Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-12
Tar Heels
Replace Irish
In AP Ballot

New York, Oct. l2-(AP)-
Unbeaten North Carolina moved
to the head of the class today as
the country's No. college foot
ball team.
The Tar Heels displaced Notre
Dame at the top of the list in the
weekly poll of sports writers
from coast to coast, conducted by
the Associated Press.
Second to Notre Dame by only
10 points in last weeks install
balloting, North Carolina jumped
to the front as the Irish slipped
back to second place, just 2 0
points behind.
Northwestern clung to the No.
3 spot and Michigan, which
meets the Wildcats in an i'm
portant big nine struggle this
week, jumped from seventh to
fourth.
BY an odd coincidence, 153 ex-
perts participated in the voting
the same numbr as last week
and North Carolina wound up
with 1900 points, the exact total
which put Notre Dame on top
week ago,
The Tar Heels, who fol-
lowed up their victories over Tex
as and Georgia with a 26-6 con-
quest of Wake Forest, received
SO first place votes, three less
than last week and were named
at some position on every ballot
except one.
Notre Dame, undefeated since
1945, kept its record clean with
26-7 triumph over Michigan
State but collected only "a first
place votes. l6 less than last
week, and total of l,130 points.
Northwestern, which nosed
Minnesota, 1916, Saturday, re
ceived 25 votes for first place
and tailed l,172 points. Michi-
gan, 400 conqueror of Purdue,
drew "a first place votes and !,
l03 points.
Army held its No. position
with five first place voted and
733 points after downing H.
linois, 1921 for its third straight
victory. The three touchdowns
the Cadets yielded to the Illini-
apparently accounted for their
failure to gain additional sup
port.
California moved up from ninth
to sixth on the strength of it's
40-l4 trouncing of Wisconsin.
The Pacific Coast favorite poll
ed 10 first place votes but fell
l3 points short of Army's point
total.
Georgia Tech dropped from
sixth to seventh, despit a 30
shutout of Washington and Lee.
Pennsylvania jumped from 12tt
to eighth, Penn State from 10tl
to ninth and Mississippi, tied TO
14th week ago, grabbed thu
No. 10 spot this week.
Southern Methodist, the No.
team last week, dropped out OF
the top ten as a result of its
20-l4 upset by Missouri. Min
nesota's loss also cost it a place
in the select circle, but the Cop
hers dropped only from eighth to
1lth.
All told, Al teams were men
toned in the balloting, a reduc-
ton of eight from last week.
First place votes We're spread
among nine teams. In addition
to the first six in the standings,
Pennsylvania, Penn State and
Missouri were placed at the top
on one ballot each.
The total vote with points fl
cured on a l0-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-l
basis (First place votes in par
entheses):
l. North Carolina t52) 1900.
=. Notre Dame (34) 1,l8O.
3. Northwestern (25) l,l72.
4. Michigan (24) l,1O3.
5. Army (5) 1888.
6. California Q0) 100.
7. Geogria Tech $50.
8. Pennsylvania Q) 1888.
9. Pen State Cd l 342.
10. Mississippi 1856.
The second ten-l1, Minnesota,
12l; IL, Missouri D, III; l3,
Cornell, 81; IA; Southern Metho-
dist, IA; Is; Clemson. "a; 16,
Georgia, SO; II. Nevada; "A; 10,
Duke 10, Baylor; Al; 20, Okla
homa, 80.
Others-Texas Christian IA Co
lumbia; 13; Arkansas and Ohio
State, II each; Wake Forest, IL:
Kansas and Texas, 10 each;
Southern California; 8; Mary
land and William and Mary, 7
each; Iowa and Tennessee, 6
each; Detroit; 5; Illinois, North
Carolina State, Oregon and San
ia Clara, 4 each; Washington, 8;
MiSSissippi State 2: CataWba and