Associated Press

Teddy Blueger scored his first goal of the season on a breakaway early in the first period, Sam Lafferty and Nils Hoglander scored in the third period, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1.

Bo Nix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, securing No. 6 Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 championship game with a 31-7 victory over No. 15 Oregon State.

No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Oregon all moved up a spot in The AP college football poll Sunday, giving the Pac-12 two top-five teams for the first time since the final ranking of the 2016 season.

Michigan State hired coach Jonathan Smith away from No. 15 Oregon State. The former Beaver QB was 34-35 over six seasons at Oregon State, including an 8-4 mark this year as the program earned at least eight wins in consecutive seasons.

Jason Myers converted his fifth field goal of the game, a 43-yarder as time expired, and the Seattle Seahawks held off the Washington Commanders 29-26.

The Los Angeles Lakers overcame LeBron James’ injury absence for a 116-110 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Anthony Davis and Rui Hachimura combined for 49 points.

Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh as the Texas Rangers won their first World Series championship by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0.

Geno Smith threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 38 seconds left, and the Seattle Seahawks rallied for a 24-20 win over the Cleveland Browns

Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey combined for 61 points lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 126-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Oklahoma dropped four spots to No. 10 after being upset by Kansas, the top five teams held their places and the Jayhawks and rival Kansas State both entered The Associated Press college football poll.