Top Ten

With the second big weekend of college football, the nation's top teams were beginning to settle down into a wary pecking order that will be subject to change as the season's grind separates the truly tough from the merely untested. The top ten:

1) Louisiana State--had little trouble beating Baylor, 22-0, has still to be tested by fire, but seemed able to play just as well as necessary, the knack that carried it to last year's top ranking.

2) Northwestern--upset mighty Iowa 14-10, just a week after routing Oklahoma, 45-13, to become the surprise team of the early season.

3) Southern California--butted heads gleefully with Ohio State, traditionally the hardest-headed team in the land, and won, 17-0. U.S.C. smashed 301 yds. on the ground, gave up only 84, so enraged O.S.U. Coach Woody Hayes that he had a post-game scuffle with newsmen.

4) Georgia Tech--swept past rugged Clemson, 16-6, with a sophomore-studded attack taking off from its usual alert defense.

5) Iowa--showed solid strength even while losing to Northwestern (225 yds. gained rushing), after it had been startled by the resignation (effective in December 1963) of fiery-tempered Coach Forest Evashevski over a longstanding feud with Athletic Director Paul Brechler.

6) Mississippi -- remained unscored upon in three games by toying with Memphis State, 43-0, one of the nation's better small-college teams.

7) Tennessee--beat Mississippi State, 22-6, to continue the momentum generated by its opening-day upset of Auburn, 3-0.

8) Texas--routed California, 33-0, to complete its third game without allowing a score, mounted a rib-rocking ground attack that ripped out 395 yds.

9) Wisconsin--prepared its seasoned seniors for the coming Big Ten jungles by crushing inoffensive Marquette, 44-6.

10) Syracuse--held Maryland to a humiliating 29 yds. in total offense, won as it pleased, 29-0.

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