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LoHud.com College Football The Journal News Sunday, October 30, 2005 13C in Reggie Bush RB, Southern Cal -4 Matt Leinart Southern Cal Vince Young QS, Texas Brady Quinn Wotre Dame Marcus Vick QB, Virginia Tech IfULC, Bush rushed for 97 yards, didn't have a score and fumbled near the end zone. Stock: Slightly down Leinart didn't play in the fourth quarter of a blowout, but still threw for 364 Young rushed for 267 yards and two scores and threw for two more TDs in a comeback victory. Stock: Scorching Quinn and Notre Dame have the week off and play No. 23 Tennessee next Saturday. Stock: Steady Vick helped the Hokies stay undefeated with 280 passing yards and a TD against Boston College on Thursday.

Stock: On the rise yards and three TDs. Stock: Red hot i Li 'X mm Florida crushes Georgia's hopes yet again pass and ran for a score, and the Gators used an impressive defensive performance to take down the previously unbeaten Bulldogs 14-10 yesterday at the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." No. 16 Florida (6-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) defeated its rival to the north for the 14th time in the last 16 meetings, and kept alive hopes of winning the SEC East and returning to the league title game for the first time since 2000. The Gators need to beat Vanderbilt and South Carolina and have Another loss to rivals hurts Georgia's shot at national title, 14-10 The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. This "Cocktail Party" might have been a savory setup for Florida's real celebration.

And once again Georgia's national-title hopes were sunk in the River City. Chris Leak threw a touchdown Georgia lose one of its remaining games against Auburn and Kentucky to win the division. "A lot of people counted us out after that devastating LSU loss," Florida defensive tackle Marcus Thomas said. "Now we're back in the race for the SEC." The fourth-ranked Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1) don't require help in the SEC. They need to win out to advance to the conference championship game for the third time in four years.

In the national-title race, however, Georgia is all but done. "We've still got a lot to play for," Bulldogs quarterback Joe Tereshin-ski III said. The annual game played out a lot like it did in 2002, when the three-loss Gators handed Georgia its first loss of the season. This one wasn't an upset, though. Playing without injured quarterback J.

Shockley, Georgia was an underdog. But it wasn't easy. Defensive end Jeremy Mincey made three huge plays on Georgia's final two drives. He tackled Thomas Brown for an 8-yard gain that pre vented points early in the fourth quarter. Georgia had to settle for a 52-yard field-goal attempt, which hit the right upright Mincey also affected two passes by Tereshinski on the last drive.

He batted one down one at the line of scrimmage and nearly sacked the quarterback on fourth down. Tereshinski's desperation pass fell incomplete, and the Gators ran out the clock. Tereshinski finished 8 of 21 for 100 yards in his first college start The junior also ran for 37 yards. TOP 25 ROUNDUP UCLA's comeback a stunner Trailing 24-3 in fourth, team beats Stanford in OT 5L-dLyJ rvi V''rV --jVsf5 X. Vs ft "3 V': vv w.

-UTi fflftll I AREA ROUNDUP Fordham scores late for first win Josh Thomson The Journal News Riding high on pregame emotions, previously winless Fordham jumped ahead of visiting Holy Cross early and needed a fourth-quarter touchdown to win 24-20 at Jack Coffey Field yesterday. Fullback Craig Stevens scored on a 1-yard run with 8:33 remaining in the game to put the Rams (1-7, 1-3 Patriot League) ahead. The Crusaders (5-4, 2-2) were inside Fordham territory with under 30 seconds remaining, but their quarterback, lona Prep graduate John O'Neil, threw incomplete on fourth-and-eight from the Rams 47. On the previous possession, Fordham running backs had fumbled twice. Neither ball was lost to the defense, however, it was the type of break the Rams said they hadn't gotten to this point of the season.

"I think it's only going to make us hungrier to win more," coach Ed Foley said. But yesterday was homecoming. On top of that Fordham honored Giants owner Wellington Mara, an alumnus, prior to the game with a moment of silence. Both Foley and linebacker Marcus Taylor believed Mara, who died last Tuesday at J39, was looking down on them. "If he was," Taylor said, "then he did a lot for us today." Fordham running back James Prydatko had 30 carries for 143 yards, and quarterback ferric Daniels threw for twobuchdowns, including an 86-yarder to Mike Mervin that opened the scoring.

