Sports headlines for Wednesday December 15, 1971:
- Four In Running For Vince Lombardi Award
Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Dec. 7): 1 Nebraska (48) 12-0 1086 2 Alabama (4) 11-0 954 3 Oklahoma 10-1 880 4 Michigan (3) 11-0 797 5 Auburn 9-1 581 6 Georgia 10-1 480 7 Colorado 9-2 432 8 Arizona State 10-1 394 9 Tennessee 9-2 385 10 Penn State 10-1 334 11 Louisiana State 8-3 307 12 Texas 8-2 262 13 Notre Dame 8-2 142 14 Toledo 11-0 129 15 Houston 9-2 81 16 Stanford 8-3 40 17 Mississippi 9-2 34 18 Arkansas 8-2-1 28 19 Northwestern 6-4 16 20 Washington 8-3 15 |