Kansas State (3-0), which rose to No. 7 after thrashing New Mexico State 64-0, will meet No. 3 Oklahoma (3-0) in Norman, Okla., next week. UCLA (3-0), which climbed to No. 10 after beating previously ranked Ohio State 13-6, will play at No. 19 Oregon State.
Florida State (2-1) tumbled 10 spots from No. 4 to No. 14 after taking a shocking 41-9 defeat at the hands of North Carolina.
Miami (2-0) and Florida (3-0) remained at No. 1 and No. 2, with the Hurricanes earning all but one first-place vote.
Michigan State (2-0) and Illinois (3-0) joined the Top 25 at Nos. 20 and 23, while Kansas (1-2) and Ohio State (2-1) dropped out.
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The Sept. 23, 2001 poll:
| Rank | | Team | Points | | Rank
Last
Week |
|---|
| 1 | | Miami (11) | 296 | | 1 |
| 2 | | Florida (1) | 283 | | 2 |
| 3 | | Oklahoma | 257 | | 3 |
| 4 | | Nebraska | 250 | | 6 |
| 5 | | Texas | 243 | | 5 |
| 6 | | Tennessee | 212 | | 6 |
| 7 | | Kansas State | 203 | | 11 |
| 8 | | Oregon | 201 | | 9 |
| 9 | | Fresno State | 198 | | 10 |
| 10 | | UCLA | 195 | | 14 |
| 11 | | Virginia Tech | 190 | | 8 |
| 12 | | Georgia Tech | 186 | | 12 |
| 13 | | Washington | 166 | | 13 |
| 14 | | Florida State | 121 | | 4 |
| 15 | | South Carolina | 118 | | 19 |
| 16 | | LSU | 113 | | 15 |
| 17 | | Michigan | 104 | | 17 |
| 18 | | Northwestern | 99 | | 18 |
| 19 | | Oregon State | 57 | | 22 |
| 20 | | Michigan State | 52 | | 0 |
| 21 | | Mississippi State | 47 | | 16 |
| 22 | | Brigham Young | 46 | | 23 |
| 23 | | Purdue | 33 | | 25 |
| | Illinois | 33 | | 0 |
| 25 | | Clemson | 32 | | 21 |
| *First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams receiving
votes:
Colorado 28, Ohio State 24, Stanford 24,
Wisconsin 15, Texas A&M 14, Toledo 12, UNLV 7, NC
State 6, Maryland 6, Southern Mississippi 5, Alabama 5,
Arkansas 4, Auburn 3, Georgia 3, Colorado State 2,
Arizona 2, Louisville 1, Washington State 1. |