Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Capitals meet the Sharks, South Florida hosts Cincinnati, and the National League Championship Series begins in L.A.

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

The college football schedule offers up a ranked matchup on Thursday night, with No. 8 Cincinnati at No. 21 South Florida. The Bearcats and Bulls have identical 5-0 records on the season; Cincinnati is 2-2 against-the-spread, while South Florida has a 2-1 ATS mark. The Bearcats got past Miami-Ohio 37-13 last time out, with Jacob Ramsey rushing for three scores. The Bulls beat Syracuse 34-20 last game. Cincinnati is a 3.5-point road favorite for Thursday’s matchup at BetUs Sportsbook .

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Meeting up on the diamond . . .

On the day of the NLCS Jamie McCourt announced that she is separating from Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.

The NLCS gets started on Thursday night, with the Dodgers playing host to the defending-champion Phillies. Philadelphia will send Cole Hamels to the mound in Game 1. Lefthander Hamels is coming off a shaky LDS outing against the Rockies, surrendering four runs on seven hits over his five innings of work. The Dodgers will counter with Clayton Kershaw. Lefthander Kershaw took a no-decision against the Cards last round, giving up two runs over his 6 2-3 innings.

The NLCS odds: Bodog has the Dodgers -125 to win the NLCS and -137 to win tonight.

Finally, there are six NHL games on Thursday, with Los Angeles at Detroit, Colorado at Montreal, Tampa Bay at Ottawa, Chicago at Nashville, St. Louis at Phoenix, and San Jose at Washington. The Sharks were blanked 1-0 in a shootout by the Coyotes on Monday night, with Evgeni Nabokov making 30 saves. The Capitals head into Thursday’s matchup on a four-game losing skid. Washington fell 3-2 to the Devils on Monday; Alex Ovechkin collected two assists.