The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-28

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The Minnesota Gophers al
glamor off the Michigan mac
for the writer's shunted the
A week ago they commanded
This time they grabbed only
listing the Fighting Irish at
Texas remained strong cor
tender for top honors with Is
firsts and Pennsylvania, gaining
strength on its 21-0 win over
Navy, was named no. l by II vot-
ers.
Coach Frank Leahy's Irish Slip
ped past Iowa, 21-0, without
showing too much of their at
tack to future rivals. With Navy
scheduled to test them Saturday
in Cleveland, fans may learn
more about the true strength of
Notre Dame.
Leahy cautiously commented
after the Iowa game "they i'm
proved over last week and they
will continue to improve. It will
take a very good team to beat
them"
The point score from the most
extensive weekly poll in many
years showed Notre Dame at
1874 holding slim 45-point edge
over Michigan at 1886 with Texas
a close third at 1916.
When the Longhorns of Texas
meet the Southern Methodist
Mustangs, who climbed to eighth
place on 10 win over U. C. L.
A, in one of Saturdays feature
games, the nation will get a
better line on these two South
west Conference powers.
Pennsylvania moved from
eighth to fourth on it's Navy sue
cess and now runs into Princeton,
which knocked them off last
!, year in one of the major up
sets of the season.
The big battle on the Pacific
i Coast resulting in 1914 de-
cision for Southern California
lover California sent the victori-
Gus Trojans into fifth place only
la few points behind Penn. Coach
Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf's Golden
Bears fell out of the first 10.
| Georgia Tech. enjoying brea-
ther with the Citadel, moved up
a peg to sixth position and Penn
State advanced from ninth to
seventh by outlasting previous
ly-unbeaten West Virginia, 81
IA.
Duke stock scared on the Blue
Devils 1876 contest of Wake
Forest and they came all the
| way from 18th to 9th position,
something will have to give
when Duke plays Georgia Tech
Saturday. The Blue Devils re-
ceived two first place votes.
| Despite Army's upset loss to
Columbia, 21-20, ending their
non-losing string after 80 games,
the Cadets managed to hold 10th
place in the rankings, only two
points ahead of Illinois which
!, played an 90 tie with them
earlier.
| Illinois loss to Purdue sent
them tumbling to 18th but oddly
enough the victory didn't help
Purdue too much nor did Mimi
, esota's sturdy stand against
Michigan give them much of a
boost in the standings.
Team standings with points
figured on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
basis.
(First place votes in paren-
theses).
l. Notre Dame (78) ........ 1874
2. Michigan (69) -............. 1885
s. IexaS (Z5) --.----......... l5lt
4. Pennsylvania (1D -......-1165
5. Southern California (6) 1133
6. Georgia Tech (2) ...-.. 951
Z. Penn State (2) .-....-..... 631
8. Southern Methodist 80. 55e
9 Duke (2) ................... 252
!. lO. Army ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS zoe
IL. Illinois, 206; II. Virginia
1913; 13. Kentucky, 70; IA. Cali
fornia, IS; Is. Wake Forest, 81;
Is. Purdue IS; II. Louisiana
State, IS; 18. Alabama, 80; 10.
| U.C.L.A., %; 20. Columbia, 27.
Others receiving votes were
Texas Christian IL; North Caro-
! lima, 10; Nevada and Utah, each
Z; Minnesota, Missouri and Kan
sas, each 6; Navy and Utah
State, each S; Northwestern, 4;
Tennessee, g.; Mississippi State,