Sports headlines for Wednesday October 7, 1981:
- Walling's Pinch-Single Gives Astros 1-0 Win In 11th Inning
- Expos Wait Out Carlton For 5 Walks, Get 3-1 Victory Over Phils' Ace
- Yankee Bullpen Blows Away Brewers In 5-3 Victory
- McCatty Pitches A's To 2-0 Series Lead Over Royals
- Blue Jays' Manager Kicked Upstairs To Front Office
- Cox Says Braves Have Fired Him
- Ainge Can't Join Celtics, Becomes Part-Time Assistant At BYU
- Gordie Howe's Wife To Run For Congress
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Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Oct. 7): 1 Southern California (58) 4-0 1293 2 Penn State (6) 3-0 1205 3 Texas (1) 3-0 1134 4 Pittsburgh 3-0 1103 5 North Carolina 4-0 1047 6 Michigan 3-1 904 7 Alabama 4-1 763 8 Brigham Young 5-0 735 9 Clemson 4-0 651 10 Oklahoma 1-1-1 607 11 Georgia 3-1 581 12 Iowa State 3-0-1 455 13 Missouri 4-0 412 14 Southern Methodist 4-0 393 15 Iowa 3-1 384 16 Miami (Florida) 3-1 369 17 UCLA 3-1 330 18 Ohio State 3-1 286 19 Mississippi State 3-1 188 20 Florida 3-1 152 |