Miami Remains Solid No. 1 In Both Major Polls
Oct. 28, 2001
Nebraska snapped Oklahoma’s 20-game winning streak and the schools swapped spots while the Miami Hurricanes remained atop the latest Associated Press football poll, released Sunday afternoon.
The win probably moved Nebraska (9-0) to No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series poll since Oklahoma (7-1) had occupied that spot. In the AP poll, Nebraska is No. 2 behind Miami (6-0), while Oklahoma (7-1) is third.
Five teams fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Saturday, leaving Miami (6-0), Nebraska and Brigham Young (8-0) as the only remaining schools in Division I-A with perfect records.
Miami started the week with a 45-3 rout of West Virginia on Thursday night and received 55 first-place votes and a total of 1,783 points from a nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters. The Hurricanes were fourth in the BCS but could climb with Oklahoma’s loss.
Nebraska had the other 17 first-place votes and is 38 points behind Miami.
Miami and Nebraska are also 1-2 in the USA/ESPN coaches’ football poll.
Virginia Tech (6-1) took the biggest fall, dropping from fifth to No. 12 in the AP poll after a 22-14 loss to Syracuse (7-2), which won its seventh straight and cracked the poll at No. 19.
Stanford (5-1) made the biggest jump from 20 to 10 with a 38-28 victory over UCLA (6-1), which slipped five spots to No. 9.
Of the teams suffering their first loss, UCLA’s may have been the most costly. The Bruins were third in the BCS standings and entertaining legitimate national championship hopes.
Maryland (7-1) and Washington State (7-1) also were handed their first defeats. Florida State (5-2) rose from 19 to 14 in the AP poll with a 52-31 victory over Maryland, which dropped five spots from 10 to 15, and Oregon (7-1) moved up from 11 to eighth with a 24-17 win over Washington State. The Cougars slipped two places from 14 to 16.
BYU avoided the upset bug, routing San Diego State, 59-21, to move up three spots to No. 13.
Florida (6-1) rose two places to No. 4 after posting a 24-10 win over Georgia.
Texas (7-1) is No. 5 followed by Michigan (6-1), Tennessee and four Pac-10 schools — Oregon, UCLA, Stanford and Washington (6-1).
South Carolina (6-2) dropped five spots to No. 17 and fellow Southeastern Conference school Georgia (5-2) fell three places to No. 18.
Purdue (5-1) is No. 20 followed by Illinois (6-1), North Carolina (5-3), Georgia Tech (5-2), Texas A&M (7-1) and Colorado (6-2).
Fading Fresno State dropped out of the poll after suffered its second straight loss on Friday, falling, 38-34, to Hawaii.
Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll
The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with numberof first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points andprevious ranking:
(Records through October 28, 2001)
TEAM PTS PVS —- — — 1. Miami Fla (55) (6-0) 1,783 1 2. Nebraska (17) (9-0) 1,745 3 3. Oklahoma (7-1) 1,596 2 4. Florida (6-1) 1,587 6 5. Texas (7-1) 1,522 7 6. Michigan (6-1) 1,374 8 7. Tennessee (5-1) 1,323 9 8. Oregon (7-1) 1,218 11 9. UCLA (6-1) 1,214 410. Stanford (5-1) 1,074 2011. Washington (6-1) 1,012 1312. Virginia Tech (6-1) 981 513. BYU (8-0) 972 1614. Florida St (5-2) 822 1915. Maryland (7-1) 659 1016. Washington St (7-1) 605 1417. South Carolina (6-2) 598 1218. Georgia (5-2) 462 1519. Syracuse (7-2) 459 NR20. Purdue (5-1) 428 2421. Illinois (6-1) 406 2222. North Carolina (5-3) 319 2323. Georgia Tech (5-2) 316 2124. Texas A&M (7-1) 279 NR25. Colorado (6-2) 218 25
Dropped Out: No. 17 Auburn, No. 18 Fresno St
Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi 200, Auburn 110,Clemson 32, Michigan St 21, Louisville 19, Fresno St 17,Toledo 8, Marshall 6, Boston College 5, LSU 5, Iowa St 3,Miami Ohio 2.
