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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2016 5BScoreboardMYRTLEBEACHONLINE.COM BASEBALL CAROLINA LEAGUE Northern Pct. GB Lynchburg 39 31 .557 Potomac 39 31 .557 Frederick 32 38 .457 7 Wilmington 27 42 .391 Southern Pct. GB Myrtle Beach 46 23 .667 Salem 44 26 .629 Winston Salem 28 41 .406 18 Carolina 23 46 .333 23 Postseason Schedule Games Salem at Myrtle Beach, Game 1, 6:05 Lynchburg at Potomac, Game 1, 7:05 Games Potomac at Lynchburg, Game 2, 6:30 Myrtle Beach at Salem, Game 2, 7:05 Games Potomac at Lynchburg, Game 3, 6:30 Myrtle Beach at Salem, Game 3, 7:05 TENNIS U.S. OPEN Results At New York Singles Quarterfinals Gael Monfils (10) d. Lucas Pouille (24), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Singles Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (2) d. Roberta Vinci (7), 7-5, 6-0. Caroline Wozniacki d. Anastasija Sevastova, 6-0, 6-2. Doubles Quarterfinals Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (8) def.

Bob and Mike Bryan (3) 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3. Doubles Quarterfinals Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova (12) d. Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend 6-1, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (5) def. Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik (13) 6-4, 6-2.

Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (1) def. Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova (7) 7-6 (3), 6-1. Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals Laura Siegemund and Mate Pavic d. Nicole Gibbs and Dennis Novikov 6-2, 7-6 (2). Chan Yung-jan and Nenad Zimonjic d.

Yaroslava Shvedova and Bruno Soares (2) 1-6, 6-3, 13-11. FOOTBALL NFL American Conference Game Carolina at Denver, 8:30 Games Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 Buffalo at Baltimore, 1 Chicago at Houston, 1 Green Bay at Jacksonville, 1 San Diego at Kansas City, 1 Oakland at New Orleans, 1 Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 1 Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1 Minnesota at Tennessee, 1 Miami at Seattle, 4:05 N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 Detroit at Indianapolis, 4:25 New England at Arizona, 8:30 Games Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:10 Los Angeles at San Francisco, 10:20 Thursday, Sept. 15 N.Y.

Jets at Buffalo, 8:25 Sunday, Sept. 18 San Francisco at Carolina, 1 Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 Tennessee at Detroit, 1 Kansas City at Houston, 1 Miami at New England, 1 New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 1 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 Dallas at Washington, 1 Tampa Bay at Arizona, 4:05 Seattle at Los Angeles, 4:05 Indianapolis at Denver, 4:25 Atlanta at Oakland, 4:25 Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:25 Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 Monday, Sept. 19 Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 COLLEGE AP Top 25 W-L Pts Pv 1. Alabama (54) 1-0 1,518 1 2.

Clemson (2) 1-0 1,416 2 3. Florida St. (4) 1-0 1,413 4 4. Ohio St. 1-0 1,324 6 5.

Michigan (1) 1-0 1,261 7 6. Houston 1-0 1,243 15 7. Stanford 1-0 1,140 8 8. Washington 1-0 884 14 9. Georgia 1-0 877 18 10.

Wisconsin 1-0 759 NR 11. Texas 1-0 743 NR 12. Michigan St. 1-0 722 12 13. Louisville 1-0 686 19 14.

Oklahoma 0-1 664 3 15. TCU 1-0 635 13 16. Iowa 1-0 588 17 17. Tennessee 1-0 573 9 18. Notre Dame 0-1 528 10 19.

Mississippi 0-1 493 11 20. Texas 1-0 477 NR 21. LSU 0-1 423 5 22. Oklahoma St. 1-0 409 21 23.

Baylor 1-0 296 23 24. Oregon 1-0 242 24 25. Miami 1-0 137 NR Others receiving votes: Florida 117, UCLA 62, Boise St. 50, Utah 43, San Diego St. 37, North Carolina 23, Auburn 13, Nebraska 13, Pittsburgh 7, BYU 5, Navy 2, Colorado 1, West Virginia 1.

