SPORTS EXTRA / FOOTBALL ‘99: COLLEGE PREVIEW : DUFRESNE’S TOP 25
No. Team 1998
1: Florida State, 11-2
2: Penn State, 9-3
3: Florida, 10-2
4: Tennessee, 13-0
5: Nebraska, 9-4
6: Michigan, 10-3
7: Miami, 9-3
8: Texas A&M;, 11-3
9: Ohio State, 11-1
10: Wisconsin, 11-1
11: Georgia Tech, 10-2
12: Virginia Tech, 9-3
13: Colorado, 8-4
14: Georgia, 9-3
15: Notre Dame, 9-3
16: Arizona, 12-1
17: Arizona State, 5-6
18: USC, 8-5
19: Purdue, 9-4
20: North Carolina State, 7-5
21: UCLA, 10-2
22: Marshall, 12-1
23: Arkansas, 9-3
24: Alabama, 7-5
25: Miami of Ohio, 10-1
RETURNING LEADERS
PASSING
1. Tim Rattay, Louisiana Tech
380-559, 4,943 yards, 13 int, 47 TD
2. Drew Brees, Purdue
336-516, 3,753 yards, 17 int., 36 TD
3. Marc Bulger, West Virginia
274-419, 3,607 yards, 10 int., 31 TD
4. David Neill, Nevada
199-344, 3,249, 9 int., 29 TD
RUSHING
1. Travis Prentice, Miami of Ohio
365 for 1,787 yards (4.9 avg), 19 TD)
2 Ricky Williams, Texas Tech
306 for 1,582 yards (5.2 avg.), 13 TD
3. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
268 for 1,279 yards (4.8 avg.), 11 TD
4. Michael Wiley, Ohio State
182 for 1,147 yards (6.3 avg.), 10 TD
RECEIVING
1. Jerrian James, Houston
80 catches, 931 yards, 5 TD
2. Anthony White, Kentucky
78 catches, 582 yards, 2 TD
3. DeRonnie Pitts, Stanford
74 catches, 1,012 yards, 7 TD
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