Week 14 Results

WOW! What a weekend. Lots of close games, a few blow outs. Some great individual performances. And several upsets. Who could ask for more? (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 14 play.)

1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (12-1) The Gators lost to #2 Alabama(13-0) 32-13 for the SEC title.

2/3/3 (2/3/3) Alabama (13-0) The Crimson Tide made a statement against #1 Florida (12-1) winning the SEC Championship 32-13 in a game that wasn’t quite that close as the Tide dominated both sides of the ball.

3/2/2 (3/2/2) Texas (13-0) The Longhorns edged past #21 Nebraska (9-4) 13-12 for the Big 12 title. It took a video replay to show the Longhorns had one second left on the clock in which to attempt a 46-yard field goal by Hunter Lawrence. The Cornhuskers came T-H-I-S close to pulling off the upset after sacking Colt McCoy nine times. Nebraska was held to just 106 yards total offense on 55 plays but also held Texas to just 202 yards on 74 plays.

4/4/4 (4/4/4) TCU (12-0) DONE

5/5/5 (5/5/5) Cincinnati (12-0) The Bearcats outlasted #14 Pittsburgh (9-3) on Saturday scoring a 45-44 victory on when the Panthers flubbed an extra point in the final minutes and the Bearcats came back to score and make their own point after with just 33 seconds remaining. Mardy Gilyard scored on a 99 yard kickoff return, a 68 yard pass from Tony Pike and a 2 point conversion pass from Pike. Dion Lewis ran for 194 yards and three TDs for the Panthers.

6/6/6 (6/6/6) Boise State (13-0) The Broncos routed New Mexico State (3-10) on the Blue Rug 42-7. Kellen Moore was 19 0f 30 for 272 yards and just one TD in three quarters of work. He left with the score 35-0 after three periods. The TD was his 39th of the year, a school record. The Broncos’ Doug Martin ran just eight times for 84 yards but scored four TDs.

7/8/8 (10/10/10) Oregon (10-2) The Ducks slipped past #13 Oregon State (8-4) 37-33 on Thursday night to claim the PAC-10 Championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. LaMichael James ran for 166 yards and three TDs in the victory.

8/7/7 (9/8/9) Ohio State (10-2) DONE

9/10/9 (13/13/11) Iowa (10-2) DONE

10/9/10 (12/11/12) Penn State (10-2) DONE

11/11/14 (14/14/18) Virginia Tech (9-3) DONE

12/12/11 (7/7/7) Georgia Tech (11-2) The Yellow Jackets edged Clemson (8-5) 39-34 for the ACC title when Jonathan Dwyer scored his second TD of the game with 1:20 remaining. C.J. Spiller rushed for 233 yards and four TDs for Clemson.

13/16/18 (16/18/20) Oregon State (8-4) The Beavers dropped a close one to #7 Oregon (10-2) 37-33 on Thursday night.

14/15/16 (8/9/8) Pittsburgh (9-3) The Panthers lost a heart breaker to #5 Cincinnati (12-0) 45-44 on a flubbed extra point attempt in the snow/sleet with less than two minutes to play. They still lead at the time 44-38, but Tony Pike and crew were not to be denied as they rapidly scored and made their extra point for the win with 33 seconds to go.

15/14/17 (17/17/22) LSU (9-3) DONE

16/13/12 (18/15/15) Brigham Young (10-2) DONE

17/17/15 (19/21/19) Miami (Fla.) (9-3) DONE

18/18/21 (25/20/NA) Houston (10-3) The Cougars had a problem all afternoon with East Carolina (9-4) as the Pirates took the Conference USA title 38-32. That despite Case Keenum completing 56 of 75 passes for title game-record 527 yards and five touchdowns. However, he also threw three INTs.

19/22/13 (21/NA/NA) California (8-4) The Golden Bears got thumped by Washington (5-7) Saturday evening 42-10. Huskies QB Jake Locker was 19 of 23 for 248 yards and three TDs and also ran for another two in the rout. (Washington was 0-12 last year.)

20/19/24 (24/22/NA) Southern California (8-4) The Trojans lost to Arizona (8-4) on Saturday 21-17.

21/20/19 (NA/23/24) Nebraska (9-4) The Cornhuskers saw their chance for an upset over #3 Texas (13-0) sail through the uprights on a last second (literally) field goal 13-12.

22/21/NA (11/12/13) Oklahoma State (9-3) DONE

23/24/23 (NA/NA/NA) Stanford (8-4) DONE

24/23/NA (NA/NA/NA) West Virginia (9-3) The Mountaineers beat Rutgers (8-4) Saturday for the 15th consecutive year. This time it was by a score of 24-21. The Scarlet Knights held Noel Devine to just 65 yards rushing with one TD and had a 91 yard kickoff return by Joe Lefeged and a 65 yard TD pass reception by Mohamed Sanu. A 24 yard interception return by WVU’s Sidney Glover and a last minute interception of a tipped Tom Savage pass by the Mountaineers proved to be the difference.

25/NA/NA (15/16/16) Clemson (8-4) The Tigers lost to the #12 Georgia Tech 39-34.

NA/25/NA (22/19/23) Utah (9-3) DONE

NA/NA/20 (NA/NA/25) Northwestern (8-4) DONE

NA/NA/22 (NA/NA/NA) Wisconsin (9-3) The Badgers played at Hawaii (6-7) Saturday night. They really, really enjoyed their trip as they thumped the Rainbow Warriors 51-10. John Clay rushed for 172 yards and three TDs as the Badgers rolled up 554 yards of offense.

NA/NA/25 (NA/NA/NA) Central Michigan (11-2) The Chippewas beat Ohio (9-4) 20-10 for the Mid American Championship Game Friday night.

On a side note:

Thus far only Eastern Michigan (0-12) has failed to achieve even one victory in the 2009 season. The Eagles hardly soared as they are ranked 119 out of 120 in the CBSSports120 rankings.

Number 120? That would be Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The Hilltoppers have one more chance for a W as they play the 3-and-8 Arkansas State Red Wolves in their final game of the season on Saturday. As Chris Berman says on ESPN, “Everyone deserves at least one win. No one should go 0-for-the-season.” (I’m paraphrasing there.)

Let’s go Hilltoppers!

UPDATE: The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers played Thursday, not Saturday. And they lost to the Red Wolves 24-20 despite leading early in the second half 20-3. The winning score was on a sack, fumble and 27 yard return of same for a TD.*sigh*