THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

CHRIS DUFRESNE’S RANKINGS AND COMMENTS

*--* Rank School (Rec.) Comment 1 MIAMI 2-0 Talks heat up about Hurricanes possibly becoming NFL expansion franchise 2 TEXAS 1-0 Mack Brown returns to North Carolina; no one stops the presses 3 FLORIDA STATE 2-0 Bowden reports he got two weeks older during off week 4 OKLAHOMA 2-0 Rankman asked to give back Oklahoma paper weight and key chain 5 TENNESSEE 2-0 School celebrates three weeks without call from NCAA Infractions 6 NEBRASKA 3-0 Players told to follow bread crumb trail leading to Penn State 7 WASHINGTON ST. 2-0 Program is 0-7 against Ohio State, but those are only numbers 8 VIRGINIA TECH 2-0 Feels good about chances against Marshall unless Randy Moss shows up 9 GEORGIA 1-0 We’ll prepare a full report after weekend trip to South Carolina 10 MICHIGAN 2-0 Wanted: anyone who can boot oblong object through set of posts 11 FLORIDA 1-1 After reviewing film, Zook secretly applies for job on Miami staff 12 WASHINGTON 1-1 Coach did not get contract extension after falling behind San Jose 13 OHIO STATE 2-0 Players wonder what language far-off team from Pullman speaks 14 OREGON 2-0 QB wanted to make last week’s game close so he could win like Joey did 15 USC 1-0 To prep for Colorado, Carroll makes players read “Into Thin Air.” 16 MICHIGAN STATE 2-0 Smoker and Rogers hottest combo since Benson and Hedges 17 COLORADO 1-1 Barnett throws JC quarterback at USC, wishes it was J.C. Watts 18 MARSHALL 1-0 Virginia Tech definitely the biggest Thursday night game in school history 19 UCLA 1-0 Ebert gives UCLA “thumbs up” after catching last game at movie theater 20 N.C. STATE 3-0 Philip Rivers second-rated passer in the nation. You could look it up 21 NOTRE DAME 2-0 They say you win with defense, but this is getting ridiculous 22 WISCONSIN 3-0 Bracing (sort of) for big game against Northern Illinois 23 PENN STATE 1-0 Paterno deploys scout team to see if Nebraska has crossed Alleghenies 24 COLORADO STATE 2-1 Rams’ loss at Rose Bowl brings back memories of Super Bowl XIV 25 OREGON STATE 2-0 Team’s 147.5-yards-a-game penalty average proves swagger is back

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