COLLEGE FOOTBALL Iowa's Ferentz top coach

The Hawkeyes will meet Southern California in the Orange Bowl.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is a man on the move.
One minute he's boarding a flight in Columbia, S.C., after a recruiting visit, a few hours later he's touching down in Miami and off to an Orange Bowl news conference.
"It's that time of year, a lot going on," said Ferentz this week during a break from his hectic schedule. "I'm off to Houston and Dallas, then New York on Friday."
Ferentz has a demanding itinerary for a reason: His third-ranked Hawkeyes (11-1) are one of the best teams in the country, own a share of the Big Ten title with Ohio State and are headed to the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2 to play Southern California.
The job he's done in Iowa City had not gone unnoticed as Ferentz on Thursday was chosen The Associated Press College Coach of the Year.
"A great honor, representing the work of a lot of people," said Ferentz.
Top vote getter
The 47-year-old Ferentz received 26 votes in balloting by 71 members of the AP college football poll board, which includes representatives of newspapers, TV and radio stations.
The former Iowa assistant under Hayden Fry won over Ohio State's Jim Tressel, who was second with 20 votes. Notre Dame's Tyrone Willingham was third with 10 votes, and West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez was fourth with four votes.
Receiving three votes apiece were Southern Cal's Pete Carroll, Miami's Larry Coker and Alabama's Dennis Franchione (now at Texas A & amp;M). Georgia's Mark Richt had two votes.
Two Iowa players were named award winners Wednesday. Dallas Clark won the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end, and Nate Kaeding won the Lou Groza Award, given to the top Division I-A kicker.
Heisman finalists
NEW YORK -- Ken Dorsey and Willis McGahee of Miami were selected as Heisman Trophy finalists Wednesday, becoming the first teammates in eight years to be among the top five in the voting. Iowa quarterback Brad Banks, Penn State running back Larry Johnson and Southern California quarterback Carson Palmer also are finalists.
The winner will be announced Saturday night at the Yale Club in New York.
Lombardi Award
HOUSTON -- Terrell Suggs went to Arizona State as a running back and ended up setting an NCAA record for sacks with 22.
Suggs, a junior who switched to defensive end after he arrived at Arizona State, won the Lombardi Award as the nation's top collegiate lineman.
Suggs beat out three other finalists: defensive end Cory Redding of Texas, linebacker E. J. Henderson of Maryland and defensive tackle Tommie Harris of Oklahoma.
Broyles Award
LITTLE ROCK -- Southern California offensive coordinator Norm Chow was the winner of the Broyles Award, given to the top assistant coach in college football.
Other finalists for the award were Notre Dame defensive coordinator Kent Baer, Ohio State defensive coordinator Mark Dantonio, Boise State offensive coordinator Chris Peterson and Georgia defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder.
Meyer to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah hired Bowling Green's Urban Meyer to replace the fired Ron McBride as its football coach. Meyer was to be officially introduced today.
Meyer went 17-6 in two seasons at Bowling Green.