Huskers Move Up in National Polls

Lincoln -- The Husker football team moved up in both major polls released Sunday. In the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, NU moved from 11th to eighth after Thursday's 38-14 win at Southern Miss, while jumping from 15th to 12th in the Associated Press Poll. The Huskers (4-0) will take on Troy State (3-2) Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.

Associated Press Poll

No.

Team (1st Place Votes)

Record

Pts.

Last Week1. Oklahoma (57) 4-0 1,615 1 2. Miami (3) 4-0 1,554 2 3. Ohio St. (5) 5-0 1,457 4 4. Virginia Tech 4-0 1,382 5 5. Florida St. 5-0 1,347 6 6. LSU 5-0 1,332 7 7. Tennessee 4-0 1,267 8 8. Arkansas 4-0 1,133 9 9. Michigan 4-1 982 11 10. Southern Cal 3-1 975 3 11. Georgia 3-1 973 12 12. Nebraska 4-0 897 15 13. Texas 3-1 880 14 14. Washington St. 4-1 738 21 15. Pittsburgh 3-1 559 17 16. Kansas St. 4-1 544 16 17. N. Illinois 4-0 524 20 18. Washington 3-1 501 18 19. Oregon 4-1 389 10 20. TCU 4-0 383 19 21. Minnesota 5-0 378 24 22. Purdue 3-1 337 22 23. Iowa 4-1 310 13 24. Florida 3-2 129 25 25. Michigan St. 4-1 128 --

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

No.

Team (1st Place Votes)

Record

Pts.

Last Week 1.

Oklahoma (49)

4-0

1,557

1 2.

Miami (Fla.) (8)

4-0

1,513

2 3.

Ohio State (6)

5-0

1,433

4 4.

Virginia Tech

4-0

1,369

5 5.

Florida State

5-0

1,315

6 6.

LSU

5-0

1,260

7 7.

Tennessee 

4-0

1,193

8 8.

Nebraska

4-0

988

11 9.

Arkansas 

4-0

969

14 10.

Southern California 

3-1

953

3 11.

Michigan

4-1

950

10 12.

Georgia

3-1

923

12 13.

Texas

3-1

892

13 14.

Kansas State

4-1

618

16 15.

Washington State

4-1

546

21 16.

Minnesota

5-0

504

20 17.

Washington

3-1

489

18 18.

Pittsburgh

3-1

477

19 19.

Iowa

4-1

448

9 20.

Northern Illinois

4-0

413

22 21.

TCU

4-0

404

17 22.

Oregon

4-1

215

15 23.

Purdue

3-1

166

NR 24.

Florida

3-2

133

25 25.

Air Force

5-0

132

NR