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Birnbaum and Cherotich Lead Oregon’s Dellinger Sweep

Simeon Birnbaum and Diana Cherotich won their races as Oregon swept the team and individual titles at the Bill Dellinger Invitational for the second straight year.

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Oregon runners racing at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Springfield

For the second year in a row, the Bill Dellinger Invitational belonged to Oregon.

The Ducks swept the team and individual titles at the 20th edition of their home meet on Friday, Oct. 9, at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Springfield. Junior Simeon Birnbaum won the men’s 8K in 23:05.5, pulling away on the final loop to win by 27 seconds over teammate Connor Burns (23:32.7). Connor McCormick finished eighth, Aiden Smith was 10th in his first race since last December, and Benjamin Balazs was 13th as Oregon scored just 28 points to Weber State’s 42.

On the women’s side, Diana Cherotich won the 6K in 19:31.4, ahead of teammate Juliet Cherubet (19:42.3). Cherotich is now the first woman ever to win the Dellinger twice, joining Edward Cheserek as the meet’s only two-time individual champions.

The honors kept coming this week. On Oct. 14, Birnbaum and Cherotich were named the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Athletes of the Week, and freshman Sofia Thogersen — sixth in her collegiate debut in 20:34.7 — was named Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week.

Oregon’s men are ranked No. 6 nationally and the women No. 14. Next up is the Big Ten Championships on Oct. 30 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Photo: Tyson Alger / Lookout Eugene-Springfield

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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936

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Tennessee celebrates its 26-10 win over Alabama — the signature result on a Saturday when five of the AP top seven lost.

College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.

The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.

The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.

The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.

Week 8 has a lot to live up to.

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