Evening star., 1949-10-18
Army Second, but Far
Back; Michigan Falls
Out Of First 10
BY the Associoted Press

ANA' OASAAs wv. 4C-1SOIlC
Danes super performance against
a highly rated Tulane team last
Saturday apparently has con-
vinced most of the Nations foot
ball experts that the Irish belong
in a class by themselves.
In contrast to last week, when
it barely won the No. l spot from
Army, the country's sports edi-
tors and sportscasters voted Notre
Dame a solid first choice today in
the third weekly Associated Press
poll
A week ago the Irish nosed out
the Cadets by 30 points. Today,
Notre Dame received nearly 200
points more than the West Point
ers. OF the 179 voting experts,
146 named the South Bend eleven
first on their ballots.
It's been many years since a
team has dominated an AP poll
SO completely. In all. the unde-
feated Irish attracted 1,745 points
by their devastating 46-7 rout OF
the Green Wave of New Orleans.
Army, which received So first
place votes week ago, got only
10 this time, despites it's handy
54-l4 romp over Harvard. Those
ballots, however, together with
numerous seconds, thirds and
fourths, gave the Cadets 1852
points to rank right behind Notre
Dame and we'll in front of third
place Minnesota.
\ Gophers Gain Two Notches.
Bernie Bierman's Gophers en-
hanced their Rose Bowl chances
by handing tough Ohio State a
27-0 trimming. This one sided
triumph brought them eight first
place votes and a total of 1870
points, to boost them two notches
from fifth to third.
Only other elevens to receive
top recognition were Oklahoma,
North Carolina and Kentucky.
The Sooners from the Southwest
picked up six first place ballots as
did the Tar Heels. Kentucky was
named first three times.
Although it rolled over Kansas.
1926, Oklahoma's power-laden
team fell a notch from third to
fourth with 1,17T points. Califor-
MIA advanced from ninth to fifth
due to its 1910 victory over
Southern California. The Golden
Bears point total was 875, 19
more than North Carolina which
stayed in sixth place. Kentucky.
eighth a week ago, moved up to
seventh with 1913 points.
Three newcomers graced the
top 10 list this week replacing such
old stalWarts as Michigan, Tulane
and Southern Methodist. Cornell.
by virtue of its 48-14 humping
OF previously undefeated Yale,
vaulted over six teams into eighth
place with 345 points.
Rice Jumps I6 Places.
Rice. helped by a 41-27 pasting
OF S. M. u, made the biggest gain,
a Jump of Is places. Whereas the
Owls were 25th last week, they
took over ninth spot by a narrow
margin over Texas. The Long
horns also made big gain, ad-
vancing from 10Th to 10th. Rice
amassed 166 points to 1876 for
Texas.
The biggest blows were dealt to
Michigan and Tulane. The VOL
verines. who lost their second
straight when they bowed to
Northwestern. 21-20. dropped from
seventh to 18th. Top team two
weeks ago, Michigan's best ballot
was one birthplace vote.
The once all-conquering VOL
verines were in the top 10 teams
OF the country for the last 10
years. except for a few weeks in
1912 and 1914. Even in AZ Michi-
gan wound up ninth in the final
poll. and in "A finished eighth.
The awesome pounding by Notre
Dame not only knocked Tulane out
OF the unbeaten class, but dropped
the Southerners from fourth place
clear down to goth on only 35
points. S. M. U. fell from 10th to
17th.
All 10 top teams, with the ex-
ception of once-beaten Rice and
Texas. are unbeaten and united.
Standing o. Teams
, The total vote with points figured on .
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