High School Football Top 20
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Following is the Globe's preseason Top 20. For the Boston.com 100, go to Boston.com/schools. School Last year
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CATHEDRAL Coach: Mike Pitman (first season). Last year's record: 6-5. Returning starters (10): Shelby Cime, G-LB, 5-8, 199, Sr.; William Bizcaino, S-RB, 5-8, 172, Sr.; Jeff Desir, CB-WR, 5-8, 140, Sr.; Mickey Burnache, DT-T, 5-11, 290, Sr.; Kandley Val, DE-T, 6-5, 245, Sr.; Whaneller Bizcaino, LB-RB, 5-8, 170, Sr.; Robert Williams, QB, 6-2, 215, Jr.; Chris Watson, DE-RB, 5-8, 160, ...
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AMHERST - Funny league, this Atlantic 10. In a two-day span in the past week, all three A-10 teams ranked in the Top 25 were defeated by unranked conference rivals.
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Get ready for another 1 vs. 2 showdown in the Big Ten &#151; this time on the hardwood. Wisconsin was the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday and Big Ten rival Ohio State was not far behind at No. 2.
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Be careful, Boston College. The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that's been more of a burden than a reward recently. The second-ranked team in The Associated Press poll has lost three consecutive weeks. BC faces its toughest test of the season Thursday night at No. 8 Virginia Tech.
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Colleges Wisconsin is the new No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll and Big Ten rival Ohio State is on the Badgers' tail at No. 2. The Badgers (26-2, 12-1), on top of the poll for the first time in school history, play the Buckeyes (24-3, 12-1) in Columbus Sunday. Wisconsin received 35 first-place votes and ...
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Southern California, Oklahoma and Auburn - the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 - all won easily Saturday. No. 4 Wisconsin had its national title hopes
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Alabama has the nation's top pass defense and ranks second overall. No team in major college football allows fewer points than No. 2 Auburn.
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A year ago, Southern Cal was outside the gates, not part of the show, despite being the No. 1 team in both the writers' and coaches' polls. This year, coach Pete Carroll's Trojans are again No. 1 in both of those polls, but also No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series computer rankings, which means they will play ...
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The opinion widely held is that the USC Trojans are the top team in college football. To support that argument, USC heads into its toughest stretch of 2004 Saturday at Stanford.
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Fresh from a 34-17 victory over Division 1-A Northwestern at Evanston, Ill., New Hampshire moved into the No. 1 spot in the Sports Network's Division 1-AA football Top 25.
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Defending national champion Florida was awarded the top overall seeding in the NCAA tournament's field of 65 on Sunday, joining top-ranked Ohio State, No. 2 Kansas and No. 8 North Carolina. All four teams cemented their status by winning their conference tournament championship games earlier in the day.
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Four coaches who worked for Patriots Coach Bill Belichick in Cleveland between 1991 and 1995 have college programs in The Associated Press Top 20 this week.
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The last of the unbeatens are 1-2-3 in the Top 25 Â again. North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas, the only Division I teams yet to lose this season, were the top teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a seventh straight week Monday.
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Dayton was impressive with its road win over Louisville. The Flyers went a lot further with their 25-point rout of previously unbeaten Pittsburgh last weekend, a victory that moved them into The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time in four years.
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Oklahoma-USC. The two best programs of this century. Two national powers in the past, now revived in the present. No. 1 USC with nation&#39;s second-longest winning streak.
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Gary Walters understands the difficulty in filling those final spots for the NCAA field. This year, however, his selection committee faces a new twist &#151; picking the top seeds. With Florida's late-season struggles, Wisconsin's injuries and Kansas' power ranking, Walters acknowledged Wednesday that putting together the 65-team field this weekend will be far from clear-cut.