By The Associated Press

All Times EST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PANew England 9 3 0 .750 362 247N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 .583 290 260Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 278 304Miami 4 8 0 .333 246 220South

W L T Pct PF PAHouston 9 3 0 .750 310 189Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 249 229Jacksonville 3 8 0 .273 138 200Indianapolis 0 12 0 .000 174 358North

W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 9 3 0 .750 296 192Pittsburgh 9 3 0 .750 268 195Cincinnati 7 5 0 .583 266 250Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 175 240West

W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 5 0 .583 256 292Oakland 7 5 0 .583 274 308Kansas City 5 7 0 .417 163 268San Diego 4 7 0 .364 249 275NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 5 0 .583 283 244N.Y. Giants 6 6 0 .500 287 315Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 282Washington 4 8 0 .333 202 256South

W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 9 3 0 .750 393 269Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 269 244Carolina 4 8 0 .333 290 324Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 218 329North

W L T Pct PF PAx-Green Bay 12 0 0 1.000 420 262Chicago 7 5 0 .583 291 242Detroit 7 5 0 .583 333 277Minnesota 2 10 0 .167 246 330West

W L T Pct PF PAx-San Francisco 10 2 0 .833 288 161Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 246Arizona 5 7 0 .417 232 269St. Louis 2 10 0 .167 140 296x-clinched division———Thursday's GameSeattle 31, Philadelphia 14Sunday's GamesKansas City 10, Chicago 3Houston 17, Atlanta 10Denver 35, Minnesota 32Carolina 38, Tampa Bay 19Pittsburgh 35, Cincinnati 7N.Y. Jets 34, Washington 19Miami 34, Oakland 14Tennessee 23, Buffalo 17New England 31, Indianapolis 24Baltimore 24, Cleveland 10San Francisco 26, St. Louis 0Arizona 19, Dallas 13, OTGreen Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 35New Orleans 31, Detroit 17Monday's GameSan Diego at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 8Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 11New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 1 p.m.New England at Washington, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Chicago at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Buffalo at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.Oakland at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 12St. Louis at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

Steelers 35, Bengals 7<B>Cincinnati 0 7 0 0—7</B><B>Pittsburgh 0 28 7 0—35</B>Second QuarterPit—Mendenhall 3 run (Suisham kick), 12:47.Pit—Mendenhall 5 run (Suisham kick), 10:12.Pit—Wallace 12 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 8:33.Cin—Green 11 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 4:06.Pit—A.Brown 60 punt return (Suisham kick), 1:16.Third QuarterPit—Wallace 19 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 3:26.A—63,697.———<B> Cin Pit</B>First downs 13 22Total Net Yards 232 295Rushes-yards 22-104 33-136Passing 128 159Punt Returns 5-54 3-65Kickoff Returns 4-103 1-16Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0Comp-Att-Int 14-30-1 15-23-0Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 3-17Punts 7-45.3 5-54.2Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 10-109 4-29Time of Possession 27:16 32:44———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Cincinnati, Benson 13-52, Scott 5-30, Green 1-15, Dalton 2-6, Gradkowski 1-1. Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 16-60, Redman 8-51, Moore 1-13, A.Brown 1-9, Dwyer 3-8, C.Batch 3-(minus 2), Wallace 1-(minus 3).PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 11-24-0-135, Gradkowski 3-6-1-17. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 15-23-0-176.RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Green 6-87, Leonard 4-20, Gresham 3-37, Hawkins 1-8. Pittsburgh, Ward 5-30, Wallace 3-38, A.Brown 2-67, Miller 2-12, Saunders 1-14, Johnson 1-9, Sanders 1-6.MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Nugent 33 (BK). Pittsburgh, Suisham 50 (WR).

