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row for returns from, Of al
places. the Cotton Bowl. wherl
powerful Oklahoma. with 2,
straight victories, meets old riva
Texas in an annual scrap. II tn
lSooners can get past Texas. a
They're favored to, then tn
Orange Bowl can look forwar.
with good reason to q battle o
titans on New Years Day
Ioklahoma VS.. Maryland.
Duke Has Soft Touch
After tomorrow, oklahomi
plays only Big Seven teams
which haven't beaten their per,
Iennial conference champion II
mine years. and Oklahoma AIM
Maryland. the Nations top.
ranked team, is over the toughest
part Of its schedule and starts
mopping up operations tomor.
row against Wake Forest. which
was whomped by West Virginia
46-0. last week and can expect
similar treatment.
Oklahoma, No. 8 nationally
may be in trouble If Quarterback
Jimmy Harris can't 60 at tor
speed. Practice observers yes.
terday said he seemed to be
fayoring his sore hand while
handling the ball on offensive
maneuvers.
Duke. Maryland's chief rival
for the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence nomination for the Orange
Bowl. has an easy game against
William & Mary this week, but
the Blue Devils have their work
cut out later against Ohio State
Georgia Tech, Pitt. and Navy.
Georgia Techs battle with
Louisiana State and Auburn's
clash with Kentucky highligh,
q busy Southeastern Conference
schedule. Tech, ranked fourth
nationally after three straight
victories. may be catching q tar.
tar in LSU. whipped twice In sue
cession by Texas AdsM and Rice
Auburn can't afford to looi
ahead to next weeks showdown
battle with Tech. Other SEC
games on tap are Tulane al
Mississippi State and Mississippi
at Vanderbilt.
UCLA Plays Oregon State
uCLA and Southern California
once again headed for q late
November battle to settle Pacific
Coast Conference honors, are
expected to wrap up their second
conference victories Of the year
UCLA's Bruins figure to have
too much power for an Oregon
State team that upended Stan.
ford tconqueror Of mighty Ohio
State) and has since been point.
ing for UCLA. Southern Cal
No. 10. goes to Seattle to play
Washington, which has two con.
ference victories and an impres.
|siye shellacking Of Minnesota OF
its record.
Texas Christian, which look
like the best team in the South,
west at this stage, protects 1t
No. 8 national ranking agains
Alabama, while Arkansas, thl
defending Southwest Conferenc,
champion. meets Baylor.
Wisconsin. shaping up as thl
main threat to Michigan in tn,
Big Ten after an impressive vic.
tory over Iowa. goes against
Purdue. Wisconsin. ranked ninth
in the country. does not play
Michigan. Ohio State, defend.
ing Big Ten champion. viii try
to showsthat the Stanford defeat
was only an accident by whip
ping Illinois In q conference
clash. Indiana and Iowa, who
don't figure In Big Ten title con.
|tention. meet at Iowa City
Minnesota is at Northwestern ir
another Big Ten second division
contest.
Michigan State Meets Stanford
Michigan State, meantime, viii,
See II Stanford can win two
weeks in q row against q Bis
Ten team.
Pitt and Navy meet at Balti-
more In q clash Of the East's tor
independent teams, while the Ivy
League has a full slate topped b.
the meeting between Cornell anc
Harvard, two preseason favor.
ties. Dartmouth is at Brown
Princeton at Penn and Columbis
lat Yale.
Other top games include:
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