Week 9 in College Football Top 25...more or less...Results

Week 9 saw almost everyone in the Top 25 (more or less) in action. And there was a lot of action! And scoring. The numbers between 40 and 50 got used a great deal this week—sometimes by both sides in the same game. The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are those going into week 8


1/1/2 (2/1/2) Florida (8-0) The Gators routed The Georgia Bulldogs (4-4) by a score of 41-17.

2/2/1 (1/2/1) Alabama (7-0) The Crimson Tide was idle this week.

3/3/3 (3/2/2) Texas (8-0) The Longhorns dismantled the #13 Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-2). Two defensive TDs helped make it 41-14.

4/4/7 (4/4/6) Southern California (6-2) The Trojans were taken apart by #10 Oregon (7-1) Ducks—who may still be scoring, although the official final was 47-20.

5/7/5 (5/6/5) Cincinnati (8-0) The Bearcats defeated the Syracuse Orange (3-5) 28-7. Cincy’s sub QB Zach Collaros threw four TD passes.

6/5/8 (6/5/7) Boise State (8-0) The Broncos jumped all over the San Jose St. Spartans (1-6) 45-7.

7/8/4 (7/8/4) Iowa (9-0) The Hawkeyes came from way, way back to defeat the Indiana Hoosiers (4-5) 42-24. Hard to believe it was Indiana leading at the half 21-7 and after 3 quarters 24-14. This was the fourth time this year the Hawkeyes have come back from behind in the fourth quarter to win.

8/6/6 (10/7/9) TCU (8-0) The Horned Frogs had their way with the UNLV Rebels (3-6) 41-0.

9/9/9 (9/10/10) LSU (7-1) The Tigers shut out the Tulane Green Wave (2-6) 42-0.

10/12/11 (12/14/12) Oregon (7-1) The Ducks really, really beat on the #4 USC Trojans (6-2) 47-20. Trust me, it wasn’t nearly that close.

11/11/13 (11/13/14) Georgia Tech (8-1) The Yellow Jackets stung Vanderbilt (2-7) in a score fest, 56-31.

12/10/10 (13/11/11) Penn State (7-1) The Nittany Lions started slow but came out to play in the second half as they beat the Northwestern Wildcats (5-4) 34-13.

13/13/12 (14/12/13) Oklahoma State (6-2) The Cowboys helped the Longhorns of #3 Texas (8-0) get two defensive scores as they got gored 41-14.

14/14/14 (15/15/15) Virginia Tech (5-3) The Hokies hosted North Carolina (5-3) on Thursday night. Oops! NC got a field goal on the final play of the game to come away 20-17 victors.

15/16/18 (17/18/18) Houston (7-1) The Cougars hosted the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (5-4) in the football version of Rocky. Casey Keenum threw his 5th TD pass (for 46 yards) with 21 seconds remaining in the game for a Houston 50-43 victory. Keenum had a total of 595 yards passing for the game.

16/17/17 (20/19/20) Pittsburgh (7-1) The Panthers will be idle this week.

17/15/15 (18/17/16) Ohio State (7-2) The Buckeyes shut out the New Mexico State Aggies (3-6) 45-0.

18/18/16 (8/9/8) Miami (Fla.) (6-2) The Hurricanes trailed the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (4-5) for most of the game, but they got two TDs in the final quarter—the second with about one minute to go—to win 28-27.

19/19/19 (19/20/19) Utah (7-1) The Utes beat the Wyoming Cowboys (4-4), 22-10.

20/20/20 (22/22/24) West Virginia (6-2) The Mountaineers went south to face off against the South Florida Bulls (6-2) on Friday night. They forgot to bring their A-game. The Bulls dominated behind the play of B.J. Daniels, 30-19.

21/21/25 (23/23/NA) South Carolina (6-3) The Gamecocks were beaten by the Tennessee Volunteers (4-3), 31-13.

22/23/24 (25/NA/NA) Oklahoma (5-3) The Sooners beat the Kansas State Wildcats (5-4), 42-30.

23/24/23 (NA/NA/NA) Arizona (5-2) The Wildcats will be idle this week.

24/22/21 (NA/25/22) Mississippi (6-3) The Rebels got beat by the Auburn Tigers (6-3), 33-20.

25/25/NA (NA/NA/NA) Notre Dame (6-2) The Fighting Irish beat the snot out of the Washington State Cougars (1-7) 40-14…in Texas?

NA/NA/22 (NA/NA/23) Central Michigan (7-2) The Chippewas got walloped by Boston College (6-3), 31-10.