edged Pittsburgh 24-21. The poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 North Carolina, and No. 5 West Virginia. October 8: No. 1 Nebraska finally ran into trouble, being taken down to the wire in their Big 8 opener against Oklahoma State. The Cornhuskers pulled out a 14-10 win with an interception in the end zone on the game’s final play. No. 2 Texas matched up with Nebraska’s conference rival, No. 8 Oklahoma, and won 28-16. No. 3 Alabama lost at Penn State, 34-28. No. 4 North Carolina beat Wake Forest 30-10, No. 5 West Virginia was idle, and No. 7 Auburn won 49-21 at Kentucky. The next poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 West Virginia, and No. 5 Auburn. October 15: No. 1 Nebraska breathed a little easier with a 34-13 win at Missouri. No. 2 Texas beat Arkansas 31-3, No. 3 North Carolina won 42-14 at North Carolina State, No. 4 West Virginia shut out Virginia Tech 13-0, and No. 5 Auburn defeated Georgia Tech 31-13. The top five remained the same. October 22: No. 1 Nebraska led by just two points at the half but exploded after the break, scoring 48 third-quarter points in a 69-19 rout of Colorado. No. 2 Texas beat No. 9 SMU 15-12, ending a 21-game unbeaten streak for the Mustangs. No. 3 North Carolina was idle. No. 4 West Virginia lost 41-23 at Penn State. No. 5 Auburn defeated Mississippi State 28-13, and No. 6 Florida won 24-17 over East Carolina. The next poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Auburn, and No. 5 Florida. October 29: No. 1 Nebraska won 51-25 at Kansas State, and No. 2 Texas defeated Texas Tech 20-3. No. 3 North Carolina started a three-game losing streak by falling to No. 13 Maryland 28-26. No. 4 Auburn beat No. 5 Florida 28-21. Another SEC team, No. 6 Georgia, won 31-14 over Temple, while No. 7 Miami (which had won eight straight games by double digits after a season-opening loss to Florida) beat No. 12 West Virginia 20-3. The new top five was No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Georgia, and No. 5 Miami. November November 5: No. 1 Nebraska put on another offensive clinic, winning 72-29 over Iowa State; Mike Rozier rushed