff Perry (Decatur), 7.698 on 7.75 dial at 88.77 mph Semifinal John Korte (Effingham) Network Jewelry Powder Puff Final 1.

Keli Willenborg (Dieterich), 8.607 on 8.50 dial at 80.75 mph; 2. Julie Wallace (Charleston), 9.357 on 9.47 dial at 75.72 mph Semifinal Mandy Davis (Humboldt), Nikki Crabtree (Arthur) Junior Dragster Final 1. Alex Clodfelter (Charleston) 11.154 on 11.05 dial at 51.78 mph; 2. Tim Williams (Humboldt), broke on 9.90 dial Semifinal Robby Gordon (Mattoon) Quarterfinal Tony Virgilio (Champaign), Travis Shelton (Sullivan), D.J. Evans (Mattoon) Ray Evans Junior Dragster Consolation Final 1.

Kyle Veach (Charleston), 9.515 on 9.40 dial at 63.55 mph; 2. Matthew Easton (Mattoon), 15.465 on 15.57 dial at 38.46 mph Semifinal Cody Willenborg (Teutopo-lis) Quarterfinal Chris Heminghous (Springfield), Liz Williams (Humboldt), Chris Gordon (Mattoon) wr NHL Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division TOL Pts GFGA New Jersey 4 2 2 1 11 27 22 Philadelphia 5 3 0 0 10 24 17 N.Y. Rangers 3 3 2 1 9 23 32 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 0 8 24 25 N.Y. Islanders 0 5 10 1 7 13 Northeast Division TOL Pts GFGA Buffalo 7 1 0 0 14 26 14 Boston 6 3 0 0 12 32 26 Ottawa 3 3 1 2 9 23 26 Toronto 4 5 0 0 8 25 34 Montreal 2 5 1 1 6 26 37 Southeast Division TOL Pts GFGA Florida 6 2 1 0 13 29 17 Carolina 3 4 0 0 6 19 21 Washington 2 3 1 1 6 17 24 Atlanta 2 5 1 0 5 16 27 Tampa Bay 13 10 3 13 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division TOL Pts GFGA Detroit 4 3 2 0 10 31 27 St. Louis 3 2 3 0 9 21 12 Nashville 33 1 0 7 20 19 Columbus 3 5 1 7 25 28 Chicago 2 4 2 0 6 13 22 Northwest Division TOL Pts GFGA Vancouver 5 1 2 0 12 30 19 Calgary 5 2 1 0 11 28 20 Colorado 5 2 1 0 11 32 21 Edmonton 3 3 1 1 8 26 28 Minnesota 2 2 4 0 8 18 21 Pacific Division TOL Pts GFGA LosAngeles 5 3 0 0 10 20 15 Dallas 3 2 4 0 10 22 24 Phoenix 3 3 2 1 9 16 17 Anaheim 3 5 0 0 6 11 16 San Jose 2 4 1 0 5 13 18 No loss charged in column for overtime loss; teams receive two points for a victory and one point for a tie or overtime loss.

Monday's game New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Tuesday's game Carolina at Washington, 6 p.m. BASEBALL American League TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Fired Orlando Gomez, bullpen coach. Bill Russell, bench coach, and Leon Roberts, hitting coach. National League CINCINNATI REDS-Fired Jack McKeon, manager.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Fired Gene Lamont, manager. Western Baseball League FEATHER RIVER MUDCATS-Excer-cised options on Arnie Chavera Jake Underwood, INF Ismael Garcia, INF Josh Kliner, INF Dan Melendez, INF Scott Romano, INFOF Justin Drizos, OF Chris Kahl, OF Danny Lewis, OF Joey Madden, RHP David Avila, RHP Greg Bicknell, LHP Matt Dailey, RHP Phillip Haigler, RHP Jason McCarter, RHP Jason Olsen, RHP Roberto Paredes, RHP Greg Romo and RHP Jeff Thomas. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS-Signed Michael NFL change magic past But four back from his streaking down Shawn Springs before Reggie down from One play Springs in the pass, giving drive, with accounting After Eric Kitna forced few minutes the Seattle 8 it at 17-all with 3:18 into the eahawecs iefs rally I "tfflp 1 PGA Tour Statistics PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) PGA Tour statistical leaders through the Buick Challenge, which ended Oct. 1: Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 67.64.

2, Ernie Els, 69.37. 3, Phil Mickelson, 69.38. 4, David Duval, 69.47. 5, Paul Azinger, 69.58. 6, Jesper Parnevik, 69.65.

7, Stewart Cink, 69.79. 8, Tom Lehman, 69.80. 9 (tie), Nick Price and Loren Roberts, 69.82. Driving Distance 1, John Daly, 302.2. 2, Tiger Woods, 297.0.

3, Casey Martin, 289.3. 4, Scott McCarron, 288.0. 5, Harrison Frazar, 287.3. 6, Stuart Appleby, 286.7. 7, Davis Love III, 286.5.

8, Phil Mickelson, 286.2. 9, Mathew Goggin, 285.7. 10, Carl Paulson, 285.2. Driving Accuracy Per 1, Fred Funk, 80.3. 2, Joe Durant, 79.5.

3, Loren Roberts, 79.4. 4, Scott Verplank, 79.1. 5, Olin Browne, 77.6. 6, Scott Gump, 77.3. 7, Larry Mize, 77.2.

