Week 13 Results

WOW! A lot of good food this last weekend and some unbelievable football. Auburn came t-h-i-s close to beating Alabama but the rest of the undefeated teams didn’t have a problem extending their unbeaten strings. The same cannot be said for those teams ranked #7 on down—21 teams in all. There were six big upsets. That’s a huge number when you consider how many teams didn’t play (7). (The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are those going into week 13. Team records are those after week 13 play.)

1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (12-0) hosts Florida State (6-6). Tim Tebow threw for three TDs and ran for another two as the Gators dominated the Seminoles 37-10. Next week pits #1 vs #2 in the SEC Championship Game.

2/3/3 (2/3/3) Alabama (12-0) at Auburn (7-5) on Friday afternoon. The Tigers nearly pulled off the unthinkable but their 21-20 lead disappeared when the Tide scored a TD with 1:24 remaining. Next up for the Tide is a date with Florida for the SEC title.

3/2/2 (3/2/2) Texas (12-0) at Texas A&M (6-6) on Thursday night. The Longhorns had all they could do to defeat the Aggies 49-39. Neither team seemed to have brought their defense. Next up for Colt McCoy and the Longhorns is the Big 12 Championship Game against Nebraska.

4/4/4 (4/4/4) TCU (12-0) hosts New Mexico (1-11). The Horned Toads stomped all over the Lobos 51-10 as Andy Dalton threw for four TDs. Now they sit back and watch the three teams ahead of them to see if they’ll get a chance at a national title.

5/5/5 (5/5/5) Cincinnati (11-0) host Illinois (3-8) on Friday afternoon. Tony Pike returned to action for the Bearcats and tossed six (6!) TD passes as Cincinnati scored 35 points in the first half on their way to a 49-36 win over Illinois. Mardy Gilyard scored three TDs, one on a 90-yard kickoff return and two on Pike passes, for the Bearcats. Juice Williams threw for 3 TDs and ran for another for the Illini. Defense? We don’t need no stinkin’ defense?

6/6/6 (6/6/6) Boise State (12-0, 7-0 in conf.) host high-scoring Nevada (8-4, 7-1 in conf.) Friday night in a game that will likely determine the WAC Champion. Playing in a heavy, cold rain on the blue rug of Boise, the Broncos jumped out to a massive early lead and held on to defeat the Wolfpack 44-33. Titus Young returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a Bronco TD and Kellen Moore threw for five (5) TDs for the Broncos. Three of those tosses went to stand-in fullback Dan Paul who had caught just one pass prior to this game. These were his only three catches of the night and totaled just 22 yards.

7/7/7 (7/7/7) Georgia Tech (10-2) hosts Georgia (7-5). UPSET! The Bulldogs ran and ran and ran over the Yellow Jackets 30-24. Freshman Washaun Ealey had 183 yards and Caleb King added 166 and two TDs as Georgia racked up 339 yards on the ground. Still, Georgia Tech will be playing next week in the ACC Championship against Clemson—which also lost on Saturday.

8/9/8 (8/9/8) Pittsburgh (9-2) at West Virginia (8-3) Friday night. UPSET! WVU pulled out the upset 19-16 with a last second field goal by their red shirt freshman place kicker, Tyler Bitancurt. Noel Devine had a TD run of 82 yards for the Mountaineers. Devine finished the night with 134 yards on 17 carries. Dion Lewis had 166 yards on the ground for the Panthers.
9/8/9 (9/8/9) Ohio State (10-2) DONE

10/10/10 (16/16/11) Oregon (9-2) BYE

11/12/13 (12/13/16) Oklahoma State (9-3) at Oklahoma (7-5). UPSET! 27-0. The Sooners fenced in the Cowboys permitting only 109 yards of offense by their in-state rivals.

