5 Arkansas. November November 6: No. 1 Pittsburgh was stunned at home by Notre Dame, 31-16. The teams behind them switched spots again, as No. 2 SMU won 41-14 at Rice but No. 3 Georgia was even more impressive with a 44-0 shutout of No. 20 Florida. No. 4 Arizona State beat Oregon State 30-16, but No. 5 Arkansas fell 24-17 to Baylor. Moving back into the top five were No. 6 Nebraska, which defeated Oklahoma State 48-10, and No. 7 Penn State, which blanked North Carolina State 54-0. The poll featured No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 SMU, No. 3 Arizona State, No. 4 Nebraska, and No. 5 Penn State. November 13: No. 1 Georgia won at Auburn, 19-14, to clinch the SEC title and a Sugar Bowl berth, while No. 2 SMU traveled to Lubbock and beat Texas Tech 34-27. In a Pac-10 showdown in Tempe, No. 7 Washington beat No. 3 Arizona State 17-13. No. 4 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 48-10 but was passed in the next poll by No. 5 Penn State, who had beaten them in September and won 24-14 this week at No. 13 Notre Dame. The poll featured No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 SMU, No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Nebraska, and No. 5 Washington. November 20: No. 1 Georgia, No. 3 Penn State, and No. 4 Nebraska were idle. Meanwhile, No. 2 SMU and No. 9 Arkansas—the first- and second-place teams in the SWC—matched up against each other. In a controversial late-game decision, SMU coach Bobby Collins chose to tie the game with an extra point rather than try for a two-point conversion which would have given the Mustangs the lead. Neither team was able to score in the remaining time, resulting in a 17-17 tie. By avoiding a loss, SMU clinched the SWC title and a Cotton Bowl berth, but damaged their national championship prospects by giving up their chance at a perfect record. (Ironically, the sacrifice turned out to be unnecessary, as Arkansas went on to lose their final game and would have finished behind SMU in the conference standings even with a head-to-head win.) No. 5 Washington lost 24-20 to Washington State on an exciting day in the Pac-10 which also featured a last-second 20-19 victory by No. 11 UCLA over No. 15 USC as well as "The Play" between California and Stanford. No. 6 Pittsburgh defeated Rutgers 52-6 and