8, Jeff Maggert, 77.0. 9, Glen Hnatiuk, 76.9. 10, 2 tied with 76.8. Greens in Regulation 1, Tiger Woods, 74.8. 2, Kenny Perry, 72.1.

3, Joe Durant, 72.0. 4 (tie), Glen Hnatiuk and David Duval, 71.0. 6, Tom Lehman, 70.3. 7, Chris Perry, 70.0. 8, Viiay Singh, 69.9.

9, Fred Couples, 69.8. 10, Hal Sutton, 69.6. Total Driving 1, David Duval, 40. 2, Robert Allenby, 46. 3, Tiger Woods, 58.

4, Harrison Frazar, 68. 5, Sergio Garcia, 80. 6 (tie), Mark Cal-cavecchia, Chris Perry and Ernie Els, 88. 9, Hal Sutton, 93. 10, Carl Paulson, 95.

Putting Average 1, Tiger Woods, 1.712. 2, Phil Mickelson, 1.726. 3, Brad Faxon, 1.728. 4, Franklin Langham, 1.729. 5 (tie), Paul Azinger and Jesper Parnevik, 1.730.

7, Sergio Garcia, 1.734. 8, Rory Sabbatini, 1.738. 9, John Huston, 1.741. 10, Davis Love III, 1.742. Birdie Average 1, Tiger Woods, 4.95.

2, David Duval, 4.22. 3, Davis Love III, 4.19. 4, Jesper Parnevik, 4.07. 5, Mark Calcavecchia, 4.05. 6, Phil Mickelson, 4.03.

7, Greg Chalmers, 4.02. 8, Franklin Langham, 4.00. 9, Stephen Ames, 3.99. 10, Rory Sabbatini, 3.97. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Tiger Woods, 67.8.

2, Phil Mickelson, 75.2. 3, Rory Sabbatini, 92.6. 4, Gary Nick-laus, 116.2. 5, Paul Azinger, 120.0. 6, Chris Perry, 121.8.

7, Sergio Garcia, 123.4. 8, Harrison Frazar, 126.0. 9, Steve Flesch, 128.6. 10, Craig Stadler, 132.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Craig Perks, 67.2.

2 (tie), Peter Jacobsen and Paul Stankowski, 66.7. 4, Fred Couples, 66.0. 5, Rocco Mediate, 64.8. 6, Stuart Appleby, 64.4. 7, Jay Williamson, 63.6.

8, Robert Allenby, 63.2. 9, Kevin Sutherland, 62.9. 10, Loren Roberts, 62.5. All-Around Ranking 1, Tiger Woods, 109. 2, David Duval, 226.

3, Phil Mickelson, 233. 4, Ernie Els, 243. 5, Robert Allenby, 263. 6, Steve Flesch, 277. 7, Nick Price, 313.

8, Sergio Garcia, 322. 9, Greg Chalmers, 328. 10, Jesper Parnevik, 329. LPGA Tour Statistics DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) LPGA Tour statistical leaders through Oct.

1: Scoring 1, Karrie Webb, 69.91. 2, Annika Sorenstam, 70.51. 3, Juli Inkster, 70.83. 4, Meg Mallon, 70.86. 5, Dottie Pepper, 70.95.

6, Pat Hurst, 70.95. 7, Rosie Jones, 71.08. 8, Mi Hyun Kim, 71.11. 9, Lorie Kane, 71.45. 10, Se Ri Pak, 71.51.

Rounds Under Par 1, Karrie Webb, .686. 2, Meg Mallon, .593. 3, Annika Sorenstam, .562. 4, Juli Inkster, .556. 5, Rosie Jones, .532.

6, Cristie Kerr, .531. 7, Se Ri Pak, .515. 8, Lorie Kane, .512. 9, Mi Hyun Kim, .511. 10 (tie), Sophie Gustafson and Dottie Pepper, .491.

Eagles Greens In Regulation 1, Annika Sorenstam, .746. 2, Karrie Webb, .735. 3, Pat Hurst, .713. 4, Sherri Steinhauer, .712. 5, Meg Mallon, .708.

6, Heather Bowie, .702. 7, Juli Inkster, .702. 8, Michele Redman, .691. 9, Beth Daniel, .690. 10, Chris Johnson, .688.

Top-10 Finishes 1, Karrie Webb, .789. 2, Annika Sorenstam, .650. 3, Juli Inkster, .647. 4, Meg Mallon, .609. 5, Pat Hurst, .478.

6, Dottie Pepper, .471. 7, Se Ri Pak, .450. 8, Mi Hyun Kim, .440. 9, Lorie Kane, .385. Sherri Steinhauer, .370.

Driving Distance 1, Caroline Blaylock, 270.1. 2, Wendy Doolan, 264.0. 3, Jean Bartholomew, 262.6. 4, Maria Hiorth, 261.3. 5, Sally Dee, 261.1.

6, Sophie Gustafson, 258.3. 7, Karrie Webb, 257.0. 8, Pat Hurst, 256.8. 9, Kelly Robbins, 256.6. 10 (tie), Sherri Turner and Jean Zedlitz, 255.3.

