Sports news and scores from Saturday January 1, 1972

`Sports headlines for Saturday January 1, 1972:`

Last-Second 31-Yarder Upsets Michigan, 13-12
Nebraska Convinces Bear, 38-6 -- 'May Be Best Ever'
Opportunistic Nittany Lions Use Texas Turnovers To Triumph, 30-6
Frazier-Ali Rematch Planned For Spring

Top-20 scores:

#1 Nebraska 38, #2 Alabama 6 (Orange Bowl)
#3 Oklahoma 40, #5 Auburn 22 (Sugar Bowl)
#16 Stanford 13, #4 Michigan 12 (Rose Bowl)
#10 Penn State 30, #12 Texas 6 (Cotton Bowl)

Associated Press Final Poll for 1971:

1 Nebraska (55) 13-0 1100 2 Oklahoma 11-1 990 3 Colorado 10-2 746 4 Alabama 11-1 674 5 Penn State 11-1 666 6 Michigan 11-1 479 7 Georgia 11-1 471 8 Arizona State 11-1 414 9 Tennessee 10-2 379 10 Stanford 9-3 347 11 Louisiana State 9-3 324 12 Auburn 9-2 282 13 Notre Dame 8-2 184 14 Toledo 12-0 126 15 Mississippi 10-2 104 16 Arkansas 8-3-1 39 17 Houston 9-3 37 18 Texas 8-3 31 19 Washington 8-3 15 20 Southern California 6-4-1 9

NCAA football standings as of this date