Sunday, October 25, 2009

Week 8 Results In Top 25
More or Less

Week 8’s competition for the Top 25 (more or less) will see almost everyone in action. Only two real upsets in this week's play: Clemson's beating of #8 Miami and Texas A&M's rout of #21 Texas Tech. Everything else played out pretty much as could be expected. That should mean there will be little change in this weeks rankings. The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are those going into week 7.


1/2/1 (2/3/3) Alabama (7-0) The Crimson Tide edged the Vols of Tennessee (3-4) by a score of 12-10 thanks to a blocked field goal as time was running out..

2/1/2 (1/1/1) Florida (7-0) The Gators struggled against Mississippi State (3-5) in the first half, but they made the corrections necessary to come away with a 29-19 victory.

3/3/3 (3/2/2) Texas (7-0) The Longhorns had no problem in defeating Missouri (4-3) 41-7.

4/4/6 (6/5/7) Southern California (6-1) The Trojans got all they could handle against Oregon State (4-3) but they held on in a frenzied 42-36 contest.

5/6/5 (8/9/10) Cincinnati (7-0) The Bearcats dominated the Louisville Cardinals (2-5) 41-10.

6/5/7 (5/6/6) Boise State (7-0) The Broncos enjoyed their trip to Hawaii thumping the Rainbow Warriors (2-5) 54-9.

7/8/4 (11/12/9) Iowa (8-0) The Hawkeyes won at Michigan State (4-4) by just 2 points, 15-13. Four of their seven victories have been by three points or less.

8/9/8 (9/11/11) Miami (Fla.) (5-2) The Hurricanes battled the Clemson Tigers (4-3) into overtime but the Tigers prevailed in the OT to win 40-37.

9/10/10 (10/10/13) LSU (6-1) The LSU Tigers prevailed over the Tigers of Auburn (5-3), 31-10.

10/7/9 (12/8/8) TCU (7-0) The Horned Frogs went on the road and pummeled #16 Brigham Young (6-2) 38-7.

11/13/14 (19/20/20) Georgia Tech (7-1) The Yellow Jackets beat up on the Virginia Cavaliers (3-4) 34-9.

12/14/12 (13/16/16) Oregon (6-1) The Ducks breezed past Washington (3-5) 43-19.

13/11/11 (14/12/14) Penn State (6-1) The Nittany Lions easily handled Michigan (5-3) 35-10.

14/12/13 (16/14/15) Oklahoma State (6-1) The Cowboys drew down on the Baylor Bears (3-4) and came away with a new rug, 34-7.

15/15/15 (4/4/4) Virginia Tech (5-2) The Hokies took the week off.

16/16/17 (18/19/17) Brigham Young (6-2) BYU lost badly to #10 TCU (7-0) 38-7.

17/18/18 (23/23/21) Houston (6-1) The Cougars rolled over Southern Methodist (3-4) 38-15.

18/17/16 (7/7/5) Ohio State (6-2) The Buckeyes’ offense clicked on all cylinders over Minnesota (4-4), 38-7.

19/20/19 (24/NA/NA) Utah (6-1) The Utes needed to go into OT to ground Air Force (4-4), 23-16.

20/19/20 (NA/NA/NA) Pittsburgh (7-1) The Panthers dominated the South Florida Bulls (5-2), 41-14.

21/24/25 (NA/NA/NA) Texas Tech (5-3) Tech’s Red Raiders got embarrassed by Texas A&M’s Aggies (4-3), 52-30.

22/22/24 (NA/NA/NA) West Virginia (6-1) The Mountaineers had all they could handle with a determined Connecticut Huskies team (4-3) in an emotional game that went back and forth but ended with WVU on top 28-24.

23/23/NA (22/22/22) South Carolina (6-2) The Gamecocks prevailed over the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-6) 14-10.

24/21/21 (17/15/13) Kansas (5-2) The Jayhawks got stomped by #25 Oklahoma Sooners (3-4) 35-13.

25/NA/NA (20/18/18) Oklahoma (4-3) The Sooners beat up #24 Kansas (5-2) 35-13.

NA/25/22 (NA/NA/23) Mississippi (6-2) The Rebels beat the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-4) 30-17.

NA/NA/23 (NA/NA/NA) Central Michigan (7-1) The Chippewas beat Bowling Green (3-5) 24-10.

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