October
October 2 Fifteen of the Top 20 teams remained unbeaten, including the Top 12. #1 Nebraska beat Utah State at home, 42-6. #3 Texas defeated Oregon 35-7. #4 Notre Dame beat Michigan State 14-2, and fell to 7th place in the next poll. #2 Michigan registered its third straight shutout at home, beating Navy 46-0. #5 Auburn Tigers beat Kentucky 38-6 #6 Colorado rose to 5th after beating Kansas State 31-21 Poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Michigan 3.Texas 4.Auburn 5.Colorado
October 9 The top 9 teams improved their records to 4-0 or 5-0. In their first Big 8 game and first on the road, #1 Nebraska shut out Missouri 36-0. #3 Texas lost to #8 Oklahoma in Dallas, 48-27. #2 Michigan won at Michigan State 24-13. #4 Auburn Tigers beat Southern Mississippi 27-14. #5 Colorado won at Iowa State, 24-14, but dropped in the poll to 6th. #6 Alabama, which won at Vanderbilt 42-0, rose to 4th. Texas dropped to 10th place, while Oklahoma rose to 2nd. The poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn
October 16 #1 Nebraska crushed Kansas 55-0, raising its record to 6-0-0 and outscoring its opposition 238-27. #2 Oklahoma beat visiting #6 Colorado 45-17. #3 Michigan beat Illinois 35-6. #4 Alabama beat #14 Tennessee 32-15 at Birmingham. #5 Auburn won over Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 31-14. Eight teams had records of 5-0 or 6-0. The next poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn 6.Notre Dame 7.Penn State 8.Georgia.
October 23 Seven of the top 8 teams stayed unbeaten, playing unranked opponents. #1 Nebraska allowed Oklahoma State to reach double digits, but still won at Stillwater, OK, 41-13. #2 Oklahoma invaded Manhattan, KS and decimated the Kansas State Wildcats 75-28. #3 Michigan won at Minnesota, 35-7. #4 Alabama hosted Houston and won 34-20. #5 Auburn beat Clemson 35-13. #6 Notre Dame lost to visiting USC, 28-14. #7 Penn State walloped visiting TCU 66-14, #8 Georgia beat Kentucky at home, 34-0
Poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn 6.Penn State 7.Georgia
October 30 #1 Nebraska handed visiting #9 Colorado a 31-7 defeat. #2 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 43-12 #3 Michigan rolled over visiting Indiana 61-7. #4 Alabama beat Mississippi State at Jackson, Miss., #5 Auburn beat Florida 40-7, #6 Penn State won at West Virginia, 35-7, and #7 Georgia recorded its third consecutive shutout, at South Carolina, 24-0 The Top 7, all staying unbeaten, remained the same in the next poll: 1.Nebraska 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn 6.Penn State 7.Georgia
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