Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-02
Effect Of High Scores
Pointed Up as UCLA
lakes Lead in Poll
By the Associated Press

LIE growing lQea tnaC a IOOG-
ball team has to win big" every
Saturday to maintain a high
national ranking will come in
for a serious test this week end.
Although the educators de-
plore the thought of running up
big scores to impress the voters.
the success, of such high-scoring
teams as UCLA and Miami has
been reflected consistently in the
balloting of the sports writer's
and broadcasters participating
in the weekly Associated Press
ranking poll.
It's UCLA on top this week
the third leader in as many
weeks, as the Pacific Coast Con-
ference leader continued to pile
up the touchdowns while many
of the other ranking teams bare
ly managed to beat teams that
were rated far below them.
Led by flashy Primo Villa
neuva, UCLA rolled over Cali
fornia. 27-6, after beating STAN
ford, 1910. and Oregon. 61-0, on
the two previous Saturdays.
Those three straight displays Of
brutal power. combined with
Ohio States lat squeaker over
Northwestern. put Red Sanders
Uclans ahead by the narrow
margin of % points in the ballot
ing.
Close Games Hurt Sooners.
Ohio State had taken the lead
from Oklahoma the week before
when Bud Wilkinson's unbeaten
Sooners won by small margin.
When the same thing happened
again, Oklahoma winning by
only 1875 from stubborn Colo
RADIO, the Sooners dropped lower
in the voting, although they
managed to hold third place by
q comfortable margin over
Arkansas.
Scoring is on the bases of 10
points for each first place vote,
8 for second. etc. UCLA, corral
ing 70 of the 281 first place
votes, piled up 1881 points. Ohio
State had SO f1rsts and 1908
points, Oklahoma AZ and 1866
and Arkansas 16 and 1894.
Completing the first 10 were
Notre Dame, Miami, Army. Pur-
due. Mississippi and Southern
California.
Miami, another high-scoring
team, moved into the top 10 a
week ago after a 81 victory over
Maryland. Then it whizzed past
Fordham. 75-7. last Friday and
jumped to sixth in the rankings.
Mississippi and Southern Cali
fornia regained their places in
the top 10 with impressive VIC
tories over Louisiana State and
Oregon State, respectively.
Question Of Margin.
Virtually all of the top 1O
teams figure to win this Satur-
day, so it comes down to the
question Of whether Just winning
is enough. Army won from
Virginia, 21-20, last Saturday
and dropped two notches In the
rankings.
UCLA and Ohio State, the only
leading teams scheduled to play
at home, take on Oregon and
Pittsburgh, respectively. Oregon
has won only one major game
so far and. while Pitt has sud-
denly come to life since Athletic
Director Tom Hamilton took
over the coaching. even last
weeks victory over West Vir-
ginia doesn't qualify the Pam
theirs as an exceptionally dam
gerous opponent for Ohio State.
On down the line. it's Okla
homa at Iowa State, Arkansas
VS.. Rice at Little Rock, Notre
Dame at Pennsylvania, Miami at
Auburn, Army at Yale, Purdue
at Iowa, Mississippi at Memphis
State and Southern California
at Stanford.
Iowa, a strong 18th in the
balloting. could make things
really tough for eighth-ranked
Purdue and Rice looks strong
enough to give Arkansas a Sc
we're test. Auburn. q preseason
favorite which has been q dis
appointment in the Southeast.
might show enough speed TO
catch the speedy Miami haeks.
Another big game. accOfs ling
to the rankings. sends luke
t1Ith) against Navy (19th alter
tsee POLL. Page A-ls., i