News Nuggets, 09.13.04
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C-USA standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV

(Through games of Sept. 11)

                 Conference    Overall
                W  L    Pct. W  L   Pct. Pts Opp
Louisville      1  0  1.000  2  0  1.000  80  21
Memphis         0  0   .000  3  0  1.000  72  34
Texas Christian 0  0   .000  2  0  1.000  92  45
Southern Miss   0  0   .000  1  0  1.000  21  17
UAB             0  0   .000  1  0  1.000  56  14
South Florida   0  0   .000  1  0  1.000  21   7
Cincinnati      0  0   .000  1  1   .500  51  53
Tulane          0  0   .000  1  1   .500  46  47
East Carolina   0  0   .000  0  2   .000  40  87
Houston         0  0   .000  0  2   .000  20  73
Army            0  1   .000  0  1   .000  21  52

SATURDAY, SEPT. 11:
Louisville 52, Army 21
Cincinnati 45, Miami OH 26
Wake Forest 31, East Carolina 17
Oklahoma 63, Houston 13
Memphis 52, Chattanooga 21
Southern Miss 21, Nebraska 17
South Florida 21, Tennessee Tech 7
Texas Christian 44, Southern Methodist 0
Tulane 39, Florida A&M 19

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16:
California at Southern Miss 6:30 PM — ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 18:
Texas Christian at Texas Tech 11:30 AM
Cincinnati at Syracuse 12:00 PM
UAB at Florida State 5:30 PM — ESPN2
Memphis at Arkansas State 6:00 PM
Louisville at Tulane 7:00 PM
South Florida at South Carolina 7:00 PM
Army at Houston 8:00 PM

Associated Press college football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

[Conference USA team, including future members, and Carolinas teams in BOLD]

Record Pts Pvs
 1. SOUTHERN CAL (52) 2-0 1,611 1
 2. OKLAHOMA (10) 2-0 1,552 2
 3. GEORGIA (3) 2-0 1,478 3
 4. MIAMI (FL) 1-0 1,398 5
 5. LOUISIANA STATE 2-0 1,344 6
 6. TEXAS 2-0 1,311 7
 7. WEST VIRGINIA 2-0 1,087 10
 8. FLORIDA STATE 0-1 1,058 4
 9. OHIO STATE 2-0 1,030 9
10. CALIFORNIA 2-0 969 12
11. FLORIDA 1-0 955 11
12. VIRGINIA 2-0 812 15
13. TENNESSEE 1-0 798 14
14. AUBURN 2-0 739 18
15. UTAH 2-0 699 17
16. IOWA 2-0 665 16
17. MICHIGAN 1-1 577 8
18. PURDUE 2-0 557 25
19. FRESNO STATE 2-0 454 --
20. WISCONSIN 2-0 404 21
21. MARYLAND 2-0 393 23
22. MINNESOTA 2-0 340 22
23. BOISE STATE 2-0 201 --
24. LOUISVILLE 2-0 153 --
25. MEMPHIS 2-0 86 --

Others Receiving Votes:

KANSAS STATE 51, OKLAHOMA STATE 47, GEORGIA TECH 46, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 44, MISSOURI 41, NOTRE DAME 38, SOUTHERN MISS 37, TROY STATE 31, COLORADO 27, CLEMSON 23, ALABAMA 20, TEXAS CHRISTIAN 20, VIRGINIA TECH 13, BOSTON COLLEGE 8, ARKANSAS 5, STANFORD 4.

College football weekend: stars & storylines

STARS

-- Ricky Santos, New Hampshire, threw for 385 yards and a school-record five touchdowns in the I-AA Wildcats' 35-24 victory over Rutgers.

-- Darius Walker, Notre Dame, had two fourth-quarter touchdowns and ran for 115 yards on 31 carries, in a 28-20 upset of No. 8 Michigan.

-- Wali Lundy and Marquis Weeks, Virginia. Lundy scored three touchdowns, and Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards, helping the No. 15 Cavaliers beat North Carolina 56-24.

-- Jeff Rowe, Nevada, passed for 234 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more in a 59-7 win over Sacramento State.

-- Rasheed Marshall, West Virginia, threw for 225 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score in the No. 10 Mountaineers 45-20 win over Central Florida.

-- Joel Statham, Maryland, completed 18 of 25 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns in the No. 23 Terrapins' 45-22 victory over Temple.

-- Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M, threw for 298 yards and one touchdown and ran for another score in a 31-0 rout of Wyoming.

-- Craig Ochs, Montana, passed for 364 yards and a touchdown, leading the Grizzlies to a 41-23 victory over Hofstra.

