Ohio State at Illinois

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  Evening star, October 12, 1954, page 42 (results column)

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  s ~! Sooners No. |, Navy Moves Up In College Poll Wisconsin DispIoces UCLA in No. 2 Spot; Ohio State Fourth Is + Oklahoma’s one touchdown victory over Texas last Saturday released a landslide of votes that swept Bud Wilkinson’s Sooners far in front in the weekly AS sociated Press rankings of college football teams. OF a total of 201 sports writers and Enthusiastically far the largest number of the season-no fewer than 118 picked Oklahoma first. And not one failed to put the Sooners somewhere In the first 10. AS a result. Oklahoma col lected 1,797 points in the usual basis Of 10 for a first-place bal lot. 8 for second, etc. A week ago. when they had won only two games, the Sooners polled II firsts and 1859 points. That was the one standout feature Of q week when major upsets were comparatively few. but when the top-rated teams had to win impressively to with stand the challenges Of strong rivals. Wisconsin Now Second. Wisconsin, q 1877 winner over Rice in q nationally televised struggle between nationally ranked teams, moved into Sec ond place in the. rankings ahead of UCLA, which barely pulled out a 21–⁠20 decision over WASH ington. And Ohio State, a convincing 40–⁠7 winner over Illinois, climbed all the way from 10th place to fourth on the strength of that victory. After these four, all OF which received more than 1000 points in the balloting, came Purdue, Duke. Mississippi, Notre Dame and then Penn State and Navy tied for 10th. This tie and the fact that Mississippi nosed out Notre Dame for seventh by a single point. 730 to 729, brings out the closeness and the uncertainty of the ranking after the few leaders. Iowa and Southern California. two of the upset victims. lost their places in the first 10 Iowa garnered only enough points for 18th place in the ratings after its 1918 loss to Michigan, while use, upset by Texas Christian. 20–⁠7, didn’t even appear in the first 20. But neither Michigan nor TCU gained much stature with the voters by these sur prise victories. Middies Move Up. Instead it was Navy and Penn State, both unbeaten. who came up from 18th and goth, respeclively. Minnesota, Arkansas. West Virginia, Virginia Tech and Colorado. all unbeaten teams. also impressed the voters enough to gain places in the second 10. although they didn’t offer any serious threats to the leaders. They’re ready to move up if some OF the top teams lose. With the Texas game out of the way, Oklahoma appears to have a good chance of staying on top for q while. This week the Sooners meet Kansas, while Wisconsin bumps into Purdue and Ohio State takes on Iowa in a pair of Big Ten headline \ (See POLL. Page CRY

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 12, 1954, page 6 (results column)

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  Oklahoma Tops APT Poll AS Top Grid Combination In Nation Wisconsin End after Victory Over Rice Sat. 0klahoma’s one-touchdown vic. tory over Texas last Saturday released a landslide of votes today that swept Bud WilkinSon’s Soon erS far in front in the weekly Associated Press rankings of college football teams. Out of total of 201 sports writ erS and broadcaSters, no fewer than 11S picked Oklahoma first. And not one failed to put the Soon ers somewhere in the first 10. As a result, Oklahoma collected 1877 points on the usual basis of 10 for a first-place ballot. 9 for second, etc. A week ago, when they had won only two games, the Soon ers polled ~ firsts and 1859 points. Wisconsin, a 1871 winner over Rice in nationally televised struggle between nationally ranked teams, moved into second place in the rankings ahead of UCLA, which barely pulled out a 21–⁠20 decision over Washington. And Ohio State, a convincing 40–⁠7 win ner over Illinois, climbed all the way from 10th place to fourth on the strength of that victory. After these four, all of which received more than 1000 points in the balloting, came Purdue, Duke, Mississippi, Notre Dame and then Penn State and Navy tied for 10th. This tie and the fact that Missis. sippi edged out Notre Dame for seventh by single point, $50 to 729, brings out the closeness and the uncertainty of the rankings after the few leaders. Iowa and Southern California, two of the upset victims, lost their places in the first 10. Iowa gar nered only enough points for 18th place after its 14–⁠13 loss to Michigan, while use, upset 20–⁠7 by Tex as Christian, didn’t even appear in the first 20. The leaders (first-place votes in paraptbacaeA.

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Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.