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CAL TOPS ’CANES IN LATEST POLL 1 CAL 2 MIAMI (FL) 3 OKLAHOMA 4 COLORADO 5 TENNESSEE 6 TEXAS •>*. . •**» 7 FLORIDA STATE 8 FLORIDA 9 UCLA 10 UNIV. OF TOLEDO 11 WASHINGTON STATE 12 ALABAMA 13 OREGON 14 OHIO STATE 15 WASHINGTON 16 LSU 17 NEBRASKA 18 USC 19 BOISE STATE 20 AUBURN 21 SOUTH CAROLINA 22 MARSHALL 23 TEXAS A&M 24 LOUISVILLE 25 PENN STATE Can the 'Canes repeat? Can the Sooners make it two out of the last three? Who will win the Heisman? How many polygons does a Butkus Award winner get? Where is Berkeley? The answers to these (No. No. Look to Texas. Thousands. Take 1-80 west and follow the signs.) and other pressing ques tions can be found in this year's College Football Top 25 poll: 1 CAL So they went 1-10 last year. Big deal. Serious time spent in the Blue Chip Recruiting Mode has made this team into a rough bunch on the gridiron. That combined with a new Power I formation adds an unexpected threat for this turn-around team. 2 MIAMI (FL)_ How good is this team? Eight or nine of their starters should be in NFL GameDay™ next year. The 'Canes may have the tough est schedule in football, with games against the Florida Gators, Tennessee Volunteers, Virginia Tech Flokies and Florida State Seminoles. About the only qual ity teams not on their schedule are in the NFL. 3 OKLAHOMA_ New Hot Routes can put the 2000 NCAA champs right back atthetop. Which means almost as much to this Oklahoma Sooner team as beating their heated rival, the Nebraska Comhuskers. But, kicking game may be a chink in the armor. 4 COLORADO_ Will the Buffs defend their Big 12 crown using the wishbone? The flexbone? The full house? Only the coach controlling the playbook knows for sure. 5 TENNESSEE_ New high-low tackling may allow the Volunteers to field their toughest defense in years. And defense wins champi onships. The question is: will their offense underachieve? A 0-0 game doesn't go down in the win column. 6 TEXAS_ Can their quarterback capture the Heisman against what may be the toughest conference in Division I football? Can the defense come up Texas big? Not even our highly evolved artificial intelligence can answer that one. 7 FLORIDA STATE Same coach. Same expectations. Same potential: Nothing but a national championship will do. 8 FLORIDA_ New coach. Same expectations. Same potential: Nothing but a national championship will do. 9 UCLA_ Look for the Bruins to utilize a sensational receiving core and Hot Routes to vie for a national championship. Then expea the Bruins to vie for a championship all over again in the NCAA' Final Four 2003 edition. 10 UNIV- OF TOLEDO A great run in Career Mode gets these overachievers a major BCS Bowl bid and a Top 10 finish. And their coach the chance to take over a major college pow erhouse. Enjoy that animated contraa, coach. 11 WASHINGTON STATE A strong passing offense makes them a team to beat. Explosive gameplay makes this perennial Pac 10 little brother into a legit imate head-turner. WAZZU is ready to play with the big boys. 12 ALABAMA_ The Crimson Tide not only has the polygons but also the offen sive line to outmuscle anyone in college football. Not to men tion an impressive amount of depth in the backfield. If that's not enough, new high-low tack ling gives their defense the bite it needed. Roll, Tide, roll. 13 OREGON_ Blue Chip recruiting made the loss of their 2001 Heisman can didate easier to stomach. A new wishbone offense could help the 2002 Ducks rain on just about anyone's parade. 14 OHIO STATE_ More control over the running game puts them at the top of their conference. But they must beat archrival Michigan for the Big 10 Conference title first, which won't be easy, but defi nitely a possibility for the Ohio State Buckeyes. 15 WASHINGTON Unproven defense must come through for a Rose Bowl berth. Total Control Passinggives this Husky team a very potent attack. 16 LSU__ Tigers are looking to claw their way to another SEC title. Louisiana State University's pass- and run-blocking is top notch this year. 17 NEBRASKA_ Just avenge the CU maulingand beat the Oklahoma Sooners for all to be right in Huskerland. 18 use_ Must turn off "Injuries" for the thin Trojans to succeed. Con trolling the playbook is crucial with USC's quarterback. 19 BOISE STATE_ Say hello to the first "Houston Bowl" winner. Increased frame rates show that this year these boys are on their way up. 20 AUBURN_ Old coach sacked in Career Mode. Team should improve. 21 SOUTH CAROLINA Lots of excitement building for 'Cocks this year. Volatile offense could be a threat with the addi tion of a full-house formation. 22 MARSHALL_ A weak schedule equals strong wins. Will Keith Jackson, in GameBreaker's booth, call them "rumbling" or "bumbling"? 23 TEXAS A&M_ Several players converted to defense. Too bad they're in the country's toughest conference. 24 LOUISVILLE_ Gamebreakers on both sides of the ball. Look for the Louisville Cardinals to go to their WingT offense for big points. 25 PENN STATE_ Same dassic CGI uniforms. Same classic spot in polls. I I 1^1 PlayStation.2 The "Officially licensed Collegiate Products' label is the exclusive property of The Collegiate Licensing Company. The 'Collegiate Licensed Product” label is the property of the Independent Labeling Croup All names, logos, team icons and mascots associated with the NCAA, universities, bowls and conferences are the exclusive property of the respective institutions Heisman Memorial Trophy and likeness of the actual trophy are registered service marks owned by the Downtown Athletic Club under registration numbers 936,853 and 935,852. respectively. Heisman and Heisman Trophy Award are service marks owned by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City, Inc. 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