College Football:

The first preseason USA TODAY- Sports Top 25 Coaches Poll was released yesterday. Oregon comes in at number 15… Oregon State is ranked 18th…Utah is 14th, Washington is 11th and USC is the highest rated Pac 12 team at 6th.

The latest on conference realignment is the Big 12 is not interested in adding Oregon State or Washington State. The ACC could take a look at bringing on Cal and Stanford.

2023 Watchlist Award announcements for Ducks and Beavers include Oregon wide receivers Troy Franklin and Tez Johnson werenamed to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s most outstanding receiver. Trikweze [TRY-kwez]  Bridges was named to the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy for community service… and wide receiver Kris Hutson for the Paul Hornung Award… Oregon State wide receiver and punt returner Anthony Gould has also been named to the Hornung Award watch list for most versatile player, and defensive back Akili Arnold has been selected to the Wuerrfel Trophy watch list.

MLB:

San Francisco beat Anaheim 8 to 3 scoring 6 runs in the 9th to come back to beat the Angels. The Giants are 4 games behind the Dodgers and first place in the wildcard. Game 2 against Angels is tonight at 6:38.

The Mariners are back in Seattle for a two game meeting with San Diego. The Ms have a five game win streak and eight of their last ten. First pitch is at 6:40 tonight against the Padres.

Local:

The Bend North Little League Softball team lost to Puerto 4 to 2 yesterday at the Little League World Series in Greenville, North Carolina. Bend plays MIlano, Italy at 1 this afternoon in an elimination game.