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College football

OSU, Michigan 1-2 in AP poll

NEW YORK – The top two teams in the Big Ten are now the top two teams in the country.

Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday to become the fifth team this season to hold the spot directly behind top-ranked Ohio State.

Florida, which had been No. 2, dropped seven spots after losing 27-17 at Auburn.

The Wolverines hopped over No. 3 Southern California to reach their highest ranking since they were No. 1 in the final poll of the 1997 season.

The first Bowl Championship Series standings were also released Sunday (See story, C3).

For the complete Associated Press Top 25, see Scoreboard on page C4.

DIII Football

Whitworth rises

Whitworth College moved up one spot to 11th in this week’s D3football.com Top 25 poll, released Sunday.

The Pirates – fresh off a 70-3 pasting of Portland’s Lewis & Clark College on Saturday – had been ranked 12th.

The top five – Mount Union, Wisconsin-Whitewater, St. John’s, Capital and Wesley – remained the same.

College football

Dickey recuperating

North Texas coach Darrell Dickey is recovering from a heart attack he suffered at home late Thursday.

Dickey had a surgical procedure Friday and was released from the hospital Saturday, the school said. Assistant coach Kenny Evan will perform any duties Dickey can’t handle from home.

Dickey kept his hospitalization secret until he could tell his players and assistant coaches about it during a team meeting Sunday after they returned from having the weekend off.