TOP 25 SCHEDULE Friday No. 13 Louisville at Syracuse, 8 Saturday No. 1 Alabama vs. Western Kentucky, 3:30 No. 2 Clemson vs.

Troy, 12:30 No. 3 Florida State vs. Charleston Southern, 12:30 No. 4 Ohio State vs. Tulsa, 3:30 No.

5 Michigan vs. Central Florida, Noon No. 6 Houston vs. Lamar, Noon No. 8 Washington vs.

Idaho, 5 No. 9 Georgia vs. Nicholls, Noon No. 10 Wisconson vs. Akron, 3:30 No.

11 Texas vs. Texas-El Paso, 7 No. 14 Oklahoma vs. 7 No. 15 TCU vs.

Arkansas, 7 No. 16 Iowa vs. Iowa State, 7:30 No. 17 Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech at Bristol, 8 No.

18 Notre Dame vs. Nevada, 3:30 No. 19 Mississippi vs. Wofford, 4 No. 20 Texas vs.

Prairie View, Noon No. 21 LSU vs. Jacksonville State, 7:30 No. 22 Oklahoma State vs. Central Michigan, Noon No.

23 Baylor vs. SMU, 3:30 No. 24 Oregon vs. Virginia, 10:30 No. 25 Miami vs.

Florida Atlantic, 6 THIS SCHEDULE GAMES South Pikeville at E. Kentucky, 7 Incarnate Word at Northwestern 7 GAMES East Louisville at Syracuse, 8 South Maryland at Florida International, 7:30 GAMES East Rice at Army, Noon Penn St. at Pittsburgh, Noon Howard at Rutgers, Noon Boston College at UMass, Noon Concordia (Mich.) at Wagner, Noon Elizabeth City St. at Fordham, 1 Albany (NY) at Rhode Island, 1 Valparaiso at Sacred Heart, 1 Stony Brook at Temple, 1 Youngstown St. at West Virginia, 2 UConn at Navy, 3:30 Bucknell at Duquesne, 6 Delaware at Lafayette, 6 Georgetown at Marist, 6 St.

Francis (Pa.) at Towson, 6 Lehigh at Villanova, 6 Holy Cross at New Hampshire, 7 South N.C. State at East Carolina, Noon Nicholls at Georgia, Noon Troy at Clemson, 12:30 Chas. Southern at Florida 12:30 Presbyterian at Chattanooga, 2 Davidson at Kentucky Wesleyan, 2 Mercer at Georgia Tech, 3 W. Kentucky at Alabama, 3:30 Old Dominion at Appalachian 3:30 Wake Forest at Duke, 3:30 Kentucky at Florida, 3:30 Cent. Conn.

St. at James Madison, 4 Wofford at Mississippi, 4 Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 4 Monmouth at Delaware 5 Alabama at Miss. Valley 5 Elon at Charlotte, 6 Campbell at Chowan, 6 William Mary at Hampton, 6 Morgan St. at Marshall, 6 Florida Atlantic at Miami, 6 VMI at Morehead 6 Norfolk St. at Richmond, 6 Furman at The Citadel, 6 Gardner-Webb at W.

Carolina, 6 Alabama St. at Alcorn 7 Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay, 7 Florida at Coastal Carolina, 7 Point (Ga.) at Kennesaw 7 Jacksonville at Liberty, 7 S.C. State at Louisiana Tech, 7 McNeese St. at 7 South Carolina at Mississippi 7 Missouri St. at Murray 7 Georgia Southern at South Alabama, 7 N.

