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10/29/01
UT climbs
one spot in Bowl Championship Series standings
2001 BCS Standings
Released Oct. 29 |
| 1. |
Nebraska |
2.02 |
| 2. |
Oklahoma |
7.59 |
| 3. |
Miami
(Fla.) |
7.71 |
| 4. |
Michigan |
11.75 |
| 5. |
TEXAS |
14.25 |
| 6. |
Stanford |
14.57 |
| 7. |
Tennessee |
15.37 |
| 8. |
Florida |
16.44 |
| 9. |
UCLA |
18.83 |
| 10. |
Oregon |
18.87 |
| 11. |
Washington |
24.55 |
| 12. |
Washington
State |
31.30 |
| 13. |
BYU |
32.73 |
| 14. |
Purdue |
33.93 |
| 15. |
Virginia
Tech |
34.89 |
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AUSTIN,
Texas -
Fresh off a three-game winning streak, including a pair of road victories
and a win over Top 25-ranked Colorado, Texas (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) climbed
one spot to No. 5 when the second edition of Bowl Championship Series
standings were released on Monday night.
The Longhorns,
who are currently ranked fifth by both The Associated Press and
USA Today/ESPN Top 25 polls, trail only Nebraska (9-0), Oklahoma
(7-1), Miami (6-0) and Michigan (7-1) in the standings.
In their
seven victories in 2001, which includes a 44-14 victory against a North
Carolina team that is currently ranked No. 22 and a 41-7 win against
No. 14 Colorado, the Longhorns have won by an average score of 43-12.
UT's lone loss this season came in a hard-fought 14-3 defensive struggle
with No. 3 Oklahoma, which currently ranks second in the BCS standings.
That game was a 7-3 contest until the final two minutes of the game.
Texas travels
to Baylor (2-5, 0-5 Big 12) on Saturday riding a six-game road (not
including neutral site games) win streak. That's the Horns longest road
win streak since they posted 13 straight road victories from 1981-84.
The Horns
finished 12th in last year's final BCS standings.
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