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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