31.   Alford, a former Big Ten track star who ranks fourth in the conference in career receiving yards and touchdowns, has looked impressive in practice this week.

32.   All rank in the bottom third in scoring defense.

33.   Both could be ranked in the top five and a ton will be on the line.

34.   But even with the changes, Texas will still rank in the bottom third of states in terms of day-care regulations, Ros-Dukler said.

35.   But their peers rank them in the top tier of political strategists.

36.   But they do not rank in the first tier of cities in which the formation of opinion takes place.

37.   But with Dillon ranking fourth in the AFC in rushing, the Bengals ranked fourth in the NFL in that category.

38.   But with Drummond, who knows, even though he has been ranked in the top nine in the United States every year since his senior season at TCU?

39.   Canadians rank second in auto consumption, and people in Oman, a Persian Gulf nation, rank second in TV sets.

40.   CBS, which ranked second in the prime-time TV ratings behind NBC last season, is owned by Westinghouse Electric Corp.