Sand Saves 1, Alison Nicholas, .627. 2, JoAnne earner, .589. 3, Mi Hyun Kim, .570. 4, Dottie Pepper, .561. 5, Karen Weiss, .538.

6, Caroline McMillan, .532. 7, Vicki Goetze-Acker-man, .527. 8, Keili Kuehne, .526. 9, Lisa Kiggens, .519. 10, Beth Daniel, .518.

Birdies 1, Mi Hyun Kim, 321. 2, Karrie Webb, 308 3, Pat Hurst, 300. 4, Janice Moodie, 299. 5, Lorie Kane, 295. 6, A.J, Eathorne, 288.

7, Meg Mallon, 283. 8, Jill McGill, 281. 9 (tie), Becky Iverson and Betsy King, 280. Driving Accuracy 1, Nancy Ramsbottom, .863. 2, Kim Augusta, .847.

3, Amy Fruhwirth, .827. 4, Tina Barrett, .814. 5, Jenny Lidback, .812. 6, Carin Koch, .805. 7, Barb Whitehead, .803.

8, Donna Andrews, .794. 9, Annika Sorenstam, .789. 10, Emilee Klein, .789. Putting Average 1, Lisa Kiggens, 28.56. 2, Dottie Pepper, 28.83.

3, Alison Nicholas, 28.93. 4, Amy Benz, 29.07. 5, Kim Williams, 29.12. 6, Keili Kuehne, 29.18. 7, Stephanie Brecht, 29.23.

8, Caroline McMillan, 29.26. 9, Suzanne Strudwick, 29.26. 10, Oh-Yeon Kwon, 29.26. World Golf Ranking LONDON (AP) Official World Golf Ranking based on players' performance throughout the world through Oct. 1.

The ranking is computed on a two-year rolling basis weighted toward the current year. Players earn points based on finish and strength of field: 1. Tiger Woods USA 29.57 2. Ernie Els SAf 11.98 3. David Duval USA 10.95 4.

Lee Westwood Eng 9.54 5. Phil Mickelson USA 9.04 6. Colin Montgomerie Sco 8.95 7. Davis Love III USA 8.58 8. Hal Sutton USA 8.16 9.

Vijay Singh Fii 7.30 10. Jesper Parnevik Swe 7.26 11. Darren Clark. Nlr 7.01 12. Tom Lehman USA 6.81 13.

Jim Furyk USA 6.64 14. Nick Price Zim 6.57 15. Sergio Garcia Spn 6.34 16. Thomas Biorn Den 5.87 17. Justin Leonard USA 5.45 18.

Michael Campbell NZI 5.41 19. John Huston USA 5.26 20. Miguel Angel Jimenez Spn 5.20 21. Stewart Cink USA 5.04 22. Carlos Franco Par 4.79 23.

Loren Roberts USA 4.76 24. Notah Begay III USA 4.71 25. Chris Perry USA 4.57 26. Rocco Mediate USA 4.52 27. Padraig Harrington Ire 4.43 28.

Stuart Appleby Aus 4.42 29. David Toms USA 4.41 30. Paul Azinger USA 4.27 31. Dudley Hart USA 4.23 32. Bob May USA 4.22 33.

Kirk Triplett USA 4.16 34. Retief Goosen SAf 4.02 35. Jeff Maggert USA 4.01 36. Jose Maria Olazabal Spn 3.80 37. Fred Couples USA 3.71 38.

Robert Allenby Aus 3.49 39. Jose Coceres Arg 3.48 40. Mike Weir Can 3.45 41. Greg Norman Aus 3.44 42. Shigeki Maruyama Jpn 3.41 43.

Eduardo Romero Arg 3.34 44. Scott Hoch USA 3.33 45. Bernhard Langer Ger 3.22 46. Dennis Paulson USA 3.20 47. Joe Ozaki Jpn 3.19 48.

Toshi Izawa Jpn 3.18 49. Mark O'Meara USA 3.14 50. Mark Calcavecchia USA 3.11 51. Phillip Price Wal 3.11 52. Angel Cabrera Arg 3.02 53.

Paul Lawrie Sco 3.00 54. Franklin Langham USA 2.94 55. Scott Verplank USA 2.91 56. Jumbo Ozaki Jpn 2.90 57. Jeff Sluman USA 2.81 58.

Brent Geiberger USA 2.77 59. Hidemichi Tanaka Jpn 2.70 60. Steve Pate USA 2.68 61. TimHerron USA 2.68 62. Steve Flesch USA 2.67 63.

Gary Orr Sco 2.64 64. Ian Woosnam Wal 2.63 65. Bob Estes USA 2.58 66. Steve Elkington Aus 2.58 67. Craig Parry Aus 2.57 68.

Duffy Waldorf USA 2.53 69. Fred Funk USA 2.52 70. Andrew Coltart Sco 2.46 71. Scott Dunlap USA 2.45 72. Chris DiMarco USA 2.41 73.

Paul McGinley Eng 2.40 74. Andrew Magee USA 2.36 75. Jean Van de Velde Fra 2.27 Ryder Cup Points PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Standings for the 2001 Ryder Cup matches to be played at The Belfry in Birmingham, England: Through Oct. 1 United States 1.

Tiger Woods 1,380.000 2. Phil Mickelson 428.125 3. David Duval 395.000 4. Loren Roberts 343.000 p.m. Oklahoma St.

