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HOW THE AP TOP 25 FARED

Au-BURNED: Southern Cal. might be
without last year's Heisman win-
ner, Carson Palmer, for the first
time Saturday, but you might not
have known the difference.
The Trojans crushed Auburn 23-0,
the Tigers' first shutout loss at
Jordan-Hare Stadium since 1998.
Auburn's darkhorse national
championship hype is being sec-
ond guessed after posting a
measely 43 yards rushing on the
36 attempts. The Trojans also
recorded six sacks and created
three turnovers.

NEW AP
TOP 25

BACK IN BLACK: Nebraska's daunt-
ing blackshirt defense isn't ready
to fold up after last year's disap-
pointing 7-7 season. The Huskers
pulled out a vital win over No. 24
Oklahoma State at home on Satur-
day.
The Husker defense forced five
turnovers and held the Cowboys to
just 183 total yards on offense, en
route to a 17-7 victory.
LITTLE BROTHER is WATCHING: Despite
his starting job, Virginia Tech
quarterback Bryan Randall isn't
even the most visible athlete on
his team. But even in the shadow
of Marcus Vick's debut, Randall
went 22-for-28 for 278 yards pass-
ing in the Hokies' 49-28 win over
Central Florida.
Randall gave way to Vick for a
series in the second quarter on
Sunday, and he promptly led the
offense 80 yards, finishing on a
12-yard scoring run from running
back Kevin Jones. Vick, Michael's
younger brother, finished 7-for-10
for 100 yards and one TD.

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Hype-meter

Associated Press Poll for week of August 23.

Games updated through
Team:
1. Oklahoma
2. Ohio State
3. Miami (Fla.)
4. Michigan
5. Texas
6. Auburn
7. Kansas State
8. Southern Cal
9. Virginia Tech
10. Pittsburgh
11. Georgia
12. Tennessee
13. Florida State
14. Louisana State
15. Maryland
16. North Carolina State
17. Washington
18. Virginia
19. Purdue
20. Notre Dame
21. Wisconsin
22. Arizona State
23. Colorado State
24. Oklahoma State
25. Texas Christian

September 1.
Last week:
beat North Texas 37-3
beat No. 17 Washington 28-9
beat Louisana Tech 48-9
beat Central Michigan 45-7
beat New Mexico State 66-7
lost to No. 8 Southern Cal. 23-0
beat Troy State 41-5
beat No. 6 Auburn 23-0
beat Central Florida 49-28
bye
beat Clemson 30-0
beat Fresno State 24-6
beat North Carolina 37-0
beat Louisana-Monroe 49-7
lost to Northern Illinois 20-13
beat Western Carolina 59-20
lost to No. 2 Ohio State 28-9
beat Duke 27-0
bye
bye
beat West Virginia 24-17
bye
lost to Colorado 42-35
lost to Nebraska 17-7
at Tulane

This week:
at Alabama
San Diego State
Florida
Houston
Arkansas
at Georgia Tech
McNeese State
Brigham Young
James Madison
Kent State
Middle Tenn. State
Marshall
Maryland
at Arizona
at Florida State
at Wake Forest
Indiana
at South Carolina
Bowling Green
Washington State
Akron
Northern Arizona
at California
Wyoming
Navy

(first-place votes in parentheses)

TEAM
1. Oklahoma (30)
2. Ohio State (25)
3. Miami (Fla.) (2)
4. Southern Cal (6)
5. Michigan (2)
6. Texas
7. Kansas State
8. Georgia
9. Virginia Tech
10. Pittsburgh
11. Florida State
12. Tennessee
13. Louisana State
14. North Carolina State
15. Virginia
16. Purdue
17. Auburn
18. Wisconsin
19. Notre Dame
20. Arizona State
21. Florida
22. Washington
23. Nebraska
24. Colorado
25. Texas Christian

RECORD PTS
1-0 1556
1-0 1538
1-0 1482
1-0 1389
1-0 1351
1-0 1302
2-0 1241
1-0 1135
1-0 1094
0-0 996
1-0 930
1-0 883
1-0 828
1-0 815
1-0 641
0-0 533
0-1 524
1-0 512
0-0 507
0-0 309
1-0 268
0-1 222
1-0 204
1-0 188
0-0 131

Pvs
1
2
3
8
4
5
7
11
9
10
13
12
14
16
18
19
6
21
20
22
NR
17
NR
NR
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Ohio State fans
game last year
"Tremendous"
- Lloyd's proud
You'll be a fine
Michigan alum
Shaking keys
on 3rd down
Bored students
on cell phones

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Dropped Out: No. 15 Maryland, No. 23 Col-
orado State, No. 24 Oklahoma State


