ESCANABA — Alyssa Cretton, a sophomore guard from Niagara, Wis., was named Michigan Community College Athletic Association North Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 14-20, marking the second week in a row a Bay College women’s basketball player earned the award.

Gladstone graduate Alaina Trudeau became the first Bay player to receive the award the previous week.

Cretton, who received the award for the first time, scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 60-59 loss to Minnesota North-Rainy River Community College in the DQ Classic at Vermillion Community College at Ely, Minn., on Nov. 18.

In a 57-36 triumph over Minnesota North-Itasca Community College on Nov. 19, Cretton led the Norse with 14 points, five boards and three assists.

She finished the weekend with 35 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and a steal.

U-M MOVES UP TO NO. 2 IN POLL

NEW YORK (AP) — Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.

The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week and 11th time this season in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. Georgia received 58 first-place votes and Michigan received the other five.

The Wolverines (12-0) reached a season-high No. 2 after beating Ohio State, which dropped three spots to No. 5.

TCU (12-0) has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in 2015, and USC (11-1) has its best ranking this late in a season since finishing the 2016 season at No. 3.

Other top-10 teams to fall were LSU, Clemson and Oregon. LSU’s loss to Texas A&M dropped those Tigers five spots to No. 11. Clemson’s loss to South Carolina sent it falling three spots to No. 10 The Ducks’ fourth-quarter collapse against Oregon State cost Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 title game and five spots in the poll, where it fell to No. 15.

Alabama was No. 6, just ahead of Tennessee, which beat the Crimson Tide on a last-second field goal at home earlier this season.

No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Washington both have their best rankings of the season. The Huskies haven’t been in the top 10 since the 2018 season, when they peaked at No. 6.

POLICE REMOVE WR FROM PLANE

MIAMI (AP) — NFL free agent Odell Beckham Jr. was removed by police from an aircraft before takeoff at Miami International Airport after officials said he failed to respond to requests to buckle his seatbelt and appeared to be unconscious, police and airline officials said Sunday.

American Airlines representative Alfredo Garduno confirmed that flight 1228 to Los Angeles returned to the gate before takeoff “due to a customer failing to follow crew members’ instructions and refusing to fasten their seat belt.”