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Week 2

SportsLine.com staff

Updated Sept. 3, 2000

Biggest rise: 35 spots -- Toledo to No. 34
Biggest fall: 22 spots -- Penn State to No. 49; Utah to No. 44

The rest: Nos. 26-115


All Conf
Rk School W L W L Last week This week Pvs.
1 Florida State 1 0 0 0 idle at Georgia Tech 2
Oh the irony: FSU moves up because players on another team were too-good shoppers.
2 Nebraska 1 0 0 0 W 49-13 San Jose State at Notre Dame 3
It was only against San Jose State, but take notice, Irish: Huskers ran for 505 yards.
3 Wisconsin 1 0 0 0 W 19-7 W. Michigan Oregon 1
Suspensions costly; SportsLine.com's preseason No. 1 has to somehow survive Sept.
4 Miami 1 0 0 0 W 61-14 McNeese St. at Washington 5
Sophomore QB Ken Dorsey is 4-0 as starter, but this will be his toughest game -- by far.
5 Michigan 1 0 0 0 W 42-7 Bowling Green Rice 6
Drew who? Redshirt frosh QB John Navarre has brilliant debut with four TD passes.
6 Florida 1 0 0 0 W 40-19 Ball State Middle Tennessee St. 7
Questions linger about the passing game; Jesse Palmer was only 21 of 46 vs. Ball State.
7 Texas 0 0 0 0 idle La-Lafayette 8
Texas two-step at quarterback begins: Chris Simms and Major Applewhite to share time.
8 Georgia 1 0 0 0 W 29-7 Ga. Southern at South Carolina 9
Quincy Carter will need to be sharp about Gamecocks' defense that is sneaky good.
9 Kansas State 2 0 0 0 W 54-10 La. Tech idle 10
Even with key injuries, K-State showed last week that it vigorously defends home turf.
10 Virginia Tech 1 0 0 0 W 52-23 Akron at E. Carolina (Thu.) 11
Hokies' concern: Rebuilding defense allowed 410 yards to Zips.
11 Tennessee 1 0 0 0 W 19-16 Southern Miss idle 12
Vols get two weeks to prep for Florida and figure out QBs: Joey Mathews or A.J. Suggs?
12 Purdue 1 0 0 0 W 48-0 Central Michigan Kent 13
Drew Brees gets one more warm-up before playing at Notre Dame on Sept. 16.
13 Mississippi 1 0 0 0 W 49-20 Tulane Auburn 14
The SEC West should be thrilling race; Deuce McAllister and Rebels can fire first shot.
14 Southern California 1 0 0 0 idle Colorado 15
Talented Trojans catch Colorado coming off deflating loss to rival Colorado State.
15 Clemson 1 0 0 0 W 38-0 The Citadel Missouri 16
Junior QB Woody Dantzler dazzles in easy opener, completing 16 of 17 passes.
16 UCLA 1 0 0 0 W 35-24 Alabama Fresno St. 28
Hey, there were good reasons why we picked UCLA as our National Sleeper of the Year.
17 Alabama 0 1 0 0 L 35-24 at UCLA Vanderbilt 4
Dropping to No. 17 is kind of harsh, but Tide has to fall somewhere behind Bruins.
18 Washington 1 0 0 0 W 44-20 Idaho Miami 17
QB Marques Tuiasosopo will have to do it all -- and he can -- for Huskies to beat 'Canes.
19 Illinois 1 0 0 0 W 35-6 Middle Tenn. St. at San Diego State 20
Illini rolled past San Diego State 38-10 last season, but that was in Champaign.
20 Southern Miss 0 1 0 0 L 19-16 at Tennessee idle 19
Eagles shouldn't be punished in the rankings for playing a close game at Tennessee.
21 TCU 0 0 0 0 idle at Nevada 21
LaDainian Tomlinson poised for big day; Nevada allowed 225 rushing yards to Oregon.
22 Ohio State 1 0 0 0 W 43-10 Fresno State at Arizona 23
Buckeyes score four times on defense; will need more offense against fired-up Arizona.
23 East Carolina 1 0 0 0 W 38-0 at Duke Virginia Tech (Thu.) 25
Pirates and QB David Garrard (22 of 29 vs. Duke) geeked for Tech showdown.
24 Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 W 55-14 UTEP Arkansas State 26
Next opponent not necessarily a pushover; Arkie State took N.C. State to 2 OTs.
25 Notre Dame 1 0 0 0 W 24-10 Texas A&M Nebraska 35
Even if you hate ND, you gotta admit Irish win adds much intrigue to Nebraska game.