Penn State at Illinois

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 28, 1954, page 19 (results column)

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  Irish on Top Again, 1erps Drop 10 Sixth In AP Football Poll NEW YORK. Sept. 28.-Notre Dame. the preseason choice, took over the No. spot today as the Nations sports writer’s and sportscasters made quick over haul of the rankings in the Associated Press weekly college foot ball pool. The Irish, second a week ago in the first poll of the regular season, vaulted into the top position with solid support after their impressive .2t-0 victory under Terry Brennan. their new coach. in the season opener against Texas last week end. Notre Dame claimed almost two thirds Of the first-place votes on the 154 ballots entered. Oklahoma’s Sooners, given first place honors last week while the Irish still were untested. settled in the No. 2 position this week. The Sooners pressed by Texas Christian for their second victory, had a clear margin over the rest of the field, but were a fading runne1up to Notre Dame. 81 First-Place Votes. The Irish collected “a first place votes and a total of 1,438 points biased on 10 points for first, 9 for second. etc.,. Okla homa had just “a f1rst-place votes and 1924 points. The experts merely reverted to their preseason selections in naming the two top teams, but they Tilted most of their other f1rst-Week choices. Five of last weeks top 10 stumbled and two Georgia Tech and Illinois, fifth and sixth a week ago-dropped clear out of the top 20. Iowa, with it’s 14–⁠10 surprise against Michigan State, jumped into the No. 3 spot from the No IL berth, displacing Maryland the 1858 leader. The Terps, idle last week end. dropped to sixth while UCLA advanced from eighth to fourth and Wisconsin moved in at No. S from a 10th place tie with Baylor last week The rest of the top 10 lines up like this: Duke, Mississippi Southern California and Penn State. Three Others Drop Out. Missing, in addition to Georgis Tech and Illinois, both dealt tell ing blows last week end, are Texas, No. 4 until humping into Notre Dame; Michigan State anc Baylor. The Longhorns wound up 18th, behind Baylor, with Michigan State another length back at No. 13 after being ranked seventh. Duke, Southern California and Penn State are newcomers to the top 10, along with Iowa. while Mississippi moved UP one notch from ninth. Penn State. the outfit that upset Illinois. 14–⁠12 wasn’t even listed a week ago while Duke and Southern Ca moved up from 18th and 18th respectively. The top 10 with number oi first place votes in parenthesi! points based on 10 for first 9 for second, eight for third, ETC. /. Notre Dame t94 80 1.43’ ! 2. Oklahoma t24) -------1 90 8. Iowa t1D -------- 80. +, 4. UCLA t3) ---------- IA 5. Wisconsin Cd ------- 66: 6. Maryland 90 -------- 81 ! Z. Duke ca ------ 81 8. Mississippi t3) - 80; 8. Southern California - “a! 10. Penn State 20 Second Ten. IL. Baylor ----- 16 IL. Texas ------ II Ia Michioap State ~

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Penn State leads 22–⁠6 in 28 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.