Duquesne 31, lona 17: At New Rochelle, Duquesne (5-3, 3-0 MAAC) extended its conference winning streak to 36 games, scoring 24 unanswered points in the second and third quarters. The Gaels (3-5, 1-2) built a 1(M) lead in the first 13 minutes on Chris Lofrese's field goal and Rich Wrob-lewski's 1-yard run. Terence Ke-hayas, a senior lona linebacker from Yonkers, had 11 tackles. Assumption 7, Pace 3: At Pleas-antville, Austin Davis rushed for 143 yards and scored the game's only touchdown on a 3-yard run. Pace (2-7) had a chance to tie in the third quarter, but settled for a 22-yard field goal by Luigi Casale of White Plains.

Pace freshman Brian Schuster had 12 tackles, including a sack. Yale 37, Columbia 3: At New York, Jeff Mroz passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-point second quarter for Yale (34, 3-1 Ivy League). Staff and wire reports contributed. How the Top 25 fared Ht. 1 Souttwi CM (SO) beat Washington State 55-13.

Next vs. Stanford. Saturday. No. 2 Ton beat Oklahoma State 47-28.

Next at Baylor, Saturday. No. 3 HrfMi Ttck (SO) beat No. 13 Boston College 30-10, Thursday. Next vs.

No. 6 Miami, Saturday. M. 4 Georgia (7-1) lost to No. 16 Rod-da 14-10.

Next vs. No. 19 Auburn, Nov. 12. No.

5 Alatumi (80) beat Utah State 35-3. Next at Mississippi State, Saturday. N. I Miml (6-1) beat North Carolina 34- 16. Next at No.

3 Virginia Tech, Saturday. No. 7 LSI) (5-1) vs. North Texas, late. Next: vs.

Appalachian State, Saturday. No. UCtA (80) beat Stanford 30-27, OT. Next at Arizona. Saturday.

No. 9 Notre Dane (5-2) did not play. Next vs. No. 23 Tennessee, Saturday.

Me. 11 FteMa Stafe (7-1) beat Maryland 35- 27. Next vs. North Carolina State, Saturday. No.

11 Pern State (8-1) beat Purdue 33-15. Next: vs. No. 15 Wisconsin, Saturday. No.

12 OMt State (6-2) beat Minnesota 45-31. Next vs. Illinois, Saturday. No. 13 Bostea Cotlegt (62) lost to No.

3 Virginia Tech 30-10, Thursday. Next at North Carolina, Saturday. No. 14 Oregon (7-1) did not play. Next vs.

No. 24 California, Saturday. No. IS Whconai (8-1) beat Illinois 41-24. Next at No.

11 Penn State, Saturday. No. It flwMa (62) beat No. 4 Georgia 14-10. Next vs.

Vanderbilt, Saturday. No. 17 Texn Took (7-1) beat Baylor 28-0. Next vs. Texas MM, Saturday.

No. It Wttt VlrgMa (61) did not play. Next vs. Connecticut, Wednesday. No.

IS Ain (62) beat Mississippi 27-3. Next at Kentucky, Saturday. No. 20 TO) (8-1) beat San Diego State 23-20. Next vs.

Colorado State, Saturday. No. 21 Norttiwertoni (5-3) lost to No. 25 MKftigan 33-17. Next vs.

Iowa, Saturday. No. 22 FratM State (61) beat Hawaii 27-13. Next vs San Jose State, Saturday. No.

23 TomwsiM (3-3) lost to South Carolina 1615. Next: at No. 9 Notre Dame, Saturday. No. 24 California (6-2) did not play.

Next at No. 14 Oregon, Saturday. No. 25 WcMga (63) beat No. 21 Northwestern 33-17.

Next vs. Indiana, Nov. 12. Scoreboard EAST Albany. N.Y.

38, Wagner 10 Alfred 27, Grove Qty 7 American International 38, Stonehili 20 Amherst 37, Tufts 6 Assumption 7, Pace 3 Bloomsburg 42, West Chester 35 Bowdoin 35, Wesleyan, Conn. 10 Bndgewater, Mass. 24, Worcester St 20 Brown 34, Penn 20 Bryant 27, Bentley 14 Buffalo St 34, Plymouth St 22 C.W. Post 41, Merrimack 7 California, Pa. 48, Lock Haven 7 Carnegie-Mellon 23, Case Reserve 20 Cent Connecticut St 15, Monmouth.

J. 13 Charleston. W.Va. 31, Seton Hill 10 Cincinnati 22, Syracuse 16 Colby 24. Bates 17 Concord Cortland St 26, W.

Connecticut 7 Curry 42. W. New England 27 Delaware Valley 28. King's, Pa. 19 Duquesne 31, lona 17 East Stroudsburg 40, Cheyney 3 Edinboro 33, Kutrtown 7 Endicott 29, Nichols 0 FDU-florham 21, Susquehanna 16 Fairmont St 55, W.

