Hurricanes Still Ranked No. 1 By AP
Oct. 21, 2001
NEW YORK (TICKER) – Mostly known as “basketball” schools, Stanford, Illinois and North Carolina are making a big splash on the college football landscape.
The Cardinal, Fighting Illini and Tar Heels are the newcomers in the latest Associated Press football poll, released Sunday afternoon.
Stanford (4-1) is ranked 20th after shocking previously No. 5 Oregon, 49-42, on Saturday, ending the Ducks’ 23-game winning streak at Autzen Stadium. The Cardinal basketball team is coming off a season in which it fell just one win short of the Final Four.
The same can be said of the Illinois hoops squad. However, the Fighting Illini (6-1) are now No. 22 in the nation in football after a 42-35 victory over Wisconsin, their third straight victory.
North Carolina is a basketball power, and one of its hoops stars last season was Julius Peppers, who doubles as an All-American defensive end for the 5-3 and 23rd-ranked football team, which pounded Clemson, 38-3, on Saturday.
However, the top of the rankings have a familiar look. Miami (5-0) remained No. 1 after receiving 47 first-place votes and a total of 1,771 points from a nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters.
Defending national champion Oklahoma (7-0) garned 22 first-place votes and is 30 points behind the Hurricanes. Third-ranked Nebraska (8-0) had two first-place votes, and the final one went to No. 4 UCLA (6-0).
Rounding out the top 10 is fifth-ranked Virginia Tech (6-0), Florida (5-1), Texas (6-1), Michigan (5-1), Tennessee (4-1) and Maryland (7-0).
Oregon (6-1) is 11th, followed by South Carolina (6-1), Washington (5-1), Washington State (7-0), Georgia (5-1), Brigham Young (7-0), Auburn (6-1), Fresno State (6-1) and Florida State (4-2).
No. 21 Georgia Tech (5-2), 24th-ranked Purdue (4-1) and Colorado (5-2) complete the poll.
Clemson, Northwestern and Toledo dropped from this week’s rankings.
The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, withnumber of first-place votes and record in parentheses,total points and previous ranking:
(Records through October 21, 2001)
TEAM PTS PVS —- — — 1. Miami Fla (47) (5-0) 1,771 1 2. Oklahoma (22) (7-0) 1,741 2 3. Nebraska (2) (8-0) 1,626 3 4. UCLA (1) (6-0) 1,602 4 5. Virginia Tech (6-0) 1,513 6 6. Florida (5-1) 1,389 7 7. Texas (6-1) 1,378 9 8. Michigan (5-1) 1,246 10 9. Tennessee (4-1) 1,086 1110. Maryland (7-0) 1,082 1211. Oregon (6-1) 981 512. South Carolina (6-1) 873 1613. Washington (5-1) 847 1514. Washington St (7-0) 837 1915. Georgia (5-1) 812 1716. BYU (7-0) 794 1817. Auburn (6-1) 663 2018. Fresno St (6-1) 499 819. Florida St (4-2) 488 2120. Stanford (4-1) 471 NR21. Georgia Tech (5-2) 299 2322. Illinois (6-1) 278 NR23. North Carolina (5-3) 236 NR24. Purdue (4-1) 235 2425. Colorado (5-2) 203 14
Dropped Out: No. 13 Clemson, No. 22 Northwestern, No. 25Toledo
Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 176, Mississippi 65,Clemson 52, Syracuse 52, LSU 37, Ohio St 22, Northwestern18, Iowa St 9, Louisville 9, Utah 4, Toledo 3, Michigan St2, Marshall 1.
