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Below are the USA . TODAY Top 25 Coaches Poll and The Associated Press Top 25 Poll for college football. APT0P25 Rank School Record Pvs 2 Penn St (26) 4-0 2 3 Nebraska (6) 4-0 3 4 Florida St. (1) 4-0 4 5 North Carolina (2) J- 5-0 5 6 Michigan 4-0 6 7 iOhioSL » 5-0 7 8 Auburn 5-0 8 9 Tennessee 3-1 9 10 Washington 3-1 10 11 MchiganSl 4-0 12 12 Washington St. 5-0 15 13 Georgia 4-0 18 14 LSlt 4-1 13; 15. TfflfcsA&M -^4-08^1. 18 Stafford 4-1 19 17 towa 4-1 11 18 UCLA 3-2 22 mm, ' m 20 Oklahoma St - 21 Byu. 22 Kansas St. 24 Colorado USATODAY/Coaches Ttp 25 1 Florida (48) . H 2 Penn a (11) 4-0 2 3 ' Nebraska® 4 Florida St 4-0 * 5 NorthCarolina (1)4,43^5 6 Michigan 4-0 6 7 Ohk>a 5-0 7 8 Auburn 5-0 9 9 Washington 3-1 11 10 Tennessee 3-1 10 11 MicWgana 444m 12 Washington a 5-0 15 13 Texas A&M 44 17 14 LSU 4-1 14 15 Georgia 4-0 19 16 Iowa 4-18 17 Stanford 4-1 21 18 Air Force 6-0 23 19 UCLA 4 Z4 15 20 Oklahoma St. 5-0 - 121 V&gfc&Tech 4-1 12 22 BYU 3-1 24 23 m Kansas Si. 34^16 24 West Virginia 4-1 - " Football Game Review STm % Mmmnm jj| Rushing Rushing wK No. Name Yds Avg TD No. Name Yds Avg TD 30 Ahman Green 193 9.6 4 24 Eric Hickson 83 4.0 2 7 Scott Frost 7 Michael Bishop 14 0.8 1 31 Jay Sims 30 Brian Goolsby 1 0.5 0 * Receiving Receiving No. Name No Yds TD 83 Everett Burnett 3 ~65S 0 34 Vershan Jackson 80 Darnell McDonald 2 63 0 31 Jay Sims 87 Gavin Peries 2 29 0 Passing Passing No. Name Att Cmp Int Yds TD No. Name Att Cmp Int Yds TD T^oett Bost 1 94 0 7 JWchael Bishop 24 8 2 162W 1 Frankie London 1 0 0 0 0 Game Stats mm* m mm* m First <fowns 21 16 Fumbles tost r 0 1 Rushing attempts 60 40 Interceptions 2 1 Rushing yards 379 98 Penalties / yards 4 / 35 8 /56 Passing attempts 14 24 Punt returns / yards 4/166 8/362 Passtogrompletidns 6 8 Kickoff returns / yards 2/39 4 /114 Passing yards 94 162 Time of possession 33:17 26:43 ^Ibialfjtays^ 64 74 Third-down conversion 6of15 4of15 Total yards 473 260 Fourth-down conversion 1 of 2 1 of 1 Averse yards per play 6.4 4.1 Sacks/yards u 2-12 1-7 I» Lane Hickenbottom/DN AHMAN GREEN fights through the Kansas State defense Saturday for a chunk of his season-high 193 yards rush , ing. Green, a junior l-back, also ran for four touchdowns, a career best. I A I __ Snyder, Bishop find no weapons for NU arsenal By David Wilson Senior Reporter Same two teams. Same old story. Kansas State and Nebraska seem to be performing from the same script they have read during all of Bill Snyder’s tenure as the KSU coach. Story line: The Wildcats come to Lincoln and can’t get the ground attack going, so they rely on their passing game to put points'on the board. Meanwhile, the Comhusker offense powers its way to victory with a solid rushing game. “I’ve been at Kansas State for nine years and I’ve been up here five of those nine years,” Snyder said. “It hasn’t been any different.” Third-ranked Nebraska took down 17th-ranked Kansas State 56 26 Saturday, marking the Huskers’ 29th consecutive victory over the Wildcats. In three games prior to its trip to Lincoln, Kansas State had rushed for 804 yards, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. But against the Husker defense, the Wildcat ground game sputtered. Through the first three quarters, KSU rushed 30 times for30jyards. In Ihe fourth quarter, prim^fy'|gainst Nebraska’s second- and third-team defense, the Wildcats scrambled for 68 yards, upping their team total to 98. In the previous three meetings, Kansas State had rushed for minus-1 yards against the Huskers. “I didn’t think we’d come down here and run the ball up and down the field,” Snyder said. “I’m smarter than that. But I thought we’d do a lit tle better than what we did. We were very inconsistent. It was not near what we had hoped -for.” First-year quarterback Michael Bishop, a transfer from Blinn (Texas) Junior College, lost his first game since high school. But he didn’t go down without a fight. The junior led his team to three of its four touchdowns in the final 18 minutes. Bishop finished with 162 yards passing and 14 yards on the ground, including a four-yard touch down run in the fourth quarter and the two-point conversion. “He was very competitive,” Snyder said. “If you paid attention, you realized that was important to him - and I love that in a quarter back, and I like that in him.” But after Kansas State’s first scoring drive in the first quarter, Please see CATS on 10 Scoring Summary Team Qtr Scoring play Conversion Score Nebraska ksu NU 1st A. Green 25-yd run K. Brown kick 7 0 NU 1st E. Hickson 1 -yd run Team rush failed 7 6 NU 1st K. Brown 31-yd field goal 10 6 NU 2nd K. Brown 32-yd field goal 13 6 NU ¥ 2nd S. Frost 4-yd run K. Brown kick 20 6 NU 3rd A. Green 7-yd run K. Brown kick 27 6 NU 3rd A. Green 50-yd run K. Brown kick 34 6 NU 3rd A. Green 50-yd run K. Brown kick 41 6 KSU 3rd E.Hk*sori13-ydrun M. Bishop pass failed 41 12 NU 4th J. Sims 5-yd run K. Brown kick 48 12 KSU 4th 11 Bishop 4-yd run M.Bishoprush 48 20 NU 4th J. Walker 71-yd interception return Team rosh failed 54 20 ?NU 4lh^fearosafety 56 at KSU 4th D. McDonald 21-yd pass from M. Bishop M. Bishop rush failed 56 26 mm uiaitmuji. „ „ . **■_ . ..... . • . Scott Mcclurg/DN ERIC HICKSON dives over the Hue of scrimmage for a two-yard gain In the second quarter. Kansas State ran fur 98 yards Saturday on 40 attempts. , ■ • ■ ■ " ;■
