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SportsLine.com 115
Week 8

SportsLine.com staff

Updated Oct. 15, 2000

Biggest rise: 16 spots -- Cal to No. 68; Temple to No. 61
Biggest fall: 23 spots -- Marshall to No. 80

The rest: Nos. 26-115


All Conf
Rk School W L W L Last week This week Pvs.
1 Nebraska 6 0 3 0 W 56-3 at Texas Tech Baylor 1
Biggest game of the year is Oct. 28 at Oklahoma, not Nov. 11 at Kansas State.
2 Oklahoma 6 0 3 0 W 41-31 at Kansas State idle 9
Sooners for No. 1? That's a reasonable argument after skewering K-State.
3 Virginia Tech 6 0 4 0 W 48-20 West Virginia at Syracuse 2
Is this finally the week where Michael Vick will need to make something happen late?
4 Clemson 7 0 5 0 W 35-14 Maryland at North Carolina 3
Ho hum: Six of seven Clemson games have been decided by at least 21 points.
5 Miami 4 1 2 0 idle at Temple 5
Miami's most pleasing stat: Ken Dorsey has 11 TDs and no interceptions.
6 Florida State 6 1 4 0 W 63-14 Duke Virginia 6
Keep on winning, and 'Noles have great shot at being back in national title game.
7 Florida 6 1 4 1 W 38-7 Auburn idle 10
Goodness gracious: Gator-land gaga over Grossman to Gaffney.
8 Oregon 5 1 3 0 W 28-17 at USC Arizona 7
Ducks swept Pac-10 trinity -- USC, UCLA, Washington -- for first time since '48.
9 Kansas State 6 1 2 1 L 41-31 Oklahoma Texas Tech 4
K-State has only 14 losses since 1993 -- 11 coming against teams in the top 10.
10 Southern Miss 5 1 2 0 W 56-24 at Tulane idle 12
DB Leo Barnes for All-American! He has five interceptions, three returned for TDs.
11 Georgia 5 1 3 1 W 29-19 Vanderbilt at Kentucky 14
Quincy Carter has strained left shoulder for quarterback-thin Bulldogs.
12 Mississippi State 4 1 2 1 idle at LSU 15
Playing at LSU is no one's idea of fun; Tigers coming off home shutout of Kentucky.
13 Purdue 5 2 3 1 W 41-28 at Northwestern at Wisconsin 25
Three other teams are 3-1 in Big Ten -- and Purdue has beaten them all.
14 Washington 5 1 2 1 W 21-15 at Arizona St. Cal 13
Huskies walking a ledge: Four of five victories have been by six points or less.
15 Ohio State 5 1 2 1 L 29-17 Minnesota at Iowa 8
Buckeyes stumble in crowded Big Ten; season could still go either way.
16 Michigan 5 2 3 1 W 58-0 Indiana Michigan State 16
Wolverines looking to avenge 1999 loss, and keep Spartans sliding.
17 TCU 5 0 2 0 idle at Tulsa 17
LaDainian Tomlinson alert: Tulsa is 111th in the nation in rushing defense.
18 South Carolina 6 1 4 1 W 27-7 Arkansas at Vanderbilt 19
Lou's crew is bowl-eligible and downright stingy, allowing only 12.3 points per game.
19 Minnesota 5 2 3 1 W 29-17 at Ohio State at Indiana 29
When not watching TV in his car, RB Tellis Redmon has 451 yards in past 3 weeks.
20 Arizona 5 1 3 0 W 53-47 3 OT Wash. St. at Oregon 21
First Rose Bowl is within reach -- but 'Cats have lost four in row at Oregon.
21 Oregon State 5 1 2 1 W 38-6 Stanford at UCLA 22
Surging Beavers have enough firepower to blow away Bruins this week.
22 Notre Dame 4 2 0 0 W 45-14 at Navy at West Virginia 23
When will Notre Dame pay the price for having the nation's 96th-rated offense?
23 North Carolina St. 5 1 2 1 W 38-20 at North Carolina idle 26
It's all because of true freshman QB Philip Rivers -- 17 TDs, 5 INTs.
24 UCLA 4 2 1 2 L 46-38 3 OT at Cal Oregon St. 11
Loss to Cal is grounds for rankings dismissal, but UCLA still has quality wins.
25 Alabama 3 3 3 1 W 45-7 Mississippi at Tennessee 35
Look who's back: Alabama is atop the SEC West and offense is starting to roll.
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