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 (5-0) beat LSU 56-13 vs. Auburn

2. Ohio State (5-0) beat Wisconsin 17-14 at Purdue

3. Florida St. (5-0) beat Miami 34-16 vs. Virg., Oct. 20

4. Arizona St. (6-0) beat UCLA 42-34 vs. So. Cal.

5. Nebraska (4-1) beat Baylor 49-0 at Texas Tech

6. Miami (4-1) lost to FSU 34-16 vs. E. Carolina

7. Tennessee (4-1) beat Georgia 29-17 vs. Alabama, Oct. 26

8. Alabama (6-0) beat N.C. State 24-19 vs. Mississippi

9. Colorado (3-1) beat Oklahoma St. 35-13 at Kansas

10. Penn State (6-1) beat Purdue 31-14 vs. Iowa

11. Notre Dame (4-1) beat Washington 54-20 vs. Air Force

12. LSU (4-1) lost to Florida 56-13 vs. Kentucky

13. N. Carolina (5-1) beat Maryland 38-7 at Houston, Oct. 26

14. Michigan (4-1) did not play vs. Indiana

15. Northwestern (5-1) beat Minnesota 26-24 at Wisconsin

16. Washington (3-2) lost to Notre Dame 54-20 vs. UCLA

17. W. Virginia (6-0) did not play at Temple

18. Auburn (5-1) beat Miss. St. 49-15 at Florida

19. Brigham Young (6-1) beat UNLV 63-28 at Tulsa

20. Virginia (4-1) did not play vs. N.C. State

21. California (5-0) did not play at Wash. St.

22. Kansas State (5-1) beat Missouri 35-10 at Tex. A&M

23. Georgia Tech (4-1) did not play at Clemson

24. Wyoming (7-0) beat W. Michigan 42-28 vs. Fresno St.

25. Texas (3-3) lost to Oklahoma 30-27, OT at Colo., Oct. 26

Heisman watch

Frontrunners: Danny Wuerrfel, QB, Florida, threw for 277 yards and three TDs and ran for a another in a 56-13 win over LSU. He now has 92 career TD passes, good for second place on the Division I-A list…. Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State, rushed 39 times for a season-low 130 yards in a 24-21 loss to Texas A&M, but remains on track to become the first player with more than one 2,000-yard season…. Byron Hanspard, RB, Texas Tech, carried 37 times for 190 yards and caught a TD pass in a 30-17 win over Kansas.

Staying alive: Steve Sarkisian QB, Brigham Young, threw for 400 yards and four TDs and ran for another in a 63-28 rout of UNLV…. Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee, passed for 371 yards and two touchdowns in a 29-17 victory over Georgia.

Too good to ignore: Marcus Harris, WR, Wyoming, had eight catches for 137 yards and two TDs. He averages nine catches and 140 yards per game…. Orlando Pace, OL, Ohio State: Often mentioned as a possible first choice in the NFL draft, he leads a powerful offensive line for the second-ranked Buckeyes.

Notable

Darnell Autry, Northwestern, had a season-high 189 yards to become the school’s all-time rushing leader. He has 19 consecutive games with at least 100 yards rushing.

Dameyune Craig, Auburn, threw for 375 yards and four TDs in a 49-15 win over Mississippi State.

Steve Beard, Northern Iowa, threw for five TDs and 347 yards to lead the Panthers to a 47-10 win over Illinois State.

Nebraska outgained Baylor with a season-high 669 yards to the Bears’ 117 in the Cornhuskers’ 49-0 victory.

Jim Turner, Syracuse, returned the second-half kickoff against Pitt 100 yards for a TD in the Orangemen’s 55-7 win. Phil Nash returned a blocked punt for a TD and Kevin Johnson returned a punt 73 yards for another score.

At 4-0, Columbia is off to its best start since 1945.

Florida A&M escaped with a 24-23 victory when North Carolina A&T missed an extra-point with 31 seconds left, the third consecutive victory in that fashion for the Rattlers.

Army QB Adam Thompson (126 yards), and RBs Joe Hewitt (117) and Demetrius Perry (127) helped the Cadets run for 546 yards - its third-best rushing game ever - as the Cadets beat Rutgers 42-21.

Duquesne won its 14th straight game in a 52-14 rout of St. Francis, Pa., the longest winning streak of any team in NCAA Division I-A or Division I-AA. the longest streak in Division I-A belongs to Wyoming, with 10.

Quotable

“I’ll give you an idea of what kind of a kid he was. Our medical office opens at 7 a.m., and any time he had to be treated he always made sure he brought coffee to the trainers. How many college kids would ever think of that?” - Fordham athletic director Frank McLaughlin on Fordham’s Bill Tierney, who died from an apparent heart attack Saturday after collapsing in pregame warmups.