THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* Rk Team (Rec.) Comments 1 MIAMI (2-0) Hurricanes just wanted to see what it felt like to rally from a 33-10 deficit 2 OKLAHOMA (2-0) Head coach has more fakes in his book than a Hollywood plastic surgeon 3 USC (2-0) Insiders celebrate Sciarra “hit” but brace for a retaliatory e-mail tip via Westwood 4 TEXAS (1-0) Arkansas rematch won’t match 1969, when Nixon flew in on helicopter 5 MICHIGAN (2-0) Chris Perry becomes Heisman front-runner. Question: Who is Chris Perry? 6 KANSAS STATE (3-0) Word on new QB Jeff Schwinn is that he is very good at backpedaling 7 OHIO STATE (2-0) Maurice Clarett says he looks forward to dotting the “i” at Grambling 8 VIRGINIA TECH (2-0) Will use bye this week to price new homes in sprawling ACC development 9 TENNESSEE (2-0) Rankman reports from Alabama that hatred for Volunteers is ugly and real 10 GEORGIA (2-0) Dawgs haven’t scored a touchdown on offense against South Carolina in two years 11 PITTSBURGH (1-0) Coach benches star QB Rutherford until he really needs him to beat Kent State 12 FLORIDA STATE (2-0) Show of hands of who thought Wake Forest would become Bowden’s biggest worry? 13 LOUISIANA STATE (2-0) Trainer’s job is to keep Mike the Tiger awake during game against Western Illinois 14 NOTRE DAME (1-0) Head leprechaun says team down to two wishes after overcoming Washington State 15 IOWA (2-0) Poll voters sign an apology for not giving Big Ten co-champs benefit of the doubt 16 WASHINGTON (1-1) Nothing like an Indiana to make you forget opening night in Columbus 17 ARIZONA STATE (1-0) What we learned from team’s opening-night victory over Northern Arizona ... nothing 18 WAKE FOREST (2-0) Team finally earns Rankman Tour card after passing “Q” school 19 SOUTH CAROLINA (2-0) Holtz is so scared of Georgia he will coach game from team hotel 20 WISCONSIN (2-0) Nostalgic UNLV coach asks if Badgers’ Anthony Davis does TD dances on knees 21 COLORADO (2-0) Gary Barnett celebrates his first 2-0 start at school by riding Ralphie through campus 22 NEBRASKA (2-0) Penn State is coming to town, so how come no one is worried? 23 FLORIDA (1-1) New coach took come-from-ahead loss to Miami better than old coach would have 24 HAWAII (1-0) This week’s game vs. USC sponsored by Tropicana 25 ALABAMA (1-1) Two things ‘Bama fans hate more than Auburn: Neil Young and higher taxes

*--*