CHIPPEWAS
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24-7 lead.
"(After Central scored), we kind
of put the ball down and went
nose-to-nose and ran the ball
down the field," Pape said. "We
went out there with the kind of
mentality that we were just going
to grind it out."
Michigan ran off 28 unanswered
points in the second half, leaving its
red zone difficulties from the first
half behind.
Navarre, who connected on 19-of-
33 passes for 245 yards, two touch-
downs and one interception, hit the
rarely-used Braylon Edwards on a
corner route for a 48-yard touch-
down pass to put Michigan ahead
31-7.
Edwards played mostly in third-
down situations Saturday. Carr
explained after the game that he and
Edwards, who switched to the No. 1
jersey in the spring, "we're not on
the same page."
However, Carr and Edwards were
on the same page long enough for
Edwards to lead the team in receiv-
ing with 78 yards and two touch-
downs on five receptions.
The Wolverines began the after-
noon 0-for-2 in their red zone
touchdown opportunities. After
Perry's 63-yard scamper to begin
the game, incomplete passes to
Tyrece Butler and Edwards in the
end zone forced an Adam Finley
field goal attempt.
Finley missed the 25-yarder,
bringing back memories of last sea-
son's opening-game kicking fiasco
against Washington.

On Michigan's second trip inside
the 20, sophomore Jason Avant
dropped a Navarre bullet in the end
zone on third down. Finley hit the
32-yard field goal to give Michigan
three points in its first two trips to
the red zone.
"There were a few times we were
in the red zone and didn't convert,"
Perry said. "That cannot happen
against the better teams on our
schedule. That is something we
need to do to be a great team."
Stopping the opponent's running
game is something else the Wolver-
ines will have to address if they
want to spend New Year's Day
somewhere other than Central
Florida.
Michigan allowed 218 yards rush-
ing to the Chippewas, who used
three runners to keep' Michigan's
defense on its heels for most of the
afternoon. Terrence Jackson, Jerry
Seymour and Kenan Lawhorne
rushed for five, 4.6 and six yards
per carry, respectively.
"Two hundred yards, no matter
who you're playing, is too many to
give up running the ball," defensive
tackle Grant Bowman said. "It's def-
initely going to be a huge concern
for next week."
WHO'S NEXT:
HOUSTON
The Cougars come into Ann Arbor rid-
ing high ater last week's 48-14
thrashing of Rice. Michigan has tan-
gled with Houston twice before, but
hasn't played thenschool erutmore
than a decade. True freshman quar-
terback Kevin Kolb started last week,
making him the fourth-straight new
opening-day starter at QB.
PLAYERS F THE GAME-

DISCLAIMER: Each week,
on page 5B of SportsMonday,
the football writers will break-
down the game film and rate
the student section's perform-
ance - or sometimes, its lack
thereof. The goal: to reach
"Buck Nut" level of insanity by
Nov. 22, when Ohio State rolls
into town.
We understand that it's Cen-
tral Michigan, but damnit,
it's also the season opener.
We know that you've got
more in you than what you
showed for the Chippewas.
We saw it first hand on the
Slip 'N Slide at Beta more
than an hour before the
game! Bottom line ... we've
seen more from you in past
years, and the noise level on
first- and second-down
defense has to improve. The
keys won't cut it on third
down either. The only posi-
tive to take away from Sat-
urday's game is that most
people hung around, but it
was also 17-7 in the third
quarter. Will you hang
around for Houston if it's a
blowout at halftime, or will
you head back to the frats?
Ask the
Football Writers
EDITOR'S NOTE: Also on
page 5B of SportsMonday, the
football writers will answer your
questions about anything, and
we mean anything. E-mail us
at:
askthefootballwriters@umich.edu

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SETH LOWER/Daily
Michigan freshman Steve Breaston surprised even his teammates with his performance Saturday. In his first collegiate game,
Breaston put together more than 150 yards of total offense.


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Q

What's the correct pro-
nunciation of Matt
Gutierrez?
- Ken Wall, senior

Q

What's the deal with
Zia Combs? What does
he do during the
games?
- Mark Bonges, senior

TONY DING/Daily
OFFENSIVE - Chirs Perry: Perry
started the season with a bang,
rushing the ball 22 times for 232
yards and two touchdowns, the
largest rushing total of anyone in
the nation this weekend.
DEFENSIVE - Carl Dggs: In his
first game back since a broken leg,
Diggs finished the day with seven
tackles with one for a loss.

A Mark,
You can find Zia on the
sidelines wearing his
jersey, jean shorts and
his famous Zia grin. It
seems like he's a team
"hype man" of sorts.
There's a possibility he
may get some work
coaching.

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