Penn State, 44-6. The Nittany Lions opened with three straight losses and never made it back into the polls. None of the other top-ranked teams played in the first week of September, and the next poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Auburn, and No. 5 Notre Dame. September 10: No. 1 Nebraska beat Wyoming 56-20, and No. 2 Oklahoma won 27-14 at Stanford. No. 3 Texas still had not started its schedule. No. 4 Auburn defeated Southern Mississippi 24-3, and No. 5 Notre Dame won 52-6 at Purdue. The latter two teams switched places in the next poll: No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Auburn. September 17: No. 1 Nebraska annihilated Minnesota 84-13, setting a school scoring record against a Division I opponent. Otherwise, this was a day of shakeup in the top five. No. 2 Oklahoma lost at home to No. 6 Ohio State, 24-12. No. 3 Texas won at No. 4 Auburn 20-7. No. 5 Notre Dame lost at home to Michigan State, 28-23. Moving up in the next poll were No. 7 Arizona, which beat Washington State 45-6 (the Wildcats had outscored their first three opponents 133-12) and No. 10 North Carolina, which defeated Miami-Ohio 48-17. The poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Arizona, and No. 5 North Carolina. September 24: No. 1 Nebraska defeated UCLA 42-10, and No. 2 Texas beat North Texas State 26-6. No. 3 Ohio State lost at No. 7 Iowa 20-14, while No. 4 Arizona won 27-10 over Cal State Fullerton and No. 5 North Carolina beat William & Mary 51-20. The next poll featured No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Arizona, No. 4 Iowa, and No. 5 North Carolina. October October 1: No. 1 Nebraska blew out Syracuse 63-7, and No. 2 Texas defeated Rice 42-6. However, No. 3 Arizona was tied by California 33-33; No. 4 Iowa had the same level of defense but none of the offense, being shut out 33-0 by Illinois. No. 5 North Carolina won 38-21 at Georgia Tech, which was beginning its first year in the ACC. Moving up were No. 6 Alabama, which had started 4-0 in their first year without Bear Bryant (the most recent win being 44-13 over Memphis) and No. 7 West Virginia, which