Hurricanes Remain No. 1 In Associated Press Rankings

Sept. 30, 2001

NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) –Easy wins kept Miami and Florida 1-2 in the AP media poll, while a close call did nothing to shake Oklahoma’s No. 3 standing.

The Sooners beat Kansas State 38-37 on Saturday, holding steady behind the No. 1 Hurricanes and No. 2 Gators and ahead of two Big 12 Conference rivals, No. 4 Nebraska and No. 5 Texas.

Miami tops The Associated Press Top 25 for the fourth straight poll, collecting 34 first-place votes and 1,744 points from the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. The Hurricanes (3-0) beat Pittsburgh 43-21 on Thursday night.

Florida (4-0) knocked Mississippi State out of the Top 25 with a 52-0 win Saturday, and received 22 first-place votes and 1,725 points.

Oklahoma (4-0) had nine first-place votes and 1,648 points.

Nebraska (5-0), a 36-3 winner against Missouri, had two first-place votes and 1,546 points. Texas (4-0) defeated Texas Tech 42-7 and had four first-place votes and 1,511 points.

On Saturday, Oklahoma plays Texas in Dallas.

Georgia Tech took the biggest hit in Sunday’s poll, tumbling eight spots to No. 17 after its 47-44 overtime loss to Clemson.

Tennessee, with a 26-18 win over LSU, moved up a notch to No. 6, followed by No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Virginia Tech, No. 9 UCLA and No. 10 Fresno State (one first-place vote).

The Bruins (4-0) are the newest members of the top 10 after their 38-7 win over Oregon State knocked the Beavers out of the poll.

The top five in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll match the AP poll — Miami, Florida, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas.

Washington moved up two places to No. 11 in the AP poll with its 31-28 win over California, followed by No. 12 Kansas State, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 14 Northwestern, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Florida State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 18 LSU, No. 19 Clemson and No. 20 BYU. K-State fell only one spot after its loss at Oklahoma.

Purdue is No. 21, followed by No. 22 Stanford, No. 23 Toledo, No. 24 Texas A&M and No. 25 Maryland.

In addition to Oregon State and Mississippi State, Illinois and Michigan State fell out of the Top 25. New this week are Clemson, Stanford, Texas A&M and Maryland.

The Terrapins (4-0) are in the poll for the first time since Sept. 24 1995, when they were No. 17.

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:

(Records through September 30, 2001)

Record Pts Pvs 1. Miami (34) 3-0 1,744 1 2. Florida (22) 4-0 1,725 2 3. Oklahoma (9) 4-0 1,648 3 4. Nebraska (2) 5-0 1,546 4 5. Texas (4) 4-0 1,511 5 6. Tennessee 3-0 1,355 7 7. Oregon 4-0 1,310 6 8. Virginia Tech 4-0 1,308 8 9. UCLA 4-0 1,252 1210. Fresno St. (1) 5-0 1,139 1011. Washington 3-0 1,006 1312. Kansas St. 2-1 997 1113. South Carolina 4-0 952 1514. Northwestern 3-0 884 1615. Michigan 3-1 803 1716. Florida St. 3-1 678 1817. Georgia Tech 3-1 573 918. LSU 2-1 539 1419. Clemson 3-1 436 -20. BYU 4-0 426 2021. Purdue 3-0 321 2422. Stanford 3-0 215 -23. Toledo 4-0 200 2524. Texas A&M 4-0 182 -25. Maryland 4-0 118 –

Others receiving votes: Colorado 111, Michigan St. 74, Ohio St. 74, Washington St. 68, Wisconsin 64, Georgia 26, Iowa 24, Illinois 17, Virginia 16, Alabama 11, North Carolina 11, Oregon St. 11, Southern Miss. 9, Louisville 6, Mississippi St. 5, Syracuse 3, Arizona 2.