Washington jumps FSU, but Georgia stays on top
Washington moved ahead of Florida State and into College Football Playoff position, coming in fourth in the rankings on Tuesday night.
The selection committee's top three remained the same with Georgia first followed by Big Ten rivals Ohio State and Michigan.
The Buckeyes and Wolverines face-off Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the winner advancing to the Big Ten championship game.
Washington had been stuck in fifth for the first three weeks of the rankings behind Florida State, but the Huskies added another victory against a ranked team last week when they won at Oregon State.
Florida State stayed unbeaten, too, though the Seminoles lost quarterback Jordan Travis to a seasonending left leg injury.
Oregon was sixth, Texas seventh and Alabama eight for the fourth straight week.
Missouri was ninth and Louisville 10th for the second straight week.
There are only two more rankings left. The final comes Dec. 3 when the field for the four-team playoff is set.
Baseball
WILLIE HERNANDEZ, MVP AND CY YOUNG WINNER FOR CHAMPION 1984 DETROIT TIGERS, DIES AT 69 >> Threetime All-Star relief pitcher Willie Hernández, who won the 1984 AL Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards for the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 69.
Tigers spokesman Chad Crunk said Tuesday that Hernández died in Florida and the team confirmed
Hernández's death with his family. No cause was announced.
The left-handed Hernández had a 13-year career but is mostly known for his role as the closer on one of the most dominant teams in the past 40 years. The 1984 Tigers, led by Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker and Jack Morris, opened 35-5 and cruised to the AL East title with a 10458 mark before sweeping Kansas City in the AL Championship Series and beating San Diego in a fivegame World Series. PADRES GIVE SHILDT ANOTHER CHANCE TO MANAGE >> Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, returning to the dugout two years after he was suddenly fired by the St. Louis Cardinals following a third straight playoff appearance.
The Padres announced Tuesday that Shildt had been given a two-year contract.
Shildt replaces Bob Melvin,
who was hired away by the San Francisco Giants on Oct. 25 with a year left on his contract with the Padres. That ended a fractured twoyear relationship with general manager A.J. Preller.
NBA
PROSECUTORS WON'T PURSUE ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST FRIEND OF JA MORANT >> Prosecutors will not pursue an assault charge against a close friend of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant stemming from a fight during a pickup basketball game at the player's home last year, court records showed.
A misdemeanor charge of assault against Davonte Pack has been dismissed, according to Shelby County court records.
Pack, whom Morant has referred to as “my brother,” was charged a year after a July 2022 altercation in which a teenager says in a lawsuit that Morant and Pack punched him during a game at the
home guard.
of the Grizzlies
NHL
BRUINS FORWARD LUCIC PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULTING WIFE >>
Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was released on personal recognizance bail after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife.
According to a Boston Police Department report, Lucic appeared intoxicated when officers arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday after his wife reported that he tried to choke her. Brittany Lucic told the responding officers that her husband had pulled her hair, but said he did not try to strangle her. She declined an offer of medical treatment.
Milan Lucic, a member of the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup championship team, was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery on a family member, which carries a maximum penalty of 2½ years in prison.