College Football

Texas rose from fifth to third in the Associated Press college football poll, improving its chances of winning its first national title since 1969.

Texas, which beat Texas A&M; on Saturday, 28-27, jumped over Miami and Brigham Young in the final regular-season poll. Miami edged San Diego State Saturday, 30-28, and BYU was demolished by Hawaii, 59-28.

The Hurricanes (9-2) fell from third to fourth, the second consecutive week they have dropped a notch in the poll after a victory. BYU (10-2) plunged from fourth to 13th.

Colorado (10-1-1), which completed its regular season two weeks ago, remained No. 1 for the third consecutive week. Georgia Tech (10-0-1) stayed in second place after beating Georgia 40-23, but closed the gap against Colorado, trailing in the vote by only 79 points.

Notre Dame (9-2), which was idle, moved from seventh to fifth.

Rounding out the top 10 are Florida State (9-2), Penn State (9-2), Washington (9-2), Houston (10-1) and Tennessee (8-2-2).