Va. Wesleyan 14 Rtchburg St 56, Framingham St 0 Fordftam 24, Holy Cross 20 Franklin Marshall 17, Mcj nM 14, OT Frostburg St 16. Westminster, Pa. 13 Gettysburg 10, Muhlenberg 3 Glenville St 49, W. Virginia St 20 Harvard 42, Dartmouth 14 Hillsdale 40.

Mercymirst 21 Hofstra 38. Rhode Island 24 Indiana, Pa. 30, Clarion 10 Ithaca 35, Springfield 28 La Salle 38, Keen 36 Lafayette 33, Bucknell 20 Lehigh 50, Colgate 34 Lycoming 17, Moravian 13 Maine 25, Delaware 15 Maine Maritime 21. Westfiekj St 11 Mass-Dartmouth 37, Mass. Maritime 27 Miami (Ohio) 41, Temple 14 MillersviUe 31, Mansfield 14 Montclair St 21.

College of NJ. 14 New Hampshire 34, Massachusetts 28 Norwich 36, Hartwick 26 Ohio 34, Buffalo 20 Penn St 33, Purdue 15 Princeton 20, Cornell 17, OT RPI 31, WPI 15 Rochester 37, Coast Guard 6 Rowan 22, Brockport 0 Rutgers 31, Navy 21 S. Connecticut 45, St Anselm 7 Sacred Heart 53, St Francis, Pa. 45 Shepherd 34, West Liberty 7 Slippery Rock 58, Shippensburg 28 St John Fisher 43, Ubca 2 Stony Brook 38, Robert Morris 37 Thiel 24, Thomas More 14 Union, N.Y. 40, St Lawrence 21 Ursinus 21, Johns Hopkins 17 vlllanova 35, William Mary 21 Wabash 27, Allegheny 21 Washington i Jefferson 35, Waynesburg 24 Wesley 63, Salisbury 19 Wilkes 48.

Albnght 21 William Paterson 38, Mount Ida 0 Williams 56, Hamilton 14 Yale 37, Columbia 3 SOUTH Alabama 35, Utah St 3 Auburn 27, Mississippi 3 Bndgewater, Va. 17, Washington 4 Lee 13 Delta St 35, Ouachita 34 Fayetteviile St 52, Livingstone 22 Florida 14, Georgia 10 Florida St 35, Maryland 27 Georgia Tech 10, Clemson 9 Kentucky 13. Mississippi St 7 Miami 34, North Carolina 16 MissourHtolla 45, Austin Peay 3 N.C. Central 34, Johnson C. Smith 14 N.C.

State 21, Southern Miss. 17 Norfolk St 26, Howard 7 Northwestern St 14, Northeastern 12 Presbyterian 27, Wingate 21 S. Carolina St 24, Delaware St 3 S. Virginia 17, Apprentice 14 Stiilman 27, Kentucky St 17 UCF 30, East Carolina 20 Virginia Union 14. Elizabeth City St 6 Wake Forest 44.

Duke 6 MIDWEST Ball St 31, N. Illinois 17 Colorado 23, Kansas St 20 Kansas 13, Missouri 3 Michigan St 46, Indiana 15 N. Iowa 21, Youngstown St 7 North Central 52, Millikin 14 Northern S.D. 64, 13 Ohio St 45, Minnesota 31 Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24 Washburn 49, Missouri Southern 35 Wayne, Mich. 14, Gannon 7 Wheaton.

III. 30. Carthage 14 Winona St 38. Wayne. Neb.

6 Wisconsin 41. Illinois 24 SOUTHWEST Iowa St 42, Texas MM 14 Texas Tech 28, Baylor 0 UTEP 38. Rice 31 FA! WEST Arizona 29, Oregon St 27 Arizona St 44, Washington 20 BYU 62, Air Force 41 Boise St 49, Nevada 14 Southern Cal 55. Washington St 13 UCLA 30, Stanford 27, OT i The Associated Press UCLA is still unbeaten, thanks to the Bruins' most unlikely escape yet Brandon Breazell caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Drew Olson in overtime after No. 8 UCLA had scored 21 points in the final 7:04 of regulation to stun Stanford 30-27 yesterday.

Maurice Drew ran for two late scores, including a 1-yard tumble across the goal line with 46 seconds left to force OT. UCLA (8-0, 4-0 Pac-10) has specialized in fantastic finishes, rallying from consecutive deficits against Washington, California and Washington State earlier this month. But none was as dramatic or unlikely as the escape at Stanford Stadium. UCLA's offense was ranked fifth nationally with 44.4 points per game, but did almost nothing right until the Cardinal took a 24-3 lead with 8:26 left No. 1 USC 55, Washington St.

