UNDATED (AP) — Georgia has moved up to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, nudging past Ohio State, with third-place Michigan and fourth-place Florida State holding their spots in the top four. Georgia had maybe its most impressive performance of the season Saturday, beating Mississippi 52-17. It was the second straight week the Bulldogs defeated a ranked opponent, after downing Missouri the game before. Washington was fifth again, followed by Oregon, Texas and Alabama. Missouri at nine and Louisville were new to the top 10 this week.
CHICAGO (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 27 points and 21 rebounds, and No. 1 Kansas outlasted No. 17 Kentucky for an 89-84 victory in the Champions Classic. Dajuan Harris Jr. added 23 points for the Jayhawks, who trailed by as many as 14 in the second half. KJ Adams Jr. scored 16 points, and Kevin McCullar Jr. finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Kansas closed the game with an 11-1 run. Harris opened the decisive stretch with a 3-pointer and two foul shots. Dickinson then put the Jayhawks in front for good with two foul shots that made it 85-83 with 2:04 to go.
CHICAGO (AP) — Caleb Foster scored 18 points, Kyle Filipowski added 15 and No. 9 Duke beat No. 18 Michigan State 74-65 in the Champions Classic. The Blue Devils withstood several pushes by the Spartans after grabbing an 11-point halftime lead. Foster, a freshman, scored all but two of his points in the second half. Filipowski had 10 points in the second half. Tyson Walker led Michigan State with 22 points, and Malik Hall scored 18. Duke improved to 2-1, bouncing back from a loss at home to Arizona. Michigan State fell to 1-2.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Jayden Nunn scored 25 points, true freshman Ja’Kobe Walter had 23 and 15th-ranked Baylor overwhelmed Kansas City 99-61. Nunn, the junior transfer from VCU, scored 14 points in a row during a 5 1/2-minute stretch of the first half, which Walter ended by scoring the last seven points for 4-0 Baylor. Both made four 3-pointers. RayJ Dennis added 11 points and eight assists for the Bears, who never trailed. Anderson Kopp had 15 points for 2-1 Kansas City, and Jamar Brown had 11.
DALLAS (AP) — Tyrece Radford scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, Henry Coleman III had 13 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 13 Texas A&M beat SMU 79-66 in a meeting of old Southwest Conference foes. Wade Taylor IV had 15 points on a rough shooting night in his hometown for the Aggies' leading scorer. Chuck Harris scored 21 points and Zhuric Phelps had 13 on just 3-of-14 shooting for the Mustangs.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — JaKobe Coles scored 16 points, Jameer Nelson Jr. and Avery Anderson III added 15 points apiece, and TCU beat UT Rio Grande Valley 88-55. Emanuel Miller scored all his 11 points in the second half and Micah Peavy finished with 10 points for TCU. Coles hit a 3-pointer that gave the Horned Frogs a 14-12 lead with 10:46 the first half and they never trailed again. Peavy made a layup about 2 minutes later that sparked a 17-6 run to close that half and gave the Horned Frogs a 33-22 lead. Elijah Elliott scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half for UT Rio Grande Valley (1-2). Freeman and DeAnthony Tipler Jr. each added 10 points.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Javian McCollum had 15 points, Le’Tre Darthard scored 14 off the bench and Oklahoma breezed to a 93-54 victory over Texas State. McCollum hit 6 of 10 shots with a 3-pointer for the Sooners (3-0). Darthard connected on 5 of 9 attempts with two 3-pointers. Reserve John Hugley IV finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Hugley, made all four of his shots, including his only 3-point try, and all three of his free throws. Sam Gowin made both of his shots and all six of his free throws, scoring 10. Dylan Dawson led the Bobcats (1-2) with 13 points. Josh O’Garro totaled 10 points and six rebounds.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Quinn Slazinski and Kobe Johnson scored 19 points apiece to lead West Virginia to a 70-57 victory over Jacksonville State. Slazinski sank 6 of 10 shots from the floor with three 3-pointers for the Mountaineers (2-1), adding seven rebounds and three assists. Johnson made 7 of 17 shots with a 3-pointer, adding six rebounds and five assists. Jesse Edwards totaled 14 points and six boards, while Josiah Harris scored 12. Johnson had 11 points, Edwards scored 10 and West Virginia shot 53.8% from the floor in building a 40-27 lead at halftime. KyKy Tandy topped Jacksonville State (1-2) with 18 points. He made 7 of 18 shots from the floor, including 4 of 11 from 3-point range.