 | The Cavalier daily Wednesday, November 17, 1971 |  |
Top Twenty
One of the powerful
Southeastern Conference
triumvirate finally fell from
the unbeaten ranks, at the
hands of an SEC rival, to
highlight this week's Poll of
Coaches. Undefeated in nine
outings number five Auburn
destroyed number six from last
week, to provide the only
major reshuffling of the top
ten.
Nebraska, 10-0, still leads
fellow Big Eight powerhouse
Oklahoma by a slim margin to
head the twenty best teams in
the nation. The Cornhuskers
must wait for their
Thanksgiving Day clash with
the Sooners, who are 9-0, to
decide the Big Eight crown not
to mention the New Year's
Day contestant for the
mythical national
championship.
Third ranked Michigan
clinched the Rose Bowl trip for
the second year running by
edging Purdue, 20-17. Only
their contest with rival Ohio
State this week stands in the
way of a perfect 11-0 slate for
the Wolverines. Alabama's
Crimson Tide rolled on,
notching its tenth straight this
year and coming one step
closer to a possible Orange
Bowl showdown with another
unbeaten for the country's
gridiron crown. "Bear"
Bryant's plans, however, are
contingent on his squad's
confrontation with fifth
ranked Auburn the Saturday
after Thanksgiving.
Penn State moved up one
spot to sixth by virtue of
Georgia's loss and the Nittany
Lions' defeat of weakling N.C.
State. The Lions are now 9-0
with only traditional rival Pitt
and SEC also-ran but eleventh
rated Tennessee prohibitive of
another unbeaten year.
1. Nebraska (10-0)
2. Oklahoma (9-0)
3. Michigan (10-0)
4. Alabama (10-0)
5. Auburn (9-0)
6. Penn State (10-0)
7. Notre Dame (8-1)
8. Arizona State (8-1)
9. Georgia (9-1)
10. Colorado (8-2)
11. Tennessee (6-2)
12. Toledo (10-0)
13. Houston (7-2)
14. Texas (7-2)
15. Michigan State (6-4)
16. Southern California (6-4)
17. North Carolina (8-2)
18. Louisiana State (6-3)
19. (Tie) Arkansas (7-2-1)
Stanford (7-3)
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