Sports news and scores from Wednesday August 26, 1981

Wednesday August 26, 1981

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`Sports headlines for Wednesday August 26, 1981:`

Templeton Suspended, Fined For Tantrum And Obscene Gesture
Reggie Benched, Will Have Checkup
Pirate Executive Wants More Brushback Pitches
Stabler Returns To Oilers
Broncos, Who Paid Dearly For Him, Release Matt Robinson
McEnroe, Evert-Lloyd Top Seeds For U.S. Open

Associated Press Final Poll for 1980:

1 Georgia (58) 12-0 1251 2 Pittsburgh (3) 11-1 1187 3 Oklahoma 10-2 1100 4 Michigan 10-2 1033 5 Florida State (1) 10-2 970 6 Alabama 10-2 928 7 Nebraska 10-2 879 8 Penn State 10-2 797 9 Notre Dame 9-2-1 699 10 North Carolina 11-1 665 11 Southern California 8-2-1 610 12 Brigham Young 12-1 584 13 UCLA 9-2 502 14 Baylor 10-2 494 15 Ohio State 9-3 389 16 Washington 9-3 253 17 Purdue 9-3 198 18 Miami (Florida) 8-3 192 19 Mississippi State 9-3 159 20 Southern Methodist 8-4 98

Associated Press Preseason Poll for 1981:

1 Michigan (38) 0-0 1183 2 Oklahoma (7) 0-0 1100 3 Notre Dame (7) 0-0 1050 4 Alabama (3) 0-0 1020 5 Southern California (5) 0-0 1014 6 Nebraska 0-0 768 7 Penn State (1) 0-0 716 8 Pittsburgh 0-0 686 9 Texas 0-0 647 10 Georgia 0-0 624 11 Ohio State (1) 0-0 594 12 North Carolina 0-0 462 13 UCLA 0-0 454 14 Mississippi State 0-0 359 15 Washington 0-0 272 16 Brigham Young 0-0 269 17 Florida 0-0 268 18 Stanford 0-0 205 19 Florida State 0-0 198 20 Arizona State 0-0 158

NCAA football standings as of this date