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green was ejected after putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock and two other players were thrown out after an altercation early in the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The game was still scoreless and not even two minutes had elapsed Tuesday night when Golden State’s Klay Thompson and Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels got in a shoving match near midcourt following a Timberwolves possession. Green rushed in and pulled Gobert away from behind with his arm around the center’s neck. Thompson’s jersey was ripped during the scuffle, which led to Green’s second ejection of the season and two free throw attempts for Gobert.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey with the Josh Allen-led attack stagnating over a six-week stretch and the three-time defending AFC East champions falling further out of the playoff picture. The move came a day after a 24-22 loss to the Denver Broncos in an outing where Allen committed three of Buffalo’s four turnovers and the offense was held under 26 points for a sixth straight game to match the longest stretch since the quarterback’s rookie season in 2018. Second-year quarterbacks coach Joe Brady takes over as interim coordinator.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still loves the spotlight in his 80s, despite reasons to shrink from it
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still loves the spotlight in his 80s. There have been plenty of reasons for him to shrink from it in the past two years. The lawsuits and questions about his commitment to race and diversity haven't stopped Jones from being among the most accessible owners in sports. Jones is also the general manager. He gets criticized for being the reason the club hasn't even reached an NFC championship game in 28 years. Dallas won three Super Bowls in his first seven seasons. Critics like to give former coach Jimmy Johnson credit for those titles. Jones says he isn't worried about running out of time to win another championship.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Brandon Hyde was voted American League Manager of the Year after guiding the Baltimore Orioles to an AL-best 101 victories just two years after a 110-loss season. Miami’s Skip Schumaker won the National League award in voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Hyde led Baltimore out of a difficult rebuild in which the Orioles improved to 83-79 in 2022 and he finished second in voting to Cleveland’s Terry Francona. Hyde earned 27 of 30 first-place votes this year. Schumaker received eight first-place votes, three more than runner-up Craig Counsell, who left Milwaukee last week to manage the Chicago Cubs.
UNDATED (AP) — Rory McIlroy has abruptly resigned from the PGA Tour board. His decision comes as the tour is trying to finalize an agreement to create a new commercial enterprise involving Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund. McIlroy has been the biggest voice opposing Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He has spent the last five years involved in tour business during some turbulent times. That includes dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently the threat and then partnership with Saudi's national wealth fund. McIlroy was the first international player to serve on the policy board. He ends his season in Dubai this week on the European tour.
TUESDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (1)Kansas 89 (17)Kentucky 84
Final (4)Marquette 71 (23)Illinois 64
Final (5)UConn 87 MVSU 53
Final (7)Tennessee 82 Wofford 61
Final (8)Creighton 92 Iowa 84
Final (9)Duke 74 (18)Michigan St. 65
Final (10)FAU 100 E. Michigan 57
Final (11)Gonzaga 123 E. Oregon 57
Final (13)Texas A&M 79 SMU 66
Final (15)Baylor 99 UMKC 61
Final UC Irvine 70 (16)Southern Cal 60
Final (22)Alabama 102 South Alabama 46
Final (25)Colorado 106 Milwaukee 79
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Atlanta 126 Detroit 120
Final Miami 111 Charlotte 105
Final Indiana 132 Philadelphia 126
Final Brooklyn 124 Orlando 104
Final Oklahoma City 123 San Antonio 87
Final New Orleans 131 Dallas 110
Final Utah 115 Portland 99
Final Minnesota 104 Golden State 101
Final Denver 111 L.A. Clippers 108
Final L.A. Lakers 134 Memphis 107
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 Columbus 3
Final Boston 5 Buffalo 2
Final Calgary 2 Montreal 1
Final Washington 3 Vegas 0
Final St. Louis 5 Tampa Bay 0
Final Winnipeg 6 New Jersey 3
Final Anaheim 3 Nashville 2
Final OT Dallas 4 Arizona 3