(2-2) at Missouri (1-3), 1 p.m. UCF (3 2) at N. Illinois (2-2), 1 p.m. Tennessee St. (1-3) at E.

Illinois (3-1), 1:30 p.m. SW Missouri St. (1-3) at Indiana St. (0-5), 1:30 p.m. Stanford (2-2) at Notre Dame (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

W. Illinois (4-1) at S. Illinois (13), 1:30 p.m. Nebraska (4-0) at Iowa St. (4-0), 2:30 p.m.

Ohio St. (4-0) at Wisconsin (3-2), 2:30 p.m. Toledo (4-1) at E. Michigan (1-4), 3 p.m. Florida (5-0) vs.

Grambling St. (4-1) at Indianapolis, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. (4-0) at Illinois St. (1-3), 3 :30 p.m.

Buffalo (1-4) at Ohio (2-3), 6 p.m. SOUTHWEST Oklahoma (4 0) vs. Texas (3-1) at Dallas, 11 a.m. Hawaii (0-3) at TCU (4-0), 11 a.m. Colorado (0-4) at Texas (3-1), 1 p.m.

Nicholls St. (1-4) at SW Texas (2-2), 2 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe (1-4) at Arkansas Alcorn St. (0-5) at Prairie View (0-5), 6 p.m. San Jose St.

(3-2) at SMU (1-4), 6 p.m. Baylor (2-2) at Texas Tech (4-1), 6 p.m. UTEP (3-2) at Tulsa (3-2), 6 p.m. Bluff (3-1) at Texas Southern (4-0), 7 p.m. FAR WEST Navy (0-4) at Air Force (3-1), noon New Mexico (3-3) at Colorado St.

(3-1), 2 p.m. Sacramento St. (3-2) at Montana (3-1), 2 p.m. E. Washington (3-2) at Montana St.

(0-4), 2:30 p.m. Arizona (3-1) at Southern Cal (3-1), 2:30 p.m. Cent. Connecticut St. (2-2) at San Diego (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Hofstra (4-1) at Portland St. (4-0), 4 p.m. Boise St. (3-1) at Washington St. (2-2), 4 p.m.

California (1-3) at Arizona St. (3-1), 5:30 p.m. San Diego St. (0-4) at Wyoming (1-4), 6 p.m. Army (0-4) at New Mexico St.

(0-4), 7 p.m. N. Arizona (2-2) at Idaho St. (3-1), 7:30 p.m. St.

Mary's, Cal. (2-3) at Cal Poly SLO (1-3), 8 p.m. Nevada (1-3) at UNLV (2-2), 9 p.m. Oregon St. (4 0) at Washington (3-1), 9 p.m.

Division l-AA Poll HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. (AP) -The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 30, points and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Georgia Southern (63) 4-1 2,309 2 2. Youngstown State (2) 4-0 2,161 3 3.

Florida (7 5-0 2,082 4 4. Portland State (16) 4-0 2,069 5 5. Troy State (3) 3-1 1,979 1 6. Furman (1) 5-0 1,936 6 7. Delaware (4) 5-0 1,876 8 8.

Appalachian State 3-1 1,793 7 9. Montana 4-1 1,667 9 10. Hofstra (1) 4-1 1,599 10 11. Western Illinois 4-1 1,451 12 12. Villanova 3-1 1,194 13 13.

James Madison 3-1 1,072 18 14. Stephen F. Austin 3-1 1,038 14 15. Northwestern State 3-1 967 15 16. Richmond 3-1 928 19 17.

Lehigh 4-0 668 20 18. Eastern Kentucky 3-1 660 21 19. Massachusetts 2-2 620 11 20. Western Kentucky 4 0 600 24 21. North Carolina 3-1 461 22 22.

Northern Iowa 3 2 326 25 23. Eastern Washington 3-2 270 18 24. Northern Arizona 2-2 178 17 25. Hampton 4-1 129 NCAA Division II Rankings INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The top regional teams in the NCAA Division II football rankings with records through Oct. 1: Midwest 1.

Northwest Missouri State (5-0) 2. North Dakota State (5-0) 3. South Dakota State (5-0) 4. North Dakota (4-1) 5. Nebraska Omaha (4-1) 6.

Central Missouri State (4-1) 7. Minnesota Duluth (5 0) 8. Missouri Western State (3-2) 9. Pittsburg State (3-2) 10. Winona State (4-1) Northeast 1.

Indiana (Pennsylvania) (4-0) 2. Millersville (3-1) 3. Northern Michigan (4-1) 4. Slippery Rock (3-2) 5. Northwood (3-1) 6.

East Stroudsburg (4-1) 7. Shepherd (3-1) 8. Saginaw Valley State (4-1) 9. New Haven (2 3) 10. Michigan Tech (3-1) South 1.

Carsor Newman (5-0) 2. Catawba (5-0) 3. Valdosta State (5 0) 4. West Georgia (5-0) 5. Southern Arkansas (3-1) 6.

Winsto i-Salem State (4-1) 7. Fort Valley State (5-1) 8. Delta State (5-0) 9. Virginia Union (4-1) 10. Tuskegee (4-0) West 1.

