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 (9-0) beat Vanderbilt 28-21 vs. South Carolina
2. Ohio State (9-0) beat Illinois 48-0 at Indiana
3. Florida State (8-0) beat Wake Forest 44-7 vs. So. Miss.
4. Arizona State (10-0) beat Cal 35-7 at Arizona, Nov. 23.
5. Nebraska (8-1) beat Missouri 51-7 at Iowa State
6. Tennessee (6-2) lost to Memphis 21-17 vs. Arkansas
7. Colorado (8-1) beat Iowa State 49-42 vs. Kansas State
8. North Carolina (8-1) beat Louisville 28-10 at Virginia
9. Michigan (7-2) lost to Purdue 9-3 vs. Penn State
10. Alabama (8-1) beat LSU 26-0 at Miss. St.
11. LSU (6-2) lost to Alabama 26-0 at Mississippi
12. Brigham Young (10-1) beat Rice 49-0 at Hawaii
13. Kansas State (8-1) beat Kansas 38-12 at Colorado
14. Penn State (8-2) did not play at Michigan
15. Virginia (6-3) lost to Clemson 24-16 vs. N. Carolina
16. Wyoming (9-1) lost to S.D. St. 28-24, vs. Colorado St.
17. Notre Dame (6-2) beat Boston College 48-21 vs. Pitt
18. Northwestern (8-2) beat Iowa 40-13 vs. Purdue
19. Washington (7-2) beat Ore. St. 42-3 vs. San Jose St.
20. So. Miss. (8-2) lost to Houston 56-49, OT at Flor. St.
21. Miami (6-2) did not play vs. Virginia Tech
22. Auburn (7-2) beat NE Louisiana 28-24 vs. Georgia
23. Iowa (6-3) lost to Northwestern 40-13 vs. Wisconsin
24. Syracuse (6-2) beat Tulane 31-7vs. Army
25. Virginia Tech (7-1) beat E. Carolina 35-14i at Miami
Heisman watch
Danny Wuerrfel, survived a scare at Vanderbilt, but compiled impressive statistics (283 yards, four TDs) and set a major college career mark (103 career TD passes).
Trophy trivia: Could be the first SEC quarterback to win the Heisman since Auburn’s Pat Sullivan. Prior to that, the last SEC quarterback to win was Wuerrfel’s coach, Steve Spurrier.
Iowa State’s Troy Davis, rushed for 228 yards and two TDs against Colorado and needs 178 yards to become first player with two 2,000-yard rushing seasons.
Trophy trivia: Davis is already the only player to gain 2,000 yards rushing and not win the Heisman.
Orlando Pace, OL, Ohio State, entered Saturday’s game with 59 pancake blocks. He has not allowed a sack in two seasons.
Trophy trivia: The best finish by an offensive lineman in the past 20 years was fifth place by Nebraska’s Dave Remington in 1982.
Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech, gained 132 yards in a loss to Texas and slipped to second in the nation in rushing.
Trophy trivia: Hanspard and Davis could become the only pair to rush for 2,000 yards in the same season. They could also be the only two 2,000 yard rushers to fail to win the Heisman.
Notable
Koy Detmer, Colorado, passed for 401 yards and five touchdowns against Iowa State.
Antowain Smith, Houston, rushed for 231 yards and scored six TDs in a win over Southern Mississippi.
Freshman Ron Dayne of Wisconsin rushed 50 times for 297 yards and three touchdowns against Minnesota.
Darnell Autry, Northwestern, rushed for a career-high 240 yards and scored four touchdowns against Iowa.
Brian Kavanagh, Kansas State, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another against Kansas.
Florida State’s Dan Kendra threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns in his first college start as a fill-in for Thad Busby, who sat out because of a broken wrist.
Terry Battle, Arizona State, gained 165 yards and scored four touchdowns in a 35-7 win over California.
Redshirt freshman Shaun Alexander, Alabama, tied the school single-game rushing record with 291 yards.
Nebraska scored four TDs and picked up 154 yards rushing on 10 plays in a third quarter scoring spurt in its 51-7 victory over Missouri.
North Carolina, the No. 1 defense in the country, limited Louisville to 1 yard rushing on 27 attempts.
Quotable
“I think we’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg. It’s not over with by a long run.” - former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung, on the Boston College gambling scandal. Hornung was once suspended by the NFL for gambling.