2B- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - December 9, 1996 NFL Standings - Week 15 American Football National Football Associated Press Poll The new AP top 25 college football poll for games played through Dec. 7. First-place votes in parentheses. Cinference Conference East Team 1. New England 2. Buffalo 3. Indianapolis 4.iami 5."N.Y. Jets Central Team 1. Pittsburgh 2. Houston 2. Jacksonville 4. Cincinnati 5. Baltimore West Team 1. Denver 2. Kansas City 3. San Diego 4. Oakland 5. Seattle W 10 9 8 6 1 W 10 7 7 6 4 W 12 9 7 6 6 L 4 5 6 .8 13 L 4 7 7 8 10 L 2 4 7 7 8 T 0 0 0 0 0 East Team 1. Dallas 2. Philadelphia 2. Washington 4. Arizona 4. N.Y. Giants Central Team 1. Green Bay 2. Minnesota 3. Chicago 3. Detroit 5. Tampa Bay W 9 8 8 6 6 W 11 7 6 5 5 L 5 6 6 8 8 L 3 5 8 9 9 T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 0 ATHLETE OF THE Week 15 Scores Yesterday's games CINCINNATI 21, Baltimore 14 Jacksonville 23, HOUSTON 17 PITTSBURGH 16, San Diego 3 N.Y. Giants 17, MIAMI 7 GREEN BAY 41, Denver 6 TAMPA BAY 24, Washington 10 CHICAGO 35, St. Louis 9 Atlanta 31, NEW ORLEANS 15 SEATTLE 26,Buffalo 18 Dallas 10, ARIZONA 6 NEW ENGLAND 34, N.Y. Jets 10 Carolina 30, SANEFRANCISCO 24 Minnesota 24, DETROIT 22 Tonight's game Kansas City at Oakland, 9 p.m. NHL Standings Western Conference West Team W L T 1. Carolina 10 4 0 1. San Francisco 10 4 0 3. St. Louis 4 10 0 4. Atlanta 3 11 0 5. New Orleans 2 12 0 Week 16 Schedule Saturday, December 14 Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 12:30 p.m. San Diego at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, December 15 Cincinnati at Houston, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m. New England at Dallas, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Carolina, 1 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 4 p.m. Seattle at Jacksonville, 8 p.m. Monday Dec. 16 Buffalo at Miami, 9 p.m. Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Team 1. Florida State (62) 2. Arizona State (5) 3. Florida 4. Ohio State 5. Brigham Young 6. Nebraska 7. Penn State 8. Colorado 9. Tennessee 10. Virginia Tech 11. Northwestern 12. North Carolina 13, Washington 14. Kansas State 15. Michigan 16. Alabama 17. Louisiana State 18. Notre Dame 19. Miami(Fla) 20. Texas 21. Iowa 22. Wyoming 23. Syracuse 24. Army 25. West Virginia Rec 11-0 11-0 11-1 10-1 13-1 10-2 10-2 9-2 9-2 10-1 9-2 9-2 9-2 9-2 8-3 9-3 9-2 8-3 8-3 8-4 8-3 10-2 8-3 10-1 8-3 Prey. 1 2 4 5 6 3 8 7 9 11 10 13 12 14 16 15 17 18 19 21 20 22 23 24 Who: Robert Traylor Eligibility: Sophomore Hometown: Detroit Why: Traylor scored 15 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in Michigan's 62-61 victory over Duke yesterday. He scored seven of the Wolverines' final nine points of the game including the winning basket with 6.2 seconds remaining. That followed a career-high 12-rebound effort in the Wolverines' 75-59 victory over Detroit, on Thursday. Background: Averaged 9.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season ... a McDonald's and first-team Parade All-American as a senior at Murray-Wright High School ... winner of Michigan's Mr. Basketball award as well ... Enrolled in Division of Kinesiology ... born Feb. 1, 1977. STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Harold Schock Eligibility: Senior Hometown: Okemos Central Team Detroit Dallas St. Louis Chicago Phoenix Toronto Division W L 15 9 16 10 15 14 12 14 10 13 11 17 Pacific Division T 4 2 0 3 4 0 T 4 1 1 3 4 3 5 