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Boise State loses ground to Buckeyes and 'Bama in poll
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The combination of impressive victories by Alabama and Ohio State and a stunning loss by Virginia Tech led to Boise State losing all but one of its first-place votes in the AP Top 25.
The Broncos were still No. 3, behind the top-ranked Tide and No. 2 Buckeyes in the poll released Sunday, but the gap has widened.
Alabama received 52 first-place votes and 1,466 points. Ohio State had five first-place votes and 1,410 points and Boise State received one and 1,306.
TCU remained fourth and Oregon jumped two spots to No. 5 after winning 48-13 at Tennessee.
Michigan moved into the rankings for the first time this season at No. 20 after its dramatic 28-24 victory at Notre Dame.
After Boise State beat Virginia Tech last Monday night in Landover, Md., the Broncos received eight first-place votes from the media panel and were only 13 points behind No. 2 Ohio State.
Some of the luster came off the Broncos' big nonconference victory when Virginia Tech was upset Saturday by James Madison, which plays in Division 1S second tier.
Add to that the Buckeyes' 36-24 victory against Miami in Columbus, Ohio, and the Crimson Tide's 24-3 win against Penn State in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the top of the poll looks more like it did at the start of the season.
Pete DiPrimio of The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in Indiana was the lone voter to keep Boise State No.1 this week.
"I still think Virginia Tech is a good team and will make a bowl," DiPrimio said in an e-mail Sunday. "Alabama and Ohio State haven't been tested on the road like that."
In the USA Today coaches' poll, the top five was Alabama, Ohio State, Boise State, Texas and TCU.
Texas dropped a spot to No. 6 in
The Associated Press poll and received one first-place vote. Oklahoma moved up three spots to No. 7 after beating Florida State, 47-17.
AP TOP 25
Nebraska, Iowa and Florida rounded out the first 10.
No. 11 Wisconsin was followed by Arkansas, South Carolina, Utah and LSU.
Another Southeastern Conference team, Auburn, was No. 16, giving the SEC six ranked teams, more than any other league.
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Boise State
No. 17 Miami slipped five spots and No. 18 Southern California dropped two after beating Virginia 17-14. Stanford moved up six spots to No. 19 after shutting out UCLA 35-0 on the Rose Bowl.
4. TCU
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Oklahoma
8. Nebraska
Michigan was followed by West Virginia, Penn State, which slipped four spots, and three teams that were unranked last week — No. 23 Houston, No. 24 Arizona and No. 25 Oregon State.
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10. Florida
11. Wisconsin
While Miami and Penn State remained in the rankings after losing their marquee games Saturday, Florida State dropped all the way out.
12. Arkansas
13. South Carolina
15. LSU
14. Utah
The Seminoles were one of three Atlantic Coast Conference teams to fall out of the poll this week, joining Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. The Hokies were unranked for the first time since Nov. 30, 2008, after becoming the second ranked FBS team to lose to an FCS team in the history of the AP poll.
16. Auburn
17. Miami (FI)
The first was Michigan, which was No. 5 when it lost to Appalachian State to start the 2007 season. The victory caused The Associated Press to change its policy and allow voters to vote for teams in what used to be called I-AA.
18. USC
James Madison received 11 points in this week's poll, landing on the ballots of two voters — Ray Ratto of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in California and Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury New.
19. Stanford
20. Michigan
Georgia also fell out of the rankings.
21. West Virginia
22. Penn State
23. Houston
24. Arizona
25. Oregon State
Michigan is ranked for the first time since last September. The Wolverines were ranked for three weeks during the first month of the 2009 season, before crashing in the second half.
Golf team finishes sixth
MEN'S GOLF
Team rallies on second day after rain-shortened first
BY ETHAN PADWAY epadway@kansan.com
Inclement weather ended play earlier than expected for the men's golf team at the Fairway Club Invitational in Nebraska City, Neb. on Monday. The event was cut down from three rounds to two, with the second round played on Tuesday.
It seemed that a new day gave the Jayhawks a new start when they improved their team score by five strokes from the first round to the second for a sixth-place finish.
"I really thought we had a chance to compete and (on Monday) we came out flat and it seemed like everyone put up a big number on a hole," said Coach Kit Grove. "We are just putting up too many big numbers right now."
Junior Doug Quinones shot even par to open up the tournament, then followed it up by shooting two under in his second round to finish in a two-way tie for second place.
"Doug (Quinones) showed a heck of a lot of heart," said Coach Grove. "He shot seven birdies the
first round and six the second. He almost had a chance to win his second D-1 event, you can't ask for much more than that."
Sophomore Chris Gilbert and Senior Nate Barbee both turned in five over par results to tie them at 22nd place on the leader board.
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put him in a tie for thirteenth place. Senior Jeff Bell placed 45th also competing as an individual.
Freshman David Catt finished at ten over par for the tournament after posting 77 in consecutive rounds. He ended up in a tie for 49th place. Sophomore Dan Waite finished one stroke behind Catt to put him in a tie for 54th place.
UMKC won the event shooting 576. Missouri State came in second three strokes behind, and Nebraska came in third at six strokes back. Mike Coatman of
freshman Bryce Brown, competing individually, finished at two over for the tournament to
KIT GROVE Assistant coach
Nebraska shot a four under 68 in the second round to place first at three under for the tournament.
Next week the layhawks will compete at home in the
Kansas Invitational on September 20th and 21st.
"Assistant Coach John Handrigan and I will put our heads together but it would not surprise me if the lineup changes by next Monday," said Coach Grove. "We are getting production from our top guys but we just need a little more help from the four and five spots."
Edited by Kelsey Nill
MLB
Nationals beat Braves in Atlanta
batter. Only one runner reached second.
ATLANTA — Livan Hernandez homered and limited Atlanta to five hits in eight innings Tuesday night to help the Washington Nationals to a 6-0 win over the Braves, ending a six-game losing streak.
The Braves were one game behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East entering the game and 11-2 games ahead of San Francisco in the wild card race.
Hernandez (10-11) walked two, struck out six and hit a
The 35-year-old right-hander varied his pitches from a 61 mph curve in the second inning to Derrek Lee to nothing faster than an 85 mph fastball. He threw 118 pitches, 75 for strikes.
Sean Burnett pitched a hitless ninth for the Nationals.
Adam Dunn hit his 35th home run, a mammoth 455-foot shot over the center field fence after Ryan Zimmerman singled in the second and Hernandez added a run-scoring double in the inning off Jair Jurrens (7-6).
Hernandez, hitting .115 entering the game, hit his solo home run in the fourth off Jurrjens. It was the 10th homer of his career.
Jurgens allowed nine hits, four runs, walked one and struck out three in five innings.
The Nationals added a run in the seventh when right fielder Jason Heyward dropped a fly by Dunn for a two-base error. Roger Bernadina drove in the run with a sacrifice fly.
Washington got its final run on a solo home run by lan Desmond, his 10th, in the ninth off Scott Proctor.
Associated Press
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