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Top 10 Terps Oregon, Fresno State tumble; 7-0 Maryland joins elite
Updated: Sunday October 21, 2001 2:46 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Miami gets at least another week to enjoy the No. 1 ranking in the AP media poll. The Hurricanes (5-0), idle on a weekend in which two top-10 teams lost for the first time, easily held the top spot in The Associated Press poll. While Fresno State and Oregon tumbled out of the top 10, Miami maintained its lead over No. 2 Oklahoma (7-0), No. 3 Nebraska (8-0) and No. 4 UCLA (6-0), all of which won Saturday. Miami received 47 first-place votes and 1,771 points Sunday from the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. Oklahoma, which visits Nebraska on Saturday, had 22 first-place votes and 1,741 points. The Sooners beat Baylor 33-17 Saturday. Nebraska, a 41-31 winner over Texas Tech, had two first-place votes and 1,626 points. UCLA had the remaining first-place vote and 1,602 points after the Bruins beat California 56-17. Miami is at home against West Virginia (2-4) on Thursday night, while the Oklahoma-Nebraska winner might have a chance to replace the Hurricanes at No. 1 in next week's poll. In the coaches poll, the top 5 are Miami, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Virginia Tech and UCLA. Oregon (6-1), a 49-42 loser at home to Stanford, dropped five spots to No. 11 in the AP poll, while Fresno State's 35-30 home loss to Boise State dropped the Bulldogs from No. 8 to No. 18. Fresno State is 6-1. Virginia Tech (6-0) moved to No. 5, followed by No. 6 Florida, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Michigan, No. 9 Tennessee and No. 10 Maryland (7-0). Like Miami, the Hokies, Gators and Wolverines were off over the weekend. The Longhorns beat Colorado, 41-7, dropping the Buffaloes 11 spots to No. 25, the Vols rallied to beat Alabama 35-24 and the Terrapins routed Duke 59-17. Oregon was followed by No. 12 South Carolina, No. 13 Washington, No. 14 Washington State (7-0), No. 15 Georgia, No. 16 BYU (7-0), No. 17 Auburn, No. 18 Fresno State, No. 19 Florida State and No. 20 Stanford. Georgia Tech was No. 21, followed by No. 22 Illinois, No. 23 North Carolina, No. 24 Purdue, and No. 25 Colorado. Stanford (4-1), Illinois (6-1) and North Carolina (5-3) moved into the Top 25 this week, while Clemson, Northwestern and Toledo dropped out. The Cardinal return to the Top 25 for the first time since mid-1997; the Tar Heels -- 38-3 winners over Clemson for their fifth straight victory -- are back for the first time since the 1998 preseason poll. On Monday, the first Bowl Championship Series standings will be released. The BCS standings use the AP media poll, the coaches poll, eight computer rankings, strength-of-schedule and won-loss records to determine which teams play in its national title game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3. The standings will be updated each week with the final version set for Sunday, Dec. 9.
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