Sports news and scores from Friday January 1, 1971

`Sports headlines for Friday January 1, 1971:`

Stanford Finds It's Faster, Easier By Air, 27-17
Texas Chokes On Irish Defensive 'Wishbone'
Nebraska Rallies To Whip LSU, Claims No. 1 Rating
Tennessee Passing Attack Destroys Air Force, 34-13

Top-20 scores:

#6 Notre Dame 24, #1 Texas 11 (Cotton Bowl)
#12 Stanford 27, #2 Ohio State 17 (Rose Bowl)
#3 Nebraska 17, #5 Louisiana State 12 (Orange Bowl)
#4 Tennessee 34, #11 Air Force 13 (Sugar Bowl)

Associated Press Final Poll for 1970:

1 Nebraska (39) 11-0-1 946 2 Notre Dame (8) 10-1 814 3 Texas (3) 10-1 721 4 Tennessee 11-1 683 5 Ohio State 9-1 588 6 Arizona State (2) 11-0 472 7 Louisiana State 9-3 464 8 Stanford 9-3 440 9 Michigan 9-1 346 10 Auburn 9-2 289 11 Arkansas 9-2 199 12 Toledo 12-0 157 13 Georgia Tech 9-3 124 14 Dartmouth 9-0 90 15 Southern California 6-4-1 85 16 Air Force 9-3 67 17 Tulane 8-4 31 18 Penn State 7-3 17 19 Houston 8-3 14 20 Mississippi 7-4 12 20 Oklahoma 7-4-1 12

NCAA football standings as of this date