Illinois at South Florida, 7 Savannah St. at Southern 7 Warner at Stetson, 7 Jackson St. vs. Tennessee St. at Memphis, 7 Arkansas St.

at Auburn, 7:30 Jacksonville St. at LSU, 7:30 Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee at Bristol, 8 Southern U. at Tulane, 8 Midwest Central Florida at Michigan, Noon Indiana St. at Minnesota, Noon Wyoming at Nebraska, Noon Cincinnati at Purdue, Noon Robert Morris at Dayton, 1 Ohio at Kansas, 2:30 North Dakota at Bowling Green, 3 Weber St.

at South Dakota, 3 E. Illinois at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 E. Washington at N. Dakota 3:30 Illinois St. at Northwestern, 3:30 Nevada at Notre Dame, 3:30 Tulsa at Ohio 3:30 Akron at Wisconsin, 3:30 Ball St.

at Indiana, 4 N. Arizona at W. Illinois, 4 Montana at N. Iowa, 5 N.C. at Kent 6 Franklin at Butler, 6:30 Drake at S.

Dakota 7 SE Missouri at S. Illinois, 7 Maine at Toledo, 7 N.C. Central at W. Michigan, 7 North Carolina at Illinois, 7:30 E. Michigan at Missouri, 7:30 Iowa St.

at Iowa, 7:30 Southwest Lamar at Houston, Noon Cent. Michigan at Oklahoma Noon Prairie View at Texas Noon SMU at Baylor, 3:30 N. Colorado at Abilene Christian, 7 Panhandle St. at Bluff, 7 Samford at Cent. Arkansas, 7 Bethune-Cookman at North Texas, 7 at Oklahoma, 7 West Alabama at Stephen F.

Austin, 7 Arkansas at TCU, 7 Texas-El Paso at Texas, 7 Texas Southern at Houston Baptist, 8 West Georgia St. at Air Force, 2 Utah St. at Southern Cal, 2 Texas- San Antonio at Colorado 4 Bryant at Montana 4:05 Portland St. at San Jose 4:30 Idaho at Washington, 5 Idaho St. at Colorado, 5:30 San Diego at Cal Poly, 7:05 BYU at Utah, 7:30 New Mexico at New Mexico 8 SE Louisiana at S.

Utah, 8 UNLV at UCLA, 8 S. Oregon at UC Davis, 9 Texas Tech at Arizona 10 Sacramento St. at Fresno 10 Washington St. at Boise 10:15 Virginia at Oregon, 10:30 California at San Diego 10:30 Grambling St. at Arizona, 10:45 at Hawaii, 11:59 TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX Activated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL.

Recalled OF Jason Coats, INF Leury Garcia and RHP Blake Smith from Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS Recalled RHP Shawn Armstrong from Lake County (MWL). HOUSTON ASTROS Recalled RHP Brad Peacock and RHP David Paulino from Fresno (PCL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS Recalled INF Christian Colon from Omaha (PCL). Selected the contracts of OF Daniel Nava and RHP Kevin McCarthy from Omaha.

Designated OF Rey Fuentes and RHP Nick Tepesch for assignment. MINNESOTA TWINS Recalled RHP Tyler Duffey and 1B Kennys Vargas from Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of INF James Beresford from Rochester. Transferred OF Danny Santana to the 60-day DL. Added Rochester hitting coach Chad Allen to the staff.

NEW YORK YANKEES Recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell and LHP James Pazos from Wilkes-Barre (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS Recalled INF-OF Arismendy Alcantara from Stockton (Cal). SEATTLE MARINERS Recalled OF Norichika Aoki from Tacoma (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS Fired hitting coach Derek Shelton. Named Chad Mottola hitting coach.

TEXAS RANGERS Recalled INF Joey Gallo and OF Jared Hoying from Round Rock (PCL). Activated RHP Tanner Scheppers from 60-day DL. Named Wade Howell general manager for Kinston (Carolina). National League CHICAGO CUBS Activated RHP Hector Rondon from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Spencer Patton, OF Albert Almora Jr.

and INF Munenori Kawasaki from Iowa (PCL). Selected the contract of Tim Federowicz from Iowa. Designated RHP R.J. Alvarez for assignment. CINCINNATI REDS Recalled INF-OF Tony Renda, OF Steve Selsky and RHP Josh Smith from Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES Recalled RHPs Eddie Butler and German Marquez and Dustin Garneau from Albuquerque (PCL). Selected the contracts of INF Pat Valaika and INF-OF Jordan Patterson from Albuquerque. Desig- nated INFs Ben Paulsen and Rafael Ynoa for assignment. MIAMI MARLINS Activated 1B Justin Bour from the 60-day DL. Recalled LHPs Justin Nicolino and Hunter Cervenka from New Orleans (PCL) and OF Yefri Perez from Jacksonville (SL).

