Evening star., 1960-11-12
College Titles
Being il Decided \:
On Grid Today
~ the Assoeiated Press :


haps a share in four others are
at stake today as the 1860 col
lege football season nears Its
final stages.
Beside the glory of being q
conference champion or CO.
champion. them that has" also
stand to get all that goes with
a post-season bowl invitation
Minnesota, the Nations No
team in the latest Associated
Press poll, probably has more
of everything than anyone ever
imagined and could use it to
clinch at least a tie for its first
Big Ten title in two decades. A
victory over Purdue (2-4-1)
would give the reSurgent Co
pliers (7-O a share of the title.
This, coupled with a win over
Wisconsin next week, would
mean the title and the posi-
bility Of a Rose Bowl bid.
The other half of that Rose
Bowl duo should be Washington
mo. s.. The Huskies CID can
wrap UP their second straight
Big Five title by beating Cali
fornia (1-6-D.
Missouri Nears Title
Second ranked Missouri
(8-0 is almost assured Of re-
turning to the Orange Bowl,
but is eyeing the Big Eight
title even more. The Tigers,
playing defending champion
Oklahoma (2-4-D, can gain at
least a tie for the title with a
victory If second-place Kansas
loses to Colorado. Should both
be victorious, then the title is
decided when they meet next
Saturday. Missouri hasn't
beaten Oklahoma, however,
since 1945.
Also eyeing that Big Ten
race is third-ranked Ohio State
and f1fth-ranked Iowa, both 6-1.
They meet in a game that will
be nationally televised (2:30
pm. ABC- TV). The victor
would snatch the title or a
share of it If Minnesota falters
in its remaining games.
Mississippi CNo. ~ finds itself
in a dogflght to hang onto the
lead in the Southeastern Con-
ference. Ole Miss is 7-0-l over
all and 3-0-1 in the conference.
But one misstep means disas-
ter. with 10th-ranked Auburn
and Florida tied for second with
Al records.
Mississippi meets Tennessee
(5-1-D, while Auburn takes on
Georgia (5-3). the defending
champion. Florida plays Tu-
lane. Ole Miss and Auburn each
have conference game remain
ing. but Florida winds up con-
ference play, today .t
Duke in Good Spot
Duke, upset winner over pre-
viously unbeaten Navy a week
ago, can gain a tie for the
Atlantic Coast Conference title
by beating Wake Forest (2-5).
The Seventh-ranked Blue Dev-
lis GID play North Carolina
State for the championship next
week. N. c. State is playing
Arizona State today.
Arkansas CNo. 81 also finds
itself embroiled in a furious
Southwest Conference race.
One slip and the Razorbacks
are just about dead. They face
winless Southern Methodist
(0-6-D. Arkansas is Al in the
conference, while second-place
Rice is 81. Rice meets Texas
A&M dab.
Navy, ranked eighth. seeks to
extend the Nations longest los
ing string. Virginia's "a in a
row since 1857, when the two
meet at Annapolis. 1t is the
Middies' last game before their
traditional battle with Army,
which also is idle after today's
game agains Pitt.
Things are humming in the
Ivy League where Yale, TO
overall, and matching Prince
toms SO league mark. play the
Tigers for what will undoubted-
ly be the title. Both are favored
in windup games next week.
Virginia Military. 80 in the
Southern Conference. plays The
Citadel, Al in second place.
VMI may have to wait until it
meets Virginia Tech next week
to clinch matters.
New Mexico State (7-O West
Texas State in a Border Con-
ference game. while Utah State
(8-0) is out of the Skyline Con-
ference against College of the
Pacific.
The Associated Press No. /
small college team, Ohio Uni
versity, plays Bowling Green,
ranked fifth. for first place in
the Mid-America Conference.
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