2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 24, 1994 Here are the new top 25 teams in college football. First-place votes are in parentheses. Drop off your picks at the Mi second floor of the StudentF by noon Friday. The most ac( $15 gift certificate to O'Suli restricted to five entries per ;ports desk on the uilding at 420 Maynard sticator will receive a K Pub. Contestants are Team 1. Penn State (19) 2. Colorado (16) 3. Nebraska (24) 4. Auburn (3) 5. Florida 6. Miami 7. Texas A&M 8. Alabama 9. Florida State 10. Michigan 11. Arizona 12. Utah 13. Virginia Tech 14. Syracuse 15. Washington 16. Duke 17. Colorado State 18. Virginia 19. Texas 20. Brigham Young 21. Ohio State 22. Washington State 23. Kansas State 24. North Carolina 25. USC Record 6-0-0 7-0-0 8-0-0 7-0-0 5-1-0 5-1-0 7-0-0 8-0-0 5-1-0 5-2-0 6-1-0 7-0-0 7-1-0 6-1-0 5-2-0 7-0-0 7-1-0 6-1-0 5-2-0 6-1-0 6-2-0 4-2-0 4-1-0 5-2-0 5-2-0 How they fared idle beat No. 19 Kan. St., 35-21 beat Missouri, 42-7 idle idle beat West Virginia, 38-6 beat Rice, 7-0 beat Mississippi, 21-10 beat Clemson, 17-0 beat Illinois, 19-14 beat UCLA, 34-24 beat No. 12 Colo. St., 45-31 beat Pittsburgh, 45-7 beat Temple, 49-42 lost to Oregon, 31-20 beat Wake Forest, 51-26 lost to No. 18 Utah, 45-31 beat No. 15 UNC, 34-10 beat SMU, 42-20 beat UTEP, 34-28 beat Purdue, 48-14 beat Arizona State, 28-21 lost to No. 2 Colorado, 35-21 lost to No. 25 Virginia, 34-10 beat California, 61-0 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Wisconsin at Michigan Ohio State at Penn State Colorado at Nebraska Arkansas at Auburn Georgia at Florida SMU at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Miami Oregon State at Washington Duke at Florida State Arizona at Oregon Texas at Texas Tech North Carolina State at North Carolina Arizona State at Brigham Young Boston College at Army Washington State at California Indiana at Michigan State Illinois at Northwestern Iowa at Purdue Eastern Michigan at Ball State Kent at Toledo Tiebreaker - Wisconsin at Michigan Total Points: Name: Phone: I Men's cross-country reserves shine at Eastern th'i t f e e o ,,seek By CHAIM HYMAN For the Daily It might be said that this one didn't count. It might be said that this one wasn't important. It might even be said that this one didn't matter at all. But to those on the Michigan men's cross country team who participated in the Eastern Michigan Open on Friday, this meet was a chance to gain a little per- sonal glory. Many would consider the Eastern Michigan Open to be a rather minor meet since anyone, regardless of team affiliation, was allowed to run. Head coach Ron Warhurst agreed with these sentiments, since he didn't allow his top seven runners to compete, prefer- ring that they rest up for the Big Ten Championships to be held later this week. However, this 8,000 meter event was a good chance for less-talked- about Wolverines to shine, and per- haps better their chances of gaining a place among the nine Michigan men who will compete in the Big Tens. Warhurst will consider the results of this race before announcing his final decision on who will make up the nine-man Wolverine team at the Big Ten on Saturday. "I'm pretty sure on who the team will be already, but this race could have an impact on my final decision," Warhurst said. "I just want to make sure." Warhurst ran his second seven men, and he strongly encouraged the team's redshirts to participate on their own. Sophomore Nick Watson, who ran for the team, believed this meet was as important as any other. "This race definitely gave those of us who ran a lot of much-needed expe- rience," Watson said. Jeff Bueche, also running for the Wolverines, doesn't feel that the ab- sence of top runners like team captain Ian Forsyth and All-Americans Kevin Sullivan and Scott MacDonald had a negative impact on this race. "Since this was an unscored meet, we got a shot to prove that our team is much deeper than the top seven," Bueche said. "This was a competitive race and we ran pretty well, so I'm happy with how things turned out." WHO: Jason Botterill TEAM: Ice Hockey HOMETOWN: Winnipeg, Manitoba