THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* CHRIS DUFRESNE’S RANKINGS AND COMMENTS Rank School (Rec.) Comment 1 MIAMI (3-0) Still hasn’t lost to Boston Colleg e since Doug Flutie ‘s miracl e pass 2 TEXAS (2-0) Unlike Dallas Cowboy s, will not lose to Housto n this week 3 FLORIDA STATE (3-0) Team plans to have Duke for lunch, and Duck for dinner 4 OKLAHOMA (3-0) Team’s 68-0 win over Texas El Paso proves , well, we’re not quite sure 5 TENNESSEE (2-0) Spurri er calls in three jokes from Washin gton pay phone 6 OHIO STATE (3-0) Knee surger y knocks Claret t out for ... three days? 7 VIRGINIA TECH (3-0) Trip to Texas A&M; this week set up by Auto Club 8 GEORGIA (2-0) Three offens ive touchd owns scored ; what is this, Notre Dame? 9 OREGON (2-0) Floati ng around the top 15 like driftw ood in Coos Bay 10 USC (2-0) Player s told they can’t get into Kansas State withou t passpo rts 11 NOTRE DAME (3-0) While Irish garner big TV rating s, Rankma n sugges ts “Curb Your Enthus iasm.” 12 WASHINGTON (1-1) Will remain No. 12 in poll until staff learns to count to 11 13 MICHIGAN (2-1) Irish loss toughe r to swallo w than Lucky Charms 14 WASHINGTON ST. (2-1) News bullet in: Four Cougar player s just tackle d Mauric e Claret t 15 FLORIDA (2-1) One more loss and Zook become s “Swamp Thing. “ 16 UCLA (2-0) Toledo gives OK for player s to spend after hours at Chuck E. Cheese ‘s 17 PENN STATE (2-0) Ageles s coach beats Nebras ka at home in ‘82, ’02 ... 2022? 18 WISCONSIN (4-0) We’d have been “Off” Wiscon sin had Badger s lost to Northe rn Illino is 19 NEBRASKA (3-1) Crouch ‘s NFL retire ment coinci des with Husker s’ punchi ng out at Penn State 20 N.C. STATE (4-0) Can’t look past Texas Tech to showdo wn agains t Massac husett s 21 OREGON STATE (3-0) Leads all progra ms this year in Thursd ay night games (two) 22 CALIFORNIA (3-0) Hopes to play Kentuc ky-Ala bama winner in this year’s inaugu ral Probat ion Bowl 23 LOUISIANA STATE (2-1) Not many teams can say they’v e beaten Miami (oh, that was of Ohio?) 24 COLORADO STATE (3-1) Trying to crack BCS toughe r than woman gettin g August a Nation al member ship 25 KANSAS STATE (3-0) Team has outsco red three “oppon ents” by score of 184-16

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