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AUTORACING NASCAR Xfinity Series Vir- ginia529College Savings 250 Practice:11;30a.m.,NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series Vir- ginia529College Savings 250 Final Practice: 2p.m., NBCSN. MLB BASEBALL Baseball: 4p.m., MLB. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Southern vs. Mississippi Val- ley State: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. Louisiana Tech vs. W. Ken- tucky: 5p.m., FS1. NFL FOOTBALL Pittsburgh at New England: 5:30p.m., (3, 24). GOLF LPGA The Evian Champion- ship Round 1: 6:30a.m., GOLF. Web.com Hotel Fitness Championship Round 1: noon, GOLF. LPGA The Evian Champion- ship Round 2: 2a.m., GOLF. COLLEGE SOCCER San Jose State vs. Stanford: 6p.m., PAC12BA. TENNIS ITF U.S. Open Women's Semi- final: 4p.m., ESPN. Ontheair you doesn't want him out there because he is the best in the world, but a bigger part of you as a competi- tor wants him out there be- cause he is the best." Here are some other things to look for in Thurs- day night's game: BANNER NIGHT The Super Bowl banner has already been raised, but it remains covered. The three previ- ous championship banners have been moved, and the Patriots removed the one dedicated to their 16-0 reg- ular season in 2007. Team president Jona- than Kraft said during the broadcast of the Pa- triots' exhibition finale that the team would have postponed the ceremony if Brady was suspended for the game. Kraft said the team planned for an al- ternate banner that would note some of Brady's ac- complishments, such as four NFL titles and three Super Bowl MVPs. "Rest assured, Super Bowl XLIX's banner was not being raised if Tom Brady was not on the field," Kraft said. "He needed to be here the first game that that banner existed in the stadium." COMMISSIONER OMISSION NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the focus of Patri- ots fans' anger during the "Deflategate" investigation, will skip the opener. "He believes that the fo- cus should be on the game on the field and the festiv- ities celebrating the Pa- triots' Super Bowl cham- pionship," league spokes- man Brian McCarthy said. "Goodell has attended the other kickoff games, but does not have a function there that requires him to attend." IN A RUSH The Steelers promoted longtime line- backers coach Keith But- ler to defensive coordina- tor in January and tasked him with restoring some bite to a pass rush that has been largely benign the last four years. The results dur- ing the preseason were un- even at best, though Butler remains confident — even though the Steelers are just 2-7 against Brady during his career and have never beaten him on the road, losing the three games in Foxboro by an average of 20.3 points, including a 55- 31 mauling in 2013. "You don't have to cover people if you get to the quarterback," But- ler said. "Can we get to Brady before he throws the ball? We'll see. We can't let him throw where he wants to." SUPER SUBS? Pittsburgh will open the season with- out three vital pieces of an offense that ranked second intheleagueayearago.All- Pro running back Le'Veon Bell is suspended for the first two games, and wide receiver Martavis Bryant is out four weeks for run- ning afoul of league policy. Center Maurkice Pouncey is sidelined until November at the earliest with a left ankle injury. In their stead are the likes of DeAngelo Williams, Darrius Hey- ward-Bey and Cody Wal- lace, fill-ins that will need to play more like starters if the Steelers are going to survive the league's tough- est schedule. Opener FROM PAGE 1 prepare," he said Wednes- day. "You know what to work on, you know what's going to happen. You've al- ready played in the games, already seen it. There are a lot of benefits that were not here last year that we have this year. I'm defi- nitely excited and ready to compete." Carr was picked by the players as one of the four captains on the Raiders, alongside veterans Charles Woodson, Justin Tuck and Marcel Reece. Carr said the honor "means the world to me," especially because it shows he has the trust of his teammates. Carr said he is a much better leader in year two because his emotions are more even-keeled and he better