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. Nebraska (1-1) lost to Arizona St. 19-0 vs. Col. St. 2. Tennessee (2-1) lost to Florida 35-29 vs. Miss., Oct. 3 3. Florida St. (2-0) beat N.C. State 51-17 vs. N. Carolina 4. Florida (3-0) beat Tennessee 35-29 vs. Kentucky 5. Penn State (4-0) beat Temple 41-0 at Wisconsin 6. Texas (2-1) lost to Notre Dame 27-24 at Virginia 7. Ohio State (2-0) beat Pittsburgh 72-0 at Notre Dame 8. Michigan (3-0) beat Boston College 20-14 vs. UCLA 9. Notre Dame (3-0) beat Texas 27-24 vs. Ohio State 10. Miami (3-0) did not play vs. Pittsburgh 11. North Carolina (3-0) beat Georgia Tech 16-0 at Florida St. 12. Colorado (2-1) did not play at Texas A&M 13. Alabama (4-0) beat Arkansas 17-7 vs. Kentucky, Oct. 5 13. Auburn (3-1) lost to LSU 19-15 vs. S. Carol., Oct. 5 15. Southern Cal (3-1) beat Houston 26-9 vs. Cal, Oct. 5 16. Kansas State (4-0) beat Rice 34-7 vs. Nebraska, Oct. 5 17. Arizona State (3-0) beat Nebraska 19-0 vs. Oregon 18. Virginia Tech (3-0) beat Rutgers 30-14 at Syracuse 19. Iowa (2-1) lost to Tulsa 27-20 vs. Mich. St., Oct. 5 20. Virginia (3-0) beat Wake Forest 42-7 vs. Texas 21. LSU (2-0) beat Auburn 19-15 vs. New Mex. St. 22. Kansas (2-0) did not play at Utah 23. Syracuse (0-2) lost to Minnesota 35-33 vs. Va. Tech 24. Washington (2-1) beat Arizona 31-17 vs. Stanford, Oct. 5 25. Oregon (3-1) lost to Washington St. 55-44 at Ariz. St.

Heisman watch

Danny Wuerrfel, QB, Florida: Threw four first-half touchdown passes in win over Florida. With no clear Heisman favorite emerging, Wuerrfel posted solid numbers in his other stats, completing 11 passes in 22 attempts for 155 yards.

Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee: Completed 37 of 65 passes for 492 yards - all Tennessee records - and four TDs, but his four interceptions helped Florida to a 35-29 victory and damaged his Heisman hopes.

Curtis Enis, RB, Penn St.: Had 14 rushes for 90 yards in 41-0 win over Temple.

Steve Sarkisian, QB, Brigham Young: Threw for 276 yards and one touchdown in a 17-14 win vs. New Mexico.

Byron Hanspard, RB, Texas Tech: Rushed for 214 yards, the ninth straight game he has broken 100 yards and the fourth time in five games he has gained at least 200.

Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State: Ran into Heisman contention with 53 carries for 241 yards and five TDs.

Koy Detmer, QB, Colorado: Did not play.

Notable

Arizona State recorded three safeties in its win over Nebraska.

Josh Wallwork, Wyoming, was 33-of-45 for 453 yards.

Backup quarterback Chris Redman threw three second-half touchdowns to lead Louisville to a 30-20 come from behind win over Michigan State.

An NCAA record crowd of 107,608 watched Florida stun Tennessee at Neyland Stadium. The record is for games after 1948, when official attendance records began to be kept. Previously, two crowds estimated at 120,000 were at Soldier Field. The first was Nov. 26, 1927 for Notre Dame-Southern California. The other was Oct. 13, 1928 for Notre Dame-Navy.

Darnell Autry, Northwestern, extended his streak of consecutive 100-yard games to 16, gaining 116 yards.

Wyoming’s Marcus Harris, the major-college receiving leader, and David Saraf caught 24 passes for 337 yards.

Central Michigan and Western Michigan combined for 744 yards passing and seven TDs.

In its fourth game, Illinois scored its first touchdown of the season.

Scott Harley, East Carolina, ran for a school record 291 yards.

David Thompson, Oklahoma State, ran for 217 yards and three TDs.

A fire broke out in the old Sports Arena on the Auburn campus, sending flames and smoke over the northeast corner of Jordan-Hare Stadium during Auburn’s game with LSU. No one in the stadium was in danger.

Ohio State had just eight players on the field when freshman David Boston returned a punt 66 yards for a TD.

Brock Huard became the first Washington freshman to pass for 300 yards in a game.

Quotable

“It was a disastrous afternoon. They made every effort to keep it under 70 points and we wouldn’t let them do it.”

- Pittsburgh coach Johnny Majors after a 72-0 loss to Ohio State, the worst in Pitt history