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Week 3

SportsLine.com staff

Updated Sept. 9, 2000

Biggest rise: 42 spots -- South Carolina to No. 32
Biggest fall: 37 spots -- Hawaii to No. 99

The rest: Nos. 26-75 | Nos. 76-115


All Conf
Rk School W L W L Last week This week Pvs.
1 Nebraska 2 0 0 0 W 27-24 OT at Notre Dame idle 2
Closer than expected win at ND, but Huskers showed the heart of champions in OT win.
2 Florida State 2 0 1 0 W 26-21 at Georgia Tech North Carolina 1
With a touted offensive line and high school All-American RBs, why can't FSU run?
3 Wisconsin 2 0 0 0 W 27-23 Oregon Cincinnati 3
Beating Oregon while short-handed is major feat; revenge game against Cincy is next.
4 Michigan 2 0 0 0 W 38-7 Rice at UCLA 5
So far, so good. Now the Wolverines get four consecutive ranked opponents.
5 Florida 2 0 0 0 W 55-0 Middle Tenn. St. at Tennessee 6
Big week begins with more QB controversy: Will Jesse Palmer or Rex Grossman start?
6 Texas 1 0 0 0 W 52-10 La-Lafayette at Stanford 7
Major Applewhite takes Round 1 in QB derby; revenge-minded Cardinal is next.
7 Southern California 2 0 0 0 W 17-14 Colorado idle 14
QB Carson Palmer got rolling against Buffs; USC already has Pac-10's best defense.
8 Kansas State 2 0 0 0 idle Ball State 9
Classic K-State foe: Ball State has nation's longest losing streak (19).
9 Virginia Tech 2 0 0 0 W 45-28 at East Carolina Rutgers 10
Hokies didn't even need anything special from Michael Vick to beat East Carolina.
10 Washington 2 0 0 0 W 34-29 Miami at Colorado 18
Don't celebrate too much Huskies; Buffs dying to get second shot at Rick Neuheisel.
11 Tennessee 1 0 0 0 idle Florida 11
Like Gators, Vols have unsettled QB situation; starter Joey Mathews has sore knee.
12 Purdue 2 0 0 0 W 45-10 Kent at Notre Dame 12
Drew Brees (733 passing yards in two games) beat the Irish at home in '99.
13 UCLA 2 0 0 0 W 24-21 Fresno St. Michigan 16
Bruins need better QB play from Ryan McCann or Scott McEwan to beat UM.
14 Miami 1 1 0 0 L 34-29 at Washington idle 4
Now we know: Sophomore Ken Dorsey wasn't quite ready for a big game on the road.
15 Clemson 2 0 0 0 W 62-9 Missouri Wake Forest 15
Offense gets most of attention, but the defense (six turnovers vs. Mizzou) is also stout.
16 Alabama 1 1 1 0 W 28-10 Vanderbilt Southern Miss 17
QB Tyler Watts sparks fourth-quarter rally vs. Vandy, will start against Southern Miss.
17 Illinois 2 0 0 0 W 49-13 at San Diego State California 19
Illini's main task for this week: Keeping Cal end Andre Carter away from QB Kurt Kittner.
18 Ohio State 2 0 0 0 W 27-17 at Arizona Miami (Ohio) 22
Hard-hitting defense might carry Bucks until QB Steve Bellisari plays a complete game.
19 Georgia 1 1 0 1 L 21-10 at South Carolina idle 8
Well, unless the Dawgs rebound in a big way, this won't be the year in Athens.
20 Southern Miss 0 1 0 0 idle at Alabama 20
After hanging tough with Vols, Eagles won't be awed by anything 'Bama has done.
21 TCU 1 0 1 0 W 41-10 at Nevada Northwestern 21
Beware the Horned Frogs defense: TCU had an amazing 15 sacks against Nevada.
22 Oklahoma 2 0 0 0 W 45-7 Arkansas St. idle 24
True freshman RB Renaldo Works has 207 yards and 4 TDs in two games.
23 Notre Dame 1 1 0 0 L 27-24 OT Nebraska Purdue 25
Irish get bonus points for taking Nebraska to OT, but injury to QB is devastating.
24 Michigan State 1 0 0 0 W 34-24 Marshall at Missouri 27
True freshman QB Jeff Smoker smartly held everything together in quality opening win.
25 Auburn 2 0 1 0 W 35-27 at Mississippi LSU 38
Tigers will be factor in SEC race because of JC transfer RB Rudi Johnson.
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