11/30/2008 - Landover, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eli Manning threw for 305 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown to Amani Toomer, and Brandon Jacobs ran for another score, as the New York Giants defeated the Washington Redskins, 23-7, at FedEx Field.
Manning finished 21-of-34 passing and was picked off one time, while Jacobs rushed for 71 yards. Toomer caught five passes for 85 yards for the Giants (11-1), who have won seven straight games since dropping a 35-14 decision to Cleveland on October 13.
John Carney kicked three field goals for New York, which can clinch the NFC East Division next Sunday with either a win over Philadelphia or a Dallas loss at Pittsburgh. Derrick Ward finished with 105 total yards for the Giants.
New York has emerged victorious in 15 of its 16 most recent away games dating back to last season and improved to 8-0 against NFC opponents this season.
The Giants were without starting wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who is suffering from a hamstring injury. Burress was also involved in an apparent accidental shooting at a New York night club on Friday evening when he reportedly suffered a self-inflicted wound to his right thigh.
Jason Campbell was 23-of-38 passing for 232 yards and an interception, while Devin Thomas scored his first career NFL touchdown on a 29-yard run for Washington (7-5), which has dropped three of its last four.
Clinton Portis was limited to 22 yards rushing on 11 carries and one catch for 15 yards for the Redskins. Chris Cooley had six grabs for 71 yards in defeat.
With the Giants clinging to a 13-7 lead after one half, New York stretched its lead after Jacobs banged in from a yard out, putting the finishing touches on eight-play, 48-yard set with 8:33 left in the third.
Washington appeared to have something going offensively on its next drive, but Campbell's pass intended for Antwaan Randle El was picked off by Aaron Ross at the Giants' five-yard line.
Carney's third field goal of the afternoon, from 39 yards out, put the Giants ahead by a 23-7 margin with 6:26 left in the fourth period.
With the Redskins working the hurry-up offense on their ensuing drive, they quickly got to midfield. Facing a 4th-and-6 from the Giants' 34, Campbell's pass for Randle El fell incomplete with 3:25 remaining, and New York took over on downs.
After the Giants went three-and-out, the Redskins had one last chance to muster some points. Campbell's short pass to Santana Moss was caught but fumbled, and New York recovered as time expired to end the game.
The Giants opened the scoring on their first offensive possession of the contest, going 71 yards on seven plays. After the Redskins went three-and-out, Manning converted two key third-downs by hitting Domenik Hixon with first-down passes on both occasions. Then, from the Washington 40, Manning connected with Toomer down the far sideline for the score, giving the visitors the early advantage.
Carney's 31-yard field goal with 2:11 left in the opening quarter upped the Giants' lead to 10-0. Carney added a 38-yard effort in the early stages of the second stanza.
The Redskins responded on their ensuing offensive set, when Thomas scored on a 29-yard end around, capping a six-play, 57-yard drive to make it a 13-7 game near the midway point of the quarter.
Shaun Suisham's 42-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of the half sailed wide right, and the Giants took a six-point edge into the break.
Game Notes
The Redskins will play at Baltimore on December 7, while the Giants host NFC East rival Philadelphia...Washington inducted the late Sean Taylor into the team's Ring of Fame in a pre-game ceremony. Taylor was killed in a shooting last year in Florida...The Redskins had their four-game road winning streak halted...The Giants now have a 87-61-4 advantage in the all-time regular season series with Washington...New York head coach Tom Coughlin improved to 8-5 against the Redskins all-time...Hixon had five catches for 71 yards.
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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