Designated RHP Kendry Flores for assignment. NEW YORK METS Recalled RHP Rafael Montero, OF Brandon Nimmo, INF T.J. Rivera, INF Eric Campbell, LHP Josh Edgin, RHP Erik Goeddel and INF Gavin Cecchini from Las Vegas (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES Selected the contracts of INF Pedro Florimon and RHP Trevor Williams from Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHPs Tyler Glasnow and Drew Hutchison from Indianapolis.

Designated LHP Kelvin Marte and RHP Curtis Partch for assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES Reinstated OF Jon Jay from the 60-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Recalled OF Jose Martinez and RHPs Mike Mayers and Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL). Texas League TEXAS LEAGUE Named Tim Purpura league president.

American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHP Santos Arias, RHP Alex deLa Cruz, LHP Axel Johnson, RHP Mario Morales, RHP Roby Romero, Conor Sullivan, INF Edwin Gomez, INF Alex Polston, INF Brandon Tierney, OF KC Hurth, OF Oscar Mesa, LHP Alberto Castillo, RHP Carlos Fuentes, RHP Harrison Lee, RHP Keith Picht, Ermindo Escobar, INF Mitch Glasser, INF Sergio Leon, INF Will Soto, INF Geraldo Valentin, OF Mark Krueger and RHP Victor Ramirez. KANSAS CITY T-BONES Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHP Jordan Cooper, RHP Sean Furney, RHP Josh Hodges, LHP Mike Kickham, LHP Josh Tols, Nolan Johnson, INF Jack Blackwood, INF Brett Wiley, OF Tyson Gillies, OF Dalton Wheat, LHP Evan Deluca, RHP Mark Haynes, RHP David Holman, RHP Jared Messer, LHP Tyler Ybarra, Tyler Moore, INF Ryan Retz, OF Anthony Gallas and OF Tyler Massey. TEXAS AIR HOGS Exercised the 2017 contract options on INF Cory Morales, INF Devon Reodriguez, INF Juan Sanchez, OF Michael Hur, OF Nick Akins, OF Kenny Peoples-Walls, LHP Derek Callahan, RHP Cody Culp, RHP Tyler Harris, RHP Cody Hebner, RHP Diegeo Ibarra, RHP Jack Karraker, LHP Tyler Ihrig, RHP Trey Masek, RHP Carlos Misell, RHP Alan Oaks, RHP Mark Pope, LHP Griffin Russell, LHP David Russo, Michael Miller, Michael Valadez, INF Brian Bistagne, INF Leon Byrd and INF Cody Lenahan. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS Activated LHP Jarret Leverett. Placed RHP John Brownell on the inactive list.

Can-Am League SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHP Jesse Beal, RHP Joe Donino, RHP Kaohi Downing, LHP Darren Fischer, LHP Ryan Kuklik, RHP Danny Moskovits, LHP Austin Solecitto, RHP Michael Suk, RHP Michael Tamburino, RHP Josh Wood, Nate Irving, INF John Brucker, INF Chris Chiaradio, INF Nick Giarraputo, INF Steve Nyisztor, OF Jay Austin, OF Derrick Pyles, OF Dominique Taylor, OF Carl Thomore and OF Brenden Webb. TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES Released Simon Gravel. FOOTBALL Nfl ARIZONA CARDINALS Signed QBs Zac Dysert and Aaron Murray to the practice squad. BUFFALO BILLS Signed WR Brandon Tate. Signed CB Marcus Roberson, LB Carlos Fields and Damian Parms to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS Signed Connor Barth. DALLAS COWBOYS Released LB Deon King and DE Ryan Russell from the practice squad. Signed LB Jeremiah George, DE Zach Moore and OT Keavon Milton to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS Claimed TE Khari Lee off waivers from Chicago. Placed LB Jon Bostic on injured reserve.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS Signed OT Carter Bykowski to the practice squad. Released CB Tre Roberson from the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed DB Mike Hilton and DB Vinnie Sunseri to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS Waived TE Brian Parker. Signed CB Dexter McDougle, Ronald Martin and RBs Dominique Williams and Raheem Mostert to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Signed LB Tank Carradine to a one-year contract extension through the 2017 season. TENNESSEE TITANS Signed WR Tre McBride to the practice squad. Terminated the practice squad contract of WR Ben Roberts. COLLEGES IOWA Signed football coach Kirk Ferentz to a contract extension through the 2026 season. NEW MEXICO Named Robin Goodman assistant tennis coach.

