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Buffs Won’t Need Miracle Again

Richard Rosenblatt Associated Press

Two years ago visiting Colorado beat Michigan with a 64-yard miracle pass from Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook.

Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel isn’t counting on another miracle when the Buffaloes play host to the Wolverines in Boulder, Colo., Saturday.

“Michigan will not beat itself,” said Neuheisel, who was Colorado’s quarterbacks and receivers coach in ‘94. “You can’t go out there and try to trick them. They will find a way to punch you out if you do that.”

Colorado is the heavy hitter in this one… . No. 11 Michigan (plus 8-1/2) at No. 5 Colorado … COLORADO 37-24.

No. 10 Miami (minus 25) at Rutgers (Thursday night): Suspended tailback Danyell Ferguson and wideout Yatil Green return… . MIAMI 49-13.

Northern Illinois (plus 44) at No. 6 Penn State: Joe Paterno wants improvement from quarterback Wally Richardson… . PENN STATE 49-10.

Purdue (plus 21) at No. 9 Notre Dame: Lou Holtz’s message this week? Don’t fumble. It won’t matter… . NOTRE DAME 35-7.

Vanderbilt (plus 17-1/2) at No. 13 Alabama: ‘Bama defense smothers shaky Vandy offense… . ALABAMA 27-0.

No. 14 Brigham Young (plus 4) at Washington: BYU’s toughest game; a win and Cougars could go undefeated… . WASHINGTON 35-34.

No. 15 Auburn (minus 9) at Mississippi: Auburn has outscored first two opponents 91-0… . AUBURN 24-14.

Oregon State (plus 25) at No. 16 USC: Trojans own 22-game winning streak vs. Beavers… . USC 45-7.

Cincinnati (plus 15) at No. 17 Kansas State: Bearcats gave K-State trouble last year… . KANSAS STATE 27-17.

North Texas (plus 33) at No. 18 Arizona State: Sun Devils warm up for Sept. 21 game against No. 1 Nebraska… . ARIZONA STATE 49-8.

No. 19 Virginia Tech (minus 3) at Boston College: Tech has 11-game winning streak; Eagles can cause problems… . BOSTON COLLEGE 21-17.

Iowa State (plus 17) at No. 21 Iowa: Troy Davis may outrush Sedrick Shaw, but Hawkeyes are more versatile… . IOWA 38-17.

Maryland (plus 12) at No. 22 Virginia: Terps have 16-game losing streak vs. Top 25 teams… . VIRGINIA 31-20.

No. 24 Kansas (minus 4) at Texas Christian: Running back June Henley gives Big 12 a win over WAC… . KANSAS 24-17.

No. 25 Texas A&M (minus 19) at SW Louisiana: A&M’s Branndon Stewart picks apart secondary… . TEXAS A&M 35-13.

Last week: 19-2 (straight); 7-9-2 (spread).

Season: 28-5 (straight); 12-16-2 (spread).