Week 11 Results

Just as there was one big upset at the top last week, there was one near the top this week as Penn State can’t seem to escape its Iowa City jinx.

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 11. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked You will note that when I refer to a team by its rank, I use the Writers’ Poll position.)

1/1/1 Alabama The Crimson Tide struggled at Baton Rouge against #15 LSU. A missed field goal by the Tide as time ran out lead to overtime with the teams tied at 21. LSU’s Lee was intercepted in the end zone and Alabama scored a TD on their shot. Alabama won 27-21.

2/3/2 Texas Tech The Red Raiders lost a fumble on their first possession against the #8 Oklahoma State Cowboys. They then went out and scored touchdowns on their next seven. And their defense held OK. St. to “just” 20 points. The final? 56-20. Pin point accuracy by—and time that could be measured with a calendar for--Graham Harrell was the key.

3/2/3 Penn State was back in action in Iowa City against Iowa and the game ended just as 5 out of their previous 6 visits. The Iowa Hawkeyes got a field goal with just six seconds left on the clock to win 24-23.

4/5/4 Florida The Gators went to Vanderbilt. Tim Tebow and the Gators are back in the Heisman and National Title hunt after a 42-14 drubbing of the Commodores.

5/7/5 Texas The Longhorns trounced Baylor 45-21.

6/4/6 Oklahoma The Sooners were on the road against Texas A&M and came away with a 66-28 victory over the Aggies. Both Oklahoma and #2 Texas Tech will be idle in week 12 but in two weeks they will square off in Norman, OK.

7/6/7 Southern California The Trojans hosted the #21 California Golden Bears and came away with a 17-3 victory.

8/8/8 Oklahoma State The Cowboys faced the #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders. At one point it looked like a neck-and-neck horse race. But for just one moment. Raiders 56, Cowboys 20.

9/10/10 Boise State The Broncos played Utah State on the blue carpet. Boise State came away with a 49-14 win.

10/9/9 Utah The Utes square off against #11 TCU on Thursday night (11/6). Utah escaped the Thursday Nite Jinx with a 13-10 victory. It required an 80-yard drive that ended with a TD with just 48 seconds left in the game to do it.

11/11/11 TCU The Horned Frogs played at #10 Utah Thursday night (11/6). They lost 13-10 in a close contest.

12/12/12 Ohio State The Buckeyes were on the road where they beat up on Northwestern 45-14.

13/13/14 Missouri The Tigers put a licking on Kansas State 41-24.

14/14/13 Georgia The Bulldogs headed over to Kentucky. Georgia came away with a 42-38 victory in a shootout.

15/15/16 LSU The Tigers hosted the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide. They forced the #1 team into overtime before losing 27-21.

16/18/17 Ball State The Cardinals kept their perfect season alive as they hosted Northern Illinois on Wednesday night (11/5) with a 45-14 win.

17/16/15 Brigham Young The Cougars mauled San Diego State 41-12.

18/17/19 Michigan State The Spartans beat the Boilermakers of Purdue 21-7.

19/19/18 North Carolina The Tar Heels beat the #22 Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech 28-7.

20/23/24 West Virginia The Mountaineers hosted the Bearcats of Cincinnati who jumped out in front and held on for a 26-232 upset.

21/22/22 California The Golden Bears lost to the #7 Trojans of USC 17-3.

22/20/20 Georgia Tech The Yellow Jackets lost to the #19 Tar Heels of North Carolina 28-7.

23/21/21 Maryland The Terps faced the Hokies of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Thursday night (11/6). They lost 23-13.

24/24/23 Florida State The Seminoles played with the Tigers of Clemson. They returned to Florida with a 41-7 win.

25/NR/NR Pittsburgh The Panthers hosted the Cardinals of Louisville. Pitt won 41-7.

NR/25/NR Northwestern The Wildcats got tamed 45-10 by the visiting #12 Ohio State Buckeyes.

NR/NR/25 Tulsa was IDLE