Sports news and scores from Tuesday January 1, 1974

`Sports headlines for Tuesday January 1, 1974:`

Ohio State Borrows To Pay Back USC, 42-21
Nebraska Pulls Switch...And Wins, 19-3
Penn St. Bomb Wrecks LSU, 16-9
They're No. 1 In Paterno Poll
Connors Australian Champ; Evert Loses
Clemente's Friend Won't Give Up Hope

Top-20 scores:

#4 Ohio State 42, #7 Southern California 21 (Rose Bowl)
#6 Penn State 16, #13 Louisiana State 9 (Orange Bowl)
#12 Nebraska 19, #8 Texas 3 (Cotton Bowl)

Associated Press Final Poll for 1973:

1 Notre Dame (33) 11-0 1128 2 Ohio State (11) 10-0-1 1002 3 Oklahoma (16) 10-0-1 965 4 Alabama 11-1 834 5 Penn State 12-0 709 6 Michigan 10-0-1 702 7 Nebraska 9-2-1 430 8 Southern California 9-2-1 386 9 Arizona State 11-1 349 9 Houston 11-1 349 11 Texas Tech 11-1 336 12 UCLA 9-2 251 13 Louisiana State 9-3 179 14 Texas 8-3 150 15 Miami (Ohio) 11-0 125 16 North Carolina State 9-3 94 17 Missouri 8-4 52 18 Kansas 7-4-1 11 19 Tennessee 8-4 10 20 Maryland 8-4 3 20 Tulane 9-3 3

NCAA football standings as of this date