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Miami out on top of AP poll;
Aggies lead SWC pack in 13th
Associated Press
Miami, which ended the ’80s as
the nation’s top college football
team, is starting the ’90s the same
way.
The defending national cham
pions are ranked No. 1 in The Asso
ciated Press’ preseason poll. The
Hurricanes beat Notre Dame by 25
points in voting by a nationwide
panel of 60 sports writers and broad
casters.
“It’s nice to be recognized, but it
also puts a burden on you,” Miami
coach Dennis Erickson said. “When
you’re No. 1, everybody wants to
play their best against you.”
The Hurricanes, who have won
three of the last seven national titles,
received 24 first-place votes and
1,431 points. Notre Dame, which
finished second last season, was run
ner-up again with 22 first-place
votes and 1,406 points.
It is the first time Miami has been
ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll,
which started in 1950. Prior to this
year, the Hurricanes’ highest presea
son ranking was No. 3 in 1986.
Miami lost six starters from last
year’s dominating defense, which al
lowed the fewest points and yards in
the nation. But the Hurricanes re
turn eight starters on offense, in
cluding Heisman hopeful Craig
Erickson at quarterback.
“We have a chance to be a real
good team,” Erickson said. “It’s
going to be a challenge, though, be
cause our schedule is a lot tougher.
Last year, we won some games when
we didn’t play well. I don’t think
we’ll be able to do that this year.”
Certainly not on Oct. 20 when the
Hurricanes play Notre Dame at
South Bend, Ind. The last three sea-
APTop 25
The Top Twenty Five teams in The Asso
ciated Press 1990 preseason college foot
ball poll, with first-place votes in paren
theses, 1989 record, total points and final
1989 ranking. Teams receive 25 points for a
first-place vote down to one point for a 25th-
place vote.
Rank, team
W-L-T
Pts.
LY
1. Miami (24)
11-1-0
1,431
1
2. Notre Dame (22)
12-1-0
1,406
2
3. Auburn (3)
10-2-0
1,311
6
4. Florida St. (6)
10-2-0
1,268
3
5. Colorado (4)
11-1-0
1,258
4
6. Michigan
10-2-0
1,116
7
7. Nebraska
10-2-0
1,019
11
8. Tennessee
11-1-n
982
5
9. Southern Cal.
9-2-1
977
8
10. Clemson
10-2-0
919
12
11. Illinois
10-2-0
900
10
12. Alabama
10-2-0
728
9
13. Texas A&M
8-4-0
719
20
14. Arkansas
10-2-0
629
13
15. Virginia
10-3-0
575
18
16. Brig. Young
10-3-0
557
22
17. Ohio State
8-4-0
502
24
18. Pittsburgh
8-3-1
459
17
19. UCLA
3-7-1
404
—
20. Washington
8-4-0
394
23
21. Penn State
8-3-1
362
15
22. Oklahoma
7-4-0
311
—
23. Mich. State (1)
8-4-0
288
16
24. Houston
9-2-0
195
14
25. West Virginia
8-3-1
119
21
Others receiving
votes:
Arizona
114,
Syracuse 97, Arizona St. 72, Georgia 59,
Fresno St. 50, Florida 47, Hawaii 34, Louis
ville 34, georgia Tech 27, Texas 27, Missis
sippi 21, Oregon 21, Washington St. 15,
South Carolina 13, Texas Tech 12, LSU 10,
Kentucky 9, Colorado St. 4, Duke 3, Purdue
1, Toledo 1.
sons, the winner of that game has
gone on to win the national
championship.
Miami and Notre Dame both lost
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nounced in early August it would-
join the Southeastern Conference
next year. With the loss, the SWC is
left without national powers in three
major collegiate sports: football, bas
ketball and baseball.
The Razorbacks have won the
SWC football championship the last
two years and won the SWC baseball
crown last year. Its basketball team
won the SWC Postseason Classic and
advanced to the NCAA Final Four
last season.
“With Arkansas leaving, I think
we could go find another big-time
(football) game on a home-and-
home basis,” Slocum said. “I thought
that would be an attractive opportu
nity for us to make up that game.
“It would allow us the flexibility to
go out and have one more non-con
ference game that would make an at
tractive non-conference schedule.”
SWC presidents will meet in Dal
las Sept. 7 to discuss expansion.
They will also hear the results of a
report by a consulting firm they
hired in July to study conference
academics, government, athletic
competitveness, budgets, revenue
distribution and television.
Slocum said the rumors that A&M
might leave the SWC never affected
the team, and that the Aggies had
never been bothered by distractions
as they prepare for the season
opener against Hawaii.
