11/30/2008 - Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars acquired defenseman Andrew Hutchinson from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday in exchange for former first-round pick Lauri Tukonen.
Hutchinson, 28, was scoreless through two games with the Lightning this season and has played mostly with Norfolk of the AHL -- posting a goal and 13 assists in 20 games.
In 97 career games over four seasons with Nashville, Carolina and Tampa Bay, Hutchinson has 10 goals and 23 assists. Hutchinson is expected to join the Stars in time for their game at Calgary on Tuesday.
Tukonen, who was selected with the 11th overall pick of the 2004 draft by the Los Angeles Kings, is currently playing for Lukko Rauma in the Finnish Elite League.
<< Shockers and Spartans duke it out in Sunshine State
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fifth-ranked Michigan State Spartans
conclude play at the Old Spice Classic with a final-round matchup versus the
Wichita State Shockers.
Wichita State is 3-2 this season and is fresh off a thrilling 72-70
<< Vols and Zags to play for Old Spice Classic championship
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The championship game of the Old Spice Classic
pits the ninth-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs against the 12th-ranked Tennessee
Volunteers in what promises to be one of the best games of this young college
basketball seas
<< Lone Star State rivals mix it up in Austin
Austin, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The sixth-ranked Texas Longhorns and the Rice
Owls will meet for the 191st time in men's basketball, as the teams collide in
Austin this afternoon.
Rice owns a 2-3 record to date and has rotated losses and wins
<< Top-ranked Tar Heels welcome Bulldogs to Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels
have been dominant thus far, and they are heavily favored in this evening's
non-conference home clash with the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs.
Since opening the season with t
NFL Inactives (Sunday, November 30, 2008) >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The following is a list of inactive
players for today's NFL games.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 1:00 P.M. (ET)
Colts - WR Roy Hall, S Bob Sanders, C Jeff Saturday, CB Brandon Foster, LB
Buste
Bills S Whitner out vs. San Fran >>
Orchard Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Bills starting strong safety Donte
Whitner is inactive for Sunday's game against San Francisco with a separated
shoulder.
Whitner was hurt in the Bills' 26-17 loss to the New York Jets on Novem
Jackson starts for Rams >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson
started Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins.
Jackson, who had missed four of the past five games, was listed as
questionable for the game as h
Saints RB Bush back in lineup >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush
returned to the team's lineup Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after
missing the previous four games.
Bush hadn't played since an October 19 loss to Carolina --
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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