IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — New Iowa starting quarterback Spencer Petras grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and loves the Grateful Dead. When he’s not trying to recruit teammates to be a Deadhead like him, he’s preparing to take over for three-year starter Nate Stanley. With no spring practice because of the pandemic, Petras and his receivers went to local high school fields to work on passing drills and build chemistry. Petras has seen only mop-up duty the past two seasons, but the receiving corps returns 95 percent of its production from 2019. The Hawkeyes open Oct. 24 at Purdue.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills are the top four teams in the latest AP Pro32 poll. That’s the same as last week. All four teams are 4-0. The Baltimore Ravens slipped a spot to round out the top five. Next are the Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 6 and the Tennessee Titans at No. 7. Those teams had been scheduled to play each other last week but the game was postponed because of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are in a precarious spot after learning that a player from the Patriots, whom they played on Monday night, tested positive for COVID-19. Perhaps the biggest concern lies with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who spent about 30 seconds face-to-face after the game speaking with New England defensive back Stephon Gilmore, the player that reportedly tested positive Wednesday. The Raiders, their opponent this Sunday, also had to place a player on the COVID-19 list for players that test positive or who have been in close contact with someone else that tested positive.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are up 2-1 in their AL Division Series after blasting three more home runs in an 8-4 trouncing of the New York Yankees. Kevin Kiermaier provided the big blow with a three-run homer off losing pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to break a 1-1 tie. Randy Arozarena (ah-roh-zah-RAY’-nah) added a solo shot to chase Tanaka an inning later, and Michael Perez smacked a two-run shot against Chad Green in the sixth.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is the first player in major league history to homer in each of his team’s first five games of a postseason. Stanton did it with his fourth home run of the Yankees’ ALDS against the Rays, a two-run blast in the eighth. He has 10 RBIs in the series.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oakland Athletics forced a Game 4 in their AL Division Series by downing the Houston Astros, 9-7. Chad Pinder supplied the Athletics’ fifth and final home run of the day, a three-run blast in the seventh. Tommy La Stella, Mark Canha (KAN’-ah), Matt Olson and Marcus Semien also homered for the A’s, who went ahead on Sean Murphy’s sacrifice fly in the eighth.

HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Ian Anderson combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as the Atlanta Braves blanked the Miami Marlins, 2-0. Anderson struck out eight over 5 2/3 innings before the Atlanta bullpen tossed no-hit ball the rest of the way. Dansby Swanson and Travis d’Arnaud (dahr-NOH’) both homered for the second straight day to help the Braves take a 2-0 lead in the NL Division Series.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers can finish up a three-game sweep on Thursday following a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres. Corey Seager delivered three hits for Los Angeles, including a two-run double in the third inning to put the Dodgers ahead to stay. Cody Bellinger added a solo shot and winning pitcher Clayton Kershaw sailed until Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer hit back-to-back homers in the sixth.