November
November 6 #1 Nebraska beat Iowa State 37-0. #2 Oklahoma won at Missouri, 20-3. #3 Michigan crushed Iowa, 63-7. #4 Alabama won at #18 LSU, 14-7. #5 Auburn beat Mississippi State 30-21. #6 Penn State won 63-27 over Maryland. #7 Georgia beat Florida at Jacksonville. As the Top 7 teams extended their records to 8-0 or 9-0, the poll stayed unchanged: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Penn State 6.Auburn 7.Georgia
November 13 #1 Nebraska won at Kansas State 44-17. #2 Oklahoma beat Kansas 56-10. #3 Michigan narrowly won at Purdue, 20-17. #4 Alabama defeated the visiting Miami Hurricanes, 31-3 #5 Auburn (8-0-0) and #7 Georgia (9-0-0) met at Athens, Ga., with the Auburn winning a decisive 35-20 victory. #6 Penn State beat North Carolina State 35-3.
Poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn 6.Penn State
November 20 Four of the Top 5 teams were idle. #1 Nebraska and #2 Oklahoma were preparing for their Thanksgiving Day meeting at Norman, OK, while #4 Alabama and #5 Auburn prepared for their season closer in Birmingham. #3 Michigan (10-0-0) defeated Ohio State, 10-7, to win the Big 10 title and earn the Rose Bowl berth. #6 Penn State won at Pittsburgh 55-18 Poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn 6.Penn State
As the regular season neared its close, Big 8 rivals Nebraska and Oklahoma were unbeaten, as were SEC rivals Alabama and Auburn, and Big 10 champ Michigan. On Thanksgiving Day, #1 Nebraska (10-0-0) and #2 Oklahoma (9-0-0) met on the Sooners' field in a game that would determine the Big 8 title, the #1 ranking, and a trip to the Orange Bowl. The Nebraska Cornhuskers won a classic battle with a toucdown with 90 seconds left, 35-31. The loss dropped Oklahoma behind the unbeatens into 5th place in the polls. That weekend (November 27), #4 Alabama (10-0-0) and #5 Auburn (9-0-0) played their annual season-ender at Birmingham, with Alabama handing the Tigers their first loss, 31-7; as a result of this impressive win, Alabama jumped over Michigan. As SEC champion, Bama was invited to, but not obligated to play in, the Sugar Bowl; instead accepted a bid to play #1 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl instead. Auburn went to the Sugar Bowl instead, to face Oklahoma in a meeting of the runners up in the SEC and the Big 8. #6 Penn State was idle. The next poll:
1.Nebraska 2.Alabama 3.Michigan 4.Penn State 5.Oklahoma
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