understands how to deal with individual play- ers. "I think it comes natural to him," coach Jack Del Rio said. "We're not asking any- one to be someone they're not. We want our guys to express themselves and be who they are and buy into the idea of being unselfish and being together on the same page fighting for a common goal." Carr was the 18th quar- terback to start for Oak- land since the beginning of 2003, but became the first to go all 16 games since Rich Gannon did it in 2002 — when the Raiders made the Super Bowl. Carr had good and bad moments for the Raiders (3-13). He became the sev- enth rookie quarterback to throw for at least 3,000 yards and 20 touchdown passes in a season and looked comfortable in the pocket. But he also only aver- aged 9.4 yards per com- pletion — the 10th-lowest mark over the past 80 sea- sons — and his 5.5 yards per attempt were the sec- ond-lowest in Raiders his- tory. Carr said he is much improved mentally from where he was as a rookie. "Obviously year two, you're still young, there's still going to be things you need to learn and grow in," he said. "But that jump from year one to year two is huge. I've seen it. The game just slows down." Carr's teammates have seen it as well, whether it's the way he changes a play at the line of scrim- mage, motivates the team in the huddle or interacts with his receivers on the field. "I feel like he has ma- tured a lot," receiver Rod Streater said. "Last year he came in as a rookie and was still amazing. But he's a much better leader and better quarterback this year and has brought us all together." Notes: • DL Benson Mayowa (knee) was the only player who missed practice. • Tuck (calf), WR An- dre Holmes (hand) and TE Clive Walford were all full participants despite miss- ing time recently with in- juries. • The Raiders and Local Initiatives Support Corpo- ration, through the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program, awarded the East Bay Asian Youth Cen- ter with a $200,000 grant to help install a synthetic turf surface. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was one of three quarterbacks who got substantial playing time as rookies last season and are being counted on to take a big step forward in 2015. way I have done here at the U.S. Open, I don't consider that normal, to be quite honest, even though I ex- pect it in some ways." Not only has Federer won all 15 sets he's played, he has only dropped 44 games. He has won 67 of his 69 service games. And he's done it while playing attacking tennis; against Gasquet, he won the point on 22 of 28 trips to the net. "I don't feel like I'm as old as I am. I still feel young," Federer said. "So it's nice to get rewarded with the hard work and (know) that, actually, I'm able to play sort of 'fun' tennis." He hasn't won a major title since Wimbledon in 2012, losing finals there to No. 1 Novak Djokovic last year and this July. "It's just nice to see how he's moving," Wawrinka said about Federer. "You think he's flying on the court." And make no mistake: Wawrinka has been watch- ing. He even pulled out one of Federer's tricks — a re- cently developed tactic of charging to the service line for a second-serve return — while eliminating 15th- seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. Moved from Ashe to Louis Armstrong Stadium because of two lengthy women's quarterfinals plus a 1 -hour rain delay ear- lier, the match took 1 hour, 47 minutes in all, but the third set, in particular, was dominated by Waw- rinka, who won 24 of its 29 points. Wawrinka solved the 6-foot-8 Anderson's serve, converting 5 of 8 break points. Anderson had been broken a total of four times through his first four matches combined, includ- ing his surprise of 2012 U.S. Open champion Andy Murray. Anderson called that victory, which put him into the quarterfinals at a major for the first time after pre- viously going 0-7 in fourth- round matches, "a big mo- ment." "I felt I did a good job of resetting myself and get- ting ready for this next match," Anderson said. "Wasn't meant to be today. Stan didn't make it easy." Most of his career, Wawrinka has lived in the shadow of his older — and far more successful — countryman, Federer. Wawrinka didn't