Men's College Hoops: Ducks Drop Two Spots In One Poll, Climb Up Two Spots In Another

The Oregon Ducks, despite remaining undefeated, dropped two spots to #15 in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll.  The Ducks, however, climbed up two spots to #11 in the USA Today/Coaches poll.

Once again, there was no support in either poll for any of the Beaver State's three other NCAA men's Division I basketball teams.

Late FG Boosts Niners Past Seahawks; Settle Prevented From Clinching NFC West And First-Round Bye

At San Francisco:

Colin Kaepernick threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis, while Phil Dawson successfully converted all four of his field-goal attempts, including the game winner from 22 yards out with 26 seconds remaining on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers (9-4) avenged their September Sunday night blowout defeat on the road with a 19-17 home win over the Seattle Seahawks (11-2) preventing the already playoff-bound Seahawks from clinching the NFC West Division title and a first-round playoff bye.

Bowl Schedule: Florida State And Auburn Meet In Final BCS Title Game; Ducks Get Longhorns In San Antonio; Beavers Get Boise State In Honolulu

Here's the 2013-14 Collegiate Bowl Schedule, with all Bowl Championship Series contests listed in all capital letters:

All times Pacific

Saturday, December 21:

New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque:

Colorado State (7-6) vs. Washington State (6-6)

11:00 AM, ESPN

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl at Las Vegas:

Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern California (9-4)

12:30 PM, ABC

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise, Idaho:

San Diego State (7-5) vs. Buffalo (8-4)

2:30 PM, ESPN

New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans:

Tulane (7-5) at Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)

6:00 PM, ESPN



Monday, December, 23:

Beef O'Brady's Bowl at St. Petersburg, Florida:

East Carolina (9-3) vs. Ohio (7-5)

11:00 AM, ESPN



Tuesday, December 24:

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu:

Boise State (8-4) vs. Oregon State (6-6)

5:00 PM, ESPN



Thursday, December 26:

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit:

Pittsburgh (6-6) at Bowling Green (10-3)

3:00 PM, ESPN

Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego:

Utah State (8-5) vs. Northern Illinois (12-1)

6:30 PM, ESPN



Friday, December 27:

Military Bowl at Annapolis, Maryland:

Maryland (7-5) vs. Marshall (9-4)

11:30 AM, ESPN

Texas Bowl at Houston:

Syracuse (6-6) vs. Minnesota (8-4)

3:00 PM, ESPN

Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco:

Washington (8-4) vs. Brigham Young University (8-4)

6:30 PM, ESPN



Saturday, December 28:

Pinstripe Bowl at the Bronx, New York City:

Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6)

9:00 AM, ESPN

Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina:

North Carolina (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)

12:20 PM, ESPN

Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, Florida:

Miami (Florida; 9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1)

3:45 PM, ESPN

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Tempe, Arizona:

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5)

7:15 PM, ESPN




Monday, December 30:

Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas:

Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (currently 7-4)

8:45 AM, ESPN

Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tennessee:

Georgia Tech (7-5) vs. Ole Miss (7-5)

12:15 PM, ESPN

Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, Texas:

Texas (8-4) vs. Oregon (10-2)

3:45 PM, ESPN

Holiday Bowl at San Diego:

Texas Tech (7-5) vs. Arizona State (10-3)

7:15 PM, ESPN



Tuesday, December 31:

Advocare V100 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, Louisiana:

Boston College (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5)

9:30 AM, ESPN

Wells Fargo Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas:

Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3)

11:00 AM, CBS

Liberty Bowl at Memphis:

Rice (10-3) at Mississippi State (6-6)

1:00 PM, ESPN

Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta:

Duke (10-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4)

5:00 PM, ESPN




Wednesday, January 1

Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida:

Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4)

9:00 AM, ESPN2

Heart of Dallas Bowl at Dallas:

UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4)

9:00 AM, ESPNU

Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Florida:

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2)

10:00 AM, ABC

Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida:

Iowa (8-4) vs. Louisiana State (9-3)

10:00 AM, ESPN

ROSE BOWL GAME at Pasadena, California:

Michigan State (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2)

2:00 PM, ESPN

TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL at Glendale, Arizona:

Baylor (11-1) vs. Central Florida (11-1)

5:30 PM, ESPN



Thursday, January 2:

SUGAR BOWL at New Orleans:

Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2)

5:30 PM, ESPN



Friday, January 3:

Cotton Bowl Classic at Arlington, Texas:

Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Missouri (11-2)

5:00 PM, FOX

ORANGE BOWL GAME at Miami:

Clemson (10-2) vs. Ohio State (12-1)

5:30 PM, ESPN



Saturday, January 4:

BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Alabama:

Houston (8-4) vs. Vanderbilt (8-4)

10:00 AM, ESPN



Sunday, January 5:

GoDaddy.com Bowl at Mobile, Alabama:

Ball State (10-2) vs. Arkansas State (7-5)

6:00 PM, ESPN



Monday, January 6:

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME at Pasadena, California:

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1)

Ducks Finish 10th In Final BCS Standings (Beavers 48th)

The Oregon Ducks finished in 10th place in the final regular-season Bowl Championship Series standings(with Florida State and Auburn finishing first and second), up two spots from last week, while the Oregon State Beavers dropped a spot to #48.  The Ducks climbed up two places in the Associated Press poll to #10 remained in 12th place in the USA Today/Coaches rankings.

