Evening star., 1940-11-26
Texas Ags, B. E.,
Stanford Still
Have Battles
Georgetown Is Ninth,
Ahead of Penn as
Cornell Goes Out
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Now that
Minnesota has finished its season
with eight straight victories and the
Western Conference football cham
pionship, 1t is going to take nothing
short Of an earthquake or its equiva-
lent-a startlingly impressive final
performance by Texas A. and NJ,
Stanford or Boston College-to dis
lodge the Gophers from No. ! posi-
ton in the Associated Press rank
ing poll.
One week away from the final
ranking. Minnesota heads the list
with 1852 points-86 more than the
Aggies, 293 more than Stanford and
448 more than Boston College.
OF the ITO voters in this seventh
weekly roundup of national opinion,
88 plunked for the Golden Gophers
as first choice, As for second. q for
third, l3 for fourth, for fifth and
a solitary unbeliever for eighth
place.
Three Face Hard Test.
For each of the next three teams
there is critical game on tap this
week. The Aggies need to tame Jack
Grain and Texas Thursday in order
to have two successive seasons with
out defeat or tie and to become the
first successful defending champions
in the Southwest Conference.
Stanford. Coast Conference door,
mat in 1889, must get by its tradi-
tional rival, California, Saturday for
undisputed right to tread the well
come" mat that leads into the Rose
Bowl Boston, similarly. will come
face to face with an ancient and
honored foe, Holy Cross, which the
Eagles need to beat to clinch what
they feel sure will be an invitation
to play in New Orleans Sugar Bowl
New Year Day.
OF the first six teams In this
weeks standing. only one has been
beaten. That is Michigan, which
lost by one point to Minnesota,
but wound UP its season so i'm
pressiyely by trimming Ohio State.
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parade and 96 others made them
fifth or sixth.
Wolverines Ahead of Vols.
Thus Tommy Harmon and Co.
came in ahead of unbeaten and
united Tennessee, with 1,042 points
to $50 for the Vols, who make
their final stand of the regular
season Saturday against Wander
bilt.
Dropped out of the first 10 with
a resounding thud is Cornell. Tbs
Ithacans already had lost con-
siderable favor for their showing
in the game they conceded to
Dartmouth, and last Saturdays
22-20 loss to Penn was the blow
that pushed them down to 18th
place.
With Cornell out. the last four
spots went, in order, to North
western, beaten by Minnesota and
! Michigan, but which was the team
that most conclusively burst the
Notre Dame bubble; Nebraska, Big
Six champion which plays its last
game against Kansas State Sat-
urday, and Georgetown and Penn.
each of which came through its
schedule with only one loss, thought
Penn in addition was tied by Har-
| ward.
Mississippi State May Climb.
One undefeated major team,
Mississippi State, should have al
good chance to crack the select
10 in next weeks final standings.|
The Maroon, held to a tie by|
Auburn for its only PARKWAY black
mark, will play Alabama, defeated
only by Tennessee, Saturday, and|
a showing equaling that against
Mississippi last week end might
lift State up from 18th place.
The standings points figured on|
10-9-8-7-6, etc, basis, first-place|
votes in parentheses)
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