-- Adam Barmann, Kansas, threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Jayhawks to a 63-14 win over Toledo.

CATS AND DOGS

Fresno State beat No. 13 Kansas State 45-21 Saturday in its biggest win ever over a ranked team — and the Wildcats' worst regular-season nonconference loss in 13 years. The Bulldogs' 45 points were the most given up by Kansas State in a regular-season, non-conference game since a 56-3 loss to Washington in 1991. Fresno State's previous most decisive win over a ranked team was a 44-24 defeat of Oregon State, then ranked 10th, in 2001.

TURNAROUND

Notre Dame defeated No. 8 Michigan 28-20 Saturday to earn its first win over a top-10 team since beating the Wolverines, then ranked fifth, 25-23 two years ago. Freshman Darius Walker had two fourth-quarter touchdowns and ran for 115 yards on 31 carries - the first Irish freshman to rush for more than 100 yards since Julius Jones had 146 yards against Navy in 1999.

SLIM MARGIN

Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal as time expired gave Ohio State a 24-21 victory over Marshall on Saturday. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes have won 13 of their last 14 games by a touchdown or less over the last two-plus seasons, including a 7-0 record while winning the national championship in 2002.

RAINING CHAMPS

Florida won its hurricane-delayed season opener in the rain, routing Eastern Michigan 49-10. Hurricane Frances forced postponement of the No. 11 Gators' scheduled season opener against Middle Tennessee State last week, and Saturday's starting time was moved up five hours to 1 p.m. because of approaching Hurricane Ivan.

SAFETY DANCE

No. 21 Wisconsin used two safeties to help hold off UNLV 18-3 Saturday. The Badgers hadn't recorded two safeties in a game since 1951 and they're the first Big Ten team to do it since Minnesota had two at Indiana in 1981. The first came on a high snap out of the end zone on a punt by UNLV and the second on linebacker Mark Zalewski's sack in the end zone.

ESCAPING LINCOLN

Southern Mississippi became the first non-conference opponent since Washington in 1991 to win at Memorial Stadium, beating Nebraska 21-17 Saturday. The Huskers, who are 102-7 at Memorial Stadium since 1988, had not lost to an unranked opponent at home since a 20-16 defeat by Texas in 1998.

HABIT FORMING

Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards against North Carolina for the second time in three years to give No. 15 Virginia a 56-24 win Saturday. His school record-tying, 100-yard kickoff return sparked the Cavaliers' 37-27 come-from-behind victory over the Tar Heels two years ago.

North Carolina Central's 26-23 victory over Delaware State on Saturday featured six lead changes, five of them in the fourth quarter. It took the Eagles 23 seconds to drive 66 yards in four plays for the winning score — Adrian Warren's 19-yard touchdown pass to Torey Ross with 11 seconds left. ... Todd Mortensen threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Langdon with two seconds to play, capping a wild fourth quarter in San Diego's 37-31 win over Holy Cross. The teams combined for four touchdowns in the final three minutes.

RECORD BREAKERS

No. 25 Purdue's Kyle Orton completed 23 of 26 passes — a school-record 88.5 percent — in a 59-7 win over Ball State on Saturday. Orton also threw for a career-high five touchdowns and ran for another.

SNAPPED

UCLA snapped a six-game losing streak with a 35-17 win over Illinois on Saturday. Drew Olson threw three touchdown passes and Maurice Drew rushed for 142 yards to help end a string of losses dating back to Nov. 1. ... Virginia Tech snapped a four-game losing streak with a 63-0 win over Western Michigan. The Hokies last lost four straight came when they dropped games to Virginia and Tennessee to end the 1994 season and to Boston College and Cincinnati to open the 1995 season.

STREAKING

Texas A&M won its 17th straight home opener with a 31-0 rout of Wyoming on Saturday. Reggie McNeal threw for 298 yards, including an 84-yard touchdown to freshman Kerry Franks, and ran for another score to help the Aggies bounce back from a 20-point loss at Utah to open the season. ... Louisville beat Army 52-21 Saturday to extend the Black Knights' losing streak to 16 straight games, going back to 2002.

SPEAKING

"We are still at the main table. We were all in. We picked up all their chips, and now we've got a bigger pile — and next week we'll go all in again." - Fresno State coach Pat Hill, using a poker metaphor to describe his team's 45-21 upset of No. 13 Kansas State on Saturday. The victory was the Bulldogs' second victory over a team from a Bowl Championship Series conference in seven days - and their seventh since the BCS was established in 1999.

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