UC Davis (4-0) 2. Western Washington (4-1) 3. Nebraska-Kearney (4-1) 4. Angelo State (3 1) 5. Northeastern State (3-1) 6.

Chadron State (3 2) 7. Fort Hays State (4 1) 8. Southwestern Oklahoma State (3-1) 9. Tarleton State (3 2) 10. Western Oregon (3-2) Preps State Rankings Here are the rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class (includes records and next opponent), according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters: Class 6A 1.

Naperville Central (6-0) at Glenbard North, Fri. 2. Lincoln-Way (6-0) vs. Homewood-Flossmoor, Fri. 3.

Schaumburg (6-0) vs. Conant, Sat. 4. Naperville North (6-0) vs. Wheaton South, Fri.

5. Gurnee Warren (6-0) vs. Libertyville, Fri. 6. Maine South (6-0) vs.

Waukegan, Sat. 7. Willowbrook (6-0) at Downers South, Fri. 8. Downers Grove North (5-1) at York, Fri.

9. Downers Grove South (5-1) vs. Willow-brook, Fri. 10. Waubonsie Valley (5-1) at Stream-wood, Fri.

Class 5A 1. Chicago Mount Carmel (5-1) at Providence, Fri. 2. Chicago Hts Marian (5-1) vs. Kankakee McNamara, Fri.

3. Rock Island (6-0) at Rock Island Alle-man, Fri. 4. Richards (6-0) at Oak Lawn, Sat. 5.

Providence (6-0) vs. Chicago Mount Carmel, Fri. 6. Rolling Meadows (6-0) at Hersey, Fri. 7.

Freeport (6-0) vs. Rockford Boylan, Fri. 8. Rockford Boylan (6-0) at Freeport, Fri. 9.

Bradley (5-1) at Thornridge, Sat. 10. Hinsdale South (5-1) at Hinsdale Central. Fri. Class 4A 1.

Joliet Catholic (6-0) at Lisle Benet, Sat. 2. Metamora (6-0) vs. Bartonville Limestone, Fri. 3.

Pontiac (6-0) vs. Prairie Central, Fri. 4. Geneseo (6-0) at Dixon, Fri. 5.

Sacred Heart Griffin (6-0) vs. Lincoln, Fri. 6. Riverside-Brookfield (6-0) vs. Elm-wood Park, Sat.

7. Dixon (6-0) vs. Geneseo, Fri. 8. Chatham Glenwood (5-1) vs.

Springfield SE, Fri. 9. Jerseyville (6:0) vs. Troy Triad, Fri. 10.

Kaneland (6-0) vs. Herscher, Fri Class 3A 1. Harrisburg (6-0) vs. Benton, Fri 2. Momence (6-0) at Milford, Fri.

3. Wheaton St. Francis (6-0) at Marmion, Sat. 4. Stillman Valley (6-0) at Richmond-Burton, Fri.

5. St. Joseph-Ogden (6-0) at Watseka, Fri. 6. Byron (5-1) vs.

Burlington Central, Fri. 7. Mount Carmel (5-1) at Lawrenceville, Sat. 8. Addison Driscoll (5-1) at Lombard Montini, Sat.

9. Burlington Central (5-1) at Byron, Fri. 10. Robinson (5-1) at Paris, Fri. Class 2A 1.

Sciota Northwestern (6-0) vs. Rushville, Fri. 2. Walther Lutheran (6-0) vs. Aurora Christian, Sat.

3. Fulton (6 0) at Sterling Newman, Fri. 4. St. Teresa (6-0) at Sullivan, Fri.

5. Tolono Unity (5-1) at Clifton Central, Fri. 6. Moweaqua Central (6-0) vs, Maroa-Forsyth, Fri. 7.

Tuscola (5-1) vs. Villa Grove, Fri. 8. LeRoy (5-1) vs. Georgetown, Fri.

9. Chester (6-0) vs. Anna-Jonesboro, Fri. 10. Port Byron Riverdale (5-1) at Erie, Fri.

Class 1A 1. Galena (6-0) at Savanna, Fri. 2. Carthage (5-1) at Hamilton, Fri. 3.

Lexington (6-0) at Tremont, Fri. 4. Greenfield (6-0) at North Greene, Fri. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) There's nothing like a 73-yard play to snatch momentum away from one football team and give it to the other.

The Kansas City Chiefs, trailing 17-7 and backed up to their own 5-yard-line late in the third period, got a giant spark from Elvis Grbac's big completion to Derrick Alexander and scored 17 straight points to beat the Seattle Seahawks 24-17 Monday night. Both teams had won their last two games after losing their first two. The Seahawks were in control for 2V2 quarters. They took a 17-7 lead on a 27-yard field goal in the third quarter by rookie Rian Lindell, who was making his first NFL start. minutes later, Grbac stepped own 5 and hit Alexander the right side, beating and going 73 yards Tongue dragged him behind.

