COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sooners still No. 1; Bowling Green is No. 23
Ohio State is eighth in both major polls.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The top five teams remained the same in this week's Associated Press college football poll after a weekend devoid of major upsets.
Oklahoma kept its season-long grip on the top spot of the poll by receiving 62 of the 65 first-place votes after a 34-13 win over No. 24 Missouri on Saturday. Miami got the other two first-place votes after beating Temple 52-14.
Oklahoma received 1,622 points in balloting by the panel of sports writers and broadcasters and the Hurricanes had 1,558.
Virginia Tech, the only other unbeaten team from a major conference, was third, followed by Georgia and Southern California.
Florida State and Washington State were tied for sixth, followed by Ohio State, LSU and Purdue.
The USA Today/ESPN coaches poll had the same top three teams as the AP.
Bowling Green debuts
The only other two unbeaten teams in Division I-A were No. 12 Northern Illinois and No. 15 TCU. The Huskies were joined by fellow Mid-American Conference school Bowling Green, which debuted at No. 23.
It was the first time in 30 years the MAC had two teams in the poll at the same time. Miami of Ohio was 17th and Kent State was 19th on Nov. 5, 1973. Bowling Green plays host to Northern Illinois Saturday.
Only three conferences have more ranked teams than the MAC; the Big Ten and SEC have six teams apiece and the Big 12 has four.
Only two ranked teams lost to teams out of the poll -- No. 11 Arkansas fell 33-28 to Florida to plunge 10 spots, and No. 22 Oregon State lost 38-17 to Washington and dropped out of the poll. The Gators moved back in at 25th.
Last week six teams in the poll lost to unranked teams.
Missouri and Minnesota also dropped out of the poll and Utah moved in for the first time since Oct. 27, 1996.
Michigan State led off the second 10, followed by Northern Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, TCU, Iowa, Auburn, Oklahoma State, Texas and Wisconsin.
Arkansas, Tennessee, Bowling Green, Utah and Florida round out this week's poll.