The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 5, 2001- 5B "THEY DESERVED BETTER." - MICHIGAN COACH LLOYD CARR ON THE END OF THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME. NEW AP WEEKEND'S BEST HOW THE AP TOP 25 FARED SEVEN IS ENOUGH: In a Division 1-A record seven overtimes - break- ing the old record of four - Arkanas overcame Mississippi 58- 56. The Rebels' Eli Manning continued to impress college football fans by t throwing for six touchdowns with- out an interception. Despite Manning's performance the Arkansas ground game was too much for Mississippi. The Razorbacks rushed for 360 yards and seven touchdowns. JOEY HEISMAN?: Oregon's Joey Har- rigton continued to prove that he belongs in the Heisman race, but it may be too little to late. The Ducks' star quarterback threw for all six touchdowns in a 42-24 thrashing of Arizona State. Keenan Howry caught four of Har- rington's scoring tosses and had 126 yards on the day. Onterrio Smith had another stellar game for Oregon in taking over the starting running back position from Maurice Morris. TECH IN THE PirrTs: After losing for the first time last week, Virginia Tech followed it up with another loss, this time to Pittsburgh - one of the worst teams in the Big East. All-America wide receiver Antonio Bryant salvaged a poor season with two touchdown catches for the Panthers. Bryant has strug- gled all year working with a new quarterback, but he has finally found success with three touch- Associated Press Poll for week of October 28. Games updated through November 3. Team: Last week: NEW AP TOP 25 (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Miami (Fla.) 2. Nebraska 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida 5. Texas 6. Michigan 7. Tennessee 8. Oregon 9. UCLA 10. Stanford 11. Washington 12. Virginia Tech 13. Brigham Young 14. Florida State 15. Maryland 16. Washington State 17. South Carolina 18. Georgia 19. Syracuse 20. Purdue 21. Illinois 22. North Carolina 23. Georgia Tech 24. Texas A&M 25. Colorado beat Temple 3&O beat Kansas 44-7 beat Tulsa 58-0 beat Vanderbilt 71-13 beat Baylor 49-10 lost to Michigan State 26-24 beat Notre Dame 28-18 beat Arizona State 42-24 lost to No. 16 Wash. State lost to No. 11 Washington 42-24 beat No. 10 Stanford 42-28 lost Pittsburgh 38-7 beat Colorado State 56-34 beat Clemson 41-27 beat Troy State 47-14 beat No. 9 UCLA 20-14 beat Wofford 3&14 did not play did not play lost to No. 21 Illinois 3&13 beat No. 20 Purdue 38-13 This week: at Boston College Kansas State No. 24 Texas A&M at No. 17 South Carolina Kansas Minnesota Memphis at No. 9 UCLA No. 8 Oregon at Arizona at Oregon State at Temple at Wyoming North Carolina State Clemson at Arizona State No. 4 Florida Auburn West Virginia at Ohio State Penn State TEAM 1. Miami (Fla.) (55) 2. Nebraska (17) 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida 5. Texas 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. Washington 9. Brigham Young 10. Florida State 11. Washington State 12. Michigan 13. Maryland 14. South Carolina 15. Illinois 16. Stanford 17. UCLA 18. Syracuse 19. Georgia 20. Georgia Tech 21. Colorado 22. Michigan State 23. Virginia Tech 24. Auburn 25. Louisvillie 7-0 10-0 8-1 7-1 8-1 6-1 8-1 7-1 9-0 6-2 8-1 6-2 8-1 7-2 7-1 5-2 6-2 7-2 5-2 6-2 7-2 5-2 6-2 6-2 8-1 PTS PVS 1,781 1 1,745 2 1,623 3 1,591 4 1,517 5 1,399 7 1,343 8 1,288 11 1,147 13 1,060 14 1,050 16 922 6 892 15 748 17 739 21 731 10 693 9 588 19 556 18 501 23 389 25 287 NR 221 12 125 NR 121 NR lost to No. 23 Georgia Tech 2&21 Wake Forest beat No. 22 North Carolina 28-21 at Virginia lost to Texas Tech 12-0 beat Missouri 3&24 at No. 3Oklahoma at Iowa State Dropped Out: No. 20 Purdue, No. 22 North Carolina, No. 24 Texas A&M down in the last two games. Despite six turnovers, Illini beat Purdue, 38-13 GAME PROGRESSION First Quarter: The Spartans begin the game on their own 20 and march the ball to the Michigan 31, where a pass inter- ference penalty is called against Michigan on a fake punt. The auto- matic first down leads to Michigan State quarterback Jeff Smoker hitting wide receiver Charles Rogers for a 17-yard touchdown. Michigan State 7, Michigan 0 Michigan begins its first possession with a 25-yard pass into Michigan State territory from John Navarre to Marquise Walker. The Wolverines don't move the ball for a first down after that play and Hayden Epstein makes a school-record 57-yard field goal. Michigan State 7, Michigan 3 Second Quarter: After David Rayner misses a 51-yard field goal, the Wolverines go 67 yards in eight plays - a 14-yard touchdown pass from Navarre to Walker caps off the drive. Michigan 10, Michigan State 7 Less than five minutes after Michi- gan takes the lead, Michigan State responds with a 63-yard drive, 29 of which comes from running back T.J. Duckett, who scores from 2 yards out. Michigan State 14, Michigan 10 Michigan ends the scoring in the first half with Walker's second receiving touchdown in the