Miami Now Consensus No. 1 Team In Football Rankings

Sept 9, 2001

NEW YORK (AP) – – Miami, a 61-0 winner over Rutgers, strengthened its grip on the top spot in balloting by the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the Associated Press college football Top 25. The Hurricanes (2-0) had 40 first-place votes and 1,749 points. Florida (2-0), which beat Louisiana-Monroe 55-6, had 14 first-place votes and 1,715 points. Last week, Miami held a 16-point lead, this week the lead is 34 points.

Fresno State, with a rousing 32-20 win at Wisconsin, soared to No. 11 in The AP poll, while Miami, Florida and Oklahoma remained 1-2-3 in the third poll of the regular season.

Last week, Fresno State (3-0) made its first appearance in the AP poll since 1993 at No. 19. This time the Bulldogs are ranked a second straight week for the first time since back-to-back No. 24s in 1990. In gaining its highest ranking ever, Fresno State also received one vote for No. 1

Oklahoma (3-0), a 37-10 winner over North Texas, had 11 first-place votes and 1,638 points.

Nebraska and Texas flip-flopped for the second straight week, with the Huskers (3-0) moving back to No. 4 and the Longhorns (2-0) dropping to No. 5. Nebraska beat Notre Dame 27-10, while Texas defeated North Carolina 44-14. The Huskers had two first-place votes, the Longhorns four.

Florida State (2-0) is No. 6 after a 29-7 win over UAB, followed by No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Tennessee, No. 9 Virginia Tech and No. 10 Georgia Tech.

In the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, Miami replaced Florida at No. 1, with the Gators second followed by Oklahoma, Nebraska and Florida State. Fresno State is No. 15 in the coaches’ poll.

After Fresno State, Kansas State is No. 12 in the AP poll, followed by No. 13 Washington, No. 14 UCLA and No. 15 LSU.

Next Saturday features three games in the state of Florida among the top 13 teams — Washington at Miami, Tennessee at Florida and Georgia Tech at Florida State.

Northwestern is No. 16, followed by No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 19 Clemson, No. 20 Michigan, No. 21 Ohio State, No. 22 Oregon State, No. 23 Notre Dame, No. 24 BYU and No. 25 Louisville.

Wisconsin (1-2) and Georgia (1-1) dropped out, while BYU (3-0) and Louisville (3-0) are the newcomers to the Top 25.

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll,with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 8, total pointsbased on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th placevote and previous ranking:

                         Record  Pts  Pvs 1. Miami (40)            2-0  1,749   1 2. Florida (14)          2-0  1,715   2 3. Oklahoma (11)         3-0  1,638   3 4. Nebraska (2)          3-0  1,521   5 5. Texas (4)             2-0  1,490   4 6. Florida St.           2-0  1,426   6 7. Oregon                2-0  1,294   7 8. Tennessee             2-0  1,263   8 9. Virginia Tech         2-0  1,227   910. Georgia Tech          3-0  1,092  1011. Fresno St. (1)        3-0    973  1912. Kansas St.            1-0    970  1213. Washington            1-0    947  1514. UCLA                  2-0    895  1415. LSU                   2-0    856  1316. Northwestern          1-0    676  1617. Mississippi St.       1-0    615  1818. South Carolina        2-0    580  2119. Clemson               2-0    536  2020. Michigan              1-1    510  1121. Ohio St.              1-0    258  2422. Oregon St.            1-1    212  2223. Notre Dame            0-1    211  1724. BYU                   3-0    148   -25. Louisville            3-0    129   -

Others receiving votes: Purdue 98, Toledo 87, Colorado 49, Auburn 46,Michigan St. 30, Georgia 22, Wisconsin 19, Iowa 18, Stanford 16, Illinois 15,Maryland 11, N.C. State 11, Southern Miss. 11, Southern Cal 9, Texas A&M 8,Alabama 7, East Carolina 5, Washington St. 4, Arizona St. 3.