Evening star., 1948-11-02
:O|d Notre Dame-Mchigan Debate Again Raging
u. 5. Title Argument
Likely With Irish Now
Slightly in Lead
Sy The Assesiotsd Press

The old Notre Dame Michigan
argument is on again with the Irish
out front by . slender three-point
margin in the weekly Associated
Press poll Of football writer's.
Displacing the Wolverines by q
total Of l.762 points to 1,759, Notre
Dame actually ran behind Michi-
gan in the matter Of frst-place votes,
68-56. The South Benders picked
up their margin on second and third
place ballots.
1t Is quite possible that both
clubs may win all their remaining
games and stir up another tre-
mendous postseason discussion.
Once again they do not meet.
North Carolina, running a strong
third, Is a definite threat to both
leaders with SO first-place votes and
1853 points. william and Mary,
Maryland, Duke and Virginia are
the only teams remaining in its
path leading to a sure bowl bid.
The first 20 teams of last week
are back again with one exception
and that club, Baylor, was not
beaten. There Certainly will be
some casualties Saturday.
Penn, Missouri in Danger.
Pennsylvania, ranked seventh,
risks its unbeaten. united record
against rugged Penn State, the No.
IA club. Strong Missouri, ranked
ninth in the Nation, meets Okla
homa, which was 18th, but drew
two ballots as best in the Nation.
Notre Dame plays Indiana, which
has lost its last four games, and
Michigan gets a whack at Navy.
which has not won yet. It was the
Middies. beaten, At, by a Notre
Dame team that was trying hard
to hold down the score, who helped
the Irish into first place.
Army, heading toward an impor-
tant date with Penn November 13.
Is the No. team in the poll after
its 49-7 romp over Virginia Tech.
The Cadets play subpar Stanford at
the Yankee Stadium this week.
California, the lone Pacific Coast
team among the nine who still are
unbeaten and united, is fifth. The
next job for the Bears is U. c. L. A.
Saturday.
Georgia Tech, again ranked sixth,
may expect rough afternoon with
the Tennessee team that forced
North Carolina all the way before
succumbing, lat.
Northwestern Picking Up.
Back Of Penn in eighth place Is
Southern Methodist, whose Doak
Walker had a big afternoon in a
21-6 victory over Texas. s. M. US
next is Texas A. & M.
Northwestern moved into 10th
place on the strength Of its 2l-7
decision over Ohio State. The Wild
cats are coming on fast toward the
big" game with Notre Dame No
vember 13.
The 208 first-place votes were dis
tributed among IS teams. Behind
Michigan, So; Notre Dame, 56, and
North Carolina, So, came Califor-
MIA, Is: Georgia Tech, Z; Clemson
6; Army and Nevada, each S; Mis-.
souri, 4; Oklahoma, 2, and Penn
State, Southern Methodist and Van
derbilt, each /.
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NotI. tI b.ms Rb'sss vGsss ss n
tes), 1859; 8, North Carolina 1854 T.
45s; 4, Army tb). .249; s, California
nS,: D:rn:Ia 1;I3s; g, Geersia Tech %; l:loe;
ist %. 432; 9. Missouri ff), 3s2; 10,
Northwestern, 371; II, Nevada (5), 300;
12. Clemson (6). 1s9: 13, Georgia. 1873:
4. Penn State q. 136; Oklahoma (2).
81; l6, 0reEon: 90; II. Michigan State,
46: 20 Tulane. "a
Others receiving votes were: Baylor, "a:
Mississippi. 10; Vanderbilt G. .12: Cor
: each: Appalachian State. 8; Illinois and
Tennessee, each: Iowa. 4; Princeton, s.;
and North Carolina State. l.