Ducks Hold Off Rebels In OT On Road

At Oxford, Mississippi:

Mike Moser scored 24 points and Jonathan Loyd added 23 (to go with his 15 assists) on Sunday as the Oregon Ducks (#13 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls; 8-0) outlasted Ole Miss (6-2) 115-105 on the road despite a career-high 39 points from the Rebels' Marshall Henderson.

Pilots Top Hosts Vikings In Rose City College Basketball Derby

At Portland, Oregon:

Kevin Bailey scored 23 points while Thomas van Der Mars scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half as the Portland Pilots (6-3) defeated the Portland State Vikings (4-3) 92-76 on the road on Saturday night.  Tim Douglas scored 27 points to pace the Vikings.

AURELIEN COLLIN SCORES REGULATION EQUALIZER THEN CONVERTS GAME-WINNING SPOT KICK AS SKC TOP RSL IN PK MARATHON FOR FIRST MLS CUP TITLE SINCE 2000

At Kansas City, Kansas:

After a contest that was deadlocked at 1-1 after regulation time, followed by 30 scoreless overtime minutes, Claudio Bieler, Paulo Magamura, Benny Feilhaber, Seth Sinovic, C.J. Sapong, Chance Myers, and, with the game winner, Aurelien Collin (who scored the game-tying goal in the 76th minute and was named game Most Valuable Player) all converted their spot kicks as  Sporting Kansas City won their first Major League Soccer championship since 2000 by winning the longest penalty-kick shootout in league history, 7-6 in ten rounds over visiting Real Salt Lake on Saturday.  Lovel Powell had a chance to tie the shootout and force an eleventh round, but his shot bounced off the crossbar.

Texans Can Coach

Well, this is the price you pay when your team, gunning for at least a third straight divisional championship, win their first two games, then lose eleven straight.

MAC CHAMPIONSHIP: FALCONS BASH HUSKIES, RUIN NIU'S BCS BOWL CHANCES

At Detroit:

Matt Johnson threw four of his career-high five touchdown passes in the first half as the Bowling Green Falcons (10-3) knocked off the previously-undefeated Northern Illinois Huskies (#14 in the Bowl Championship Series standings; #16 in the Associated Press poll, #18 in the USA Today/Coaches rankings; 12-1) 47-27 in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game on Friday, ending the Huskies' chances of playing in a BCS bowl game.

Men's Hoops: Ducks Climb Up To #13 In Both Polls

The Oregon Ducks, still unbeaten at 7-0----and still the only men's NCAA Division I basketball team from the Beaver State to receive any support in either poll, climbed up to #13 in both the latest Associated Press (up one spot) and USA Today/Coaches (up two) polls.

Ducks Too Much For Cal Poly SLO

At Eugene, Oregon:

Richard Amardi and Elgin Cook each scored 14 points on Sunday night as the Oregon Ducks (#14 in the Associated Press poll and #15 in the USA Today/Coaches' rankings; 7-0), with five players scoring in double digits, dominated visiting Cal Poly (2-5) 82-61 in the finale of the Global Sports Hardwood Challenge.  It was the Ducks' third game in as many days.

Clean Sweep: Ducks #12 In BCS Standings, Coaches And Media Polls

Following their wild and crazy Friday Civil War win over Oregon State, and in the aftermath of dramatic happenings on Saturday, the Oregon Ducks are ranked #12 in Bowl Championship Series standings (up one spot from last week) as well as both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls (same position in both polls as last week).

The Oregon State Beavers stayed at #47 in the latest BCS standings.

For the record, with Alabama's defeat at Auburn, Florida State became top dog in the BCS standings, followed by Ohio State, then Auburn, Alabama, then Missouri.

Niners Too Much For Rams

At San Francisco:

Colin Kaepernick completed 19 of 28 passes for 275 yards and a touchdown (17 yards to Vernon Davis) and Frank Gore ran three yards for another score while Phil Dawson kicked three field goals (32, 43, 24 yards) as the San Francisco 49ers (8-4) defeated the visiting St. Louis Rams (5-7) 23-13 in Sunday National League action.  This was the final regular-season contest between these two old rivals at Candlestick Park.

Blue Demons Snap Beavers Winning Streak At Three

At Rosemont, Illinois:

Cleveland Melvin scored 23 points (and grabbed seven rebounds) while Brandon Young added 21 as the DePaul Blue Demons (4-3) defeated the visiting Oregon State Beavers (3-2) 93-81 on Sunday, snapping OSU's three-game winning streak.  Devon Collier scored a game-high 32 points to pace the Beavers.

Pilots Dominate Visiting T-Birds

At Portland, Oregon:

Thomas van Der Mars scored 17 points while Kevin Bailey added 16 on Sunday as the Portland Pilots (5-3) dominated the visiting Southern Utah Thunderbirds (1-4) 86-57.

Ducks Too Much For Fighting Sioux

At Eugene, Oregon:

Joseph Young scored a game-high 25 points as the Oregon Ducks (#14 in the Associated Press poll, #15 in the USA Today/Coaches rankings; 6-0) remained undefeated following their 91-76 Saturday home win over the North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2-3) in the Global Sports Hardwood Challenge.