no surprise number one undefeated alabama rules the roost. saturday. right beneath fall out of the playoff picture to number five will clemson and washington slide up the top four. for the state came in a number 12, florida 15 and despite usf earning a ranking in the ap and coaches poll this week, they did not crack the cfp top 25. since out for the will be playing in the american championship, willie taggart and his record-setting squad is instead awaiting a bowl destination. espn's resident experts both predict they will be heading to alabama next month playing in the birmingham bowl december 29 against an sec opponent either vanderbilt or south carolina. of course that is not official, have to see what happens in the american championship game. strangely enough depending on what temple does in the championship game, temple denied usf a championship game this year. >> tough game in the way. south carolina, vanderbilt. real litmus test. >> great for them now. we will be right back with the winning lottery numbers ? take a good look around... ? ? ...an

undefeated alabama is no. 2, followed by michigan. they play each other next week. clemson is 4th. >>> a mysterious disease that causes symptoms similar to polio has suddenly cropped up in washington state. a child under the age of 10 hadz just been diagnosed with acute plastic mie lie tis. this comes two weeks after the cdc reported that eight children in five washington counties were hospitalized with afm. health officials can't find a link between theas limbs, loss of reflexes, difficulty swallowing and slurred speech. sometimes it can cause respiratory failure or paralysis. there's no specific treatment for afm. >>> well, a thief was caught on camera breaking into a pizza shot outside baltimore in the news. >> yeah. want to show you the surveillance video. he's doing his best to cover himself, but it's not really working. he apparently ripped his papts coming through a roof vent. when pizza hop employees the surveillance video. >> everybody -- everybody's mouths dropped. we couldn't help but latch. laugh. >> the burglar didn't get any money but did do a couple t

while undefeated alabama still remains on top.e on number seven kansas at madison square garden. jayhawks, mason drains the jumper to take the lead. the little man coming up big for kansas. duke inbounds the ball. he's up a half-court shot. no good. kansas pulls off the upset 77 to 75. >>> guys, their is their eighth win over a number one team in school history. >> if i'm number one, i'm never playing kansas. >> thanks. >>> let's check in with number one, chris cuomo right now. >> i was going to say j.b., you never have to worry about being in that position. >> oh, all right. >> all right, come on. in the spirit of comity, let's talk about what's going on inside the transition team. i use that word, you got to be careful about this kind of reporting. transitions are messy. politics is very often messy. and the trump transition is no different. but we have new reporting about what this dynamic is that will help you parse the headlines of chaos in-house. and we're also going to take on some of the first moves by the president-elect.

clemson dropped from second to fourth while undefeated alabama still remains on top.abama is clearly the top dog but after that, it's up for grabs. >> oh, you know i'm for ohio state, though, right? >> reporter: yes, i know. >> can we talk about the detroit lions for just a second? they are in first place and my world has tilted. can you believe it? >> reporter: yes. the nfc north is a coin flip. anyone can win that division. >> say the detroit lions play on thanksgiving and it might not be a terrible game after all, right? >> reporter: you're right. >> there is hope in detroit. it always dies quickly, doesn't it? hines, thanks so much. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" after a break. in everything that matters? coming in first place... introducing the all-new 2017 ford super duty. the only high-strength, military grade, aluminum alloy body heavy duty pick-up. it takes first place in every measure of tough: best-in-class towing. best-in-class payload. best-in-class horsepower. and best-in-class torque. winner, w

alabama - still undefeated - stands in first place... followed by ohio state... michigan... clemson... louisville and wash washington all lost for the first time this season last saturday - with the wolverines and tigers losing to unranked teams. saturday - with the wolverines and tigers losing to unranked teams. the baseball writers' association of america... naming its "managers of the year." in the american league - indians manager terry francona won.... while rookie dodgers manager the two managers go way back.: francona led the red sox to its first world series win since 1918 back in 2004... and dave roberts was one of his players. led the red sox to its first world series win since 1918 back in 2004... and dave roberts was one of his players. the association voted on managers before the playoffs began. an m--l-b minor league picks an unusual name to rebrand itself: the new orleans "baby cakes." yes... you heard that right. input... suggestions and more for the triple-a new orleans zephyrs to come up with baby cakes. don't worry - the name isn't completely random - it's

