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Wednesday, December 4, ^SSA'he Battalion/Page 9 ?ra past TANK M C NAMA11A® by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds tublish a line u'cn (ion be- j the players, t (heir minds ns the future une football) ic Coach university may Id nure" was Hollis players, who re-1 * Monday aften at Miami and the: ppointingera. I lay away fromtlie partment spokes- said of Holu. Faust was capped ddeal at Miai a 30-26-1 record Faust's five vean No. 2 Miami looking for 2nd national title Nov. 26, three :o Louisiana Slate >singest coach in orv. Holtz, head a the past two sea- ritzei trong praise lot lio of Reggie Da kins, llanler Ron lard Jerry Ball, e line is nuge p ’'li( : ks are great and ire great. (SMI Ball should be one or the Lombardi eat football player, oma noseguardl he best I've seen, ze how good he y far the best line- year." thought his team, third stiff test in a Nebraska and Ok- i sharp mentally at at practice yester- lon’t know if well ic, but we’ lining oil a DM 9 Oklahoma State on a field covered i he film is useless “only for poster- Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami jglwas accorded respect that Coach Jimmy Johnson felt was long over due Tuesday when the Hurricanes Mvaulted to No. 2 in The Associated ||l'iess poll and within striking dis tance of their second national foot- >all championship in three years. A critic of balloting in recent Weeks because of his team’s slow rise despite victories on the road over Oklahoma, Florida State and Maryland, Johnson was ecstatic that the Hurricanes climbed from fourth in the next-to-last regular season poll. Miami has won 10 games in a row since losing its season opener to Florida and is traveling a path that is strikingly similar to the road it took to the national championship under Howard Schnellenberger two years Pg°- Schnellenberger’s 1983 team also lost its opener to Florida, but rattled off 11 straight victories — including triumph over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl — to claim the crown. The 1985 Hurricanes are headed for the Sugar Bowl and a showdown with Southeastern Conference champion Tennessee. “This team has made a lot of pro gress and has made steady im provement throughout the season,” said Johnson, who replaced Schnel lenberger two months before the start of the 1984 campaign. “We’re happy to have a high ranking. I think we’re deserving of this ranking . or higher.” No. 1 Penn State, which com- | pleted an 11-0 regular season a week ' ■ earlier and will meet fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, re- APTop 20 Football Poll The Top 20 teams in the Asso ciated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in paren theses and season record: 1. Penn State (47) — 11 -0-0 2. Miami (Fla.) (3)— 10-1-0 3. Iowa (3)— 10-1-0 4. Oklahoma (5) — 9-1-0 5. Michigan (1) — 9-1-1 6. Florida —9-1-1 7. Nebraska — 9-2-0 8. Tennessee — 8-1-2 9. Brigham Young — 10-2-0 10. Air Force — 11-1-0 11. Texas A&M —9-2-0 12. LSD —8-1-1 13. Arkansas — 9-2-0 14. UCLA —8-2-1 15. Alabama — 8-2-1 16. Auburn — 8-3-0 17. Ohio State — 8-3-0 18. Florida State — 8-3-0 19. Oklahoma State — 8-3-0 20. Bowling Green — 11-0-0 ceived 47 of 59 first-place votes and 1,164 of a possible 1,180 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sportscasters. Miami received three first-place votes and 1,063 points to move past Iowa and Oklahoma, which had held down the No. 2 and No. 3 spots a week ago. Rose Bowl-bound Iowa collected three first-place ballots and 1,050 points, while Oklahoma dropped from third to fourth with five first-place votes and 1,048 points. The other first-place ballot went to Michigan, 9-1-1, which remained in fifth place with 935 points. The Hurricanes dosed the regu lar season with a 58-7 mauling of Notre Dame last Saturday. In the af termath, Johnson pushed aside sug gestions that he tried to run up the score to impress pollsters, saying: “I couldn’t ask our second-and third- stringers to not do their best.” Smith attributes the Hurricanes’ success to total team dedication and the development of quarterback Vinny Testaverde, who replaced Bernie Kosar when Kosar gave up his final two years of college eligibil ity for the National Football League. Smith said he wasn’t surprised the Hurricanes advanced two spots al though neither Iowa or Oklahoma lost last weekend. “We feel like we were deserving to be ahead of both of them. This makes it right.” Florida, 9-1-1 but barred from bowls because of NCAA probation, held onto sixth place with 903 points, followed by Nebraska, 9-2, which climbed from eighth to sev enth with 779 points. Tennessee, which won the SEC ti tle and a Sugar Bowl berth opposite Miami with a 30-0 shutout of Van derbilt, jumped from 10th to eighth. Brigham Young, 10-2, and Air Force, 11-1, round out the Top Ten. The second ten consists of Texas A&M, LSU, Arkansas, UCLA, Ala bama, Auburn, Ohio State, Florida State, Oklahoma State and unbeaten Bowling Green, which cracked the Top Twenty for the first time in 12 years. The Mid-American champions last appeared in the rankings in Sep tember 1973 when the