Sports headlines for Wednesday October 4, 1972:
- Bookies Choose A's, Pirates To Win Playoffs
- Martin, Kasko Rehired For Two More Years
- Gibson Beats Pirates, Sets Strikeout Record
Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Oct. 3): 1 Southern California (36) 4-0 970 2 Oklahoma (13) 3-0 907 3 Ohio State 2-0 626 4 Alabama 3-0 612 5 Michigan (1) 3-0 565 6 Nebraska 3-1 559 7 Notre Dame 2-0 490 8 Louisiana State 3-0 467 9 Texas 2-0 241 10 Tennessee 3-1 197 11 Washington 4-0 190 12 Colorado 3-1 187 13 Florida State 4-0 162 14 UCLA 3-1 144 15 Stanford 3-0 100 16 Penn State 2-1 97 17 Auburn 3-0 78 18 Mississippi 3-0 41 19 Air Force 3-0 39 20 Iowa State 3-0 38 |