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THE BATTALION
Top two AP spots
remain unchanged
(AP) — UCLA’s back, and so is
Notre Dame. Back in the Top 25,
that is.
With a resounding 35-24 victory
over Alabama, the Bruins went
from unranked to No. 16 in this
week’s Associated Press Top 25 col
lege football poll.
The Fighting Irish, unranked in
the preseason poll for the first time
since 1986, opened their season with
a 24-10 win over Texas A&M and
moved in at No. 23.
UCLA was last ranked in the Top
25 in the fourth poll last season;
Notre Dame last appeared in the
10th poll of’99.
Nebraska and Florida State re
mained 1-2, while Michigan moved
up three places to No. 3 and Alabama
tumbled 10 spots to No. 13.
The Cornhuskers, who opened
with a 49-13 victory over San Jose
State on Saturday, received 39 first-
place votes and 1,736 points Sunday
frotn the 71 sports writers and broad
casters on the AP panel.
Florida State, idle on Saturday,
had 28 first-place votes and 1,725
points, while Michigan was a distant
third with 1,513 points. The Wolver
ines opened with a 42-7 victory over
Bowling Green.
Miami, a 61 -14 winner over I-AA
McNeese State last Thursday, moved
upa spot to No. 4. followed by No. 5
Wisconsin, No. 6 Texas, No. 7
Kansas State, No. 8 Florida, No. 9
Georgia and No. 10 Virginia Tech.
The Badgers, who received one
first-place vote, dropped a spot after
a lackluster 19-7 win over Western
Michigan last Thursday night. Texas,
which opens its season Saturday
against Louisiana-Lafayette, had two
first-place votes and UCLA had one
first-place vote.
USC was up a notch at No. 11, fol
lowed by No. 12 Tennessee. No. 13
Alabama, No. 14 Purdue, No. 15
Washington, No. 16 UCLA. No. 17
Clemson, No. 18 Ohio State. No. 19
Mississippi and No. 20 Oklahoma.
Illinois remained No. 21, followed
by No. 22 TCU, No. 23 Notre Dame,
No. 24 Michigan State and No. 25
Southern Mississippi, which re
mained in the rankings despite a 19-
16 loss at Tennessee.
Colorado and Texas A&M
dropped out of the poll.
In the USA Today/ESPN coach
es poll, the top five are Nebraska,
Florida State, Michigan, Miami and
Florida.
Players of
the week
announced
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Injuries plague Cowboys opener
IRVING (AP) — Dallas receiver
Joey Galloway is out for the year af
ter tests Monday confirmed he tore a
knee ligament in the season-opening
41-14 loss to Philadelphia.
The Cowboys also listed their top
two quarterbacks, Troy Aikman and
Randall Cunningham, as question
able for next week’s game at Arizona.
Aikman received a concussion
against Philadelphia and Cunning
ham sprained his right throwing
thumb.
Dallas will put Galloway on injured
reserve and activate rookie quarterback
Clint Stoemer from the practice squad.
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The good news
is [Galloway's]
repaired and
rehahed in
ACL before.”
—-Jerry Jones
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Galloway, who signed a seven-
year, $42 million contract after being
acquired in an offseason trade witf
Seattle, was carted off the field in (lie
closing minutes of Sunday’s g£
He finished with four catches for62
yards, including a 4-yard catch fo
the Cowboys’ only touchdown
“The good news is he’s repairec
and rehabed in ACL before.” Cow
boys owner Jerry Jones said Mondaj
Aikman sustained the ninth con
cussion of his 12-year NFLcareeraf
ter being sacked for the fourth time
in the first half of the opener.
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low him to be considered day-bv
day,” Jones said.
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