How The Top 25 Fared

How the Top 25 teams in the AP college football poll fared this week, plus next opponent:

Next week

1. Florida (5-0) beat Arkansas 42-7 vs. LSU

2. Florida St. (4-0) beat Clemson 34-3 at Miami

3. Ohio State (4-0) beat Penn State 38-7 vs. Wisconsin

4. Penn State (5-1) lost to Ohio State 38-7 vs. Purdue

5. Arizona State (5-0) beat Boise State 56-7 at UCLA

6. Michigan (4-1) lost to N’western 17-16 vs. Indiana, Oct. 16

7. Nebraska (3-1) beat Kansas St. 39-3 vs. Baylor

8. Miami (4-0) did not play vs. Florida State

9. Tennessee (3-1) beat Mississippi 41-3 at Georgia

10. Colorado (3-1) did not play vs. Okla. St.

11. Notre Dame (3-1) did not play vs. Washington

12. Virginia (4-1) lost to Ga.Tech 13-7 vs. N.C. St., Oct. 19

13. Alabama (5-0) beat Kentucky 35-7 at N.C. State

14. LSU (4-0) beat Vanderbilt 35-0 at Florida

15. North Carolina (4-1) beat Wake Forest 45-6 Maryland

16. Kansas St. (4-1) lost to Nebraska 39-3 at Missouri

17. Southern Cal (3-2) lost to Cal 22-15 vs. Arizona

18. Washington (3-1) beat Stanford 27-6 at Notre Dame

19. W. Virginia (6-0) beat Bos. Coll. 34-17 at Temple, Oct. 19

20. Auburn (4-1) beat S. Carolina 28-24 at Miss. St.

21. Brigham Young (5-1) beat Utah St. 45-17 vs. UNLV

22. Northwestern (4-1) beat Michigan 17-16 vs. Minnesota

23. Texas (3-2) beat Oklahoma St. 71-14 vs. Oklahoma

24. Utah (5-1) beat UTEP 34-27 vs. TCU, Oct. 19

25. Wyoming (6-0) beat San Jose St. 45-22 vs. W. Mich.

Heisman watch

Danny Wuerrfel, QB, Florida: Passed for four touchdowns and a school-record 462 yards in 42-7 win over Arkansas.

Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State: Did not play, but made his first national TV appearance on an ABC pregame show. May have lost votes when he suggested the Heisman go to Peyton Manning.

Byron Hanspard, RB, Texas Tech: Compiled his fifth consecutive 200-yard game this season, with 287 yards in a 45-24 win over Baylor. His 222.4 yards per game is second to Iowa State’s Davis.

Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee: Davis may be the only person willing to vote for him after his four-interception disaster against Florida, but Thursday’s 18-for-22, 242-yard performance vs. Mississippi has him on the verge of getting back in the race.

Notable

Brandon Willis, California, accounted for 237 yards rushing and receiving as the Golden Bears defeated Southern Cal 22-15.

Henry Burris, Temple, completed 25 of 41 passes for 445 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores in the Owls’ 53-52 loss to Pittsburgh.

Chad Johnston, West Virginia, threw for 354 yards and two scores as the Mountaineers beat Boston College 34-17.

California’s 22-15 victory over Southern California was its first win over the Trojans at the Los Angeles Coliseum since 1970.

Colgate broke the longest losing streak in Division I - 16 games - with a 44-27 victory over Brown, but Prairie View A&M lost to Langston, 37-20, extending the Panthers’ NCAA-record losing streak to 63 games.

Columbia beat Holy Cross 42-16 to improve to 3-0, the first time the school has won its first three contests since 1946 when the Lions went 6-3 and Harry Truman was president of the United States.

Army (4-0) is off to its best start in 11 years following its win over Yale. Also, Navy is 3-1 and Air Force is 3-1.

Michigan State fumbled five times on kickoffs, including three by Derrick Mason, in its 37-30 loss to Iowa.

Oklahoma has a school-record seven-game losing streak and is 0-4 for the first time since 1961.

Archie Amerson, Northern Arizona, rushed for 281 yards and a Division I-AA record seven touchdowns in a 59-45 victory over Weber State.

Florida A&M defeated Hampton 59-58 in six overtimes when Hampton missed an extra point.

Southern Methodist’s Daniel Hernandez, after previously missing a 37-yard field-goal attempt and having two extra point tries blocked, hit the right upright with his 35-yard try as time expired which allowed Missouri to escape with a 27-26 victory.

North Carolina State began eight of its 14 possessions inside Maryland territory and one at the 50 in a 34-8 win.

Quotable

“I’ve coached in a lot of games, but right now there doesn’t seem like there’s one that’s bigger, better or sweeter than this one.”- Northwestern coach Gary Barnett after the Wildcats rallied for a 17-16 victory against Michigan.