Week 8 Results

Time to get back to college football for a bit.

The reshuffled polls are out and there are several teams that made huge jumps up and a few that have been dropped off the polls.

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 8. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)

1/1/1 Texas The Longhorns embarrassed the #11 Missouri team Saturday night by a score of 56-31. It was 35-3 at halftime only because the Tigers converted for a FG as time ran out.

2/2/2 Alabama The Crimson Tide struggled against Ole Miss but came out with a 24-20 victory..

3/3/3 Penn State The Nittany Lions started slowly against Michigan but then stepped on the gas for a 46-17 win.

4/6/4 Oklahoma The Sooners prevailed over #16 Kansas 45-31.

5/7/8 Florida The Gators had the week off.

6/4/6 Southern California The Trojans demolished the hapless Washington State team 69-0.

7/5/5 Texas Tech The Red Raiders were victorious over Texas A&M 43-25.

8/10/10 Oklahoma State The Cowboys beat Baylor 34-6.

9/8/7 Brigham Young The Cougars played at TCU on Thursday night, a bad night for the ranked team. TCU’s Horned Frogs and their #1 defense (7 sacks in this game), took the Cougars apart by a score of 32-7.

10/9/9 Georgia The Bulldogs played well enough to overcome #22 Vanderbilt 24-14.

11/12/12 Missouri The Tigers lost to #1 Texas 56-31.

12/11/11 Ohio State The Buckeyes had no trouble with #20 Michigan State 45-7.

13/14/14 LSU The Tigers of LSU managed to pull out the win over South Carolina 24-17.

14/13/13 Utah The Utes proved to be too much Colorado State 49-16.

15/16/15 Boise State The Broncos defeated Hawaii 27-7.

16/15/16 Kansas The Jayhawks were overmatched by #4 Oklahoma 45-31.

17/18/17 Virginia Tech The Hokies were upset by Boston College 28-23.

18/21/19 North Carolina The Tar Heels dropped a 16-13 decision in overtime to Virginia.

19/20/18 South Florida The Bulls romped over the Syracuse Orange 45-13.

20/17/22 Michigan State The Spartans were overwhelmed by #12 Ohio State 45-7.

21/19/20 Wake Forest The Demon Deacons were shutout by Maryland 26-0.

22/23/NR Vanderbilt The Commodores lost to #10 Georgia 24-14.

23/NR/21 Pittsburgh The Panthers doubled up over Navy 42-21.

24/25/25 Ball State The Cardinals had the week off.

25/22/NR California The Golden Bears lost to Arizona 42-27.

NR/24/ NR TCU TCU handily defeated #9 BYU on Thursday night 32-7.

NR/NR/24 Tulsa Tulsa’s offense piled up 791 total yards on their way to defeating Texas-El Paso 77-35. It was actually tied 28-28 at the end of the first quarter.