Bottom Ten: Akron’s feat

It took a long time, but Akron (0-10) is finally alone on the bottom.

The Zips’ loss to Beach Ball State (3-7) left them as the nation’s only winless major-college team.

The Lost Lobos of New Mexico (1-8) suffered a crippling blow in the Bottom Ten race by scoring a stunning upset over the Wyoming Cowboys (2-8), a farm team of the Dallas Cowboys (1-7).

Though the Zips don’t play until Nov. 17, they seem to have the reverse momentum needed to fall to Miami (Ohio) (6-4) and Vanishing Buffalo (2-7) in their final two games.

Wreck, Record; Last Loss; Next Loss

1. Akron (0-10); 30-37, Ball State (2OT); Idle

2. Eastern Michigan (1-8); Idle; Western Michigan

3. Nevada Las Vegas (1-8); 7-55, Brigham Young; Wyoming

4. Memphis (1-8); 14-50, Tennessee; Marshall

5. Western Kentucky (1-8); 16-17, Florida Atlantic; Arkansas State

6. San Jose State (1-8); Idle; Utah State

7. Minnehaha (1-9); 8-31, Michigan State; Illinois

8. Wyoming (2-8); 31-34, New Mexico; Nevada Las Vegas

9. Vanderbilt (2-7); 14-55, Florida; Kentucky

10. Buffalo (2-7); 17-34, Ohio; Beach Ball State

11. Alabama (still winless in November); 12. (tie) Colorado (3-6) and Colorado State (3-7), or vice versa; 14. Washington State (1-9); 15. Arkansas State (4-5); 16. New Mexico State (2-7); 17. Utah State (3-6); 18. Arizona State (4-5); 19. Declined to state; 20. Texas (4-5).

Others receiving votes (from East to West): Wake Forest (2-7), Bowling on the Green (2-8), North Texas (2-7).

Crummy game of the weak: Wyoming (2-8) at Nevada Las Vegas (1-8).

Rout of the weak: Oregon (9-0) over (fill in name of next opponent).

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