Saturday September 5, 1981
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Sports headlines for Saturday September 5, 1981:




Top-20 scores:
  • #4 Alabama 24, Louisiana State 7
  • #8 Pittsburgh 26, Illinois 6
  • #10 Georgia 44, Tennessee 0
  • #14 Mississippi State 20, Memphis 3
  • #16 Brigham Young 31, Long Beach State 8
  • Miami (Florida) 21, #17 Florida 20
  • #19 Florida State 17, Louisville 0
Other scores:
  • Appalachian State 48, Lenoir-Rhyne 9
  • Auburn 24, Texas Christian 16
  • Clemson 45, Wofford 10
  • Drake 39, Northern Iowa 30
  • East Carolina 42, Western Carolina 6
  • East Tennessee State 31, Tennessee Tech 22
  • Fresno State 23, Oregon 16
  • Houston 21, New Mexico 10
  • Illinois State 31, Western Illinois 7
  • Kansas 15, Tulsa 11
  • Kentucky 28, North Texas 6
  • Lamar 18, Baylor 17
  • Louisiana-Monroe 38, Indiana State 8
  • McNeese State 27, Southern Illinois 12
  • Mississippi 19, Tulane 18
  • New Mexico State 14, Texas-El Paso 7
  • North Carolina State 27, Richmond 21
  • Pacific 10, Central Michigan 3
  • Rutgers 29, Syracuse 27
  • South Carolina 23, Wake Forest 6
  • Southern Methodist 48, Texas-Arlington 0
  • Southern Mississippi 33, Louisiana-Lafayette 7
  • Temple 42, William & Mary 0
  • Texas A&M 29, California 28
  • UNLV 16, San Jose State 6
  • Utah 10, Utah State 0
  • West Texas A&M 17, Louisiana Tech 10
  • Wichita State 38, Missouri Southern 6
  • Wyoming 38, Cal State Fullerton 13
  • Youngstown State 19, Cincinnati 13
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

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