Top team stays put in BOBS

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By DAVID THOMAS

dthomas@star-telegram.com

The Deep Six in Week 2 of the Bottom of the Barrel Series rankings, with first-place vote in parentheses:

Rk.=W-L=Prv.=Last week=This week

1. Western Kentucky (1)=0-7=1=lost to Mid. Tennessee St. 24-62=a-at North Texas (1-6)

2. Rice=0-8=2=lost to UCF 7-49=b-Idle

3. New Mexico=0-7=3=lost to UNLV 17-34=at San Diego St. (3-4)

4. The MAC Pack=2-28=4

Akron=1-6==lost to Syracuse 14-28=at Northern Illinois (4-3)

Ball St.=1-7==upset Eastern Michigan 29-27=vs. Ohio (5-3)

Eastern Michigan=0-7==c-lost to Ball St. 27-29=at Arkansas (3-4)

Miami, Ohio=0-8==lost to Northern Illinois 22-27=vs. Toledo (4-4)

5. North Texas=1-6=6=lost to Troy 26-50=vs. Western Kentucky (0-7)

6. d-Illinois=1-6=NR=lost to Purdue 14-24=vs. Michigan (5-3)

Jumped out: 5. Utah St. (2-5).

Also receiving votes: Tennessee’s field goal unit; Allen Rossum’s Dallas homecoming; watching the New York Yankees reach the World Series; Steve Phillips; severe thunderstorm warnings.

Notes:

a-Western Kentucky and North Texas combine to allow an average of 88.5 points and 943.4 yards per game.

b-Idle is favored by 3 1/2 points.

c-Eastern Michigan led 27-13 in the third quarter but lost because it is rusty at trying to protect a lead.

d-This is not easy to achieve: Illinois is in 11th place in the Big Ten Conference.

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