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Week 7

SportsLine.com staff

Updated Oct. 8, 2000

Biggest rise: 19 spots -- Western Michigan to No. 42
Biggest fall: 21 spots -- Boise State to No. 64

The rest: Nos. 26-115


All Conf
Rk School W L W L Last week This week Pvs.
1 Nebraska 5 0 2 0 W 49-27 at Iowa St. at Texas Tech 1
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch finally steps up, makes five tackles for loss vs. Cyclones.
2 Virginia Tech 5 0 3 0 W 35-13 Temple West Virginia (Thu) 3
With Michael Vick as the star, Must-See TV returns to Thursday night.
3 Clemson 6 0 4 0 W 34-27 N.C. State Maryland 4
Tigers aim for 7-0 start -- something they haven't done since national title year of 1981.
4 Kansas State 6 0 2 0 W 52-13 at Kansas Oklahoma 5
Hey, look! It's a real foe for K-State, which hasn't played a team with winning record.
5 Miami 4 1 2 0 W 27-24 Florida St. idle 9
Something old: Wide Right. Something new: Ken Dorsey. Something blue: The Seminoles.
6 Florida State 5 1 3 0 L 27-24 at Miami Duke 2
No power running plus no kicking game equals no win vs. 'Canes for first time since '94.
7 Oregon 4 1 2 0 idle at USC 7
Can the Ducks win away from home? Can USC coach Paul Hackett keep his job?
8 Ohio State 5 0 2 0 W 23-7 at Wisconsin Minnesota 12
Hard-hitting defense makes Buckeyes only unbeaten team in Big Ten.
9 Oklahoma 5 0 2 0 W 63-14 vs. Texas at Kansas State 16
Mind-numbing rout of Longhorns sets up Game of the Week vs. Kansas State.
10 Florida 5 1 3 1 W 41-9 LSU Auburn 8
QB Jesse Palmer healthy enough to play, but freshman Rex Grossman to start again.
11 UCLA 4 1 1 1 idle at Cal 10
RB DeShaun Foster (broken hand) could be out until late in season.
12 Southern Miss 4 1 1 0 W 41-7 South Florida at Tulane 11
No team in the nation has allowed fewer touchdowns than the Eagles (three).
13 Washington 4 1 1 1 W 33-30 Oregon State at Arizona St. 13
If running game is for real, Huskies will be tough to beat the rest of the Pac-10 season.
14 Georgia 4 1 2 1 W 21-10 Tennessee Vanderbilt 18
Goal post is paraded through downtown. As if the Dawgs hadn't beaten Vols since '88.
15 Mississippi State 4 1 2 1 W 17-10 Auburn idle 24
Auburn coach on Dogs' D: "Sometimes it looked like they had 14 men on the field."
16 Michigan 4 2 2 1 L 32-31 at Purdue Indiana 6
Wolverines are only 1-2 on the road -- and needed help from refs to win at Illinois.
17 TCU 5 0 2 0 W 41-21 Hawaii idle 17
Horned Frogs' home victory over Northwestern is looking better all the time.
18 Auburn 5 1 3 1 L 17-10 at Mississippi St. at Florida 14
Rudi Johnson (a piddling 26 yards vs. Miss. St) tests rejuvenated Gators defense.
19 South Carolina 5 1 3 1 W 20-17 at Kentucky Arkansas 23
Prediction: Gamecocks fans won't tear down the goal posts after victory over Arkansas.
20 Northwestern 5 1 3 0 W 52-33 Indiana Purdue 25
RB Damien Anderson's last three games: 292, 219 and 174 yards.
21 Arizona 4 1 2 0 W 31-15 at USC Washington St. 31
Classic Dick Tomey: Arizona is overachieving when expectations are low.
22 Oregon State 4 1 1 1 L 33-30 at Washington Stanford 21
Even after tough loss, Beavers claim they are Rose Bowl contenders. No one laughs.
23 Notre Dame 3 2 0 0 W 20-14 Stanford at Navy 26
Irish offense ranks only 109th nationally -- but these guys find ways to win.
24 Mississippi 4 1 2 1 W 35-10 Arkansas St. at Alabama 27
State of Mississippi is playing great football if Rebs are third-highest ranked team.
25 Purdue 4 2 2 1 W 32-31 Michigan at Northwestern 38
Rally against Michigan saves season -- but Northwestern can wreck it quickly.
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