Some AP Top 10 Series Trivia

Welcome to the first installment of this year's Top Ten Series Trivia. Here are the tidbits for this week.

The #1 Alabama Crimson Tide roll in to Fayetteville to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. Alabama leads the series 15-7 and are on a five game winning streak. The only other time Alabama won five straight against Arkansas was the first five games of the series, from the two Sugar Bowl matchups in 1962 and 1980, and the first three years the Razorbacks were in the SEC, from 1992-94. The Razorbacks last beat the Tide in 2005 in a close one, 24-23. Arkansas's longest win streak against Alabama was only two games and they also did that twice, in 1997-98 and 2003-04. There have been no shutouts in the series.

The #2 USC Trojans will invade Stanford Stadium to play the #21 Stanford Cardinal. USC leads the series 59-28-3, but Stanford enjoys a three game winning streak against the Trojans. The series is fairly even since 1991, with USC leading 11-10 since 1991. They first met in 1905 at Stanford, with the Cardinal winning 16-0. The last time USC shut out Stanford was 42-0 in 2006. The last time the Cardinal shut out the Trojans was 13-0 in 1941. Their last tie was 21-21 in 1979.

The #3 LSU Tigers host the Idaho Vandals in Tiger Stadium. They only played one other time and LSU spanked Idaho 53-20 in 1998, so LSU leads the series 1-0.

The #4 Oregon Ducks take on the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at home. This is their first ever meeting.

The #5 Oklahoma Sooners have a bye this week after nailing the Florida A&M Rattlers 69-13. The Sooners will host the #15 Kansas State Wildcats next week.

The #6 Florida State Seminoles host the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Florida State owns the series 23-6-1. However, Wake Forest put together some wins and is 4-2 against the Seminoles since 2006. The last time Florida State shut out Wake Forest was 31-0 in 2010. The last time Wake Forest shut out Florida State was 30-0 in 2006. The only tie in the series occurred in their first ever meeting in 1956, a 14-14 score.

The #8 Georgia Bulldogs will play the Florida Atlantic Owls at home. This is their first ever meeting.

The James Madison Dukes have the unenviable task of playing the #9 West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown. They only played one other time, a 45-10 spanking at the hands of West Virginia.

The #20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish will invade Spartan Stadium to renew their rivalry with the #10 Michigan State Spartans. Notre Dame leads the series 46-28-1. The Spartans have kept the series interesting since 2002, going 4-5 during that period. They first met in 1897 at Notre Dame, who won 34-6. The highest scoring game in the series happened in 2005, when the Spartans beat the Irish in South Bend 44-41. The last time Notre Dame shut out Michigan State was 16-0 in 1972. The last time Michigan State shut out Notre Dame was 21-0 in 1960. Their only tie was 10-10 in 1966.


There are no historical scores for the Top 25 games this week played on this day.