later, Alexander beat end zone on a 17-yard the Chiefs a 3-play scoring Grbac-to-Alexander for 90 of the 95 yards. Hicks' third sack of Jon the Seahawks to punt a later, the Chiefs drove to and Pete Stoyanovich tied a 27-yard field goal with fourth quarter. No coaching for Bengals 19 17.5 MICHIGAN PK 21 WASH ST UL-LAF New Mexico Arizona California Tennessee San Diego St UL-Monroe KENTUCKY Baylor SMU Tulane COLORADO ST 17.5 17.5 use ARIZONA ST GEORGIA WYOMING ARKANSAS Carolina TEXAS TECH San Jose St La Tech Tex El Paso OHIO Carolina 6 8 4 7 33 1.5 21 4 4.5 1.5 29 7 2.5 MID TENN ST 1.5 30 6.5 TULSA Buffalo MEMPHIS Army Oregon St Nev-Reno NEW MEXICO ST 2.5 3.5 WASHINGTON 11.5 10 UNLV 21 22 Dallas, Texas Note: The after the opening line denotes that the current underdog opened as a favorite. Home teams in capital letters Third Quarter Sea FG Lindell 27, 5:24. KC D.AIexander 17 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick), 1:15.

Fourth Quarter KC FG Stoyanovich 27, 10:42. KC Cloud 15 run (Stoyanovich kick), 3:26. College Saturday's games No. 1 Florida State at No. 7 Miami, 11 a.m.

No. 2 Nebraska at Iowa State, 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. Temple, 11 a.m.

No. 4 Kansas State at Kansas, 1 p.m. No. 5 Clemson vs. North Carolina State, 2:30 p.m.

No. 6 Michigan at Purdue, 11 a.m. No. 8 Ohio State at No. 24 Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m.

No. 10 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas at Dallas, 11 a.m. No.

12 Florida vs. LSU, 11:30 a.m. No. 13 Washington vs. No.

23 Oregon State, 9 p.m. No. 14 TCU vs. Hawaii, 11 a.m. No.

15 Auburn at No. 20 Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m. No. 17 Southern Mississippi vs. South Florida, 6 p.m.

No. 18 Southern Cal vs. Arizona, 2:30 p.m. No. 19 Georgia vs.

No. 21 Tennessee, 6 p.m. No. 22 Northwestern vs. Indiana, noon No.

25 Notre Dame vs. Stanford, 1:30 p.m. IDLE: No. 9 Oregon and No. 16 UCLA Schedule Thursday, Oct.

5 SOUTH W. Michigan (4-1) at Marshall (2-2), 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST Fresno St. (1-2) at Rice (1-4), 6 p.m. Samford (3-2) at North Texas (0-4), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST CS Northridge (1-3) at Weber St. (2-3), 9 :30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 FAR WEST Utah St. (1-3) at BYU (2 4), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7 EAST Connecticut (2-3) at Boston College (2-2), 11 a.m. Yale (2-1) at Dartmouth (0-3), 11 a.m. Massachusetts (2-2) at Northeastern (3- 2) 11:30 a.m. St.

Francis, Pa. (0-5) at Albany, N.Y. (1- 3) noon Monmouth, N.J. (1-3) at C.W. Post (0-0), noon Princeton (1-2) at Colgate (3-1), noon Brown (2-1) at Fordham (2-3), noon Bucknell (3-1) at Georgetown, D.C.

(2-2), noon Cornell (1-2) at Harvard (2-1), noon Penn (2-1) at Holy Cross (3-1), noon St. Peter's (3 1) at lona (2 2), noon Lehigh (4-0) at Towson (3-2), noon Stony Brook (2-2) at Wagner (2-2), noon Idaho (2-3) at West Virginia (3-1), noon La Salle (4 1) at Canisius (0-3), 12:30 Lafayette (1-3) at Columbia (1-2), 12:30 St. John's, NY (2-2) at Robert Morris (3- 0) 12:30 Fairfield (1-2) at Siena (0-4), 1 Pittsburgh (4-0) at Syracuse (2-2), 3 :30 p.m. SOUTH Florida St. (5-0) at Miami (3-1), 11 a.m.

S. Carolina St. (1-2) at Norfolk St. (0-3), 11 a.m. Maryland (2-2) at Virginia (3-2), 11 a.m.

Temple (3-2) at Virginia Tech (4-0), 11 a.m. LSU (3-2) at Florida (4-1), 11:30 a.m. Morgan St. (0-4) at N. Carolina A8.T (2- 1) 11:30 a.m.

Delaware (5-0) at Richmond (3-1), noon Wofford (2-2) at VMI (0-5), noon Rhode Island (0-4) at William Mary (2-3), noon Jacksonville (1-3) at Charleston Southern (2-2), 12:30 Morehead St. (2-1) at Davidson (3-0), 12:30 Furman (5-0) at Appalachian St. (3-1), 1 Delaware St. (2-3) at Bethune-Cookman (4-0), 1 Gardner-Webb (2-3) at Elon (3-2), 1 Arkansas St. (0-5) at Mississippi (3-1), 1 ETSU (2-3) at The Citadel (2-3), 1 Sam Houston St.

(3-1) at Jacksonville St. (2-1), 2 p.m. Villanova (3-1) at James Madison (3-1), 2 p.m. East Carolina (3-1) at Memphis (3 2), 2 p.m. Murray St.

(2-3) at Tenn. -Martin (1-4), 2 p.m. SE Missouri (2-3) at Tennessee Tech N.C. State (4-0) at Clemson (5-0), 2 :30 p.m. Auburn (5-0) at Mississippi St.

