No. 1 Sooners could be healthy for Texas (AP) Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects No. 1 Oklahoma to be at full strength this Saturday when the Sooners face fifth-ranked Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry game. Although defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and center Jon Cooper sustained minor injuries against Baylor, Stoops said both could return this week to face the Longhorns -- and the Sooners might even have injured defensive linemen Demarcus... Pelini: Huskers need to show restraint (AP) Coach Bo Pelini is telling his players to keep their cool. The Cornhuskers have committed eight personal fouls in five games -- not counting the flag Pelini got for unsportsmanlike conduct against Virginia Tech. "When there is an either-or situation in the heat of the moment, if the situation calls for it, you have to learn to pull off of it and not take the shot. ASU QB Carpenter questionable vs. USC (AP) Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson said he wants to see how quarterback Rudy Carpenter's sprained left ankle responds before deciding whether he'll play at No. 8 USC on Saturday. Carpenter was hurt in the Sun Devils' 24-14 loss at California last weekend. The senior has made 36 straight starts, but that streak could be in jeopardy. Cowboys seek respect vs. No. 3 Missouri (AP) Already this season, No. 17 Oklahoma State has been able to celebrate its return to the Top 25 and its first undefeated start since Les Miles left for LSU. The opportunity to take the next step and topple a highly ranked team presents itself Saturday when the Cowboys (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) go to No. 3 Missouri. No. 25 Ball State ranked for first time (AP) David Letterman is going to love this: At No. 25 in the AP college football poll, his alma mater, Ball State. The Cardinals, who have remained unbeaten while losing one of their best players to a career-ending spine injury, are ranked in the Top 25 for the first time. After a week with few upsets, the top of media poll only underwent slight alterations. No. 12 Ohio St. remains class of Big Ten (AP) Terrelle Pryor kept a perfect record as a starter. Chris "Beanie" Wells kept things loose. That's all Ohio State (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) needed to stay at the top of the class in the conference with a 20-17 win over Wisconsin on Saturday night. The Buckeyes moved up to No. 12 in the poll Sunday. "A lot of people have been questioning our mental toughness," Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis said. Vanderbilt enjoying best start since '43 (AP) The Vanderbilt Commodores returned to the field for a curtain call, to celebrate with their excited and a bit stunned fans, not wanting the moment to end. It's time to believe. These Commodores are rolling back not just the years, but the decades at a school that was a charter member of the mighty Southeastern Conference, but whose best football was played in the first 40 years of the 20th century. No. 20 Auburn baffled by offensive woes (AP) No. 20 Auburn woke up Sunday morning to several harsh realities. The Tigers lost to Vanderbilt for the first time since 1955, have already dropped two Southeastern Conference games and the offense is showing few signs of breaking out of its struggles. "We're pretty down right now," center Ryan Pugh said Sunday. Notre Dame not ranked despite 4-1 start (AP) Notre Dame's 4-1 start doesn't measure up to the 27 other seasons in which the Irish had one loss in the first five games. The difference: This time they're unranked. Every other season in which the Fighting Irish were either 4-1 or 3-1-1, they were ranked. The Irish were rated as high as No. 4 in 1942 and 1965, as low as No. No. 2 Tide avoid upset, tops Kentucky (AP) Alabama discovered how precarious life at the top can be, sidestepping what could have been another top-five upset with a bruising drive and a late field goal. Glen Coffee rushed for 218 yards, Leigh Tiffin kicked a 24-yard field goal with 2:12 left to put the Crimson Tide up 10, and No. 2 Alabama survived and advanced in the national title chase with a 17-14 win over Kentucky on Saturday. add RSS feeds to any website