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 St. (3-0) beat N.C. State 77-17 vs. Central Fla.

2. Nebraska (3-0) beat Arizona St. 77-28 vs. Pacific

3. Texas A&M (2-0) beat Tulsa 52-9 at Colorado

4. Florida (3-0) beat Tenn. 52-9 vs. Miss, St., S. 30

5. Auburn (2-1) lost to LSU 12-6 at Kentucky, S. 30

6. Southern Cal (2-0) beat Houston 45-10 at Arizona

7. Penn St. (2-0) beat Temple 66-14 at Rutgers

8. Tennessee (2-1) lost to Fla. 62-37vs. Miss. St.

9. Colorado(3-0) beat NE La. 66-14 vs. Texas A&M

10. Ohio St.(2-0) beat Washington 30-20 at Pittsburgh

11. Michigan(4-0) beat B.C. 23-13 vs. Miami, Ohio

12. UCLA (2-1) lost to Oregon 38-31 at Washington St.

13. Alabama (2-1) lost to Arkansas 20-19 at Georgia, S. 30

14. Oklahoma (2-0) beat SMU 24-10 vs. North Texas

15. Texas (2-0) beat Pittsburgh 38-27 at Notre Dame

16. Virginia (3-1) beat Georgia Tech 41-14 at Clemson

17. Arizona (2-1) lost to Illinois 9-7 vs. Southern Cal

18. Washington (1-1) lost to Ohio State 30-20 vs. Army

19. Miami (1-1) did not playat Virginia Tech

20. Oregon (3-0) beat UCLA 38-31vs. Stanford

21. Air Force (2-1) lost to Colo. St. 27-20 at Northwestern

22. Kansas St. (2-0) did not play vs. Akron

23. Georgia (2-1) beat New Mexico St. 40-13at Miss.

24. Notre Dame (2-1) beat Vanderbilt 40-13 vs. Texas

25. N’western (1-1) lost to Miami, Ohio 30-28 vs. Air Force

Heisman hopefuls

Tommie Frazier, RB/Sr. Nebraska: With the dismissal of Lawrence Phillips, the Huskers’ other hopeful, Frazier is their man and he responded with two TD scores (27, 28) and ran for two (15, 3) TDs in Nebraska’s 77-28 rout over Arizona State.

Leeland McElroy, RB/Jr. Texas A&M: In Aggies’ 52-9 win over Tulsa, ‘Lectric Leeland scored four touchdown for 285 total yards, 116 on 23 rushes, 128 on four catches and 41 yards on two kickoff returns. He now has 644 all-purpose yards in two games.

Warrick Dunn, RB, Florida St.: In the ‘Noles 77-17 romp over N.C. State, Dunn got it done by contributing with three touchdowns. He finished with 101 yards on nine carries and has gained 405 yards on just 30 carries this season for a 13.5 average.

Eddie George, RB, Ohio State: In the Buckeyes’ 30-20 win over Washington, the tailback from Phillie showed why he too must be considered a Heisman hopeful. George ran for 212 yards on 36 carries and two touchdowns. It was the second-highest total of his career.

Streaks

Florida State ran its Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak to 27 games with a 77-17 win over North Carolina State.

Texas A&M extended its home winning streak to 28 games, the nation’s longest, with a 52-9 win over Tulsa.

Penn increased its Division 1-AA winning streak to 22 games with a 20-12 victory over Dartmouth.

Notables

Simeon Rice had four sacks in the Fighting Illini’s 9-7 win over Arizona, increasing his career total to 40 - a Big Ten record.

Steve Taneyhill of South Carolina threw a school-record five TD passes and 389 yards as the Gamecocks defeated Louisiana Tech 68-21.

Derrick Cullors rushed for 252 yards and three touchdowns to lead Murray State to a 34-0 win over Southeast Missouri.

Cincinnati linebacker Brad Jackson returned an interception 71 yards for a touchdown, recovered a fumble that led to another TD and had two more takeaways as the Bearcats shut out Virginia Tech 16-0.

St. John’s, Minn., 49-14 victory over Bethel marked coach John Gagliardi’s 319th win and tied him for third with Pop Warner on the all-time list for victories by a college coach.

Quotable

“Each guy has his own individual thoughts, but I didn’t see anybody that was distracted. I think it bothered them, but it didn’t bother their ability to play.”

- Nebraska coach Tom Osborne after his team’s 77-28 win over ASU, following a tumultuous week in Lincoln, Neb.