break through with his first Grand Slam title until the 2014 Australian Open. He added No. 2 this year at the French Open, beating Fe- derer in the quarterfinals along the way. Still, that was only Waw- rinka's third victory in 19 career matches against Fe- derer. They're good friends and paired up to win a gold medal in doubles at the 2008 Olynpics. "Stan played a wonder- ful match against me in Paris, and I was very happy for him that he went on to win the tournament. He deserved it. He's been such a great player throughout his career. He always im- proved a lot, kept on work- ing really hard," Federer said. Tennis FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 80 58 .580 _ Giants 72 67 .518 81/2 Arizona 66 73 .475 141/2 San Diego 66 73 .475 141/2 Colorado 57 81 .413 23 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 88 51 .633 _ Pittsburgh 83 55 .601 41/2 Chicago 80 58 .580 71/2 Milwaukee 61 78 .439 27 Cincinnati 57 81 .413 301/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 78 61 .561 _ Washington 71 68 .511 7 Miami 59 81 .421 191/2 Atlanta 56 84 .400 221/2 Philadelphia 54 86 .386 241/2 Tuesday's games Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 7 Miami 6, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 3 Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis 5 Giants 6, Arizona 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 4 San Diego 2, Colorado 1 Wednesday's games St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 3 Miami 5, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4 Colorado at San Diego, (n.) Giants at Arizona, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday's games Colorado (J.De La Rosa 9-6) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-10), 12:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 18-6) at Philadel- phia (Morgan 5-5), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-8) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 8-5), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 13-11) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-13), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 8-4) at Cincinnati (Jo.Lamb 0-3), 4:10 p.m. Friday's games Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Giants, 7:15 p.m. NL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 83 55 .601 +3 Chicago 80 58 .580 — Washington 71 68 .511 9.5 Giants 72 67 .518 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 75 64 .540 _ Texas 73 64 .533 1 Los Angeles 69 69 .500 51/2 Seattle 66 73 .475 9 A's 60 79 .432 15 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 83 55 .601 _ Minnesota 71 67 .514 12 Cleveland 68 70 .493 15 Chicago 66 72 .478 17 Detroit 64 75 .460 191/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 79 60 .568 _ New York 77 61 .558 11/2 Tampa Bay 68 71 .489 11 Baltimore 67 72 .482 12 Boston 66 73 .475 13 Tuesday's games Baltimore 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 7, 13 innings Toronto 5, Boston 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 4 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2 A's 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 4 Texas 9, Seattle 6 Wednesday's games Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 8, Detroit 0 Boston 10, Toronto 4 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota at Kansas City, (n.) Houston at A's, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, (n.) Texas at Seattle, (n.) Thursday's games Texas (D.Holland 3-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 16-8), 12:40 p.m. Toronto (Price 14-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Simon 12-9) at Cleveland (Sala- zar 12-8), 4:10 p.m. Friday's games Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. A's at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. AL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L PCT GB New York 77 61 .558 +3.5 Texas 73 64 .533 — Minnesota 71 67 .514 2.5 Los Angeles 69 69 .500 4.5 Tampa Bay 68 71 .489 6 Cleveland 68 70 .493 5.5 Baltimore 67 72 .482 7 Seattle 66 73 .475 8 Chicago 66 72 .478 7.5 Boston 66 73 .475 8 Detroit 64 75 .460 10 Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Thursday's game Pittsburgh at New England, 5:30 p.m. Sunday's games Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Houston, 10 a.