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| Sunday, September 22 Idle Sooners lose only No. 1 vote to 'Canes SportsTicker |
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Tennessee slipped seven spots while Notre Dame moved into the top 10 of the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll released Sunday. Even without former coach Steve Spurrier, Florida (3-1) rolled to a 30-13 victory over Tennessee (2-1) on Saturday, dropping the Volunteers seven spots to No. 11. Florida, which was routed by Miami two weeks ago, moved up to ninth. Notre Dame (4-0) continues its steady rise under first-year coach Tyrone Willingham, escalating two more places to No. 10 after a 21-17 win at Michigan State on Saturday. Penn State (3-0) also continued its climb, ascending three more spots to No. 12 after a 49-17 rout of Louisiana Tech on Saturday. The Nittany Lions cracked the poll at No. 25 two weeks ago. Defending national champion Miami (4-0) picked up one more first-place vote, giving them 59 of a possible 61 and 1,523 points overall in a nationwide poll. The Hurricanes extended their winning streak to 26 games with a 38-6 victory over Boston College on Saturday. Texas (3-0) is No. 2, retaining its two first-place votes and receiving 1,436 points, after a 41-11 win over Houston. Idle Oklahoma (3-0) lost its first-place vote and remained third in the poll, followed by Florida State (4-0) and Virginia Tech (4-0), which beat Texas A&M, 13-3. The loss knocked Texas A&M (2-1) out of the poll. Ohio State (4-0), Georgia (3-0), Oregon (4-0), Florida and Notre Dame round out the top 10. Washington (2-1) is 13th, followed by Michigan (3-1), North Carolina State (5-0), Wisconsin (5-0), Kansas State (4-0), Washington State (3-1), Nebraska (3-1) and Louisiana State (2-1) Iowa State (4-1) moved up three spots to No. 21 while Southern California (2-1) slipped 11 spots to No. 22 after a 27-20 loss to Kansas State. Colorado State (3-1), Oregon State (4-0) and Auburn (3-1) complete the top 25. UCLA (2-1) also dropped out of the poll. |
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