It was another wild ride for the ranked teams in college football this week. While seven games matched ranked teams against one another guaranteeing one would lose, four other Top 25 teams fell to unranked opponents. Of the eleven Top 25 teams to lose, four were in the Top 10. The big beneficiaries of this wildness could be #3 Cal (5-0) and #14 Oregon (4-1)—and they were both idle.
#1 LSU (6-0) managed to come from behind with a minute to go to edge #9 Florida (4-2), 28-24.
#2 Southern California (4-1) was upset by unranked Stanford (2-3) in a shocker at the Coliseum, 24-23, when the Cardinal scored on a TD pass with 49 seconds left in the game. Stanford entered the game a 41 point underdog yet ends the Trojans’ 35-game home winning streak. USC last lost in the Coliseum on September 29, 2001 in the first
year of Pete Carrol’s coaching stint. The opponent? Stanford.
#3 Cal (5-0) was idle this week, yet could move up.
#4 Ohio State (6-0) defeated #23 Purdue (5-1) by a score of 23-7.
#5 Wisconsin (5-1) found Champaign not to their liking as the Fighting Illini of Illinois (5-1) beat the Badgers 31-26.
#6 South Florida (5-0) struggled in the first half but emerged victorious over Florida Atlantic 35-23.
#7 Boston College (6-0) rolled over Bowling Green (3-2) by a wide margin, 55-24.
#8 Kentucky (5-1) fell to #11 South Carolina (5-1) 38-23.
#9 Florida (4-1) was overcome late by #1 LSU (6-0) 28-24.
#10 Oklahoma (5-1) beat #19 Texas (4-2) in the Cotton Bowl, 28-21.
#11 South Carolina Gamecocks (5-1) tamed the #8 Kentucky Wildcats (5-1) 38-23.
#12 Georgia Bulldogs (4-2) were trounced by Tennessee (3-2) 35-14.
#13 West Virginia (5-1) squeezed the Syracuse Orange (1-5) 55-14. The bad news for the Mountaineers was that QB Pat White was injured for the second straight week and had to leave the game in the third quarter. Lucky for them they have next week off.
#14 Oregon (4-1) was idle.
#15 Virginia Tech (5-1) ran over #22 Clemson (4-2) 41-23. The Hokies scored on an interception return, a punt return and a kickoff return. Oh, they also got two field goals, a TD pass and a rushing TD. What? No safety?
#16 Hawaii (6-0) continues to roll. This time over Utah State (0-6) 52, 37. Colt Brennan had to leave the game at half time due to injury but his replacement, Tyler Graunke went 9-of-11 for 246 yards and 3 TDs.
#17 Missouri (5-0) mauled #25 Nebraska (4-2) 41-6.
#18 Arizona State (6-0) barely edged Washington State (2-4) 23-20.
#19 Texas (4-2) were dehorned by #10 Oklahoma (5-1) 28-21.
#20 Cincinnati (6-0) used turnovers (naturally) to defeat #21 Rutgers (3-2) 28-23.
#21 Rutgers…aw, look above.
#22 Clemson (4-2) fell to #15 Virginia Tech (5-1) 41-23.
#23 Purdue (5-1) lost to #4 Ohio State (6-0) 23-7.
#24 Kansas State (3-2) fell to unranked (but they will be!) Kansas (5-0) 30-24.
#25 Nebraska (4-2) was overpowered by #17 Missouri (5-0) 41-6.
And on a final note:
Notre Dame (1-5) beat UCLA (4-2) 20-6.
What? You thought they might lose them all? Yeah, me too.
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