13: At Los Angeles, Matt Leinart passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns before coming out late in the third quarter, and LenDale White rushed for 155 yards and two scores. USC (8-0, 50 Pac-10) won its 30th straight game. No. 2 Texas 47, Oklahoma St. 28: At Stillwater, Vince Young rushed for a career-high 267 yards and two scores.

Texas (80) trailed by as many as 19 points. In the past three meetings, Texas has outscored Oklahoma State 1180 in the second half after trailing at halftime in each game. No. 5 Alabama 35, Utah St. 3: At Tuscaloosa, DJ Hall finished with 11 catches for 157 yards, becoming the first Alabama receiver to have back-to-back games with at least 10 receptions.

Alabama is cM) for the first time since 1994. No. 6 Miami 34, North Carolina 16: At Miami, Tyrone Moss rushed for career highs of 195 yards and four touchdowns. The Hurricanes (6-1, 3-1 ACC) trailed 16-7 at the half, then scored three touchdowns in an eight-minute span of the third quarter. No.

10 Florida State 35, Maryland 27: At Tallahassee, Drew Weatherford ran 15 yards for a touchdown with 8:52 left to give the Seminoles (7-1, 5-1 ACC) a 28-27 lead. Maryland (44, 2-3) led 24-14 three minutes into the third quarter. No. 11 Penn State 33, Purdue 15: At State College, Tony Hunt rushed for 129 yards for Penn State (8-1, 4-1). Elsewhere In the Top 25: No.

7 LSU rolled past visiting North Texas 56-3 in a game that had been postponed by Hurricane Katrina. No. 12 Ohio State outscored Minnesota 45-31 in a game featuring more than 1,000 yards of offense. No. 15 Wisconsin defeated Illinois 41-24 as Brian Calhoun ran for 197 yards and five touchdowns.

No. 17 Texas Tech defeated Baylor 280. Tech (7-1) is off to its best start since 1976. No. 19 Auburn beat Mississippi 27-3 as Brandon Cox passed for 205 yards and a touchdown.

No. 20 TCU edged San Diego State 23-20 as Cory Rodgers ran 6 yards for the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter. No. 22 Fresno State won at Hawaii 27-13 behind Wendell Mathis, who ran for a career-best 229 yards and three touchdowns. South Carolina's 16-15 upset of No.

23 Tennessee gave coach Steve Spurrier a 10-5 career record against the Volunteers. This win came on a night when Peyton Manning was in attendance to have his No. 16 retired. No. 25 Michigan shut out No.

21 Northwestern in the second half to win 33-17. In the East: Middle linebacker Kelvin Smith from North Rockland had eight tackles and a sack, but his Syracuse team fell to 1-7 for the first time since 1978 with a 22-16 loss to Cincinnati. Damien Rhodes scored his 23rd and 24th career touchdowns, tying Jim Brown for seventh place on the all-time Syracuse list. Pat Mc-Dermott, the Penn quarterback from Yonkers, sat out with an injury as Brown beat Penn 34-20. Four teams Brown, Penn, Princeton and Yale are tied for the Ivy League lead at 3-1.

Mark SullivanHome News Tribune Rutgers running back Ray Rice breaks free of a Navy tackle on his way to a first-half touchdown yesterday. Rutgers becomes bowl eligible jEfcal fJ Glenroy Courtney Lee Greene secure a definite bid, likely the Meineke Car Care Bowl, the more prestigious Insight Bowl or even the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day if the Knights win out Jim Tighe, an Insight Bowl rep, was in attendance yesterday to evaluate Rutgers, which hasn't played in a bowl game since the Garden State Bowl in 1978. It would take a collapse over the final three weeks losing to South Florida, Louisville and Cincinnati for Rutgers not to be selected for a bowl. "This is something I've been looking for, and people around here have been waiting for for a long time," Rice said. "We still have some work to do." Reach Kevin Devaney Jr.

at kdevaneygannett.com or 914-696-8522. RUTGERS, from 1C yards than he ever rushed for in a high school game. He overcame a few potential disasters yesterday. He recovered his own fumble in the first quarter and then another in the drop on a botched exchange with quarterback Ryan Hart In the fourth, Rice was on the favorable side of an instant-replay review in the fourth on a fumble that was overturned. "Ray doesn't get discouraged," coach Greg Schiano said.

"He might get mad, but Ray doesn't get discouraged. He's probably got a different level of competitiveness than other freshman." According to Rutgers star fullback Brian Leonard, Rice's confidence is growing. "Ray is the type of back we've never had here," Hart said. "He can run over people but he can also break away. He's got a swagger than no other 18 year old has." Greene has been a rock in the secondary all season and has quickly earned a reputation for his instincts and maturity.

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