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10/22/01
UT earns
No. 6 ranking in first Bowl Championship Series standings
| First
BCS Standings Of 2001 Season (Released Oct. 22) |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
3.06 |
| 2. |
Nebraska |
6.40 |
| 3. |
UCLA |
8.34 |
| 4. |
Miami
(Fla.) |
12.01 |
| 5. |
Virginia
Tech |
13.88 |
| 6. |
TEXAS |
15.35 |
| 7. |
Michigan |
15.91 |
| 8. |
Maryland |
21.29 |
| 9. |
Tennessee |
22.07 |
| 10. |
Washington
State |
23.05 |
| 11. |
Florida |
23.48 |
| 12. |
Washington |
26.90 |
| 13. |
Oregon |
28.96 |
| 14. |
Stanford |
29.86 |
| 15. |
South
Carolina |
35.31 |
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AUSTIN,
Texas - The first edition of the Bowl Championship Series standings
were announced on Monday night and The University of Texas (6-1, 3-1
Big 12) earned a No. 6 ranking, the highest of any team with a defeat.
"This
is the time of year when polls finally begin to matter and we're really
excited to be in the mix for national honors," Texas head coach
Mack Brown said. "This team has earned that respect, and with all
of the football left to play, who knows what will happen.
"What
we have to do is to keep improving and concentrate on the next game.
You can't win the rest unless you win the next one, and if we win the
rest, we have a chance for some very good things to happen. But we have
to beat Missouri on the road and that's the only thing we can control
this week."
The Longhorns,
who are currently ranked seventh by both The Associated Press
and USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Polls, trailed only Oklahoma, Nebraska,
UCLA, Miami and Virginia Tech in the standings.
In their
six victories in 2001, which includes a 44-14 victory against a North
Carolina team that is currently ranked No. 23 and a 41-7 win against
No. 14 Colorado, the Longhorns have won by an average score of 44-13.
UT's lone loss this season came in a hard-fought 14-3 defensive struggle
with No. 3 Oklahoma, which currently ranks first in the BCS standings.
That game was a 7-3 contest until the final two minutes of the game.
Texas travels
to Missouri (3-3, 2-2 Big 12) on Saturday riding a five-game road winning
streak.
The Horns
finished 12th in last year's final BCS standings.
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