BCS Standings ListFinalAvg Pv1. LSU 1.0000 12. Alabama 0.9419 23. Oklahoma St. 0.9333 34. Stanford 0.8476 45. Oregon 0.7901 96. Arkansas 0.7687 87. Boise St. 0.7408 78. Kansas St. 0.6827 119. South Carolina 0.6553 1210. Wisconsin 0.6374 1511. Virginia Tech 0.5190 512. Baylor 0.4977 1713. Michigan 0.4794 1614. Oklahoma 0.4603 1015. Clemson 0.4218 2016. Georgia 0.4119 1417. Michigan St. 0.3883 1318. TCU 0.3869 1819. Houston 0.3504 620. Nebraska 0.2606 1921. Southern Miss 0.1918 2422. Penn St. 0.1305 2123. West Virginia 0.1233 2324. Texas 0.0876 2225. Auburn 0.0584 NR

College Football FBS Bowl GlanceBy The Associated PressSubject to ChangeAll Times ESTSaturday, Dec. 17New Mexico BowlAt AlbuquerqueWyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, IdahoUtah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)New Orleans BowlLouisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. San Diego State (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)Tuesday, Dec. 20Beef ‘O'Brady's BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Marshall (6-6) vs. FIU (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Dec. 21Poinsettia BowlAt San DiegoTCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 22MAACO BowlAt Las VegasBoise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt HonoluluNevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 26Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)Tuesday, Dec. 27Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitWestern Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Dec. 28Military BowlAt WashingtonAir Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)Holiday BowlAt San DiegoTexas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 29Champs Sports BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)Alamo BowlAt San AntonioBaylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Dec. 30Armed Forces BowlAt DallasTulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN)Pinstripe BowlAt Bronx, N.Y.Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN)Insight BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 31Meinke Car Care BowlAt HoustonTexas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), Noon (ESPN)Sun BowlAt El Paso, TexasGeorgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS)Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Fight Hunger BowlAt San FranciscoUCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Chick-fil-A BowlAt AtlantaVirginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Jan. 2TicketCity BowlAt DallasPenn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU)Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ESPN)Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2)Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN)Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Tuesday, Jan. 3Sugar BowlAt New OrleansMichigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Jan. 4Orange BowlAt MiamiWest Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Jan. 6Cotton BowlAt Arlington, TexasKansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)Saturday, Jan. 7BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN)Sunday, Jan. 8GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Jan. 9BCS National ChampionshipAt New OrleansLSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Pitt 33, Syracuse 20<B>Syracuse 7 3 7 3—20</B><B>Pittsburgh 17 3 6 7—33</B>First QuarterPitt—Bennett 22 pass from Sunseri (Harper kick), 14:50.Pitt—FG Harper 37, 12:35.Syr—Bailey 26 pass from R.Nassib (Krautman kick), 7:27.Pitt—Gonzalez 17 run (Harper kick), 5:13.Second QuarterSyr—FG Krautman 22, 9:38.Pitt—FG Harper 36, 2:46.Third QuarterSyr—Smith 10 run (Krautman kick), 12:03.Pitt—FG Harper 36, 7:54.Pitt—FG Harper 47, 5:40.Fourth QuarterSyr—FG Krautman 23, 4:40.Pitt—Reed 20 fumble return (Harper kick), 2:34.A—40,058.———<B> Syr Pitt</B>First downs 20 20Rushes-yards 35-120 35-74Passing 225 259Comp-Att-Int 23-32-2 25-35-1Return Yards 32 3Punts-Avg. 3-40.0 3-40.7Fumbles-Lost 4-4 1-0Penalties-Yards 10-95 2-20Time of Possession 32:07 27:53———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Syracuse, Smith 10-56, Bailey 18-53, R.Nassib 6-10, Lemon 1-1. Pittsburgh, Bennett 13-51, Gonzalez 6-36, C.Davis 8-8, Patton 1-(minus 1), Sunseri 7-(minus 20).PASSING—Syracuse, R.Nassib 23-32-2-225. Pittsburgh, Sunseri 25-34-1-259, Gonzalez 0-1-0-0.RECEIVING—Syracuse, Lemon 8-99, Bailey 5-43, Provo 5-37, Chew 2-15, West 2-12, Wales 1-19. Pittsburgh, Bennett 7-61, Street 5-70, C.Davis 4-58, Shanahan 3-30, Carswell 2-22, H.Graham 2-12, Patton 2-6.

Saturday's ScoresBy The Associated PressPREP FOOTBALLPIAA Class AAAA State ChampionshipQuarterfinalsCentral Dauphin 24, West Lawn Wilson 21North Allegheny 40, State College 14Seton-LaSalle 41, Nazareth 33PIAA Class AA State ChampionshipQuarterfinalsLancaster Catholic 21, Mount Carmel 0Philadelphia West Catholic 32, Pen Argyl 7PIAA Class A State ChampionshipQuarterfinalsPenns Manor 41, Columbia 22