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Southern Cal’s fall, the pivotal game between West Virginia and the University of Louisville will match top-five teams in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.

The Cardinals (7-0, 2-0 Big East) jumped three spots to No. 5 in the new BCS rankings released yesterday. The Mountaineers (7-0, 2-0) moved up one spot to No. 3.
 
Big Ten Conference powers Ohio State (9-0, 6-0) and Michigan (9-0, 5-0) remained 1-2 and have a wide margin on the rest of the nation. The Buckeyes’ BCS average is .9864 to .9697 for the Wolverines, with West Virginia at .7862. No. 4 Florida (7-2, 5-1 Southeastern) is at .7791, and U of L is at .7621.

The third-ranked Mountaineers and fifth-ranked Cardinals also each moved up a spot in The Associated Press Top 25. They were off last week and will play Thursday night at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

Southern Cal’s 33-31 upset loss to Oregon State dropped the Trojans from No. 3 to No. 9. Ohio State and Michigan held the 1-2 spots in the AP poll.

The Buckeyes have been No. 1 all season. They received 63 of 65 first-place votes. The Wolverines were second for a third consecutive week. The Big Ten rivals will meet Nov. 18 in Columbus.

The first nine teams in the USA Today coaches’ poll were the same as in the AP’s.
Smith primed for possible start

A breakout game and a broken-down backfield could lead to a start for University of Kentucky tailback Alfonso Smith.

Smith, a redshirt freshman from Waggener High School, rushed for 92 yards Saturday in UK’s 34-31 victory at Mississippi State.

The Wildcats’ starting tailback in that game, Tony Dixon, suffered a strained hamstring and is questionable for Saturday’s game against Georgia at Commonwealth Stadium.

UK’s leading rusher, Rafael Little, has missed two straight games and is “very questionable,” coach Rich Brooks said.

Smith had 17 carries against Mississippi State and scored his first touchdown. He also caught two passes for 57 yards.

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Officials in Nigeria now say nine people survived Sunday’s plane crash in the capital.

But 96 others died.

Investigators have found one of the two black boxes from the Boeing 737 belonging to the Nigerian airline Aviation Development Company.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash, which occurred just after takeoff.

But there were said to be storms in the area at the time.

One aviation official says a Virgin Airlines flight that was on the runway about the same time as the ADC flight did not take off because of strong winds.

The spiritual leader of Nigeria’s Muslims was aong the dead.

He was buried within hours of the crash.

Thousands received the cleric’s body when it was flown to Sokoto.

The government has declared six days of mourning.

Nigeria’s air industry is notoriously unsafe.

Last year, two planes flying domestic routes crashed within seven weeks of each other, killing 224 people.

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