BETTING LINE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League Favorite Line Underdog Line New York -150 at CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH -127 St. Louis WASHINGTON OFF Atlanta OFF MIAMI -130 Phila. Chicago -154 at MILWAUKEE COLORADO -116 San Francisco Los Angeles -154 Arizona American League TAMPA BAY -105 Baltimore -105 CHICAGO -120 Detroit OAKLAND -120 Los Angeles NEW YORK OFF Toronto OFF CLEVELAND -160 Houston Kansas City -140 at MINNESOTA Texas -108 at SEATTLE -102 Interleague Boston -215 at SAN DIEGO COLLEGE FOOTBALL Friday Favorite Line Underdog Maryland at FIU Louisville 14 at SYRACUSE Saturday TCU Arkansas ARMY 10 Rice KANSAS 3 Ohio MICHIGAN UCF MISSOURI E. Michigan APP. ST Old Dominion PITTSBURGH 6 Penn St Cincinnati at PURDUE INDIANA Ball St OKLAHOMA Louisiana-Monroe OKLA.

ST 21 Cent. Michigan WISCONSIN 25 Akron NC State at EAST CAROLINA OHIO STATE 29 Tulsa CLEMSON 36 Troy S. FLORIDA 15 Illinois DUKE 5 Wake Forest NAVY 4 UCONN TEXAS UTEP AUBURN 19 Arkansas St AIR FORCE 18 Georgia St COLORADO ST UTSA FLORIDA 17 Kentucky NOTRE DAME 28 Nevada WASHINGTON Idaho ALABAMA Kentucky VANDERBILT MIDDLE TENNESSEE OREGON Virginia MISS. ST South Carolina MIAMI 24 FAU Tennessee Virginia Tech BAYLOR 32 SMU IOWA 15 Iowa St No Carolina at ILLINOIS Ga Southern 13 at SOUTH ALABAMA NEBRASKA Wyoming SO. CAL Utah St New Mexico 12 at NEW MEXICO ST UTAH BYU BOISE ST 11 Washington St UCLA ARIZONA ST 3 Texas Tech DIEGO ST California NFL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog Carolina 3 at DENVER Sunday Minnesota at TENNESSEE PHILA.

4 Cleveland Cincinnati at NY JETS NEW ORLEANS 1 Oakland KANSAS CITY 7 San Diego BALTIMORE 3 Buffalo HOUSTON Chicago Green Bay at JACKSONVILLE SEATTLE Miami NY Giants 1 at DALLAS INDIANAPOLIS Detroit ARIZONA 6 New England Monday Pittsburgh 3 at WASHINGTON Los Angeles at SAN FRANCISCO SCOREBOARD No need to wonder whether Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams is all the way back from a neck fracture suffered in the 2015 season opener against Wof- ford. Williams made nine catches against Auburn Saturday for a career-high 174 yards. While it had been nearly a year since he last played, Williams seemed to have great chemistry with All-American quarterback Deshaun Watson. comes when nobody is looking. Now, starting to Williams said of the work he did with Watson last spring and over the summer.

