College Football:

The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll was released. Oregon is ranked 15th and Oregon State is 18th. It’s the same positions the Ducks and Beavers have for the Coaches’ poll. USC is the highest ranked Pac 12 team at number 6. Washington is 10th. Utah is 14th. For OSU it’s their highest preseason AP ranking since 2001. The U of O is ranked inside the top 15 for the sixth straight season.

Oregon defensive end Brandon Dorlus was named to the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award on Monday. Dorlus was announced for the Nagurski award last week. Both honor the outstanding defensive player in college football.

NFL:

The Seattle Seahawks return to practice today after yesterday’s off day. Running back Kenneth Walker III is expected to be in practice today after recovering from a groin strain.

MLB:

The Giants lost 10 to 2 to Tampa last night. San Francisco now has only a half game lead over Miami for the second spot in the Wild Card, and they fall nine games behind the first place Dodgers who have won 9 of 10 while S F has lost 7 of 10. Game two of the series against the Rays is tonight. First pitch from Oracle Park is at 6:45.

The Mariners late inning rally came up short last night, falling to Kansas City 7 to 6. Seattle scored all six runs in the 8th and 9th innings. Julio Rodríguez accounted for five of the runs with 4 RBI on 2 hits and he scored a run. The Ms remain 2 games behind Toronto for the last Wildcard spot. The Series Game 2 against the Royals is today at 5:10.

Local:

High School tryouts are underway for Fall sports: Football, Soccer, and Volleyball