Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-19
ole Miss use Out Front
In Race for No. | Honors
By the Associated Press

Southern California and Mis-
sissippi settled down today for
the race for the national COL
lege foot ball championship,
while bewildered Alabama, the
defending champion, picked up
the pieces of its shattered 90
game urfdefeated streak amid
a bowl picture beginning to
come into focus.
Southern Cal and Ole Miss
are the only undefeated-untied
powers, following Alabama's 7-6
defeat by Georgia Tech Sat-
urday. Besides having gone I'M
defeated-they were tied once
- in 26 games, the Crimson
Tide had run up a 19-game
winning streak over three years.
The Trojans, with one foot
in the Rose Bowl door, whipped
Navy, 1876, while Mississippi,
which appears to be heading
for the Sugar Bowl, turned back
Tennessee, 1876.
Southern Cal still has two
TOUCHES ahead-UCLA in the
Coliseum Saturday and Notre
Dame December /. A victory
by the Trojans and they are
in. If they hope to win the
national title, though, they'll
have to get by both UCLA-
which beat them last year
and Notre Dame.
Certain to Tumble
Ole Miss has an open date
this week, and then meets Mis-
siSsippi State in its finale. This
should prove no problem, since
State had dropped five of its
eight games.
Alabama was No. l in the cur
rent Associated Press weekly
poll, but is certain to tumble.
Southern Cal is No. 2 and Mis-
sissippi No. 3.
Meanwhile, Wisconsin, No. 4,
can make reservations for its
trip to the Rose Bowl. The
Badgers whipped Illinois Sat-
'urday, 35-6, to nail down the |
bowl bid, if not the Big Ten
championship.
To win the title the Badgers !
must get past Minnesota - a
team that has kept the enemy q
from scoring a touchdown in c
six of its eight games-Satur- :
day. Even it Minnesota wins, Il
the Gophers can't make the Il
trip, since they've played in 5
Pasadena the last two years. L
Minnesota edged Purdue, TO, T
Saturday.
Wisconsin ShOO-in 8
OF all the potential bowl t.
teams, Wisconsin, which leads l
the Nation in scoring, is the \
only major bowl certainty. S
Here is how they could wind
up:
Rose Bowl - Southern Cali
fornia go VS.. Wisconsin i
CID. 4
Sugar Bowl Mississippi g. {
o. VS.. Arkansas cd or Georgia {
Tech Cpd.
Cotton Bowl - Texas T-0-D Y
VS.. Louisiana State (7-1-D. l
Orange Bowl Oklahoma c. c
p VS.. Alabama Old. r
Gator BOwl-Florida (6-3) VS..
Penn State Old. d
Miami of Ohio and Houston {
already have been officially 2
tapped for the Tangerine Bowl l
at Orlando, Fla. +
: Arkansas, which probably will f
wind up as the runnerup to V
Texas in the Southwest Con- g
ference, is the logical team to {
oppose Mississippi. However, '
Sugar Bowl officials limited yes i
terday that Georgia Tech \
stands an outside chance of s
getting a bid if the Engineers v
beat Georgia in their finale
December l.
Texas needs only a tie with
Texas AIM Thursday to wrap
up the conference crown. LSU
looked good polishing off Mis-
sissippi State, $50, Saturday.
SOOners Face Nebraska
Oklahoma, which hasn't al
lowed a touchdown in its last
four games, got over a major
hurdle in Missouri Saturday,
1870. Bud Wilkinson's Sooners
can sew up the Big Eight til
tie against Nebraska this week.
Alabama was ripe for an Orange
Bowl invitation until it lost to '
Georgia Tech. But the Grim ]
son Tide probably will get it.
A single one-point defeat does
not make the season a wash
out. ,,
Florida has won five of its /,