“It hasn’t been a major distrac
tion,” Slocum said. “We haven’t
talked about it other than on one oc
casion, and I don’t think it’s been a
problem with either them or the
coaching staff.”
one game last season, but the Hurri
canes finished No. 1 because they
beat the Irish 27-10.
Auburn was third in the presea
son poll, Florida State was No. 4 and
Colorado was No. 5. Auburn re
ceived three first-place votes and
1,311 points, while Florida State —
which handed Miami its only defeat
last season — got six first-place votes
and 1,268 points.
Colorado, which was No. 1 last
season before losing to Notre Dame
in the Orange Bowl, received four
first-place votes and 1,258 points.
The remaining first-place vote
went to Michigan State. However,
only one other voter put the Spar
tans in the Top 10 and they wound
up 23rd.
Michigan, last year’s preseason
No. 1, was sixth this year. Nebraska
was next, followed by Tennessee,
Southern California, Clemson, Illi
nois, Alabama, Texas A&M, Arkan
sas, Virginia, Brigham Young, Ohio
State, Pittsburgh, UCLA and Wash
ington.
Rounding out the Top 25 were
Penn State, Oklahoma, Michigan
State, Houston and West Virginia.
Virginia, which won a share of its
first Atlantic Coast Conference
championship last season, made the
preseason rankings for the first time
in school history.
UCLA and Oklahoma were the
only ranked teams that didn’t finish
in the Top 25 last season. UCLA
went 3-7-1 and Oklahoma was 7-4.
A team gets 25 points for a first-
place vote, 24 points for second and
so on.
Cowboys cut
six from roster
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cow
boys cut six players from the team
roster Sunday, including veteran
placekicker Luis Zendejas and run
ning back Junior Tautalatasi.
The Cowboys also waived Plan B
signees Terrence Cooks, a veteran
linebacker, and defensive end Wal
ter Johnson. Rookie guard Tom
Huebner of Pittsburgh and rookie
linebacker Dave Harper from Hum
boldt State also were released.
Also Sunday, the team placed
tight end Steve Johnson, running
back Keith Jones and safety Scott
Ankrom on injured reserve.
Saturday, the Cowboys signed vet
eran linebacker Jesse Solomon and
rookie wide receiver Alexander
Wright to three-year contracts.
The signings leave first round
pick Emmitt Smith, enrolled at Flor
ida, as the lone holdout.
UT’s Garza
plans comebaci
AUSTIN (AP) — Two yean
ago, Texas cornerback Willie
Mack Garza was the Southwest
Conference ‘‘Newcomer of the
Year" as a freshman starter. This
season, he said lie plans on being
the SWC’s “Comeback Player of
the Year.”
Garza was redshirtecl last sea
son after in juring ligaments in his
left knee, and could only watch as
a young Texas secondary gave
several crucial big plays in a 5-6
season.
Texas Tech defeated the
Longhorns 24-17 on a 51-yartl
scoring pass late in the fourth
quarter on third-and-26. Texas
A&M’s Percy Waddle caught a
45-yard touchdown pass on the
last play of the third quarter to
gave the Aggies their first lead of
the game in a 21 -10 victory.
“I felt kind of bad," Garza said.
“1 have always considered myself
kind of a leader, but all I could do
was sit in the stands and watch. I
kind of got down on myself for
not lieing there.”
Texas finished the season fifth
in pass defense in the conference,
giving up 198.3 yards per game.
The Texas secondary gave up 16
touchdowns, surpassed only bv
the 29 Southern Methodist al
lowed.
All the starters are bad,
though, a year older and a year
wiser. Lett cornerback Mart
Berry is a junior. Right cor-
nerback Grady Cavness and
strong safety Lance Gunn are
sophomores. Free safety Stanley
Richard is the only senior.
So for now, Garza is working
out with the second unit. He said
he can deal with it, but he doesn’t
necessarily like it.
“I had been starting for even
team I ever played for,” said
Garza, who played high school
ball at Refugio. “Certainly i plan
on getting hack into the starting
lineup, but there are a couple of
great players in front of me.”
T exas coach David McWilliams
said he expects Garza will find a
way to break into the lineup.
“It will be hard keeping Mack
out of the lineup,” McWilliams
said. “We will be using three cor-
nerbacks a lot. Four of our oppo
nents (Houston, Rice, Texas
Christian and Southern Method
ist) use the run-and-shooL"
Richard said the secondary will
need as many healthy bodies as it
can find. “We need all of our guys
at 120 percent,” Richard said.
Garza, who trussed much of
practice last week with a bruised
shoulder, said his first priority is
proving that he is “120 percent."
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