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. FSU (4-0) beat Central Fla. 46-14 vs. Miami, Oct. 7

2. Nebraska (4-0) beat Pacific 49-7 vs. Washington St.

3. Texas A&M (2-1) lost to Colo. 29-21 at Texas Tech, Oct. 7

4. Florida (3-0) did not play vs. Mississippi

5. Southern Cal (3-0) beat Arizona 31-10vs. Arizona St.

6. Penn St. (3-0) beat Rutgers 59-34vs. Wisconsin

7. Colorado (4-0) beat Texas A&M 29-21 at Oklahoma

8. Ohio St. (3-0) beat Pittsburgh 54-14 vs. Notre Dame

9. Michigan(4-0) did not play vs. Miami, Ohio

10. Oklahoma(3-0) beat North Texas 51-10 at Colorado

11. Virginia(4-1) beat Clemson 22-3vs. Wake Forest

12. Oregon (3-1) lost to Stanford 28-21 vs. Pacific, Oct. 7

13. Texas (2-1) lost to Notre Dame 55-27at SMU

14. Auburn (2-1) did not play at Kentucky

15. Tennessee (3-1) beat Miss. St. 52-14 vs. Okla. St.

16. UCLA (2-2) lost to Washington St. 24-15 vs. Fresno St.

17. Miami (1-2) lost to Virginia Tech 13-7 at FSU, Oct. 7

18. LSU (3-1) beat Rice 52-7at South Carolina

19. Kansas St. (3-0) beat Akron 67-0vs. Northern Illinois

20. Georgia (2-2) lost to Mississippi 18-10vs. Alabama

21. Notre Dame (3-1) beat Texas 55-27 at Ohio St.

22. Washington (2-1) beat Army 21-13 at Oregon St.

23. Alabama (2-1) did not playat Georgia

24. Maryland (4-0) beat Duke 41-28 at Georgia Tech

25. Arizona (2-2) lost to Southern Cal 31-10 vs. California

Heisman hopefuls

Tommie Frazier, RB/Sr. Nebraska: In Huskers’ 49-7 win over Pacific, Fraizer had a sub-par day in gusty winds and finished with 6 of 14 completions for 90 yards and one INT. He scored one touchdown on a 5-yard run.

Leeland McElroy, RB/Jr. Texas A&M: In Aggies’ 29-21 loss to No. 7 Colorado, the Buffs attacking defense shocked ‘Lectric Leeland and held him to 52 yards on 23 carries. McElroy had one 4-yard touchdown run to bring his yearly total to eight in three games.

Eddie George, RB, Ohio State: Buckeyes improve to 3-0 and George has been a major part of their early success. In 54-14 win over Pitt, the tailback rushed for 122 yards on 24 carries. He did not score a touchdown.

Karim Abdul-Jabbar, RB/Sr., UCLA: Much like the Bruins, Adbul-Jabbar could be falling out of the race fast. In UCLA’s 24-15 loss Saturday, Cougars held the running back to 125 yards on 28 carries. Most of the damage was done in the second half.

Warrick Dunn, RB, Florida St. In No. 1 team’s 46-14 14 win over Central Florida, Dunn rushed for 100 yards on 17 carries and scored from 2 yards out.

Streaks, sacks and stats

Penn extended its winning streak to 23 games with a 28-8 win over Lafayette.

Charleston Southern lost its 19th straight game, 15-6 to Ferrum.

Princeton limited Rich Lemon of Bucknell to 15 yards on 13 carries to end the running back’s streak of 100-yard rushing games at 17. Lemon was three shy of the NCAA Division I-AA record for consecutive 100-yard rushing games.

Virginia Tech sacked Miami quarterbacks six times and had six tackles behind the line of scrimmage in a 13-7 upset of the Hurricanes.

Robert Hull of Washington & Lee set a school record with five sacks and the Generals recorded eight in a 7-7 tie with Centre.

Notables

Ty King of Miami of Ohio returned a kickoff 82 yards for a TD with 19 seconds left to give the Redskins a 23-16 win over Cincinnati in the 100th meeting between the two schools.

Troy Davis the nation’s leading rusher, ran for a school-record 302 yards and five TDs as Iowa State defeated UNLV 57-30.

Quotable “Our kids presented themselves as the team that beat Notre Dame, rather than the team that lost to Miami. We went through a grieving session, but by Wednesday the kids were ready to go.”

- Coach Gary Barnett whose Northwestern team bounced back to beat Air Force Academy after its crushing loss to Miami of Ohio on Sept. 17.