SPORTS EXTRA / FOOTBALL ‘99: COLLEGE PREVIEW : DUFRESNE’S TOP 25

No. Team 1998

1: Florida State, 11-2

2: Penn State, 9-3

3: Florida, 10-2

4: Tennessee, 13-0

5: Nebraska, 9-4

6: Michigan, 10-3

7: Miami, 9-3

8: Texas A&M;, 11-3

9: Ohio State, 11-1

10: Wisconsin, 11-1

11: Georgia Tech, 10-2

12: Virginia Tech, 9-3

13: Colorado, 8-4

14: Georgia, 9-3

15: Notre Dame, 9-3

16: Arizona, 12-1

17: Arizona State, 5-6

18: USC, 8-5

19: Purdue, 9-4

20: North Carolina State, 7-5

21: UCLA, 10-2

22: Marshall, 12-1

23: Arkansas, 9-3

24: Alabama, 7-5

25: Miami of Ohio, 10-1

RETURNING LEADERS

PASSING

1. Tim Rattay, Louisiana Tech

380-559, 4,943 yards, 13 int, 47 TD

2. Drew Brees, Purdue

336-516, 3,753 yards, 17 int., 36 TD

3. Marc Bulger, West Virginia

274-419, 3,607 yards, 10 int., 31 TD

4. David Neill, Nevada

199-344, 3,249, 9 int., 29 TD

RUSHING

1. Travis Prentice, Miami of Ohio

365 for 1,787 yards (4.9 avg), 19 TD)

2 Ricky Williams, Texas Tech

306 for 1,582 yards (5.2 avg.), 13 TD

3. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin

268 for 1,279 yards (4.8 avg.), 11 TD

4. Michael Wiley, Ohio State

182 for 1,147 yards (6.3 avg.), 10 TD

RECEIVING

1. Jerrian James, Houston

80 catches, 931 yards, 5 TD

2. Anthony White, Kentucky

78 catches, 582 yards, 2 TD

3. DeRonnie Pitts, Stanford

74 catches, 1,012 yards, 7 TD