Sports headlines for Monday September 7, 1981:
- Bench Ties Dimaggio On Home Run List
- Oakland Receiver Has Spleen Removed
- Gerulaitis Upsets Lendl To Gain U.S. Open Quarterfinals
- Bonnett Holds Off Waltrip In Southern 500
- Holmes Will Fight Cooney Next March In Las Vegas
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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 |