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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, November 13, 1998
Championship race gathering steam
K-State,UCLA Tennessee compete for the title game
By Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press
With winter closing in, it's time to turn up the heat on the college football season.
The chase for the national championship reaches its first crucial stage Saturday, with the top three teams — Tennessee, Kansas State and UCLA — facing top-notch talent.
The Volunteers (8-0), No. 1 for the first time in 42 years, play to surprising No. 10 Arkansas (8-0). It'll be the first time two undefeated SEC teams have met this late in the season since Nov. 27, 1971, when Alabama beat Auburn 31-7.
Kansas State (9-0) plays perhaps the biggest game in school history when No. 11 Nebraska (8-2) brings its 29-game winning streak against the Wildcats to Manhattan.
And then there's No. 3 UCLA (8-0).
which visits Washington (54), a dangerous team at home led by quarterback Brock Huard. The past two weeks, the Bruins narrowly
escaped against Stanford and Oregon State, teams with losing records.
A someone feeling stressed out?
"Pressure?" asks Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, whose defending national champions are polled for a Rose Bowl return with wins against No. 8 Wisconsin on yesterday and Ohio State on Nov. 21. "You can look
at it as a burden or an opportunity. If you prepare the best you can, you have a good chance to handle it, and if you're not, you won't be able to."
Tennessee has handled things quite nicely after the departure of state hero Pevton Manning.
so far, they've been perfect, including an overtime thriller against Florida and Tee Martin's near-perfect passing against South Carolina a few weeks ago. Not even the loss of star running back Jamal Lewis last month has slowed them down. The defense is doing its job, too, allowing just 14.3 points per game.
The Wildcats, meanwhile, are well aware of what it would mean to beat
t. h. e.
Huskers. All season,
K-State has been criticized for its
w e a k schedule.
Now, the
Wildcats have a chance to make their title statement.
"We'll have our hands full," K-State coach Bill Snyer said.
So will Nebraska, a rare double-digit underdog. With Bobby Newcombe still injured, Eric Crouch starts at quarterback as the 'Huskers get to play national title spoilers.
K-State is led by the versatile Michael Bishop. His only loss in two seasons at K-State was to Nebraska, 56-26 in '97, and Snyder said that gives his quarterback even more incentive.
"It's become an extremely important game for him, but that's only one of the reasons." Snyder said.
Asked if the game is the most important in school history, Snyder said: "I don't know if that's necessarily the case but it is certainly important and vital to us. We understand
the importance of the game."
Should two of the top three fall, No. 4 Florida and No. 5 Florida State are set to jump into the national title fray. Both are big favorites to win Saturday and set
up yet another Florida-Florida State showdown on Nov. 21, with the winner possibly moving into title contention.
The picks:
No.10 Arkansas at No.1 Ten
nessee
Vols quarterback Tee Martin getting better and better; bring on Couch and Kentucky... TENNESSEE, 30-17.
No.11 Nebraska at No.2 Kansas
State
No. 3 UCLA at Washington Can Bruins survive another close call? WASHINGTON, 35-34.
Wildcats planning to end a 29-game losing streak against "Huskers? ... NEBRASKA, 24-21.
South Carolina at No. 4 Florida Gators look like title contenders under quarterback Doug Johnson... FLORIDA, 19-10.
No. 5 Florida State at Wake Forest Seminoles wrap up their seventhstraight ACC crown without quarterback Chris Weinke ... FLORIDA STATE. 45-10.
No. 13 Missouri at No. 6 Texas
Aggles looking for 10th straight win,
but Missouri quarterback Corby
Jones is healthy again ... MISSOURI.
27:24.
No. 7 Ohio State at Iowa
Buckeyes take out frustrations on Hayden Fry's Hawkeyes ... OHIO
STATE, 42-14.
No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 15 Michigan
No. 9 Arizona at California
Arizona won in double overtime in
'97; California in four overtimes in
'96... ARIZONA, 41-21.
