Week 12 Results

Week 12 Results

Hoo-boy. Another wild weekend in college football land. It's a good thing there were so many teams with the week off. As it was two Top 5 teams fell to unranked opponents.

I’ll be using the AP Writers’/the Coaches’/ and the BCS polls in that order. NR means a team doesn’t show in the Top 25.

#1/1/1 LSU (10-1, 6-1) traveled to Mississippi (3-8, 0-7) No upset here. LSU wins 41-24 to remain #1

#2/2/2 Oregon (8-2, 5-2) Arizona (5-6, 4-4) I wrote: “Dennis Dixon and crew should be fun to watch.” Well, they might have been but the Thursday night Upset Bug bit #2 Oregon this week as Dennis Dixon’s weak knee took him out of the game early allowing Arizona to breath easily in the second quarter as they scored 21 points. Dixon looked fine on a 39-yard TD run but just a series latter his knee gave out and he crumpled to the turf untouched. Antoine Carson returned an interception of the Ducks’ back-up QB Brady Leaf and a punt for TDs for Arizona. Arizona wins 34-24.

#3/3/4 Oklahoma (9-1, 5-1) Oklahoma didn’t even come close against Texas Tech (7-4, 3-4) as the Red Raiders prevented a Sooners’ season sweep against the Lone Star state. The Sooners had previously taken down North Texas, Texas, Texas A&M, and Baylor. Oklahoma dropped this one 34-27 after they lost Sam Bradford, their starting QB, early in the first quarter. Back up QB Joey Halzle nearly pulled it out but Graham Harrell, the Raiders QB had a great game throwing the ball. Harrell threw for more than 400 yards for the 10th time this season. In this game he completed 46 of 72 attempts for 421 yards for 2 TDs.

#4/4/3 Kansas (11-0, 7-0) The Jayhawks remain undefeated beating Iowa State (3-9, 2-6) 45-7. Next up is Missouri.

#5/5/6 West Virginia (9-1, 4-1) The Mountaineers edged Cincinnati (8-2, 3-3) 28-23 in a game with National Title implications—if WVU can get passed UConn next week.

#6/6/5 Missouri (10-1, 6-1) The Tigers beat Kansas State (5-6, 3-5) 49-32. Next week they play Kansas.

#7/7/7 Ohio State (11-1, 7-1) The Buckeyes put themselves in the Rose Bowl and maybe back in the hunt for a National Title game with a win over Michigan (8-4, 6-2) 14-3.

#8/9/9 Georgia (9-2, 6-2) The Bulldogs beat Kentucky (7-4, 3-4) 24-13 to stay ahead of Tennessee atop the SEC East.

#9/8/8 Arizona State (9-1, 6-1) The Sun Devils were idle this week. Next up on Thanksgiving Day: #11/13/11 USC.

#10/10/10 Virginia Tech (9-2, 6-1) The Hokies hosted Miami (Fla.) (5-6, 2-5). VT is now tied with Virginia for the ACC Coastal Division with a match between the two scheduled for November 24.

#11/13/11 Southern California (8-2, 5-2) The Trojans were idle this week. Next up on Thanksgiving Day: #9/8/8 Arizona State.

#12/11/13 Texas (9-2, 5-2) The Longhorns (idle this week) have beaten just about everyone else in the state (TCU, Rice, Baylor, Texas Tech), now they travel to play Texas A&M (6-5, 3-4) on November 23rd.

#13/12/16 Hawaii (10-0, 7-0) The Warriors of Hawaii played without Colt Brennan for all but two plays. Backup Tyler Graunke stepped in and threw for 358 yards and 2 TDs while Dan Kelly kicked a 45-yard FG with 11 seconds left to win over Nevada (5-5, 3-3) 28-26.

#14/14/12 Florida (8-3, 5-3) The Gators feasted on the Florida Atlantic Owls (5-5, 4-1) at the Swamp this week, 59-20. Tebow has now thrown for 20 TDs and run for 20. One more record for the sophomore QB.

#15/16/15 Clemson (8-3, 5-3) The Tigers dropped a close one to Boston College Eagles (9-2, 5-2) in a battle for first place in the ACC Atlantic Division. BC is in the ACC Championship game.

#16/17/14 Virginia (9-2, 6-1) Idle this week, the Cavaliers can take the ACC Coastal Division by defeating Virginia Tech on November 24.

#17/15/18 Boise State (10-1, 7-0) The Broncos used that Smurf Turf to their advantage against Idaho (1-10, 0-7) 58-14. The Broncos final game is for all the WAC marbles at Hawaii on No v. 23.

#18/18/17 Boston College (9-2, 6-2) Managed to defeat Clemson (8-3, 5-3) to win the ACC Atlantic Division and will face Virginia or Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship game. (Although they do have to play Miami (Fla.) next week.)

#19/19/20 Tennessee (8-3, 5-2) The Volunteers squeaked past Vanderbilt (5-6, 2-6) 25-24. The Commodores missed a long field goal in the closing minute.

#20/21/19 Illinois (9-3, 7-2) The Juice Williams led Fighting Illini beat Northwestern (6-6, 3-5) 41-22.

#21/25/22 Cincinnati (8-3, 3-3) The Bearcats lost a close one to #5/5/6 West Virginia (9-1, 4-1) 28-23.

#22/20/23 Kentucky (7-4, 3-4) The Wildcats lost to #8/9/9 Georgia (9-2, 6-2) 24-13.

#23/23/21 Michigan (8-4, 6-2) The Wolverines dropped this one to #7/7/7 Ohio State (11-1, 7-1) 14-3.

#24/24/25 Wisconsin (9-3, 5-3) defeated Minnesota (1-11, 0-8) 41-34.

#25/NR/24 Connecticut (9-2, 5-1) The Huskies took care of business against Syracuse (2-9, 1-5) 30-7. Next up for the Huskies: West Virginia in Morgantown.