Evening star., 1953-10-27
Senators to Offer Several Deals to Ehers New Orioles Boss
18 First-PIace Votes
Help Terps Take Over
Second Spot in Poll
BY the Assoeioted Press

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lege football games always ran
true to form. you could depend
on the Nations 10 ranking
elevens to win in a breeze Sat-
urday. For only top-rated Notre
Dame meets opposition voted
among the first 20 in the weekly
Associated Press poll.
But, because a football often
bounces in unexpected directions
remember Purdue 6, Michigan
State o.. some of the high and
mighty of the gridiron ranks
could well be toppled from their
exalted positions.
And that goes twice for the
Irish of Notre Dame. who meet
Navy. rated goth in the poll Of
the sports writer's and sports
casters. Notre Dame, 27-14 con-
querer of Georgia Tech last Sat-
urday. received 1922 points with
81 of the experts calling them
the best team in the Nation.
Navy, victim of a 9-6 setback by
Pennsylvania, got a total of only
Al points.
Two Coast Teams Move Up.
Georgia Tech, it's unbeaten
string snapped at 81 games by
Notre Dame. and Michigan State
remained in the top 10 but
dropped several notches. And
two other victims of last weeks
uprisingS, Michigan and Navy,
tumbled clear out of the select
group. Their places were taken
over by Southern California and
UCLA.
Notre Dame. in first place ever
since the writer's and broad
casters picked them as the most
likely champion in the pre-sea-
son poll, completely dominated
the poll. Unbeaten Maryland,
which took over second place
from Michigan State. received
l8 f1rst-place votes and West
Virginia was considered the No.
team by Is. No other team
had more than two.
Baylor, also undefeated, and
once-tied Illinois followed Mary
land in that order, with West
Virginia jumping from eighth to
fifth after Walloping VMI. 1920.
The Mountaineers now have the
longest winning streak among
major colleges-a string of II.
Michigan States Spartans
checked their decline at sixth
place. Southern California took
over seventh on the strength of
a 1920 humping of California.
Georgia Tech dropped from
fourth to eighth, while Okla
homa held firm in the ninth spot
as UCLA moved into 10th, the
spot vacated by Navy. Michigan
ended up 10th.
All Meeting Outsiders.
To find this weeks opposition
for the first 10, except for Notre
Dame, one has to go completely
out of the ranking list. Mary
land meets South Carolina, Bay
lor takes on Texas Christian and
Illinois meets the upset-minded
Boilermakers of Purdue. West
Virginia tackles Penn State, the
only team considered to have a
chance of stopping the Noun
taineerS this year. Michigan
State plays host to Oregon State,
while Southern California's op-
ponent will be Oregon.
Georgia Tech will attempt to
get back on the victory trail with
Vanderbilt as the opposition,
while Oklahoma meets a strong
Kansas State eleven and UCLA
plays California.
The top 10 (f1rst-place votes
and team records in paren-
theses:
Points
| /. Notre Dame (82) (4-Op 1,122
2. Maryland 18D Go LOIS
3. Baylor 90 (5-0--- 748
4. Illinois (4-0-D -------- 691
5. w. Virginia l5) go 452
6. Michigan State (4-D-- 451
7. So. California (5-0-D- 405
8. Georgia Tech (4-1-D-- 376
9. Oklahoma Cd (3-1-D- 354
10. UCLA Cd (5-D D------- 235
The second 10: IL, Southern
Methodist, 119; II, Rice. SO; 13,
Duke. 88: IA. Minnesota. So: Is.