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North Carolina tailback Shaun Draughn fractured his left shoulder blade in the team's game against Duke and will miss the rest of the season.

Draughn was hurt on the first play from scrimmage on Saturday. He was replaced by Ryan Houston, who rushed for 164 yards on 37 carries to lead the Tar Heels to a 19-6 victory over the Blue Devils.

The Tarboro, native started all nine games this season and is UNC's leading rusher with 567 yards on 124 carries. Draughn ranks seventh in the ACC with 63.0 yards per game.

PONDER OUT: Florida State says quarterback Christian Ponder has a separated right shoulder and will miss Sunday's game against Wake Forest.

Ponder injured the shoulder of his throwing arm while making a tackle in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 40-24 loss to Clemson. Florida State is 4-5.

Redshirt freshman E.J. Manuel is expected to replace Ponder and would be making his first career start. Manuel has played in two games this season, completing 1 of 2 passes for 4 yards.

BCS: All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights, giving the Horned Frogs hope -- however slim -- of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.

TCU took over fourth place in the Bowl Championship Series standings behind Florida, Alabama and Texas. It's the highest BCS ranking ever for a team from a conference without an automatic bid to the big-money bowl games. No potential BCS buster had ever done better than sixth in the BCS standings.

Associated Press Top 25

First-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Florida (39) 9-0 1,467 1

2. Texas (10) 9-0 1,430 2

3. Alabama (11) 9-0 1,422 3

4. TCU 9-0 1,271 6

5. Cincinnati 9-0 1,263 4

6. Boise St. 9-0 1,228 5

7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1,127 10

8. Pittsburgh 8-1 945 14

9. LSU 7-2 904 9

10. Ohio St. 8-2 898 15

11. Southern Cal 7-2 834 12

12. Miami 7-2 805 16

13. Houston 8-1 783 13

14. Oregon 7-2 752 7

15. Iowa 9-1 741 8

16. Utah 8-1 706 17

17. Oklahoma St. 7-2 492 18

18. Arizona 6-2 476 21

19. Penn St. 8-2 467 11

20. Virginia Tech 6-3 275 22

21. Wisconsin 7-2 274 24

22. BYU 7-2 219 25

23. South Florida 6-2 167 --

24. Clemson 6-3 149 --

25. Stanford 6-3 107 --

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 95, Auburn 54, West Virginia 54, Texas Tech 24, Navy 19, Tennessee 12, Rutgers 11, Nebraska 9, Temple 7, Kansas St. 5, Notre Dame 3, Fresno St. 2, Mississippi 2, Troy 1.

USA Today Top 25

First-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 7, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and previous ranking:

Record Pts Rk

1. Florida (48) 9-0 1,460 1

2. Texas (4) 9-0 1,399 2

3. Alabama (7) 9-0 1,389 3

4. TCU 9-0 1,262 4

5. Cincinnati 9-0 1,224 7

6. Boise State 9-0 1,200 5

7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1,118 11

8. Ohio State 8-2 944 12

9. Pittsburgh 8-1 940 14

10. Southern California 7-2 847 13

11. LSU 7-2 838 9

12. Houston 8-1 766 15

13. Iowa 9-1 757 6

14. Utah 8-1 688 16

15. Miami (Fla.) 7-2 685 17

16. Oregon 7-2 665 8

17. Penn State 8-2 552 10

18. Oklahoma State 7-2 530 18

19. Arizona 6-2 472 19

20. Wisconsin 7-2 341 22

21. Virginia Tech 6-3 268 24

22. Brigham Young 7-2 216 25

23. West Virginia 7-2 121 NR

24. South Florida 6-2 106 NR

25. Auburn 7-3 80 NR

Others receiving votes: Clemson 71, Stanford 54, Oregon State 39, Texas Tech 36, Nebraska 31, Navy 28, Central Michigan 8, Temple 8, Boston College 7, North Carolina 7, Oklahoma 6, Rutgers 3, Tennessee 3, Mississippi 2, Troy 2 Fresno State 1, Kansas State 1.