TheInsiders Poll: One (Again) for Canes

SEATTLE – These appear to be slim times for the Miami Hurricanes. Last week, they held onto the top spot of TheInsiders.com Top 25 College Football Poll by the slimmest of margins – one point – over Nebraska. Saturday, they overtook Boston College by a slim 18-7 score. And today the Hurricanes held onto the No. 1 spot by – you guessed it – a slim, one-point advantage.

That made two of three for the 8-0 Hurricanes, who are No. 1 in TheInsiders.com and Associated Press polls and No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25. Boston College’s near-upset of Miami didn’t impress TheInsiders.com voters, however, as the Eagles fell from No. 25 out of the rankings.

TheInsiders.com pollsters were otherwise not much in a mood for change this week. The next six teams after Miami also retained their rankings. Only Washington (7-2) tumbled out of the top 10, dropping from No. 8 to No. 14 after getting pummeled by Oregon State 42-28.

Washington’s archrivals, the Washington State Cougars (9-1) were the prime beneficiaries, improving to No. 8 after polishing off Arizona State 28-16. Maryland (9-1) is right behind at No. 9 after taking sole possession of the ACC lead with a 37-20 victory over Clemson.

Auburn (7-2), Louisville (9-1) and Ohio State (6-3) jumped into the rankings this week. In addition to Boston College, Purdue and Michigan State also fell out of the top 25.

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The Nov. 11, 2001 Poll:

Rank		Team	Points		Rank Last Week
1		Miami (6)	269		1
2		Nebraska (5)	268		2
3		Oklahoma	250		3
4		Florida	245		4
5		Texas	231		5
6		Tennessee	213		6
7		Oregon	212		7
8		Washington State	188		10
9		Maryland	184		11
10		Brigham Young	175		9
11		Michigan	166		12
12		Illinois	148		14
13		Syracuse	129		19
14		Washington	120		8
15		Stanford	116		16
16		Colorado	114		21
17		Auburn	81
18		Florida State	68		13
19		Virginia Tech	63		22
20		UCLA	62		15
21		Louisville	57
		South Carolina	57		17
23		Georgia Tech	31		18
		Georgia	31		20
25		Ohio State	19
*First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams receiving votes: Boston College 17, Marshall 17, Mississippi 13, Texas A&M 9, NC State 5, Texas Tech 5, Utah 5, Arkansas 4, Fresno State 2, LSU 1.

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