UTEP is No. 39

UTEP is quietly beginning to get a little respect.

The Miners received a vote in Sunday’s Harris Top 25 college football poll, which was released mere hours after UTEP defeated Rice 44-24 in the Sun Bowl on Saturday night. The win was the Miners’ fourth consecutive win and their second Conference USA victory.

UTEP is one win from bowl eligibility with six games left to go this season. There’s definitely reason to be excited about Miner football.

And while the Associated Press and USA Today polls haven’t hopped on the Miner bandwagon, UTEP can get their attention during the next few weeks.

Here is the complete Harris poll.

Harris Top 25
The Top 25 teams in the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
     Record    Pts    Pv
 1. Ohio State (79)    6-0    2,793    —
 2. Oregon (23)    6-0    2,722    —
 3. Boise State (10)    5-0    2,601    —
 4. TCU    6-0    2,409    —
 5. Nebraska    5-0    2,363    —
 6. Oklahoma (2)    5-0    2,276    —
 7. Auburn    6-0    2,105    —
 8. Alabama    5-1    2,030    —
 9. LSU    6-0    1,942    —
10. Utah    5-0    1,793    —
11. South Carolina    4-1    1,616    —
12. Michigan State    6-0    1,591    —
13. Arkansas    4-1    1,433    —
14. Stanford    5-1    1,361    —
15. Iowa    4-1    1,253    —
16. Wisconsin    5-1    969    —
17. Florida State    5-1    913    —
18. Oklahoma State    5-0    863    —
19. Missouri    5-0    776    —
20. Nevada    6-0    741    —
21. Arizona    4-1    717    —
22. Florida    4-2    450    —
23. Air Force    5-1    349    —
24. Michigan    5-1    336    —
25. West Virginia    4-1    172    —
Other teams receiving votes: North Carolina State 137; Miami (FL) 124; Oregon State 93; Northwestern 38; Texas 30; Kansas State 20; Virginia Tech 19; Syracuse 4; Georgia Tech 3; California 2; Illinois 2; Maryland 2; Baylor 1; UTEP 1.

Comments

[Serg Coronado]

Keep dreaming El Paso, UTEP will faulter, just like they always do. But not before all you idiot's in El Paso (a.k.a. Juarez) waste all your time overeating and drinking and thinking you might have something special. Just like your Cowgirls (Present record 1-3) will only bring you down to your knees in disbelief as to how pitiful football really is in Texas. Keep dreaming, and throwing rocks at Border Patrol Agents.

[Joe]

Mr. Coronado, GROW UP! Your comments demonstrate your lack of class and maturity. 1. Say what you want about UTEP. Will you be man enough to post a positive comment when UTEP DOES go to a bowl? Probably not. If you do you would come up with another childish reason to critisize UTEP and insult their fans. 2. About your comments re: "EP-AKA Juarez? Throwing rocks"? What a bitter little person you must be. I wonder why? Didn't your mommy and daddy ever tell you that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all? OR do you shamefully reflect their parenting? 3. As for the "Cowgirls", not all Texans are "Cowgirl" fans. You on the otherhand are probably one on those people who is a fan of the team that is winning at the time. Right? What expertise do you have for such comments? Ever played? Coached? Referee? Waterboy? PROBABLY NOT. There is a saying that states, "Those who can; DO, and those who can't; TALK". You probably don't have the mental capacity to understand this, but your Special Ed. teacher may be able to explain it to you.

[Miner Niner]

Wow, Serg Coronado is having a bad day! LOL! Stop being such a "Negative Nancy" and man up boy!!!!

[Momma T]

Nobody know what the miners will do, but I'm a true believer of anybody can be beaten on any given day so you better pray and hope that they all just strap up and come to play. Go miner and I'll be there for the SMU game. Now let us all pray for a win UTEP fans, god works even we're sleep, he never busy so we just ask him for what we want and he'll give it to us. Thank You Jesus life and I love the UTEP Miners.

[tio tomas]

Wheels are falling off. It is the usual mid-season UTEP break down.