game. The 38- yard score is one of two catches on the drive that totals 70 yards. Michigan 17, Michigan State 14 Third Quarter: Michigan State cornerback Duron Bryan intercepts his first of two picks on the night to set up a Rayner 27- yard field goal. The field goal was his first make after two misses (51, 44). Michigan 17, Michigan State 17 Fourth Quarter: Rayner hits his second field goal in a row, from 26-yards which gives the Spartansthe lead. The kick is set up by a 27-yard run by Duckett and a 29-yard reception by Rogers. Michigan State 20, Michigan 17 After recovering a Smoker fumble on the Michigan State 38. Michigan convertson a third-and-13 with a 20- yard touchdown pass from Navarre to backup quarterback Jermaine Gonzales. Michigan 24, Michigan State 20 Two penalties against Michigan and an eight-yard pass from Smoker to Duckett gives the Spartans the ball on the three-yard line with 17 sec- onds left. Smoker then tries to run right, but is stopped on the two. He spikes the ball with one second left to set up a fourth and two touch- down pass to Duckett with no time left. Michigan State 26, Michigan 24 WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) - Kurt Kittner hardly started the game looking like the leading passer in the Big Ten. Three interceptions, 11 yards passing in the first quarter and a halftime deficit had Illinois on the ropes. But when Purdue couldn't capitalize on the turnovers, Kittner and the Illinois defense found a way to win. Kittner threw for 304 yards, Brandon Lloyd caught six passes for 112 yards and Illinois returned two interceptions for touchdowns as the Illini beat Purdue 38-13 Saturday. This was the first time in the 79-game history of the series both teams were ranked. As a freshman in 1998, Kittner was 5-for-11 for 31 yards, two interceptions and a fumble in a 42-9 loss to the Boilermakers. In his first game against Purdue since then, he was on track for a repeat performance. Kittner said he needed to show some leader- ship when the Illini trailed. The Illini (4-1 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) handed the Boilermakers just their fourth loss at Ross- Ade Stadium since 1997 and first since losing to Wisconsin on Nov. 6, 1999. Kittner, the Big Ten's leader in passing and touchdown passes, finished 15-for-34 with four interceptions and two touchdowns. OHIO STATE 31, MINNESOTA 28: Ohio State had squandered leads of 17 and 18 points in los- ing its last two Big Ten games. The Buckeyes weren't thinking about doing it again. They were more concerned about climbing back in the conference race. Steve Bellisari had one of the best games of his career - completing 17-of-22 passes for 203 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in a 31-28 win over Minnesota Saturday night. He rushed for 66 yards and wasn't sacked. Ohio State (3-2, 5-3) moved a game back of the Wolverines and Illinois in a three-way tie for third place. Jonathan Wells ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns for the Buckeyes. He scored from one yard out with 3:01 remaining in the third quarter to put Ohio State up 21-20 - probably the biggest play of the game. The Gophers (1-4, 3-5) dropped to last place in the Big Ten and must win their last three games - at Michigan, at Iowa and Wisconsin at home - to earn their third straight bowl bid. Minnesota coach Glen Mason, who lost out to Tressel last spring for the Ohio State job, missed a chanoe to beat his alma mater for the second straight season. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, putting an apparent end to Minnesotas quarterback rotation by starting his fourth straight game, rushed eight times for 47 yards and a touchdown. He completed 11 of 21 passes for 120 yards. A two-yard touchdown run by Thomas Tapeh and a 44-yard field goal by Nystrom as time expired in the second quarter cut the lead to 14- 13. Ron Johnson had four receptions for 59 yards and passed Tutu Atwell to become Minnesota's all-time leader in receiving yards with 2,661. Minnesota wide receiver Antoine Burns had AP PHOTO Illinois Christian Morton capitalizes on a Brandon Hance interception for one of the Illini's two defensive touchdowns In their 38-13 win. promised a Gophers victory earlier in the week, prompting a healthy round of trash talk between players from both teams. Ohio State had pinned Burns' comments up in its lockerroom in Columbus. INDIANA 56, NORTHWESTERN 21: Indiana's Antwaan Randle El threw for three touchdowns and Jeremi Johnson and Levron Williams each scored three touchdowns to lead the Hoosiers past Northwestern 56-21 Saturday. Randle El became major college football's first 40-40 man with three first-quarter touch- down passes. Randle El has now thrown 40 touchdown passes and scored 40 touchdowns. He entered the game with 40 touchdowns rush- ing, 37 passing and one receiving. Randle El opened the game with a 47-yard touchdown pass to Henry Frazier on Indiana's