. >>> the list is topped by the four remaining undefeated power five teams. alabama, clemson, michigan, the only surprise was texas a&m at number four, one spot up undefeated washington out of the pac 12. >>> finally, tiger woods is expected to make his return to golf after a 16-month break from competitive play. he confirmed his commitment to play in next month's hero world challenge in a press release yesterday. woods has not played since 2015 because of multiple back surgeries. he was slated to compete in the safeway open earlier this month, but withdrew citing a, quote, vulnerable golf game. it's amazing, alex, tiger hasn't been a relevant golfer in four or five years, but we still care he's going to play again, just because he was such a huge star and everyone knows his name. >> minor correction, you care. >> you don't care at all? you're not going to pay attention just to see if he fails? >> i'm going to be watching baseball and after that college football. >>> okay, let's get to this. still ahead, a member of the bush family speculates about who his relatives

the fighting irish went undefeated in 2012 until losing to alabama in the the punishment is excessive and the school will appeal the decision. some good news for the struggling packers ... ex-pro bowl running back ahman green says he wants to help green bay get back to their winning ways ... as a coach. tmz sports spoke with green -- who played 8 seasons in the frozen tundra -- and he tells tmz he's already reached out to coach mike mccarthy about joining the staff. he says he wants to help the running back struggling in the rushing department. green was a 4 time pro bowler and the 2003 nfc offensive player of the year! the milwaukee bucks have big plans for the new downtown arena-- but they have nothing to do with basketball. the team confirms they're hoping to draw bigger concerts and more of them. the c-e-o of the b-mo harris bradley center says the arena is "on track to present 12 to 15 major concerts in 20-17." the bucks say they hope the new arena will host 20 or more major concerts. that's definitely brings a different demographic of people, people that usually dont come down h

alabama remains undefeated and is still number one. ohio state moves to two.d by louisville at 3. i think we want to sela mar jackson in the playoffs. clemson at five and two through five have one loss. stay tuned. >>> nascar at phoenix international raceway. the race went to over time where matt kenzith is headed out. kenzith bump bowman. the second over time. he takes the checkered flag and they need to finish it 1-2 in mi order. he and the defending series champion grab the final two spots. the nascar season comes to the final race m this abc7 sports report is brought to you by riverwalk casino. college football check out the scenario with the fighting drew tumas of penn state. if the lions win out and ohio state beats michigan penn state could play for the big 10 title and make it to the final four. the final -- >> do you have a flow chart? >> the fighting drew tuma's could be in the final four. that means you could go to the game and storm the field which you never did. >> you think i would storm the field? >> you would, trust me. that's the craziness of

i'll tell you what, guys, alabama, they're undefeated.robably the only team that's a shoe in for the playoffs once they make that decision in a few weeks. it's going to be a wild final two weeks of college football. >> and snow already. >> i know, right? >> november. >> snow already. >> i'm glad i live in the south. >> it's supposed to be snowing. >> when the new yorker comes down to atlanta, it's supposed to be snowing. no, it's not. >> thanks, andy. >> take care. >>> thanks for starting your morning with us. >> we have a lot more ahead in the next hour of your "new day." it starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm alisyn kosik sitting in for christi paul. >> president-elect donald trump is moving ahead as he looks to fill his administration. announcements could be coming today. >> in a few hours trump and his team will return with potential high level appointees. so far he says the process is going well. >> really efficiently. very good. tremendous talent. we're seeing tremendous talent. people that, as i say, we will make america great

undefeated at the orleans arena.. saint mary's holds off pesky alabama birmingham 76-63..in front of 67 excited people (jon tritsch) if this week's football has made you overwhelmed but satisfied..exhaus ted but joyful..you're not alone..tis the season to devour thanksgiving thursday..colle ge rivalry saturday and a thrilling sunday slate.. happy holidays..you deserve it no one says seasons and derek carr has been scary great this season.. throws his 21st touchdown pass to seth roberts in the first quarter.. panthers would fire back..cam newton up top to devin funchess.. carolina takes the lead heading into the 4th.. but the raiders have their best team since 2002 and know how to finish.. carr to clive walford....tie game at 32... final minute sebastian janikowski..game winning field goal..35-32.. first winning season dolphins taking advantage of a soft november schedule including 2016 cream-puff san francisco.. ryan tannehill to kenny stills.. but the 49ers have 2 seconds and 2 yards to send the game to overtime.. ndamakung suh runs down colin kapernick...31-24. .dolphins have won 6 straight games ram and saints.. 20