(3-1), 2 :30 p.m. Louisville (3-1) at UAB (3-1), 2 :30 p.m. Vanderbilt (1-4) at Wake Forest (0-4), 2 :30 p.m. Tulane (2-2) at Louisiana-Lafayette (0-5), 4 p.m. Georgia Southern (4-1) at W.

Carolina (2-3), 5 p.m. E. Kentucky (3-1) at W. Kentucky (4-0), 5 p.m. Tennessee (2-2) at Georgia (3-1), 6 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (1-4) at Middle Tennessee (1-3), 6 p.m. Troy St. (3-1) at Northwestern St. (3-1), 6 p.m. South Florida (3-2) at Southern Miss.

(3- 1) 6 p.m. Southern U. (1-4) at Alabama (3- 2) 6:30 p.m. Dayton (4-1) at Austin Peay (0-4), 6 :30 p.m. South Carolina (4-1) at Kentucky (2-3), 6 :30 p.m.

Jackson St. (3-1) vs. Alabama St. (3-2) at Mobile, 7 p.m. Stephen F.Austin (3-1) at McNeese St.

(3-1), 7 p.m. MIDWEST Michigan St. (3-1) at Iowa (0-5), 11 a.m. Penn St. (2-4) at Minnesota (3-2), 11 a.m.

Michigan (4-1) at Purdue (3-2), 11 a.m. Kent St. (0-5) at Cent. Michigan (1-4), noon Houston (2-3) at Cincinnati (2-3), noon Indiana (2-2) at Northwestern (4-1), noon Akron (3-2) at Bowling Green (1-4), 12:30 Butler (1-4) at Albion (3-1), 1 p.m. Valparaiso (3-2) at Drake (4-0), 1 p.m.

Kansas St. (5-0) at Kansas (2-2), 1 p.m. Ball St. (0-4) at Miami (Ohio) (3 2), Bye: Cowboys, Chiefs, Rams College Football Favorite Points Underdog Open Current Thursday Fresno St MARSHALL 9 8 RICE 9 8 Friday 17 17 Saturday 8 7 Michigan Utah St MIAMIFLA Penn St Hawaii Pittsburgh Connecticut Michigan Indiana Oklahoma St BYU Florida St MINNESOTA TCU 3 SYRACUSE BOSTON COLL PURDUE N'WESTERN MISSOURI 6.5 6 7.5 6.5 37 7 30 2 32 PK 4.5 4.5 5.5 3 5. Tom Lehman 340.000 6.

Hal Sutton 338.000 7. Davis Love III 280.000 8. Kirk Triplett 251.666 9. Jim Furyk 247.875 10. Franklin Langham 232.500 11.

Notah Begay III 225.000 12. John Huston 222.500 13. Bob May 217.500 14. Stewart Cink 206.625 15. Justin Leonard 195.000 Europe 1.

Thomas Biorn, Denmark 297,852.70 2. Lee Westwood, England 260,723.13 3. Padraig Harrington, Ireland 208,310.00 4. Darren Clarke, N.Ireland 207,742.98 5. Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 167,820.76 6.

Phillip Price, Wales 122,303.00 7. Dean Robertson, Scotland 111,978.13 8. Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 101,713.46 9. Sam Torrance, Scotland 93,923.70 10. Nick Faldo, England 89,988.86 11.

Alex Cejka, Germany 88,233.96 12. Ignacio Garrido, Spain 81,884.09 13. Niclas Fasth, Sweden 81,480.00 14. Paul McGinley, Ireland 79,562.70 15. Bernhard Langer, Germany 77,596.00 Local WILDWOOD MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION First Flight 1.

Marvin Jones 55-8-47; 2. Jim Campbell 65-12-53; 3. Jon Grady 60-7-53; 4. John Anderson 66-10-56; 5. Bob Jepp-son 63-7-56; 6.

Bob Norman 63-11-56; 7. Paul Fleetwood 71-13-58; 8. Bob Barr 73-13-60 Second Flight 1. Bob Mitchell 76-26-53; 2. Bob Butler 74-19-55; 3.

Hal Whitacre 71-15 56; 4. Joe Robling 78 19 59; 5. Roger Burns 79-18-61; 6. Ralph Handley 81-19-62; 7. Bob Sullivan 81-19-62; 8.

Brian Abel 79-17-62 SUN N' FUN RETIRED MEN'S GOLF LEAGUE 1. Sam Gholson, Leroy Ritter, Stan Poland, and Elmer Kostenski 2. Ed Voice, Jim Dezarn, Al Hoh, and Ken Roberson Closest to Pin Jim Campbell Low net Ed Voice Low gross Ed Voice ILLINOIS PGA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Titlest Pro-Assistant No. 2 round one results Leader Kelly Holmes and Dino Lucch-esi (Bittersweet Golf Course) Local Mark Lee and Erin Shinafelt (Mattoon Country Club) it NFL American Conference East Pet PF PA N.Y. Jets 4 0 0 1.000 88 66 Miami 4 1 0 .800 90 38 Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 119 82 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 73 76 New England 1 4 0 .200 79 91 Central Pet PF PA Baltimore 4 1 0 800 110 55 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 81 64 Cleveland 2 3 0 400 64 104 Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 103 113 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 64 75 Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 23 105 West Pet PF PA Oakland 3 1 0 750 109 80 Kansas City 3 2 0 .600 117 93 Denver 2 3 0 .400 152 130 Seattle 2 3 0 .400 91 106 San Diego 0 5 0 .000 86 156 National Conference East Pet PF PA N.Y.