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Miami at Washington, 10 a.m. Carolina at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Baltimore at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. THE AP TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 1 2. Alabama 1-0 1,420 3 3. TCU 1-0 1,365 2 4. Baylor 1-0 1,252 4 5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 5 6. Auburn 1-0 1,166 6 7. Oregon 1-0 1,081 7 8. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 8 9. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 11 10. Georgia 1-0 981 9 11. Florida St. 1-0 942 10 12. Clemson 1-0 862 12 13. UCLA 1-0 833 13 14. LSU 0-0 653 14 15. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 16 16. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR 17. Mississippi 1-0 600 17 18. Arkansas 1-0 480 18 19. Oklahoma 1-0 469 19 20. Boise St. 1-0 279 23 21. Missouri 1-0 274 24 22. Arizona 1-0 259 22 23. Tennessee 1-0 169 25 24. Utah 1-0 137 NR 25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NR Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23, Flori- da 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1. Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Richard Gasquet (12), France, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. WOMEN Quarterfinals Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Doubles MEN Quarterfinals Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (6), Romania, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, and Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4. WOMEN Quarterfinals Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (5), Slovenia, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaro- slava Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, def. Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavly- uchenkova (12), Russia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Minnesota 22 11 .667 — x-Phoenix 19 13 .594 21/2 x-Tulsa 17 15 .531 41/2 x-Sparks 14 18 .438 71/2 Seattle 9 23 .281 121/2 San Antonio 7 26 .212 15 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-New York 23 9 .719 — x-Chicago 20 12 .625 3 x-Indiana 18 14 .563 5 x-Washington 17 15 .531 6 Connecticut 14 19 .424 91/2 Atlanta 13 18 .419 91/2 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Tuesday's games Washington 76, Indiana 72, OT Tulsa 74, San Antonio 64 Minnesota 73, Seattle 67 Wednesday's games Atlanta 90, Sparks 60 New York 74, Connecticut 64 Thursday's games No games scheduled Friday's games Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m. Tulsa at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sparks at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 13 8 7 46 49 33 Vancouver 14 10 3 45 38 28 FC Dallas 13 8 5 44 38 30 Seattle 13 13 2 41 34 31 Kansas City 11 7 7 40 40 35 Portland 11 9 7 40 29 32 San Jose 11 11 5 38 33 31 Houston 9 10 8 35 35 34 Colorado 8 9 9 33 25 27 Salt Lake 8 11 8 32 29 40 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 10 5 44 35 34 New York 12 7 6 42 43 28 Columbus 11 9 8 41 45 47 New England11 9 7 40 38 36 Toronto FC 11 11 4 37 45 44 Montreal 9 11 4 31 34 37 Philadelphia 8 14 6 30 35 45 Orlando City 7 13 8 29 33 50 N.Y. City FC 7 13 7 28 38 46 Chicago 7 14 6 27 34 42 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Colorado at Vancouver, (n.) Kansas City at Portland, (n.) Friday's games Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. Saturday's games Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. N.Y. City FC at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Houston, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at Colorado, 6 p.m. Seattle at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games New England at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Kansas City at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through Sep. 6 1. Kevin Harvick, 948. 2. Joey Logano, 906. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 855. 4. Brad Keselowski, 837. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 817. 6. Martin Truex Jr., 806. 7. Matt Kenseth, 776. 8. Denny Hamlin, 754. 9. Kurt Busch, 752. 