alabama is the only undefeated team in the ranking. the polls come out tuesday night. in the top four. >>> it was a sold-out crowd at madison square garden. you had nick jonas and edell beckham. they came out to see conor mcgregor. making conor the first ufc fighter to hold two belts in the two weight classes at the same time. i love to watch ufc. he is a bad man. you don't want to mess with this guy. >> thanks, hines. nice to see you. >>> let's see what is coming up on "new day." chris cuomo. >> still talking about ufc 205. it was the best fight card i have seen since i was, you know, under 10 years of age. it was the glamour and majesty of fighting at madison square garden. that is what the deal was in the '70s. all the tape we see. the big stars were there in part, christine, they did something clever. they he bought the ufc, the wme group, they sold slices to big celebrities. they had the draw. conor mcgregor is the new ali. not in the majesty and world political view. the brashness. he put his hands behind his back with eddie alvarez. >> cuomo is inspired here. >>

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or those two. i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship ga

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win but there's two spots, between eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, wisconsin, you're looking at those two. i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championsh

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or those two. i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship ga

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated.ill win the acc. but there's two spots, between eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or wisconsin, you're looking at those two. i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship game, washing

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship game, washing

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, between eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or wisconsin, you're looking at in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship game, washington against colorado

number one ranked alabama is the only team to stay undefeated. ranking poll came out tuesday night. anybody's guess who will be in the top four now. >>> it was a soldout crowd at madison square garden demi novato all came out to see the crafty, charismatic featherweight champion conner mcgregor who was looking to make history. he knocks down eddie making conor the first ufc fighter to hold two belts in two different weight classes at the same time. conor mcgregor, you're a bad, bad man. >> you summed it up well, my friend. >> this is all chris wants to talk about all morning, just by the way. we have tamoo move up. >>> you saw it saturday night dave chappelle delivering a powerful message. our media experts weigh in, next. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the

undefeated "washington." experts say washington was hurt by it's strength of schedule... and a&m's only loss was to number one alabama. ohio state and louisville are not far behind. the university of florida is ranked 11th in the poll... a ?three loss florida state team... still manages to get ranked 22. when we come back, i'll have another check on your wednesday forecast. plus: starbucks has its customers ?buzzing new cup ?color... that has a headlines across america: the latest on a pipeline explosion... that could affect ?gas prices all across the south. the governor of alabama has now declared a state of emergency to protect consumers. a nine person crew was working on the pipeline monday when a trackhoe ?hit the pipe causing the fire. one person was killed.. five others were hurt. the blast shut down a key pipeline that supplies gas to millions of people in the south. and it will likely ?remain closed until the weekend. the governor issued the state of emergency to deal with a were already up 15 percent on tuesday. a disturbing new report this morning.. on malaysian airlines flight 3-70. researchers now claim t

undefeated season. let me just tell you what's going on. alabama is number one. they have already won, right? number 3 michigan, they're leading iowa. number 4 washington, losing to usc, 17-6 at the half. >> oh, wow. >> so we have a lot of moving parts. >> a lot of action. we have to get some tea for your throat. you'll be good to go. >> i just want to make it through the night. >> you will. you're a tough one. thanks, vern. >>> coming up in our next half- hour, as president-elect donald trump works on his transition team to the white house, hillary clinton is playing the blame game. who she is pointing the finger at. >> plus why thousands of california national guard veterans are turning to president-elect trump for help. >> they are giants on the earth and they are disappearing. i'm chris martinez in central california. coming up, i'll show you the extraordinary measures one group is taking to save the world's largest trees. >> and putting a face on california's opiod epidemic. only on "5", the bay area boy who survived being hit by a car only to end up addicted to painkillers. ,, against p

the first college football playoff alabama is on top followed by clemson, michigan, and texas a@m is a surprise fourth over undefeated washington. the hawkeyes are rejuvinated after their bye week. scott westerberg has more. with no game on the schedule over the weekend, the hawkeye players had friday and saturday off. some used that time to do a whole lot of nothing." "just laid low back in dubuque with my family and my two nephews and just got to hang out." "lot of sleep. lot of ice baths, just tried to get my body feeling home, relax a little bit, do a little fishing and relax, so it was nice to be able to take a little break." "i went up to ike's house for a couple days, hung out with him back in cedar falls got to watch some game on saturday and relax."a few of the guys got to do something they rarely have time for, sit in the stands and enjoy another football game. "went to the michigan- michigan state game, just sat there with my friends and watched the game. it was a little weird especially w little weird, but i had to support my school. i wore some iowa gear in the stands as well." "i went and watched my bro