YEAR: Sophomore EuGIBILTY: Sophomore WHY: Last Saturday at Yost Ice Arena, Botterill scored a power-play goal with one second remaining in the third period to give Michigan a 5-4 win over Colorado College. The goal was his third point of the evening and gave the Wolverines a split of the two-game set. BACKGROUND: At St. Paul's Prep in Concord, NH, he tallied 48 points in 22 games before moving on to Michigan. This past summer, Botterill was a first-round choice of the Dallas Stars in the NHL Draft. . * Women runners relax By DAN McKENZIE Daily Sports writer The Michigan women's cross country team may have received a glimpse of their future Saturday at the Eastern Michigan University Classic. The event's relaxed atmo- sphere gave coach Mike McGuire a chance to run some team mem- bers who haven't had a chance to run yet this year. No score was kept and the outcome of the meet did not have an effect on the na- tional rankings of the teams in- volved. The open format of the meet al- lowed McGuire to run his freshmen without losing their redshirt status. Rather than representing Michigan in the meet, the runners were considered to be running "unattached." "This meet provided us with a good opportunity to run a lot ofouryounger kids," McGuire said. Freshman Michelle Slater, running in her first cross-country meet ever, placed first for the Wolverines, coming in second overall with a time of 18:46. Other Wolverines following Slater were juniors Heather Grigg (18:52) and Michelle Spannagel (19:10), freshman Tiffin Goodman (18:56), redshirt sophomore Tanya Manson (19:08), and redshirt junior Mayrie Richards (19:13). The event was only Richards' sec- ond, after being away from the sport fora year and a half due to an Achilles tendon injury. "She's pretty talented," McGuire said. "She's been fortunate enough to remain healthy this fall and hopefully, next year she can be even stronger than she was two years ago. She is showing a lot of progress in her training." Richards is not the only Wol- verine attempting to overcome an injury. Junior All-Big Ten runner Kelly Chard has been hampered by injuries and junior All-America Courtney Babcock has yet to run in a meet this year due to a knee injury. "The ability to face adversity is aEastern the sign of a good team," McGuire pointed out. In addition, some runners were still feeling the effects of the Wolver- ine Interregional which had been run last week. "That course is very challenging," McGuire said. "I think that because of it, (the runners) weren't as sharp. But I think overall, they ran a solid race." Michigan team members who did not compete in the Classic took advantage of the time off to rest for the Big Ten Champion- ships, which begin on Saturday at the University of Iowa. Manson and Grigg will serve as alternates in that race. "I think that both runners are ready to step in if they're needed," McGuire said. The Wolverines' strong perfor- mance in the Classic added to the good feelings that team members share right now, thanks in part to a No. 6 national ranking. . "I'm real happy with how everyone is racing," McGuire said. Lions make big plays, defeat 9 Trivia Answer Gary Moeller's career record in Michigan-Illinois games is 2-4-1. He's 2-1-1 while at Michigan, and while head coach at Illinois, he went 0-3 against the Wolverines. Daily SPORTS. Steal the rhythm while you can. ChCaxo PONTIAC (AP) - The Detroit Lions, criticized for their inability to make big plays, made several of them Sunday. Mel Gray returned a kickoff 102, yards for a touchdown, Barry Sanders rushed for 167 yards and Detroit's defense forced four turnovers as the Lions ended a three-game losing streak by beating Chicago, 21-16. Despite the turnovers, Chicago had a chance to win in the final minute. But Erik Kramer's pass to Nate Lewis on a fourth-and-5 from the Detroit 20 was broken up at the, ~ 10 by Robert Massey with 41 seconds left. The Bears, last in the NFL against the rush, surrendered 183 yards rushing as their three-game winning streak ended. GET CUT FROM) THE PROS. 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