Week 8 Results.

Week 8 is over and while it may have seemed to be less wacky than the previous two weeks I contend that it lived up to the wild and wacky NCAA College Football reputation. Let’s take a look at the outcomes, shall we.

First off, of the 25 ranked teams according to the AP writers’ poll, five teams were idle (#3 Boston College, #11 Virginia Tech, #12 Arizona State, #17 Hawaii and #21 Georgia).

That leaves 20 that played. Of those 20 teams, six played other ranked teams meaning at least three ranked teams were doomed to lose. #5 LSU beat #18 Auburn 30-24 in the final minute. #8 Kentucky lost to #14 Florida in a shootout 45-31. #16 Missouri beat up on #22 Texas Tech 41-10.

So 14 of the top 25 teams played unranked opponents. How did they fare? Well six of them lost. #2 South Florida got beat by Rutgers 30-27. #6 South Carolina fell to Vanderbilt 17-6. # 10 Cal lost to UCLA 30-21. #20 Tennessee got rolled over by the Tide of Alabama 41-17. #23 Cincinnati fell to Pittsburgh 24-17. And #25 Kansas State lost a squeaker to Oklahoma State 41-39.

A total of seven of the 20 top 25 teams that played, 35%, lost to lower ranked or unranked opponents. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they play the games.

Full Results: (Those in red are for ranked teams that lost.)

#1 Ohio State held off Michigan State, 24-17, to remain undefeated at 8-0.

#2 South Florida lost to Rutgers, 30-27.

#3 Boston College, idle. Lucky them.

#4 Oklahoma survived Iowa State, 17-7.

#5 LSU pulled a fast one on #18 Auburn, 30-24.

#6 South Carolina got ambushed by Vanderbilt, 17-6.

#7 Oregon whipped Washington, 55-34.

#8 Kentucky fell to #14 Florida, 45-31.

#9 West Virginia beat up on Mississippi State, 38-13.

#10 Cal lost to UCLA, 30-21.

#11 Virginia Tech, idle.

#12 Arizona State, idle.

#13 USC beat hapless Notre Dame, 38-0. They had a tougher time with their flight ot South Bend.

#14 Florida beat #8 Kentucky, 45-31.

#15 Kansas edged Colorado, 19-14.

#16 Missouri was all over #22 Texas Tech, 41-10.

#17 Hawaii, idle.

#18 Auburn fell to #5 LSU at the end, 30-24.

#19 Texas took advantage of Baylor, 31-10.

#20 Tennessee was drowned by the Crimson Tide of Alabama, 41-17.

#21 Georgia, idle.

#22 Texas Tech was devoured by Missouri, 41-10.

#23 Cincinnati fell to Pittsburgh, 24-17.

#24 Michigan beat Illinois, 27-17.

#25 Kansas State lost to Oklahoma State in a close one, 41-29.

In other games of interest, Virginia barely got past Maryland, 18-17, and Penn State out dueled Indiana, 36-31. Both Virginia and Penn State were in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 going into this week.