SEATTLE - It seems Miami's tenuous hold on the top of college football
polls was nothing a good butt kicking couldn't cure. A week after
slipping to No. 2 in the coaches poll and clinging to a one-point margin
in TheInsiders.com rankings, the Hurricanes are No. 1 everywhere again,
thanks to a 59-0 pasting of previous No. 13 Syracuse.
The 9-0 Hurricanes now face what could be their biggest obstacles to a
shot at the national championship - a matchup with Washington that was
rescheduled because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The Huskies (8-2) are No. 12 after knocking archrival Washington State
off the top of the Pac-10 standings with a 26-14 victory on Saturday.
The Cougars (9-2) also became the only team to tumble out of
TheInsiders.com Top 10, falling from No. 8 to No. 15.
Michigan (8-2), which had slipped from No. 6 after a 26-24 upset loss to
Michigan State two weeks ago, climbed back into the upper echelon at No.
9.
Marshall (9-1), Boston College (7-3), Fresno State (9-2) and Arkansas
(7-3) joined TheInsiders.com Top 25 this week, while Auburn, Florida
State, UCLA and Ohio State dropped out.
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The Nov. 18, 2001 Poll:
| Rank | | Team | Points | | Rank
Last
Week |
|---|
| 1 | | Miami (6) | 245 | | 1 |
| 2 | | Nebraska (4) | 243 | | 2 |
| 3 | | Oklahoma | 226 | | 3 |
| 4 | | Florida | 224 | | 4 |
| 5 | | Texas | 208 | | 5 |
| 6 | | Oregon | 200 | | 7 |
| 7 | | Maryland | 186 | | 9 |
| 8 | | Tennessee | 184 | | 6 |
| 9 | | Michigan | 158 | | 11 |
| 10 | | Brigham Young | 154 | | 10 |
| 11 | | Illinois | 153 | | 12 |
| 12 | | Washington | 137 | | 14 |
| 13 | | Stanford | 117 | | 15 |
| 14 | | Colorado | 114 | | 16 |
| 15 | | Washington State | 106 | | 8 |
| 16 | | South Carolina | 93 | | 21 |
| 17 | | Virginia Tech | 90 | | 19 |
| 18 | | Louisville | 79 | | 21 |
| 19 | | Marshall | 45 | | |
| 20 | | Georgia | 43 | | 23 |
| 21 | | Georgia Tech | 37 | | 23 |
| | Syracuse | 37 | | 13 |
| 23 | | Boston College | 31 | | |
| 24 | | Fresno State | 30 | | |
| 25 | | Arkansas | 26 | | |
| *First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams
receiving
votes:
Auburn 19, Michigan State 12, Florida State 10,
UCLA 9, Purdue 8, Mississippi 8, USC 5, Rice 4,
NC
State 3, Iowa 3, Alabama 2, Penn State 1. |
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