TheInsiders Poll:Huskers, Hurricanes No. 1

SEATTLE – For most of this season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have gone about their business with cold precision – just winning, baby – while the likes of Florida, Miami and Oklahoma fought and clawed each other at the top of the polls. Then came this Saturday, when the Cornhuskers knocked off one of the major contenders, the Sooners, 20-10. And now it is they, along with Miami, who sit on top of the heap in TheInsiders.com’s Top 25 College Football Poll.

Nebraska’s ascension, quiet as it may have been until the end, triggered quite a bit of turbulence in the poll’s Top 10. In addition to Oklahoma (7-1), three other schools – Maryland (7-1), Virginia Tech (7-1) and UCLA (6-1) – suffered their first losses of the season and tumbled out of the top 10.

Another school, Washington State (7-1), ranked No. 11 last week, also suffered its first defeat and dropped four spots in TheInsiders.com poll.

Nebraska (9-0) forged the first outright tie for TheInsiders.com No. 1 by ending Oklahoma’s 20-game win streak. Miami (6-0) kept pace after a 45-3 win over West Virginia on Thursday.

Syracuse (7-2), which dropped Virginia Tech from the unbeaten ranks, joined the top 25, along with Mississippi (6-1) and North Carolina (5-3). Auburn, Fresno State and Colorado left the rankings.

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The Oct. 28, 2001 Poll:

Rank		Team	Points		Rank Last Week
1		Nebraska (6)	294		3
		Miami (6)	294		1
3		Florida	263		7
4		Oklahoma	261		2
5		Texas	254		6
6		Michigan	235		8
7		Tennessee	234		9
8		Oregon	195		12
9		Brigham Young	178		13
10		Stanford	175		16
11		UCLA	168		4
12		Virginia Tech	165		5
13		Washington	159		14
14		Florida State	139		19
15		Washington State	112		11
16		Purdue	109		21
17		Maryland	104		10
18		South Carolina	85		15
19		Texas A&M	79		24
20		Syracuse	74
21		Illinois	62		22
22		Georgia	61		17
23		Georgia Tech	50		23
24		Mississippi	30
25		North Carolina	28
*First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams receiving votes: Colorado 23, Clemson 22, Boston College 18, Auburn 10, Louisville 9, Fresno State 5, Michigan State 4, Northwestern 1.

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