Pts 34 34 30 27 24 22 Pts. 38 29 29 27 24 23 23 Team Florida Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Rangers Washington N.Y. Islanders Tampa Bay W 17 15 14 12 13 8 9 L 5 12 11 13 14 11 15 T 6 2 1 5 1 8 2 Pts. 40 32 29 29 27 24 20 Pts. 30 30 28 25 25 22 USA Today/CNN Poll The new USA Today/CNN coaches top 25 college football poll for games played through Dec. 7. First- place votes in parentheses. Team Rec Prev. 1. Florida State (57) 11-0 1 2. Arizona State (5) 11-0 2 3. Florida 11-1 4 4. Ohio State 101 5 5. Brigham Young 13-1 6 6. Nebraska 10-2 3 7. Penn State 10-2 7 8. Colorado 9-2 8 9. Virginia Tech 10-1 9 10. Tennessee 9-2 10 11. Northwestern 9-2 12 12. Washington 9-2 13 13. North Carolina 9-2 14 14. Kansas State 9-2 15 15. Alabama 9-3 11 16. Louisiana State 9-2 16 17. Michigan 8-3 17 18. Notre Dame 8-3 18 19. Miami (Fta) 8-3 20 20. Texas 8-4 -- 21. Iowa 8-3 21 22. Syracuse 8-3 22 23. Wyoming 10-2 19 24. Army 10-1 23 25. West Virginia 8-3 24 Why: Schock invited Ryan Weir, a patient he has visited many times at Mott Hospital, to the Dec. 4 game versus Western Michigan. After the game, Schock gave Wier a tour of the lock- erroom and introduced him to his teammates. Background: The senior defenseman has played 138 out of a possible 140 games in his career as a Wolverine ... has one goal and seven assists so far this season. Second among Michigan blueliners in scoring last year with 25 points ... honorable mention CCHA All- Academic Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and Arts ... born March 30, 1975. Team Colorado Vancouver Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Calgary Anaheim W 17 14 14 12 10 10 9 How the Top 25 fared last How the teams in The Associated Press top 25 L 8 12 15 13 14 16 15 Northeast Division Team Buffalo Hartford Montreal Boston Pittsburgh Ottawa W 14 12 12 10 11 8 L 12 8 14 11 13 12 T 2 6 4. 5 3 6 NBA Standings Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Team 1. Kansas 2. Wake Forest 3. Utah 4. Cincinnati 5. Villanova 6. Kentucky 7. Michigan 8. Indiana 9. Iowa State 10. Duke 11. New Mexico 12. Clemson 13, Fresno State 14. North Carolina 15. Arizona 16. Minnesota 17. UCLA 18. Texas 19. Syracuse 20. Boston College 21. Tulsa 22. Arkansas 23. Xavier 24. Stanford 25. Virginia Rec. 7-0 6-0 4-1 2-2 5-0 5-1 5-0 6-1 40 5-2 6-1 6-1 5-1 5-1 3-1 5-1 1-2 4-0 3-3 3-1 3-3 3-1 5-0 3-1 4-2 Western Conference Midwest Division Team Miami New York Orlando Washington Philadelphia New Jersey Boston W 15 12 8 7 7 4 4 L 5 6 8 10 11 11 14 Pct. .750 .667 .500 .412 .389 .267 .222 Central Division GB 2 5 6.5 7 8.5 10 GB 1 4 5 6 7 7,5 9.5 Team Houston Utah Dallas Minnesota Denver San Antonio Vancouver W 17 16 7 7 5 3 3 L 2 2 11 12 15 15 17 Pacific Division Pct. .894 .889 .389 .368 .250 .167 .150 Pct. .714 .682 .600 .350 .350 .350 .220 GB .5 9.5 10 12.5 13.5 14.5 GB .5 2.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 9.5 Monday No events scheduled Tuesday No events scheduled Wednesday Men's basketball at St. John's, Uniondale, N.Y., 7 p.m. m Schedule Tearn W L Chicago 17 3 Detroit 15 3 Cleveland 12 6 Atlanta 11 8 Milwaukee 10 8 Charlotte 9 9 Indiana 8 9 pqronto 7 12 Pct. .850 .833 .667 .579 .556 .500 ,.472 .368 Team W Seattle 15 L.A. Lakers 15 Portland 12 L.A. Clippers 7 Golden State 7 Sacramento 7 Phoenix 4 L 6 7 8 13 13 13 14 FoR TIE MOST COMPLETE COVERA OF MICHIGAN SPORTS OVER THE WINTER BREAK, CHECK OuT SPORTSWEDENSDAY, JAN. 8 __ _ - - I U I - U I WE'LL GIVE YOU 10 WEEKS. <' "LIUI 1LJ