Wolverines are 8-0 under Lloyd Carr
vs. Top 10 teams. ... MICHIGAN, 24-20.
No. 12 Notre Dame at Navy
Irish won 34 in a row against
Midshipmen ... NOTRE DAME, 31-17.
No. 14 Tulane at Army Green Wave's Shaun King makes the difference...TULANE,35-21.
No. 17 Georgia at Auburn
'Dawgs out to avenge only home loss of '87... GEORGIA, 34-24.
No. 16 Virginia Tech at Syracuse Hokles hkes of trouble as Orangemen look to bounce back, ... SYRACUSE. 31-24.
No. 18 Texas at Texas Tech Longhorns need a win to stay alive in Big 12 race...TEXAS, 27-24.
Northwestern at No. 19 Penn
Lions are 5-0 under Joe Paterno. ... PENN STATE. 35-14.
Arizona State at No. 20 Oregon Shootout looms between Sun Devils' Ryan Kealy and Ducks' Akili
North Carolina at No. 21 Virginia
Tar Heels' last win in Charlottesville was 1981. VIRGINIA, 37-21.
No. 22 Georgia Tech at Clemson (Thursday night)
ACC title hopes still alive for Yellow Jackets. GEORGIA TECH 31-17.
No.23 Air Force at No.25 Wyoming
Falcons' versatile quarterback Blane Morgan too much for Cowboys. AIR FORCE 27-24
No. 24 Miami at Temple Hurricanes' quarterback Scott Covington could have a big day. ... MIAMI, 41-13.
'Cats claw their way out of losses cellar
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So just who is the major college football program with the most losses of all time?
It's not Kansas State anymore, according to NCAA records of all college teams.
The Wildcats bore the label of the most losing program in major college history for many dreary decades until Bill Snyder arrived in 1989 and began to engineer what many are calling the greatest turnaround of a football program in major college history.
Now, using won-loss percentage and total losses as the two measuring sticks, Kansas State appears to have escaped the all-time loser title and been replaced by Northwestern and Wake Forest.
On the last day of the 1996 regular season when Kansas
State beat Iowa State, the Wildcats won the spot of the most losses ahead of Wake Forest in percentage. Going into this season, Kansas State's winning percentage was .405, a shade behind Kent State's .406. Wake Forest's .397 was at the bottom.
Then three weeks ago, with no fanfare, Northwestern replaced Kansas State as holder of the most losses.
Kansas State, unbeaten going into its showdown tomorrow with Nebraska, still has 546 losses. But the Wildcats of Northwestern still are ahead of the Wildcats of Kansas State in winning percentage at .428 going into the year.
Going into this season,
Kansas State had lost 546
games and Northwestern 541.
Others in the neighborhood
were Wake Forest with 520
and Rutgers with 515.
AP TOP 25 FB SCHEDULE
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Arkansas, 2:30 p.m.
No. 2 Kansas State vs. No. 11 Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.
No. 3 UCLA at Washington, 2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Florida vs. South Carolina, 11:30 a.m.
No. 5 Florida State at Wake Forest, 4 p.m.
No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Missouri, 11:30 a.m.
No. 7 Ohio State at Iowa, 2:30 p.m.
No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 15 Michigan, 11 a.m.
No. 9 Arizona at California, 5:30 p.m.
No. 12 Notre Dame at Navy, 2:30 p.m.
No. 14 Tulane at Army, 2:30 p.m.
No. 16 Virginia Tech at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
No. 17 Georgia at Auburn, 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 Texas at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
No. 19 Penn State vs. Northwestern, 11 a.m.
No. 20 Oregon vs. Arizona State, 3 p.m.
No. 21 Virginia vs. North Carolina, 2:30 p.m.
No. 23 Air Force at No. 25 Wyoming, 1 p.m.
No. 24 Miami at Temple, 3 p.m.
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