Sports headlines for Wednesday December 27, 1972:
- South Defense Rises To Strock's Aid, 27-15
Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Dec. 6): 1 Southern California (50) 11-0 1000 2 Oklahoma 10-1 878 3 Ohio State 9-1 666 4 Alabama 10-1 606 5 Penn State 10-1 554 6 Auburn 9-1 536 7 Texas 9-1 484 8 Michigan 10-1 467 9 Nebraska 8-2-1 385 10 Louisiana State 9-1-1 273 11 Tennessee 9-2 259 12 Notre Dame 8-2 227 13 Colorado 8-3 174 14 UCLA 8-3 79 15 Arizona State 9-1 68 16 North Carolina 9-1 60 17 Louisville 9-1 22 18 West Virginia 8-3 18 19 Washington State 7-4 10 20 Purdue 6-5 3 |