Miami Is Consensus No. 1 For 4th Straight Week
Nov. 4, 2001
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – The Miami Hurricanes remain atop the Associated Press college football rankings following a 38-0 defeat of Temple.
Meanwhile, BYU is making a move in the AP media poll. The Cougars (9-0), one of three teams without a loss, cracked the top 10 for the first time in five years at No. 9 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Miami (7-0) and Nebraska (10-0), the other major college unbeatens, remained 1-2 in the poll, and Oklahoma, Florida and Texas held steady from a week ago and Nos. 3-4-5.
BYU, which beat Colorado State 56-34 last Thursday night, finished No. 5 in the final poll of the 1996 season. The Cougars, under first-year coach Gary Crowton, were No. 13 last week.
Miami, 38-0 winner over Temple, received 55 first-place votes and 1,781 points in Sunday’s balloting by the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. Nebraska had the remaining 17 first-place votes and 1,745 points.
In the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, the top 5 are Miami, Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.
The new Bowl Championship Series standings come out Monday. Last week, it was Nebraska first, followed by Oklahoma and Miami. The final BCS standings will determine which teams play for a national title in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3.
Tennessee moved up a spot to No. 6, followed by No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Washington, No. 9 BYU, No. 10 Florida State, No. 11 Washington State, No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Maryland, No. 14 South Carolina, No. 15 Illinois, No. 16 Stanford, No. 17 UCLA, No. 18 Syracuse, No. 19 Georgia and No. 20 Georgia Tech.
Colorado was No. 21, followed by No. 22 Michigan State, No. 23 Virginia Tech, No. 24 Auburn and No. 25 Louisville.
New this week in the Top 25 are Michigan State, Auburn and Louisville. Dropping out were Purdue, Texas A&M and North Carolina.
The Spartans upset Michigan 26-24, with the Wolverines dropping six places from a week ago.
Among teams making upward moves were Washington (No. 8 from No. 11), Florida State (No. 10 from No. 14), Washington State (No. 11 from No. 16) and Illinois (No. 15 from No. 21).
Washington beat Stanford 42-28, and Washington State beat UCLA 20-14. The Cardinal dropped six spots to No. 16, and the Bruins fell eight places to No. 17.
Virginia Tech, 38-7 losers to Pittsburgh, tumbled 11 spots to No. 23. Two weeks ago, the Hokies (6-2) were No. 5.
The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Presscollege football poll, with first-place votes inparentheses, records through Nov. 3, total pointsbased on 25 points for a first place vote throughone point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs1. Miami (55) 7-0 1,781 12. Nebraska (17) 10-0 1,745 23. Oklahoma 8-1 1,623 34. Florida 7-1 1,591 45. Texas 8-1 1,517 56. Tennessee 6-1 1,399 77. Oregon 8-1 1,343 88. Washington 7-1 1,288 119. BYU 9-0 1,147 1310. Florida St. 6-2 1,060 1411. Washington St. 8-1 1,050 1612. Michigan 6-2 922 613. Maryland 8-1 892 1514. South Carolina 7-2 748 1715. Illinois 7-1 739 2116. Stanford 5-2 731 1017. UCLA 6-2 693 918. Syracuse 7-2 588 1919. Georgia 5-2 556 1820. Georgia Tech 6-2 501 2321. Colorado 7-2 389 2522. Michigan St. 5-2 287 -23. Virginia Tech 6-2 221 1224. Auburn 6-2 125 -25. Louisville 8-1 121 –
Others receiving votes: Purdue 94, Texas A&M 32,North Carolina 30, Marshall 29, Arkansas 27,Boston College 27, Mississippi 26, Fresno St. 23,LSU 20, Texas Tech 18, Toledo 7, Clemson 5, Hawaii 2,Louisiana Tech 1, Ohio St. 1, Utah 1.