12/11/12 (13/12/12) Penn State (10-2) DONE

13/13/11 (15/15/11) Iowa (10-2) DONE

14/14/18 (16/16/21) Virginia Tech (9-3) at Virginia (3-9). The Hokies trounced the Cavaliers 42-13. It was 14-13 in favor of VT at the half, but Tech scored 28 points in the final 21 minutes. Ryan Williams ran for 183 yards and four TDs giving him 20 for the year and setting a new ACC record for a freshman.

15/16/16 (18/19/19) Clemson (8-4) at South Carolina (7-5). UPSET! The Gamecocks beat their in-state Tigers 34-17 behind Stephen Garcia’s three TD passes. Still, Clemson will play Georgia Tech for the ACC Championship on Saturday.

16/18/20 (20/20/23) Oregon State (8-3) BYE

17/17/22 (10/10/14) LSU (9-3) hosts Arkansas (7-5). After screwing up their time management in last week’s loss to Mississippi, the Tigers got it right on Saturday night. They marched down the field and kicked a game tying field goal with seconds left. Then in over time they settled for another FG and stopped the Razorbacks cold as Alex Tejada missed a 36-yard field goal that could have forced a second OT. Tejada had already made FGs of 47, 35, and 40 yards. Josh Jasper kicked FG of 47, 47, 41 (the tier), and 36 yards for the Tigers.

18/15/15 (19/18/17) Brigham Young (10-2) host #22 Utah (9-3). The Cougars needed overtime to defeat the Utes 26-23 after Utah scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to tie the game. Joe Phillips kicked five FG for Utah including a 40-yard game tier with 29 seconds left.

19/21/19 (21/24/22) Miami (Fla.) (9-3) at South Florida (7-4). The Hurricane blew through the Bulls in a 37-10 rout.

20/25/21 (NA/NA/NA) Mississippi (9-4) at Mississippi State (5-7). UPSET! Anthony Dixon ran for 133 yards setting a school record while QB Chris Relf ran for 131 yards (scoring one TD) and threw for two TDs as the Bulldogs beat the Rebels 41-27.

21/NA/NA (NA/NA/NA) California (8-3) BYE

22/19/23 (23/23/NA) Utah (9-3) at #18 Brigham Young (10-2). The Utes came from way back in regulation only to lose to the Cougars in OT 26-23.

23/24/17 (NA/25/20) North Carolina (8-4) at North Carolina State (5-7). UPSET! The Wolfpack took down the Tar Heels in a 28-27 nail biter. A blocked field goal attempt with five minutes to play helped preserve the victory.

24/22/NA (22/21/NA) Southern California (8-3) host UCLA (6-6). The Trojans were winning 21-7 with 90 seconds to go and they took a knee to kill the clock. Only the Bruins wouldn’t let them. They called a time out. So USC threw for another TD making it 28-7 which is how it ended. It’s called a rivalry for a reason.

25/20/NA (24/22/NA) Houston (10-2) host Rice (2-10). The Cougars scored on each of its seven possessions in the first half and went into the locker room with a 59-0 advantage. The final was 73-14. Case Keenum completed 25 of 31 for 323 yards and two TDs. Keenum also ran for one before giving way to second stringer Cotton Turner at the start of the second half. Turner was 8 for 10 and 112 yards and one TD. Third-stringer Austin Elrod was 3 for 6 for 28 yards but no scores. Houston had 684 yards in offense while Rice racked up 377 yards. The three Rice INTs didn’t help. Houston will play Saturday against East Carolina in the Conference USA Championship game. The Pirates better bring cutlasses.

NA/23/24 (NA/NA/NA) Nebraska (9-3) at Colorado (3-9). The Buffaloes had 20 first downs to the Cornhuskers 14. The Buffs had 403 yards of offense to the Huskers 217. BUT (there’s always a “but”) the score board read Nebraska 28, Colorado 20 when the final whistle blew thanks to a punt return for a TD by the Huskers’ Niles Paul and an interception return for a TD by Husker Matt O’Hanlon.

NA/NA/25 (NA/NA/NA) Northwestern (8-4) DONE