1.   Although the results do not count in the standing, the holiday tournaments are going to test these surprise teams.

2.   Another surprise team quietly has sneaked onto the radar in the last couple of weeks, joining the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins.

3.   A rugged game featuring two surprise teams that are intent on keeping their surge alive and leaping from being a playoff-team tease to a legitimate candidate.

4.   A surprise team?

5.   After losing three straight to the New York Yankees at Fenway, the Red Sox ran into the surprise team of the American League Central.

6.   But if they do get in, the Bills could easily be the surprise team.

7.   But we are going to be the surprise team.

8.   Carolina was the surprise team.

9.   Cincinnati was viewed as a possible surprise team before the season.

10.   Cincinnati had the most votes as the surprise team, with six coaches saying the Bengals will be the team that makes a major jump this year.