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Shaun Sartln/DN ItoWart was sackad thraa tlmas and complatad 12 of 2 • paaaaa for • r ^ * , Travis Haying/ON •P of Colorado's Donnoll Loomttl. Barrings r pas sod for 142 yards •* By Pw»fc Samson_ Senior Reporter If Nebraska was looking for re spect from the writers, it got it on Sunday, when The Associated Press moved Nebraska over Penn State into the No. 1 spot. Nebraska’s 24-7 victory over then No. 2 Colorado on Saturday moved the Comhuskers from third to first, despite Penn State’s 63-14 win over Ohio State on Saturday. The Huskers received 33 first place votes, while Penn State had 28 and Auburn had one. In the USA Today/CNN coaches’ poll, Nebraska remained No. 2 be hind Penn State. The Nittany Lions received 32 first-place votes, while the Huskers got 30. Nebraska edged Penn State in the bowl coalition poll by four points. Coach Tom Osborne joked about the writers giving Nebraska the top spot. “It confirms what I’ve always said ... that the sportswriters know a lot more than the coaches,” Osborne said. “I don’t feel any different today than I did yesterday.” But Osborne could find some im portance in the No. 1 ranking. “I guess the thing that is impor tant is that we’re in a position now that if we play well, maybe at least we have some things in our own hands,” he said. “You’d like to be in a position where you can play for the whole thing in the end. “Obviously, if Penn State takes ofT and becomes the people’s choice and goes out to Pasadena, then we’re again in a situation where you have to depend on the ballot box.” But it was only two weeks ago that both Penn State and Colorado moved ahead of Nebraska after the Huskers beat Kansas State 17-6. Because of instances like two The top 25 teams in Pie Associated The top 25 teams in the USA Today/CNN Press college football poll, with college football poll, with first-place first-place votes in parentheses. votes in parentheses. Rank School Pts. Rec. Rank School Pts. Rec. t Nebraska (33) 1.520 9-0-0 1 Penn St. (32) 1.520 7-0-0 2 Penn St. (28) 1,514 7-0-0 2 Nebraska (30) 1,518 9-0-0 3 Auburn (1) 1,427 8-0-0 3 Miami (Fla.) 1,373 6-1-0 4 Florida 1,322 6-1-0 4 Alabama 1,358 8-0-0 5 Miami (Fla.) 1,267 6-1-0 5 Florida 1,313 6-1-0 6 Alabama 1,221 8-0-0 6 Florida St. 1,251 5-1-0 7 Colorado 1,214 7-1-0 7 Colorado 1,189 7-1-0 8 Florida St. 1,167 6-1-0 8 Utah 1,074 8-0-0 9 Utah 1,033 8-0-0 9 Syracuse 1,014 6-1-0 10 Syracuse 892 6-1-0 10 Virginia 896 6-1-0 11 Texas A&M 861 7-0-1 11 Colorado St. 777 7-1-0 12 Washington 806 6-2-0 12 North Carolina 751 6-2-0 13 Virginia 749 6-1-0 13 Arizona 748 6-2-0 14 Colorado St. 723 7-1-0 14 Washington St. 745 6-2-0 15 Kansas St. 600 5-2-0 15 Kansas St. 693 5-2-0 16 Washington St. 567 6-2-0 16 Virginia Tech 671 7-2-0 17 Virginia Tech 512 7-2-0 17 Oregon 520 6-3-0 18 Arizona 504 6-2-0 18 Michigan 492 5-3-0 19 North Carolina 473 6-2-0 19 Duke 388 7-1-0 20 Michigan 435 5-3-0 20 Southern Cal 374 5-2-0 21 Oregon 373 6-3-0 21 Brigham Young 208 7-2-0 22 Southern Cal 278 5-2-0 22 Mississippi St. 172 6-2-0 23 Duke 270 7-1-0 23 Illinois 166 5-3-0 24 Mississippi St. 119 6-2-0 24 Ohio State 154 6-3-0 25 Brigham Young 64 7-2-0 25 Notre Dame 147 5-3-0 DN graphic weeks ago, Osborne said he didn’t nm •00 much stock i„ ,hc JJolfs 'pul OVCrrateH**" ^"y Ga^eSt arc overrated, Osborne said “Thcv’re that 8cner?J opinions. We’re pleased that pe^e have that much confi atilt^m US 3nd p,cased that we have f°.ntro1 ovcr our destiny [ve been involved in this Doll ing business for a long time, and I tok anymore the polls are shaped ar7m/rghy °n,lhc ^tements that ^ ? ,Imitcd "umber of that, and I m sure Penn State ha? With a No. 1 rating and the Buf faloes behind Nebraska Osborne i« getting closer to another shot m Ws first national championship. But Osborne is as interested in talking about the national champion ship during October as he is in talk ing about the polls. “The most important thing to me is that our team plays well, and I feel good about how our team plays, and that’s the honest truth,” Osborne said. “There are some people who want the brass ring. For heaven’s sake, don’t ever get the opinion that we’re not doing every single thing we can do to play well, which is ultimately the bottom line. “I will not lobby. I will not pros trate myself at the feet of the polls. All we want to do is play well, and if we deserve to be rated No. 1, then great.” Nebraska Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Colorado Nebraska 7 10 7 0 Colorado 0 0 7 0 ' #4## ^ % • # • # • ^Hit^OOot f#*r« • # • # * • r • • I * * I **%»»%#• «#%#•%#» • * ft % ~p Neb- Schlesinger 14 yd. run (Sieler kick) Neb- Sieler 24 yd. Field Goal Neb- Childs 2 yd. run (Sieler kick) Neb- Alford 30 yd. pass (Sieler kick) Colorado- Salaam 6 yd. run (Voskeritchian kick) * >• it* tt ^ - | • •*»•* M 4 -DNoSSii ' • . v:’ t A