Giants 3 2 0 .600 88 85 Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 121 70 Washington 3 2 0 .600 87 82 Dallas 2 3 0 .400 112 148 Arizona 1 3 0 .250 71 108 Central Pet PF PA Minnesota 4 0 0 1.000 95 71 Detroit 3 2 0 .600 84 96 Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 127 67 Green Bay 2 3 0 .400 93 80 Chicago 1 4 0 200 75 130 West Pet PF PA St. Louis 5 0 0 1.000 217 145 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 95 159 San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 142 159 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 78 73 New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 55 82 Sunday's games Dallas 16, Carolina 13, OT St. Louis 57, San Diego 31 Indianapolis 18, Buffalo 16 Minnesota 31, Detroit 24 Tennessee 28, N.Y. Giants 14 Baltimore 12, Cleveland 0 Pittsburgh 24, Jacksonville 13 Miami 31, Cincinnati 16 New England 28, Denver 19 San Francisco 27, Arizona 20 Chicago 27, Green Bay 24 Washington 20, Tampa Bay 17, OT Philadelphia 38, Atlanta 10 Open: N.Y. Jets, Oakland, New Orleans Monday's game Kansas City 24, Seattle 17 Sunday, Oct.

8 Buffalo at Miami, noon New Orleans at Chicago, noon Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, noon Green Bay at Detroit, noon Tennessee at Cincinnati, noon Indianapolis at New England, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 3 :05 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 3 :15 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 3 :15 p.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 3 :15 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 3 :15 p.m. Baltimore at Jacksonville, 7 :20 p.m. Open: Kansas City, Dallas, St. Louis Monday, Oct.

9 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chiefs 24, Seahawks 17 Seattle 7 7 3 0 17 Kansas City 0 7 7 10 24 First Quarter Sea Mili 1 pass from Kitna (Lindell kick), 12:34. Second Quarter KC Gonzalez 15 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick), 5:59. Sea S.Alexander 7 run (Lindell kick), M. Sanders, Derrick Mason and rookies Bashir Yamini and Chris Coleman.

The Titans lost tight end Michael Roan in the opener to a broken leg and torn ACL. Then Dyson tore his ACL in practice two weeks ago, and Thigpen hasn't been healthy yet this season. Tight end Frank Wycheck, who has led the team in receptions the past four seasons, sprained his right foot a week after his own concussion. The injuries forced the Titans to use a one receiver package at the end of Sunday's 28-14 victory over the New York Giants. ft 1 r- Vikes try to keep up pace With an NFC Central showdown against Tampa Bay next on the schedule, the Minnesota Vikings have done a terrific job answering the doubters.

A 4-0 start will accomplish that every time. "The main thing is, those question marks are from people who don't matter to the people in the program, people who don't have to put it on the line," offensive tackle Korey Stringer said. "We're not doing anything we didn't expect to do. In fact, we expected more." They are getting more than most people expected from previously untested quarterback Daunte Culpepper. And from an offensive line missing two stars Randall McDaniel and Jeff Christy who signed with Tampa as free agents.

Panthers offense struggling An unexpected impotency on offense has sent the Carolina Panthers spiral-ing toward the bottom of the standings. The offense has struggled in three of its four games. Subtract the 38-point performance in a win over San Francisco and the Panthers have scored a combined 40 points in their three other games. It's not what anyone expected from an offense that averaged 26 points and 355 yards a game last year. Quarterback Steve Beuerlein said confidence is the main thing stopping Carolina's offense this season.

The Associated Press CINCINNATI When Bruce Coslet took over from Dave Shula during the 1996 season, the Cincinnati Bengals responded by winning three consecutive games and finishing 7-2. If Dick LeBeau secretly hoped for a similar turnaround when he succeeded Coslet last week, he was quickly brought back to reality. "We recognize this as a journey," LeBeau said Monday after reviewing Sunday's second-half collapse against Miami. "We wanted to make that first step, and that's all that was. I think it's very important what that second step looks like." Cincinnati (0-4) jumped to a 13-0 lead, then went into what LeBeau called a 20-minute "swoon" in which Miami (4-1) scored 31 unanswered points to beat the Bengals 31-16.

SAN 0IEG0 Seau may be on shelf Chargers star linebacker Junior Seau is day-to-day after straining a hamstring in Sunday's 57-31 loss to the St. Louis Rams. The Chargers (0-5), already struggling at quarterback, faced the undefeated Rams without free safety Michael Dumas, while cornerback DeRon Jenkins played with a sore hamstring. Cornerback Fakhir Brown missed the first five games with a shoulder injury, but may return this week against Denver. Dumas is expected to play Sunday, as well.

"Are we healthy? No," Seau said. "Am I making excuses? I'm trying, I'm trying." TEMMESSEE Pickens just has strain An MRI exam comfirmed that Wide receiver Carl Pickens' lei hamstring is strained, and not torn. With the receiving corps already depleted Kevin Dyson is out for the season and Yancey Thigpen is hobbled with a strained hamstring the Titans might field a group consisting of Chris.