Monday, Oct. 19, 1959
Top Ten
1. Louisiana State (4-0)--crushed Miami's rugged defenses in the second half for a 27-3 victory.
2. Southern California (3-0)--sat out the weekend, but has shown enough power in beating Pittsburgh 23-0 and Ohio State 21-0 to look like the best West Coast team in years.
3. Georgia Tech (4-0)--made a ball carrier out of Blocking Back Taz Anderson, turned him loose for both touchdowns in a 14-7 defeat of tough, unbeaten Tennessee.
4. Northwestern (3-0)--Bob Eickhoff, a fourth-string, 157-lb. quarterback, led a desperate, last-period march to eke out a none-too-impressive 6-0 victory over aroused Minnesota.
5. Iowa (2-1)--trampled over rising Michigan State, 37-8.
6. Texas (4-0)--rallied from a 0-12 deficit to soundly trounce fading Oklahoma, 19-12.
7. Purdue (2-0-1)--routed seasoned Wisconsin, 21-0, as Quarterback Bernie Allen threw three touchdown passes.
8. Mississippi (4-0)--remained undefeated, untied and unscored-upon by lacing feeble Vanderbilt, 33-0.
9. Syracuse (3-0)--proved the early-season class of the East by sinking Navy, 32-6.
10. Tennessee (2-1)--showed solidity even while losing to Georgia Tech, 14-7.
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