second possession. Williams then ran six yards for one touchdown and caught a 26-yard touch- down pass, while Johnson scored on a 10-yard pass and a seven-yard run. Randle El closed out the half with a seven-yard scoring run to make it 42-0. He finished the day 13-of-23 for 246 yards; and rushed for 78 yards on 15 carries. The per- formance also moved Randle El past Iowa's Chuck Long and into second on the Big Ten Conferences career list for total offense. Randle El now has 10,399 total yards. Northwestern (2-4, 4-4) tried to rally in the second half, scoring on a Zak Kustok run and two Kustok touchdown passes - all in the third quarter. The Hoosiers (2-3, 2-5), though, got a one- yard run from Johnson and a 17-yard run from Williams to seal the outcome. Williams finished with 130 yards on 26 car- ries, while Johnson added 94 yards on 15 car- ries. Indiana rushed for 316 yards. Kustok was 26-of-44 for 254 yards and two interceptions. Running back Damien Anderson managed 51 yards on 13 carries but sat out much of the second half with a separated left shoulder. WISCoNSIN 34, IowA 28: Wisconsin found a way to help its beleaguered defense: Keep it off the field. The Badgers did it by using their two 1,000- yard performers, wide receiver Lee Evans and tailback Anthony Davis, who led Wisconsin to a 34-28 victory over Iowa on Saturday. Evans caught seven passes for 175 yards and moved within 72 yards of the Big Ten's single season receiving record of 1,435 set by Ohio State's David Boston in 1998. And Davis rushed 36 times for 132 yards as the Badgers (3-3, 5-5) kept alive their bowl hopes. They have to beat Michigan and Min- nesota to earn a sixth straight bowl berth. Brooks Bollinger returned from hip and groin injuries that had kept him out of the last two games and completed 14-of-21 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a score. The Hawkeyes (2-4, 4-4) still had a shot at winning -when Badgers kicker Mark Neuser pushed a 27-yard field goal attempt wide right with 2:37 left. But Brad Banks threw three straight incom- pletions from his 22 and the Badgers took over with 1:43 left. They used all but eight seconds off the clock before turning it over on downs at the Hawkeyes' 24. With 6-foot-6 freshman receiver Darrin Charles playing deep defense, Banks threw pnother incompletion and then was intercepted by Nick Greisen to end the game. The Badgers took a 27-14 halftime lead but Ladell Betts - 15 carries for 121 yards - car- ried on every play of a four-play, 68-yard drive that pulled the Hawkeyes to 27-21. He capped the drive with a 38-yard run. Evans set up the Badgers' response with a 42- yard catch at the Hawkeyes' two-yard line and Dayis carried it in from there for a 34-21 lead before Banks' one-yard run capped the scoring with 1:41 left in the third quarter. AP PHOTO Minnesota's Tellis Redmon WHO'S NEXT: MINNESOTA The Gophers come into Ann Arbor in the midst of a disappointing season. At 1-4 in the Big Ten, Minnesota's hopes have already been dashed. Minnesota's lone Big Ten win came against Michigan State, which beat Michi- gan this weekend. But in Saturday's game against Ohio State, coach Glen Mason lost to his alma mater as the Buckeyes prevailed 31-28. Minnesota really has just two players- wide receiver Ron Johnson and tailback Tellis Redmon. But who knows what can happen. Michigan State beat Michigan with just two people - T.J. Duckett and the clock operator. BIG TEN STANDINGS Phillips takes down week again It's like clock-work - when- ever most of the Staff Picks are wrong, it's a pretty safe bet that Phillips is going Ito come out on top. Which is to take nothing away from his 9- 6 week. But when there's only one person above .500, it's usually going to be PhillIips. It was hard to be too disap- pointed when Indiana smoked Northwestern. Sure, we'd all picked the Wildcats, but who doesn't like watching them abl tcto 9at STAFFPICKS WEEK 9 SELECTIONS ALL PICKS MADE AGAINST THE SPREAD. Raphael Arun Jeff Jon HOME TEAMS IN CAPS. Goodstein Gopal Phillips Schwartz Ohio State (-2) at MINNESOTA Ohio State Minnesota Ohio State Ohio State ..:.:....s.ernr(3)at NDANANr thesernN. t weter.Nrth...rnN.thwstrn PURDUE (-3) vs. Illinois Illinois Purdue Illinois Purdue loa(2 t W CNSNlow aWisconsin icni Wsosn PENN STATE (-2) vs. Southern Mississippi Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State Tnss (-8)Pt OTRE QAM E -KTennessee Tenenn essnesse Notre Dame Team Illinois Michigan MichiganState Purdue Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Iowa Northwestern Minnesota Big Ten 4 1 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 -2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 1 4 Overall 7 1 62 5 2 5 2 5 3 5 5 3 4 2 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS MICHIGAN STATE 26, Michigan 24 PENN STATE 38, Southern Mississippi 20 INDIANA 56, Northwestern 21 Illinois 38, PURDUE 13 WIScoNSIN 34, Iowa 28 Ohio State 31, MINNESOTA 28 :