Sports headlines for Thursday January 3, 1974:
- Yanks Hire Virdon, But Dick Williams Remains In Picture
- Cedeno Trial Set To Start Jan. 14
- Exclusive Rose Bowl Pact Favored By Big 10 Majority
- Lacroix Leads WHA East To Easy 8-4 Win
- Notre Dame Wins Final AP Football Poll
- Baseball Adopts Five-Point Plan To Reduce Energy Use By 20-25%
- Knox Named Top Coach By UPI Vote
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 |