Williams have a catch in the first quarter, then the offensive players got together between peri- ods to emphasize getting him the ball. Williams had six receptions in the second quarter alone, for 105 yards. Williams advised Watson about some nuances in how he was being covered that helped the two of them optimize throws. told him the (defensive back) was working hard on the top, so give me a lot of back-shoulder balls and what he Wil- liams said. worked There appeared to be no reluctance on part to take contact after the serious neck injury he suf- fered.

been hit harder than that in Williams said. they gave was anything I seen in practice, so everything was injury some- what took him off the radar of media regularly covering the ACC. He was just fourth in balloting for the all-con- ference preseason team. that preseason stuff, I really look at Wil- liams said. the end of the year, see who is on that Despite its inexperience compared to offense, the defen- sive unit had an impressive game versus Auburn.

offense finished the game at 3.7 yards per play. Through three quar- ters, Auburn averaged just 2.8 yards per play. defense lost ends Shaq Lawson and Ke- vin Dodd and cornerback Mackensie Alexander to the NFL last spring. But defen- sive coordinator Brent Ven- ables liked the quick pro- gress among young players in the spring and in August camp. was confident.

I really liked how our guys were working their attitude, their willingness to be Venables said. knew there would be things they do well or coached well, but we like our Particularly impressive was freshman defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. The 6-5, 340-pounder from suburban Raleigh, N.C., was a first-team USA Today high school All-American and looked every bit the part against Auburn. He had a sack and a pass break-up. Lawrence participated in spring practice and proved to Venables he was ready to contribute.

gotten over that Venables said of immediate im- pact. really felt the mo- ment would not be too big for him because a very mature, humble, hard-work- ing going to take care of X-Y-Z and everything else will take care of kind of Rick Bonnell: 704-358-5129; CLEMSON FOOTBALL Williams made big-time return against Auburn BY RICK BONNELL KEVIN C. COX Getty Images Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams (7) had nine catches for a career-high 174 yards Saturday versus Auburn in his first game back since suffering a neck injury in last season opener. Texas is ranked for the first time under coach Charlie Strong, com- ing in at No. 11 in the latest Associ- ated Press college football rank- ings after a rousing opening victo- ry against Notre Dame.

The last time the Longhorns were ranked was November 2013, Mack last as coach. No. 10 Wisconsin also made a big jump into the Top 25 after beating Louisiana State. The Tigers and Fighting Irish were among seven ranked teams that lost during the first weekend of the season. Alabama still is No.

1. The Crim- son Tide picked up 21 first-place votes to total 54 after its 52-6 victory against Southern Cali- fornia. Clemson remained No. 2. Florida State moved up to No.

3. Ohio State is No. 4 and Michigan is No. 5. Houston is No.

6. Poll points IN A Wisconsin, which beat LSU 16-14 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, matched a record for the best season debut in the Top 25 with its No. 10 ranking. Arizona also went from unranked to No. 10 in 2014 after the Wildcats won at Oregon.

A Texas is in at No. 20 after beating UCLA, then No. 16, in overtime. A Miami slipped in at No. 25.

OUT A Southern Cal, UCLA and North Carolina dropped out after loses. A Florida, which was No. 25, fell out after beating Massachusetts 24-7. UP A No. 6 Houston and No.

9 Georgia had the biggest jumps for preseason ranked teams. Each moved up nine spots after victories over ranked teams. DOWN A LSU fell from No. 5 to No. 21.

The 16-spot drop is the fourth- largest in poll history. A No. 14 Oklahoma dropped 11 spots from No. 3 after losing 33-23 to Houston A No. 17 Tennessee, No.

18 Notre Dame and No. 19 Mississippi all fell eight spots. The Volunteers drop- ped after an overtime victory against Appalachian State. MILESTONES A No. 6 Houston has its highest ranking since Nov.

4, 1990 (No. 3). A No. 8 Washington has its highest rank since Nov. 4, 2001 (No.

8). CONFERENCE CALL SEC 6 Big Ten 5 Big 12 5 ACC 4 Pac-12 3 American 1 Independent 1 RANKED VS. RANKED None. This will not be regarded as the greatest second weekend of the college football season ever. ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 GABRIEL LOPEZ AP After beating Notre Dame, Texas is ranked for the first time under coach Charlie Strong, at No.

11 in the AP poll. Texas in poll for first time under Strong BY RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press.