Top 25 At A Glance

vs. Opp. Team Rec T25 Rec.* This week/time Quick kicks 1. Ohio St. 10-3 2-3 64-59 at WVa., 5p Last No.1 rank: 9-8-80 2. Flor. St. 11-1 5-1 64-45 d. Tex A&M 23-14 11 str top 5 pre-rank

3. Florida 10-2 4-2 72-39 v Citadel, 3p QB Johnson 60-65% 4. Nebraska 13-0 4-0 63-58 v UAB, 10:30a 60-3 last five years 5. Michigan 12-0 7-0 65-49 at N.Dame, 9:30a Replacing Griese is key 6. Kansas St 11-1 2-1 59-53 v Ind. St., 4p Best preseason rank 7. UCLA 10-2 3-1 62-48 idle Aliotti takes defense 8. Arizona St. 9-3 3-1 56-53 v Washington, 7p 8 off. starters return 9. LSU 9-3 1-1 58-53 idle U.S.-best off. backfield 10. Tennessee 11-2 3-2 76-44 at Syracuse., 9a 4 of first 5 vs. Top 25 11. W. Virginia 7-5 1-2 60-69 v Ohio St., 5p Best preseason rank 12. N. Carolina 11-1 1-1 52-57 v Miami O, 3p Lost 7 def. starters 13. Penn St. 9-3 3-2 59-54 v So Miss, 12:30p Paterno 298 wins 14. Tex. A&M 9-4 2-3 54-57 l. Flor. St. 23-14 New faces on lines 15. Colo. St. 11-2 1-1 63-63 v Colorado., 7p First preseason rank 16. Virginia 7-4 0-3 70-47 d. Auburn 19-0 9 def. starters return 17. Syracuse 9-4 2-2 58-63 v Tenn., 9a Tough non-conf sked 18. UWash 8-4 3-3 70-41 at Ariz. St., 7p Tough Sept. schedule 19. Georgia 10-2 1-2 67-45 v Kent, 2p Replacing QB Bobo key 20. Wisconsin 8-5 1-4 74-66 at SDSU, 6p 19 starters return 21. So. Miss. 9-3 0-3 52-57 at PSU, 12:30p Won last 2 C-USA titles 22. N. Dame 7-6 2-4 85-54 v Mich., 9:30a Worst pre-rank since ‘86 23. Mich. St. 7-5 0-5 72-58 at Ore., 12:30p Saban: 3 years-3 bowls 24. Arizona 7-5 2-3 79-53 d. Hawaii 27-6 4 of first 5 on road 25. Auburn 10-3 2-2 82-38 l. Virginia 19-0 Couldn’t run vs. Cavs * Opp. Rec. = Combined ‘97 record of all ‘98 opponents.