Hurricanes upgraded to No. 2
Miami garners best ranking since 2003
Miami is back at No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, the Hurricanes’ best ranking since 2003.
The undefeated Hurricanes leaped five spots from No. 7 after routing Notre Dame on Saturday night. Alabama remained No. 1, where it has been since the preseason, getting 57 first-place votes. Miami received the other four first-place votes.
Oklahoma moved up to two spots to No. 3, jumping Clemson, which remained No. 4. Unbeaten Wisconsin moved up a spot to No. 5.
Three matchups of top-10 teams on Saturday produced lopsided victories for the home teams, including Miami over Notre Dame. The Irish dropped six spots to No. 9.
Auburn moved up to No. 6 after beating Georgia. The Bulldogs fell from second to seventh. Texas Christian dropped out of the top 10 after losing at Oklahoma.
Poll points
The Atlantic Coast Conference is finally getting the Miami it invited to join the league back in the early 2000s. In the four seasons before the Hurricanes entered the ACC in 2004, they went 46-4, won a national championship, nearly won another, were ranked as high as No. 2 in the country each season and never finished lower than fifth.
When the Hurricanes were placed in the Coastal Division, opposite Florida State and Clemson in the Atlantic, the conventional wisdom was that they would routinely reach the league championship game and give the ACC a perennial national championship contender to go along with Florida State.
Since then, Miami has never reached the ACC title game or finished better than 11th in the final AP rankings.
Roll on, Tide
Alabama notched its 101st appearance at No. 1 in the AP poll, matching Oklahoma for second most behind Ohio State’s 105. The Tide should take over sole possession next week after its plays Mercer and could match the Buckeyes if it runs the table as No. 1 this season.
Ranked vs. ranked No. 19 Michigan at No. 5 Wisconsin:
After two straight weeks of schedules loaded with marquee matchups, Wolverines-badgers is the only game on the slate matching ranked teams.
Late Saturday Arizona 49, Oregon State 28 —
At Tucson, Ariz., quarterback Khalil Tate ran his streak of 100-yard rushing games to six, finishing with 206 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries as the Wildcats (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) downed the Beavers (1-9, 0-7).
Tate had a 19-yard second-quarter TD run in which he bowled over a would-be tackler in the open field on his way to the end zone. He also sprinted 71 yards for a score early in the third quarter as the Wildcats ran for a school-record 534 yards.
At Los Angeles, Josh Rosen threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley on the first play of the fourth quarter and the Bruins (5-5, 3-4 Pac12) pulled away from the Sun Devils (5-5, 4-3).
Rosen also scored on a 1-yard run, Bolu Olorunfunmi rushed for 79 yards and one TD, Soso Jamabo had a 21-yard scoring run and Nate Meadors returned an interception for a TD to help UCLA remain undefeated at the Rose Bowl this season.
At Fort Collins, Colo.,
Brett Rypien threw four touchdown passes, including two in the final 1:41 of regulation, and Alex Mattison had three scoring runs, including the winner in the extra period, to
UCLA 44, Arizona State 37 — Boise State 59, Colorado State 52, OT —
help the Broncos (8-2, 6-0 Mountain West) rally past the Rams (6-5, 4-3).
Following Mattison’s 4-yard TD run in overtime, Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch forced a fumble by Colorado State running back Rashaad Boddie that Broncos cornerback Tyler Horton recovered to seal the victory.
At Air Force Academy, Colo., Josh Allen passed for one touchdown and ran for another before being sidelined by injury, and stout defensive play helped the Cowboys (7-3, 5-1 Mountain West) weather the loss of their quarterback in a victory over the Falcons (4-6, 3-3).
Allen completed 8 of 11 passes for 70 yards, including a 17-yard scoring pass to Jared Scott before injuring his right (throwing) hand early in the third quarter. He also had a 2-yard TD run.
At Honolulu, Marcus Mcmaryion threw four touchdown passes, including two to Keesean Johnson, to help the Bulldogs (7-3, 5-1 Mountain West) beat the Warriors (3-7, 1-6).
Trailing 7-0 lead late in the first quarter, Fresno State scored 31 straight points to remain in first place in the West division of the conference standings, one game ahead of San Diego State with two regular-season games to play.
Wyoming 28, Air Force 14 — Fresno State 31, Hawaii 21 —