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 (7-0) beat Auburn 51-10 vs. Georgia, Nov. 2

2. Ohio State (6-0) beat Purdue 42-14 at Iowa

3. Florida St. (5-0) did not play vs. Virginia

4. Arizona St. (7-0) beat Southern Cal 48-35 at Stanford

5. Nebraska (5-1) beat Texas Tech 24-10 vs. Kansas

6. Tennessee (4-1) did not play vs. Alabama

7. Alabama (7-0) beat Mississippi 37-0 at Tennessee

8. Notre Dame (4-2) lost to Air Force 20-17 vs. Navy, Nov. 2

9. Colorado (5-1) beat Kansas 20-7 vs. Texas

10. Penn State (6-2) lost to Iowa 21-20 at Indiana

11. N. Carolina (5-1) did not play at Houston

12. Miami (4-2) lost to E. Carolina 31-6 at W. Virginia

13. Michigan (5-1) beat Indiana 27-20 at Minnesota

14. Northwestern (6-1) beat Wisconsin 34-30 vs. Illinois

15. West Virginia (7-0) beat Temple 30-10 vs. Miami

16. Auburn (5-2) lost to Florida 51-10 vs. Ark., Nov. 2

17. LSU (5-1) beat Kentucky 41-14 vs. Miss. St.

18. Brigham Young (7-1) beat Tulsa 55-30 at TCU

19. California (5-1) lost to Washington St. 21-18 vs. UCLA

20. Virginia (5-1) beat N.C. State 62-14 at Florida St.

21. Kansas St. (6-1) beat Texas A&M 23-20 vs. Oklahoma

22. Georgia Tech (4-2) lost to Clemson 28-25 vs. C. Florida

23. Wyoming (8-0) beat Fresno St. 42-21 vs. SMU, Nov. 2

24. Utah (6-1) beat TCU 21-7 vs. Tulsa

25. Washington (4-2) beat UCLA 41-21 at Oregon

HEISMAN WATCH

Front-runners: Danny Wuerrfel, QB, Florida, threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns as the Gators pounded Auburn 51-10. … Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State, gained 238 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns vs. Oklahoma St. … Byron Hanspard, RB, Texas Tech, gained a season-low 107 yards vs. Nebraska.

On hold: Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee, did not play. Must have a good game against Alabama to atone for Florida disaster.

Too good to ignore: Jake Plummer, QB, Arizona State, completed 26 of 44 passes - both career bests - for 277 yards vs. Southern Cal. … Tiki Barber, RB, Virginia, had 132 yards rushing and 213 all-purpose yards, including touchdowns on a 74-yard punt return and a 52-yard run, in 62-14 victory over North Carolina State.

NOTABLE

Jason Martin, Louisiana Tech, threw for 542 yards and eight touchdowns, both school records, and Chad Mackey had 310 yards receiving and five TDs, as the Bulldogs blasted Toledo 61-20.

Moses Moreno, Colorado State, passed for a career-high 359 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score, leading the Rams to a 36-13 victory over San Jose State.

Anthony Poindexter, Virginia, intercepted three passes and blocked a punt in the Cavaliers’ 62-14 victory over North Carolina State. The Cavaliers had four interceptions and two blocked punts in the first half.

Dartmouth beat Yale 40-6 for its 12th consecutive win and the largest margin of victory over the Elis in a series that dates to 1884.

Northwestern extended its Big Ten winning streak to 12 games. However, Darnell Autry’s streak of 100-yard rushing games ended at 19 when he separated his shoulder in the first half. Autry finished with 58 yards on 10 carries.

Ohio State quarterback Stanley Jackson was ejected for kicking a Purdue player in the third quarter of the Buckeyes’ 42-14 victory.

Kevin Faulk, LSU, gained 265 all-purpose yards in a 41-14 victory over Kentucky.

George Jones, San Diego State, and Corey Dillon, Washington, both scored five touchdowns.

QUOTABLE

“I haven’t hokey-pokeyed like that in a long time. We can’t celebrate too long because next week it’s Ohio State.”- Damien Robinson, Iowa.

Iowa players really did do the hokey-pokey in the locker room after defeating Penn State 21-20.