Week 9 Results

With four games matching Top 25 teams there were bound to be some good contests this weekend. There certainly were some very high scoring events. Here’s the wrap-up of the weeks action. (Except for #22 Tulsa which doesn’t play until Sunday night. [UPDATE: Tulsa won 49-19. More below.)

Incidentally, one of the bad things about being at the Bolt Hole is the lack of cable or dish TV. It's mere rabbit ears for me. That restricts my channel selection--and choice of games--considerably. And if I don't go and get me one of those digital converters...well, I won't have any TV.

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 9. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)

1/1/1 Texas The Longhorns faced off against the #7 Cowboys of Oklahoma State in Austin and had all they could handle. Despite controlling the ball for much of the game and scoring touchdowns on four drives that were 80 yards or more (two started inside the 10), the Longhorns managed to hang on in the second half for a 28-24 victory. Next up for Texas is undefeated Texas Tech. Sheesh!

2/2/2 Alabama The Crimson Tide defeated the Tennessee Volunteers by 29-9.

3/3/3 Penn State The Nittany Lions hadn’t won in Columbus, Ohio in 30 years. While they didn’t score a ton of points, they did score enough to defeat the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes 13-6 and improve to 9-0.

4/5/4 Oklahoma The Sooners squared off against Kansas State on the road. The final score was 58-35, Sooners.

5/7/7 Florida The Gators hosted roasted Kentucky by a score of 63-5.

6/4/5 Southern California USC found the dry heat at Arizona a bit of a challenge. The Trojans did come away with a 17-10 victory, however.

7/8/8 Oklahoma State The Cowboys played tough but eventually got thrown by the #1 Longhorns and Colt McCoy, 28-24.

8/6/6 Texas Tech The Aggies traveled north to play #19 Kansas. The Jayhawks probably wished they hadn’t. Texas Tech improved to 9-0 with a 63-21 romp. Next week they get to play #1 Texas at home.

9/9/9 Georgia The Bulldogs beat the #11 LSU Tigers, 52-38.

10/10/10 Ohio State The Buckeyes played host to #3 Penn State and both defenses were dominant. PSU came away with a 13-6 win.

11/11/11 LSU The Tigers played host to #9 Georgia and were gracious hosts indeed. The Bulldogs won 52-38.

12/12/12 Utah The Utes had the week off.

13/13/13 Boise State The Broncos were off the blue carpet as they played at San Jose State. They went home with a33-16 win and a 7-0 record.

14/14/14 South Florida The Bulls went up to Louisville where they lost a close one 24-20.

15/15/15 TCU The Horned Frogs toyed with their guests from Wyoming as they won 54-7.

16/16/18 Missouri The Tigers beat Colorado 38-0. A shutout is quite the rarity these days.

17/20/16 Pittsburgh The Panthers hosted Rutgers. They probably wish they hadn’t. RU QB Mike Teel finally showed the arm everyone was expecting to see. He completed 14 of 21 attempts for 361 yards, 6 touchdowns and just one interception. The Scarlet Knights still need a running attack but Kordell Young did rush 20 times for 83 yards (mostly in the second half when RU was well ahead) and scored 2 touchdowns on the ground. RU also could use some D-E-F-E-N-S-E. The final: 54-34, RU.

18/17/17 Brigham Young The Cougars hosted UNLV in another high scoring affair but came away 42-35.

19/18/22 Kansas The Jayhawks lost to #8 Texas Tech—big. 63-21 was the final score.

20/22/19 Ball State The Cardinals improved their record to 8-0 with a 38-16 victory at home against Eastern Michigan.

21/21/21 Georgia Tech (NR/NR/NR) GT showed up in the Top 25 for the first time last weekend. They won’t be here next week. They dropped a close one to Virginia, 24-17.

22/19/20 Tulsa If you watched just the first half of Tulsa vs UCF before switching over to the World Series game, you're probably wondering how the Golden Hurrican ever got to be undefeated and #22 in the polls. Tulsa trailed UCF 19-14 at the half and looked completely inept on offense and defense. After the break--not so much. Tulsa scored 35 points in the second half while allowing the UCF Knights nothing. The final was 49-19.

23/NR/23 Boston College (NR/NR/NR) BC debuted on the Top 25 list this week for the first time. Then they traveled to North Carolina. They will be leaving both behind after losing 45-24.

24/23/NR Florida State The Seminoles beat the Virginia Tech Hokies, 30-20.

25/25/24 Minnesota The Gophers topped the Purdue Boilermakers, 17-6.

NR/24/25 Northwestern (NR/NR/NR) Northwestern will be leaving the Top 25 after losing a close one 21-19 at Indiana.