Falcons were tied for 20th for one week. N. Carolina tops cage poll Michigan uses big upset to stay on 'Heels' of No. 1 \ Associated Press The first tipoff that Michigan might be moving up in The Asso ciated Press college basketball poll came in the Tip-Off Classic, when the Wolverines knocked off second- ranked Georgia Tech. On Tuesday, a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters : made it official, giving Michigan 12 first-place votes and 1,165 points — not enough to seriously threaten North Carolina’s hold on first place — but enough to move the 4-0 Wol verines up from third to second. In fact, the Stumbling Wrecks from Georgia Tech, who sat atop the preseason poll and slipped to second a week ago, are fifth this week fol lowing Saturday’s nationally tele vised 49-44 loss to Michigan in Springfield, Mass., that put their re cord at 2-1. North Carolina, 5-0 and the win ner of the Great Alaska Shootout last weekend, received 45 of a possible 63 first-place votes and 1,239 points. Duke also rode a tournament tri umph northward in the rankings, receiving four first-place votes and Rockets come back to edge Suns, 118-112 the : in ISC en- 1 to d a )ur- jck. lets are ;ens Lore 4-7 Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston’s Akeem Olajuwon scored 18 points, includ- Other Tuesday NBA Scores: (home team in capitals) Dallas at GOLDEN STATE (late) San Antonio at SEATTLE (late) NEW YORK 111 Denver 94 WASHINGTON 118 Portland 115 Indiana 98 CLEVELAND 84 Philadelphia 127 DETROIT 107 Boston MILWAUKEE (late) Chicago at SACRAMENTO (late) ing two key baskets in the final 1:52 of the game and Lewis Lloyd added 25 points to lead the Rockets to a comeback 118-112 National Basket ball Association victory over Phoenix Tuesday night. The Suns failed to score in the fi nal 3:03 of the game as the Rockets hit 11 unanswered points to stretch their unbeaten home record to 11 straight games. The Suns, losing their 10th straight on the road, beat the Rock ets 126-110 Saturday in Phoenix be hind the 39 points by Larry Nance, who finished Tuesday night with 35 points. Nance had 30 points going into the fourth quarter but he was scoreless until he hit five straight points for a 112-109 Suns lead with 3:03 to play. The Suns didn’t score again as the Rockets battled back again for a 113- 112 lead with 1:52 to go on a layup by Olajuwon. Ralph Sampson hit 21 points for the Rockets. Walter Davis hit 17 more for the Suns. After struggling to a 65-60 half time lead, Houston could do no bet ter than a deadlocked 92-92 score going into the fourth quarter. It took 12 third quarter points by Sampson to keep pace with the Suns. The Rockets never led in the game until 50 seconds remained in the first half when Olajuwon re bounded, passed out to Lloyd for a relay to John Lucas for a layup and a 61-60 lead. Houston expanded the lead to 65- 60 at the half on baskets by Rodney McCray and Lucas. The Suns scored the game’s first seven points and took a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter. AP Top 20 Basketball Poll The Top 20 teams in the Asso ciated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in par entheses and season record: 1. North Carolina (45) — 5.-0 2. Michigan (12) —4-0 3. Duke (4) —6-0 4. Syracuse — 3-0 5. Georgia Tech — 2-1 6. Georgetown (1) — 2-0 7. Kansas — 3-1 8. Oklahoma — 5-0 9. Kentucky — 3-0 10. Notre Dame (1) — 2-1 11. LSU —5-0 12. Illinois —2-1 13. Memphis State — 2-0 14. UNLV —4-1 15. St.John’s — 3-1 16. Louisville — 2-2 17. Ala.-Birmingham — 2-1 18. Iowa — 4-0 19. (tie) Indiana — 2-0 19. Auburn — 1-1 Tike Bryan Rotary cu presents flte Texas A&M University )ll< ympiMMiic Joam A m Concert Featuring Trumpet Soloist Thursday, December 5, 1985 8:00 p.m. John J. Haynie RUDDER AUDITORIUM Bill J. Dean Conductor Adults $3 00 Students $1 00 yiLPINE mobile electronics systems Clearance Sale 1,112 points to jump from sixth to third. The Blue Devils won the inaugu ral Big Apple National Invitation Tournament last weekend in New York, defeating then-fifth-ranked Kansas 92-86 for the title. And on Monday night, Duke, playing its sec ond game in less than 24 hours and third in four days, routed East Caro lina 98-66 to run its record to 6-0. Syracuse, 3-0, remained fourth in the poll with 1,054 points, followed by Georgia Tech with 910. George town, unbeaten in its first two games, received one first-place vote and 908 points for sixth, up two spots from a week ago. Kansas, 3-1, fell to seventh with 830 points. Oklahoma, 5-0, made a big jump from 12th to eighth place with 753 points. Kentucky and Notre Dame each moved up one notch — Ken tucky, 3-0, to ninth with 693 points and Notre Dame, 2-0, to 10th with 636 points and the remaining first- place vote. This week’s Second Ten starts with Louisiana State, 5-0, with 585 points, followed by Illinois, Mem phis State, Nevada-Las Vegas, St. John’s, Louisville, Alabama-Bir- mingham, Iowa and, in a tie for 19th, Auburn and Indiana. Louis ville remained in the Top Twenty — albeit down from ninth to 16th—de spite losing to Kansas and St. John’s in the Big Apple NIT. 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