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Winnipegs come-from-behind victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday has given the Blue Bombers a big jump up in this weeks edition of the CFL on TSN Power Rankings. Ernie Banks Cubs Jersey . The Bombers had lost three of four games heading into the Montreal game, but 15 points off turnovers, including a crucial touchdown in the fourth quarter, was enough to solidify the win and a share of first place in the East. Buck Pierce went 21-of-33 for 236 yards with one TD and one pick for the win.  The Edmonton Eskimos moved up one spot this week to No. 2 following their third straight victory, a 31-24 decision over the Toronto Argonauts. The win moves the Esks into sole possession of first place in the West Division, two points ahead of B.C. and Calgary. The Lions moved down two spots to No. 3 following Saturdays 42-10 rout at the hands of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The loss ended the Lions winning streak at eight games. Another team taking a two-spot dip this week is the Alouettes, who dropped into a tie for first in the East Division. Anthony Calvillo threw a rare trio of interceptions as the Als lost 26-25 to the Blue Bombers. The Als and Bombers are now tied for first place in the East with 10-6 records, but the Bombers would get first place if the clubs finish the regular season tied, having won the season series. The bottom four teams from last weeks Power Rankings went unchanged - the Stampeders, Tiger-Cats, Argonauts and Roughriders sitting in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th place, respectively. Drew Tate led the Stamps in their victory, throwing for 251 yards - including 213 in the first half - and one touchdown in his first career CFL start. The Tiger-Cats remain status quo despite a blow-out win over the Lions. In Argoland, Steven Jyles, Cory Boyd and Chad Owens helped erase a 31-3 deficit against the Eskimos with three fourth-quarter TDs for the win. Saskatchewan was already eliminated from contention and suffered its fifth loss in a row on Friday. CFL on TSN Power Rankings(Last updated: October 25) [1] Winnipeg: Big win leads to big jump up the rankings[2] Edmonton: Another win, another step closer to top spot[3] B.C.: First loss in nine games means drop in rankings[4] Montreal: After loss to Bombers, no longer tops in the East[5] Calgary: Tate breathes new life into Stamps offence[6] Hamilton: Status quo despite blow-out win over Lions[7] Toronto: Jyles seems to be finding his stride in Toronto[8] Saskatchewan: The season cant end fast enough in Regina Greg Maddux Jersey . Wright sat out games on Tuesday and Wednesday after learning he broke his finger diving back to a base Monday night. He was examined by a hand specialist for the second straight day Thursday. Andre Dawson Jersey . Erik Karlsson and the Ottawa Senators felt good after their 3-1 defeat of the Washington Capitals on Monday, their first back-to-back victory in 51 days and their first three-game winning streak at the Canadian Tire Centre this season. PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Rory McIlroy is 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour victory in 18 months, a chance to show the world he is back on his game. Thats not the way McIlroy views the final round at the Honda Classic. McIlroy started strong, avoided a big number with a brilliant bogey in the middle and took on the wind and water on the 16th hole for one final birdie Saturday that gave him a 1-under 69 in the toughest conditions and a two-shot lead over Russell Henley at PGA National. The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland has come to expect this kind of performance. He finished one shot behind in Abu Dhabi. He played in the final group in Dubai, where nothing went well in the final round. And here is again, making key shots and big putt to keep his nose in front in the Honda Classic. "Ive been building and building toward getting my game to a level where I feel it should be," he said. "And Im pretty much at that point now." Saturday wasnt easy. McIlroy might have saved his day with a bogey on the par-3 seventh. He took a penalty drop from under a palmetto bush, and faced a shot off the pine straw across 20 yards of rough to an elevated green with the pin toward the back right. The shot came off perfectly, and he holed the 8-foot putt for bogey. "It was one of the best up-and-downs Ive ever had, I guess," McIlroy said. "And it was almost like a momentum builder. I just bogeyed the last, but walking off that seventh green with a bogey almost felt like I had saved par or I had almost gained a shot on the field. It kept any momentum that I had going to the next few holes." He closed out his round with a 5-iron into the wind to 10 feet of the flag on the 16th for a birdie, and then narrowly missed two birdie chances on the closing holes. McIlroy was at 12-under 198. Asked about the importance of winning on a major tour for the first time since the World Tour Championship in Dubai at the end of 2012, and the first time since the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in 2012 on the PGA Tour, Boy Wonder grappled for the right answer. "It would be nice. It would be my seventh PGA Tour win," he said. "Thats what it is. No bigger, no smaller. And Ill go home and have a nice night and get up the next morning and go play the Seminole Pro-Member. So its all good." He also knows its not over. Henley wasnt doing anything special until he holed out from 150 yards for eagle on No. 14, and then rammed in a 50-foot birdie putt from just off the green at the 17th for birdie that gave him a 68 and put him in the last grroup for the first time since he won the Sony Open last year. Travis Wood Cubs Jersey. Thats the only time Henley has won -- in his debut as a PGA Tour member -- and he hasnt been in this situation since then. Henley has only two top 10s since that win down from Waikiki Beach at the start of 2012. Now he has to chase one of golfs biggest stars, on a course where only one players -- Ernie Els in 2008 -- has come from behind on the final day to win. "Im trying not to pay attention to what Rory is doing," Henley said. "Obviously, hes playing great and hes been in this situation a little bit more than me. But I still have a lot of confidence and Im just going to try to play my game and not worry about what hes doing too much." Russell Knox of Scotland had a 68 and was three shots behind, while Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela had a 66 and was another shot back. David Hearn (70) of Brantford, Ont., was tied for 35th at 3 under. Tiger Woods is still in the game, but just barely. Woods matched the low round of the day. He was among five players who shot 65, all before the leaders teed off and the wind kicked into gear, but it was enough to move the No. 1 player 49 spots up the leaderboard and into a tie for 17th. Even so, he was seven shots behind. Woods has never won a PGA Tour event when trailing by more than five shots entering the last round. "Today was a positive day," Woods said after his lowest score in 10 rounds this year. "Hit the ball well and made some putts and got myself back in the hunt." It doesnt figure to be easy for Woods or anyone to track down McIlroy, who has converted the 54-hole lead in his last four PGA Tour wins dating to the 2011 Masters, where he blew a four-shot lead. That streak includes the Honda Classic two years, which he won to rise to No. 1 in the world for the first time. "Definitely not a coincidence," McIlroy said. "I learned a lot that day. I learned not to protect a 54-hole lead. I should have just stuck to the game plan, stuck to my process, not look at the leaderboard, not look at what other people are doing. ... And thats the reason that every 54-hole lead that Ive had since, Ive been able to close the deal. Hopefully, I can keep that run going tomorrow." It would be a remarkable turnaround for McIlroy, who a year ago was so frustrated with his game and high expectations that he walked off the course after 26 holes, a mistake he vowed to never repeat. "Theres still 18 holes to go," he said. "But Im feeling comfortable with where I am." ' ' '
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