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, b a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or wisconsin, you're looking at i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship game, washingt

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, between eight to lost big ten a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or wisconsin, you're looking at in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship game, washington against colorado, coverage

it looked, alabama is most likely going to win the sec, they are undefeated. you look at clemson, they have one loss, they will win the acc. but there's two spots, eight to lost big ten champion, a two loss big 12 champion, and essentially a colorado win, may be a two loss pac-12 chamfered and you've got to look at the schedule and say they be washington state who is a top 25, utah is a top 25, stanford is a top 25, and washington, who is in the top ten. so at that point in time you would have to think that their resume compares very, very bubbly versus a big 122 loss, and even penn state or those two. i think they've got a real strong opportunity of getting in, it just comes down to how the committee is going to weigh the conference champion versus a very, very good one-loss team in ohio state, who will not have a conference championship next to its name. >> joe: i have a feeling we will be talking about this plenty over the next week. >> brady: i think so, too. >> joe: can't wait for friday to start the championship weekend on fox, the pac-12 championship ga

alabama is on top followed by clemson, michigan, and texas a@m is a surprise fourth over undefeated washington. the hawkeyes are rejuvinated after their bye week. scott westerberg has more. with no game on the schedule over the weekend, the hawkeye players had friday and saturday off. some used that time to do a whole lot of dubuque with my family and my two nephews and just got to hang out." "lot of sleep. lot of ice baths, just tried to get my body feeling healthy again." "i got to go home, relax a little bit, do a little fishing and relax, so it was nice to be able to take a little break." "i went up to ike's house for a couple days, hung out with him back in cedar falls got to watch some game on saturday and relax."a few of the guys got to do something they rarely have time football game. "went to the michigan- michigan state game, just sat there with my friends and watched the game. it was a little weird especially when you're surrounded by a sea of green. it was a little weird, but i had to support my school. i wore some iowa gear in the stands as well." "i went and watched my brother's

. >>> tour around the nation top ranked alabama facing mississippi state to upset texas a&m last week and crimson tide remain undefeatedrter. 100 bama. ardaria stewart. 67 yards and finished with 8 catches. 156 yards. three touchdowns. 7-0 tie. only a freshman. now 10-0 threw a career high. four tds. didn't have anybody open here. 24-0. herz played only three quarters. here to stewart, bama crushes mississippi state. 61-3 your final. and stay tuned for after the game following third ranked michigan and iowa. joined by san jose statewide receiver tim crawley with the former bell and also recently named the recipient with $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and congratulations. eric? >> that's it for this edition of abc news. for eric thomas, for drew and shu over there, thank you for joining us. college football is next. we'll see you after the game. so i got your test results an allergy to cat dander.w there are options, but the most effective course of action would be to remove the source of the allergens. he's got a name. it's herbert. as long as you live with herbert, you're going to have the respiratory symptoms. and

your team also undefeated heretoforelost to iowa on that field goal with the clock expiring and university of washington lost its first game at the home to southern cal and ranked alabama did keep its perfect record unblemishing demolishing mississippi state 351-3. a lot of action in college football. >> speaking of action quite the barn burner between cornell and columbia. you attended together. look at her deflect the loss. >> look at those two. >> rob's team won and if betting were legal he would have won 20 bucks from me but it's not legal. >> well, it's >> 42-40, cornell. a good game. >> the wager was $40 of which i got the first installment this morning. >> if it were legal. >> two men, motley crue right there. >> what's it like -- you are both avid sports fans. >> i yell a lot. >> as you imagine it's very intense, even the most mundane play he's up and at them. >> exactly the way he is at the office. >> on steroids. >> we had a good time. >> figuratively. >> let's take a look across the >>> good morning. off to a very chilly start but we're going to see a gradual warm-up throughout your afternoon. you can see this morning around that 8:00 hour we're still in the