Sports news and scores from Saturday September 9, 1972

`Sports headlines for Saturday September 9, 1972:`

Russia Ends U.S. Basketball Reign
Avery On Personal Vendetta -- Collett
Yanks Protest 51-50 Loss, Say Time Ran Out

Top-20 scores:

UCLA 20, #1 Nebraska 17
#2 Colorado 20, California 10
#8 Southern California 31, #4 Arkansas 10
#7 Alabama 35, Duke 12
#9 Washington 13, Pacific 6
#15 Tennessee 34, Georgia Tech 3
#19 Florida State 19, Pittsburgh 7

Other scores:

Appalachian State 7, Western Kentucky 6
Arizona 17, Colorado State 0
Auburn 14, Mississippi State 3
Cincinnati 10, Indiana State 7
Clemson 13, Citadel 0
Dayton 18, Youngstown State 13
East Carolina 30, Virginia Military 3
Fresno State 24, Cal State Sacramento 7
Kansas State 21, Tulsa 13
Kent State 13, Akron 13
Maryland 24, North Carolina State 24
Missouri 24, Oregon 22
North Carolina 28, Richmond 18
Northern Illinois 21, Illinois State 7
Ohio University 26, Central Michigan 21
Rice 14, Houston 13
San Jose State 33, Santa Clara 28
Southern Mississippi 38, Texas-Arlington 17
Syracuse 17, Temple 10
Tampa 21, Toledo 0
Texas A&M 36, Wichita State 13
Utah State 48, New Mexico State 14
Vanderbilt 24, Tennessee-Chattanooga 7
Virginia 24, South Carolina 16
Wake Forest 26, Davidson 20
Washington State 18, Kansas 17
West Virginia 25, Villanova 6
Western Michigan 28, Long Beach State 20
William & Mary 31, Furman 7
Wyoming 30, Idaho State 14

Associated Press Preseason Poll for 1972:

1 Nebraska (28) 0-0 920 2 Colorado (13) 0-0 746 3 Ohio State (4) 0-0 620 4 Arkansas (2) 0-0 578 5 Penn State 0-0 550 6 Oklahoma (2) 0-0 538 7 Alabama 0-0 410 8 Southern California 0-0 299 9 Washington (1) 0-0 294 10 Michigan 0-0 266 11 Louisiana State 0-0 257 12 Arizona State 0-0 221 13 Notre Dame 0-0 205 14 Texas 0-0 202 15 Tennessee 0-0 163 16 Mississippi 0-0 88 17 Georgia 0-0 79 18 Purdue 0-0 67 19 Florida State 0-0 40 20 Stanford 0-0 27

NCAA football standings as of this date