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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Sunday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- After several weeks of stability, The Associated Press college football poll undergoes a major makeover after a Saturday full of upsets. Poll released at 2 p.m.- CLEMSON, S.C. -- No. 3 Clemson brushed off talk all season that things werent the same as a year ago, coming up with reasons why the blowouts of last year were all coming down to the end this season. Theres no washing over the mistakes that led to the Tigers fall from the College Football Playoff picture after a surprising loss to Pittsburgh.- LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Despite struggling again to get past another heavy ACC underdog, No. 5 Louisville rallied to rout Wake Forest and waits to see if it merits playoff consideration with upset losses by three top-four teams.- FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Seahawks (5-2-1) and Patriots (7-1) meet for the first time since New Englands dramatic Super Bowl 49 victory. The Patriots are coming off a bye, while the Seahawks are playing on a short week following their narrow win over Buffalo.- PITTSBURGH -- The Dallas Cowboys take their seven-game winning streak to Pittsburgh, where the Steelers (4-4) try to snap a three-game skid. Game starts 4:25 p.m.- CHARLOTTE. N.C. -- Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs look to make it five straight wins when they visit the Panthers. Carolina has won two straight behind the play of an improved defense. Game starts 1 p.m.- AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The final two spots in NASCARs title deciding race will be decided at Phoenix International Raceway. Kevin Harvick has won six of the last eight races at Phoenix. Race starts 2:30 p.m.- Top 25 mens basketball games: No. 2 Kentucky vs. Canisius (6 p.m.); No. 6 North Carolina vs. Chattanooga (4 p.m.); No. 16 UCLA vs. CS Northridge (9 p.m.).- Top 10 womens basketball games: No. 5 Louisville vs. Belmont (2 p.m.); No. 6 Maryland vs. UMass-Lowell (1 p.m.).- PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- Gary Woodland tries to hold onto the lead in the PGA Tours OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Len Dawson Jersey . Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total. "I just love the fact I am in contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi," Mickelson said. Matt Moore Jersey . 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Jason Taylor has laid out the challenge to Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses, telling the Wests Tigers young halves to prove themselves with the pressure on.Brooks will make a timely comeback from a knee complaint when the Tigers NRL season goes on the line against Penrith at Pepper Stadium on Friday night.Of the Tigers current squad, just seven members have played finals football and coach Taylor is applying the blow torch as he seeks to take his young side to the next level.Brooks and Moses jobs will be made harder with fullback James Tedesco almost certain to miss the rest of the year with a broken jaw and Taylor said it shapes as the biggest test of their young careers.Playing in semi-finals is something we havent done for a few years so the young players in our team havent tasted it, Taylor said.We got a dose of it the last couple of weeks and that is to play under the pressure of needing to perform and needing to get a result.Those games are big and we look forward to them.Tedescos injury will see Jordan Rankin move to fullback and Josh Addo-Carr onto the wing.The Panthers could welcome back Chris Grevsmuhl from an elbow injury.A lloss to the seventh-placed Panthers could see the Tigers drop to three points behind eighth spot with two games remaining, a big deficit to reel in.ddddddddddddThe Panthers victory would almost certainly seal a finals berth however Anthony Griffins side face another pressure test next week against eighth-placed Gold Coast.Its a semi-final game, Taylor said.The great thing is were playing in games where we need to win. And I like that - it adds some pressure to what were doing because thats where we want to be.We want to be playing in semi-finals, we want to be learning about games where the pressure is on and we need to win.STATS THAT MATTER* Four of the past six matches between the sides have been decided by 10 points or less.* Fifteen of Penriths 21 matches this season have been decided by eight points or less. They have only won four times this season by more than eight points.* The Tigers have been the best attacking team in the opening 20 minutes this season, scoring 144 points.Source: Fox Sports Stats ' ' '