Evening star., 1946-10-18
Army-Lion, 'Bama-Vo
Scraps Top Nation 5
Hot Football Bill
By Austin BeoImeor
Associated Press Sports Writer


Now that baseball finally has de-
cided to give up for the year, col
lege football moves front and CEN
ter today to launch weekend pro-
gram in which the major unbeaten
teams can begin thinning their own
ranks by the simple expedient Of
knocking off each other.
Four OF the 10 top teams in the
Nation hook up tomorrow in two Of
the days better games and three
others will be meeting undefeated
opponents. Two of the remaining
three will be risking perfect records
against clubs that are capable OF
producing upsets.
The only major eleven among the
unbeaten powers whose shiny record
is in no danger of losing its luster
this week end is Notre Dame, No. 2
in the current rankings. The Irish
have an open date.
Army, back at its old stand atop
the national rankings after making
Michigan it's fourth victim of the
season and the 22d in an unbroken
string, takes on an invading Co.
lumbia team that has won its first
three starts to gain the 18th spot
in the countrywide ratings.
Southeast Giants Clash.
Alabama, ranked seventh this
week, moves in against Tennessee,
the No. 8 team, for a bout that may
settle the Southeastern Conference
championship. Both are all-victor-
ious and should have smooth sailing
after tomorrow, with the winner
almost certain to get a major bowl
bid.
Michigan, ranked fifth despite its
setback by Army, entertains an
unbeaten Northwestern team, cur
rently No. 10, in the Midwest's top
attraction. The Big Nine title
might well be hanging on the out
come of this struggle.
Texas, winner of it's first four
tilts and the present No. 3 club,
will be challenged in its first South
west Conference test by an invad-
ing Arkansas outfit that is unbeaten
in four starts, although tied by
Oklahoma A. and. M.
Pennsylvania. rated sixth, will be
invaded by Virginia. unbeaten in
three outings, but tied by Virginia
Tech.
U. c. L. A., the all-victorious No.
S team, visits California, which
bounced st. Mary's out of the un-
beaten class a week ago, and Geor-
gia, ranked eighth, catches an Ok
lahoma A. and M. team moving in
to start comeback.
East Offers Smart Schedule.
Three other Big Nine battles will
find Wisconsin at Illinois, Iowa at
Indiana and Purdue at Ohio State,
with Minnesota entertaining an in
tersectionsl opponent, Wyoming.
The Big Six schedule sends Kansas
State to Oklahoma, Iowa State to
Missouri and Nebraska to Kansas.
A North Carolina team that has
won two games since tying its
opener moves in against Navy in
the East, where such pairings as
Yale at Cornell, Syracuse at Holy
Cross Dartmouth at Brown and
Rutgers at Princeton will be aug
mented by intersectional games
bringing st. Mary's to Fordham,
Michigan State to Penn State and
Marquette to Pittsburgh.
Georgia Tech will be at Louisiana
State, Auburn at Tulane and Van
derbilt at Kentucky for other
Southeastern Conference struggles.
Elsewhere in the South it will be
San Francisco at Mississippi, Rich
mond at Duke, North Carolina State
at Wake Forest, William and Mary
at Washington and Lee, Davidson
at v. M. I. and Furman at The
Citadel.
Southern Methodist goes to Rice
and Texas Christian to Texas A. &
M. for additional Southwest Con-
ference games ana baylor lilVdueS
Texas Tech.
Big Battles on Coast.
Two other Pacific Coast Confer
ence tussles send Washington to
Southern California and Washing
ton State to oregon, while Santa
Clara moves in against Stanford.
In the Rocky Mountain region it
will be Colorado at Brigham Young,
Colorado A. & M. at Utah State and
Montana State at Montana.
Tonight's games find Tulsa at
Detroit, Virginia Tech at Maryland,
Utah at Denver and West Virginia
at Temple.
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