The Denver Post

Tulsa in at 25; Indiana set for top- 10 matchup

- By Ralph D. Russo

No. 25 Tulsa is ranked in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 10 years and No. 9 Indiana is set to play the first top- 10 matchup in program history.

The AP Top 25 was mostly stagnant Sunday after four of the top five teams did not play and only one ranked team lost this weekend.

Alabama is No. 1 for the second straight week, with 60 firstplace votes. No. 2 Notre Dame received one first- place vote and No. 3 Ohio State got the other. The rest of the top eight was unchanged: Clemson is No. 4, followed by Texas A& M, Florida, Cincinnati and BYU.

Indiana moved up one spot to ninth — the Hoosiers’ best ranking since they were fourth in the 1967 poll — heading into a matchup with Ohio State on Saturday.

Tulsa moved into the rankings after beating American Athletic Conference rival SMU, knocking the Mustangs from the Top 25.

T he Golden Hurricane were last ranked in the final poll of the 2010 season at No. 24.

UCLA 34, CAL 10. PASADENA, CALIF. » UCLA’s Dorian ThompsonRo­binson was hoping to celebrate his 21st birthday with a big game against Utah. That game was canceled but he got a belated birthday present on Sunday morning.

The junior threw three touchdown passes, rushed for another TD and accounted for 248 yards of total offense as the Bruins rolled to a 34- 10 victory over California at the Rose Bowl.

“It feels great to get a win. We’ve been fighting for it for a long time,” said ThompsonRo­binson, who completed 14 of

1. Alabama ( 60)

2. Notre Dame ( 1)

3. Ohio St. ( 1)

4. Clemson

5. Texas A& M

6. Florida

7. Cincinnati

8. BYU

9. Indiana

10. Wisconsin

11. Oregon

12. Miami

13. Georgia

14. Oklahoma St.

15. Coastal Carolina

15. Marshall

17. Iowa St.

18. Oklahoma

19. Northweste­rn

20. Southern Cal

21. Liberty

22. Texas

23. Auburn

24. La- Lafayette

25. Tulsa 26 passes for 196 yards and added 52 yards rushing. “The biggest thing is we kind of treated it like backyard football — wake up in the morning, go out and play ball.”

The Bruins and Golden Bears weren’t originally slated to face each other this season, but the conference scheduled the contest on Friday after Cal’s game against Arizona State and UCLA’s matchup against Utah were canceled due to the Sun Devils and Utes having several positive COVID- 19 tests.

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