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  Evening star, November 13, 1951, page 17 (results column)

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  Michigan State May Be Hard 10 DisIodge |As A. P. Poll Leader NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-Michigan State, back on top in the Associated Press football poll, may be hard to dislodge from Its position as the No. team in the Nation. The spectacular SpartanS take on Indiana Saturday and close out their season the following week against Colorado. Both games should prove easy for the newest member of the Big Ten. Tennessee, which dropped to second after a three-week stay at the top. has three tough games barring its way to a perfect season. The Vols take on Mississippi, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Michigan State, leader the first two weeks. vaulted from fifth place, after drawing IS OF 1Sa first-place votes and 1916 points from sports writers and sports casters. Vols Nose Out Illini. Tennessee gained “a firsts and 1855 points tc nose out Illinois for second place. The Illini, Big Ten leaders, finished third with 20 firsts and 1,145 points. Each of the three pacesetters is riding “a seven-game winning streak. The Spartans charged to the top as a result of their smashing $50 victory over Notre Dame. Tennessee and Illinois scored easy cola and 40–⁠13 victories, respeclively. Illinois has two tough conference games remaining against Ohio State and Northwestern. Three other unbeaten and untied teams followed the top three, Stanford, with eight victories, came in fourth with 951 points. Maryland, boasting seven, VIC tories, placed nth with 927 points and Princeton, also unbeaten in seven outings, was sixth with 793 points. Rounding out the top 10 are Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Baylor in that Or der. Stanford has no easy road ahead. The Indians, cunning for a Rose Bowl date, meet Oregon State and then California. But flfth-place Maryland has only North Carolina State and West Virginia blocking its way for a perfect season. Princeton also should have no trouble winding up with a clean slate. The Tigers have two Ivy League foes to play, Yale and Dartmouth. Two Out of TOP 10. Stanford gained fourth On the strength of its 1920 victory over Southern California. Maryland breezed to a 40–⁠2I win over Navy and Princeton swamped Harvard, 54–⁠13. Georgia Techs unbeaten but |once-tied team moved I’D to sew enth after trounching VMI. BAT. Wisconsin edged into eighth place despite a tough 1917 decision over Pennsylvania. Kentucky, pointing to its November “a meeting with Tennessee. smeared Tulane, 37–⁠0. Baylor moved back into the 10th slot by trimming Texas. 1876. Both Southern Cad and Texas dropped out Of the top 10. The Trojans fell from sixth to 11th and Texas dropped from 10th to 18th. The leaders with flrst-place xnn~1~%Ioo>r.

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.