10. Jamie McMurray, 726. 11. Ryan Newman, 714. 12. Carl Edwards, 713. 13. Jeff Gordon, 700. 14. Paul Menard, 692. 15. Clint Bowyer, 682. 16. Aric Almirola, 653. 17. Kasey Kahne, 651. 18. Greg Biffle, 598. 19. Kyle Larson, 586. 20. Austin Dillon, 586. 21. AJ Allmendinger, 536. 22. Casey Mears, 531. 23. Danica Patrick, 527. 24. Tony Stewart, 496. 25. David Ragan, 495. 26. Sam Hornish Jr., 492. 27. Kyle Busch, 471. 28. Trevor Bayne, 452. 29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 440. 30. Justin Allgaier, 420. 31. Cole Whitt, 388. 32. David Gilliland, 380. 33. Alex Bowman, 324. 34. Brett Moffitt, 311. 35. Matt DiBenedetto, 282. 36. Michael Annett, 276. 37. Josh Wise, 202. 38. Michael McDowell, 161. 39. Jeb Burton, 149. 40. Alex Kennedy, 93. 41. Reed Sorenson, 41. 42. Bobby Labonte, 39. 43. Brian Vickers, 32. 44. Michael Waltrip, 26. 45. Mike Wallace, 8. 46. T.J. Bell, 7. 47. Eddie MacDonald, 7. 48. Will Kimmel, 6. 49. Ron Hornaday Jr., 2. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -275/+250 at Phillies at Pittsburgh -155/+145 Milwaukee New York -155/+145 at Atlanta St. Louis -141/+131 at Cincinnati at San Diego -140/+130 Colorado AMERICAN LEAGUE at Seattle -125/+115 Texas at New York OFF Toronto at Cleveland -188/+173 Detroit Thursday NFL Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at New England 7 (52) Pittsburgh Sunday Green Bay 61/2 (491/2) at Chicago at Houston 1 (41) Kansas City at NY Jets 31/2 (40) Cleveland Indianapolis 21/2 (45) at Buffalo Miami 31/2 (43) at Washington Carolina 3 (411/2) at Jacksonville Seattle 4 (41) at St. Louis at Arizona 21/2 (481/2) New Orleans at San Diego 3 (46) Detroit at Tampa Bay 3 (41) Tennessee Cincinnati 31/2 (43) at Oakland at Denver 41/2 (49) Baltimore at Dallas 6 (51) NY Giants Monday Philadelphia 3 (55) at Atlanta Minnesota 21/2 (41) at San Francisco Thursday College Football Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Louisiana Tech 1 (61) at W. Kentucky Friday Miami 171/2 (55) at Fau at Utah 131/2 (44) Utah St Saturday at Florida St 28 (531/2) South Florida W. Michigan 41/2 (54) at Ga. Southern at Penn St 201/2 (521/2) Buffalo at UConn 71/2 (46) Army at Florida 20 (52) East Carolina at Louisville 131/2 (55) Houston at Mississippi 29 (541/2) Fresno St at Cincinnati 61/2 (55) Temple LSU 41/2 (491/2) at Miss. St at Wisconsin 33 (52) Miami Kansas St 17 (52) at UTSA Marshall 3 (60) at Ohio at Ohio St 41 (631/2) Hawaii at Syracuse 41/2 (44) Wake Forest at Clemson 18 (59) Appalachian St Missouri 101/2 (59) at Arkansas St at Wyoming 131/2 (54) E Michigan at Colorado 121/2 (621/2) UMass Minnesota 6 (541/2) at Colorado St at Michigan 161/2 (45) Oregon St at Georgia Tech 281/2 (541/2) Tulane Georgia 201/2 (501/2) at Vanderbilt Boise St 21/2 (55) at Byu Notre Dame 121/2 (47) at Virginia Iowa 31/2 (50) at Iowa St at Cal 131/2 (61) San Diego St Memphis 131/2 (62) at Kansas at Arkansas 21 (551/2) Toledo at Alabama 35 (561/2) Middle Tenn St at Air Force 51/2 (581/2) San Jose St Pittsburgh 13 (50) at Akron at Maryland 71/2 (70) Bowling Green Arizona 111/2 (621/2) at Nevada at S. Carolina 7 (551/2) Kentucky at SMU 41/2 (61) North Texas at Texas A&M 291/2 (631/2) Ball St at Texas Tech 201/2 (66) UTEP at Rutgers 2 (63) Washington St Oklahoma 1 (621/2) at Tennessee at Texas 151/2 (49) Rice at New Mex. St. 61/2 (631/2) Georgia St at Nebraska 271/2 (54)South Alabama at Michigan St 31/2 (67) Oregon at Indiana 71/2 (551/2) FIU at USC 43 (66) Idaho at New Mexico 31/2 (741/2) Tulsa at Stanford 19 (45) UCF UCLA 30 (66) at UNLV Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Named Brian Ban- nister director of pitching analysis and development, Chris Mears pitching crosschecker and Gus Quattlebaum director of professional scouting. New York Yankees: Reinstated LHP CC Sabathia from the 15-day DL. Assigned OF Tyler Austin outright to Trenton (EL). Oakland Athletics: Signed manager Bob Melvin to a two-year contract extension through the 2018 season. National League Chicago Cubs: Named Jared Porter di- rector of pro scouting/special assistant. St. Louis Cardinals: Reinstated 1B Matt Adams from the 60-day DL. Designated LHP Nick Greenwood for assignment. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 2 B