Week 14 Results

Wow! What a week of college football! Most of the games were evidence of the superiority of offense in today’s college game. Scoring sixty points was not uncommon. Still there were a few close games. Sure they were 45-42 or 40-37, but they were thrillers. (So was the 19-15 Pitt/WVA.)

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 14. The numbers on parentheses after the teams’ names are their rankings after Week 13. 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 (1/1/2) The Crimson Tide was more of a tsunami as they swept over Auburn, 36-0.

2/3/2 Florida (3/3/3) The Gators brought the rain to #23 Florida State and seemed quite at home as they won 45-15.

3/2/3 Oklahoma (5/5/5) The Sooners demolished #11 Oklahoma State 61-41.

4/4/4 Texas (4/4/4) The Longhorns feasted upon Texas A&M 49-9 on Thanksgiving night.

5/5/5 Southern California (6/6/6) The Trojans had their way with hapless Notre Dame38-3. Win over UCLA next week and they are Rose Bowl bound.

6/6/7 Penn State (7/8/7) The Nittany Lions’ season is over at 11-1 is prepping for the Rose Bowl.

7/8/6 Texas Tech (2/2/1) The Red Raiders struggled in the first three quarters against Baylor but scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth to win 35-28.

8/7/8 Utah (8/7/8) The Utes finished the season with a 12-0 record and atop the Mountain West.

9/9/9 Boise State (9/9/9) The Broncos were right at home on the blue rug as they dismantled Fresno State on Friday evening by a score of 61-10.

10/10/11 Ohio State (10/10/11) The Buckeye’s season is finished at 10-2. The question will be where they will go bowling.

11/12/10 Oklahoma State (11/12/10) The Cowboys kept pace early with the #3 Oklahoma Sooners, but they eventually were unable to keep up as they lost 61-41.

12/11/12 Missouri (12/11/12) The Tigers were upset 40-37 by Kansas in one of the closes—and most exciting— games of the weekend.

13/13/13 Georgia (13/13/13) The Bulldogs got stung 45-42 by the #18 Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech in yet another edge-of-the-seat thriller.

14/14/15 TCU (15/17/16) The Horned Frogs finished the year 10-2 and in second place in the Mountain West with a 7-1 conference record.

15/15/14 Ball State (14/16/15) The Cardinals got to showcase their game nationally against Western Michigan Tuesday evening. They didn’t disappoint with a 45-22 victory to close the regular season 12-0. Next up will be Buffalo for the MAC championship.

16/16/16 Cincinnati (19/20/18) The Bearcats (having already clinched a share of the Big East title) struggled early but prevailed over Syracuse, 30-10. They have one more game at Hawaii next week but are the Big East Champs.

17/17/17 Oregon State (21/21/21) The Ducks may have blown their chances for the Rose Bowl by dropping 65-38 contest to the #19 Beavers of Oregon.

18/23/20 Georgia Tech (NR/NR/NR) The Yellow Jackets upset #13 Georgia, 45-42.

19/18/19 Oregon (14/22/23) The Beavers outscored the #17 Oregon State Ducks 65-38.

20T/22/21 Boston College (NR/25/NR) The Eagles managed to defeat Terps of Maryland 28-21 to advance to the ACC Championship.

20T/19/23 Brigham Young (16/14/14) The Cougars season ended with a 10-2 record and a third place standing in the Mountain West (6-2).

22/21/24 Michigan State (17/15/17) The Spartans finished the year with a 9-3 record and in possession of third place in the Big Ten with a 6-2 conference record.

23/24/22 Florida State (NR/NR/NR) It rained…hard…and the field was a swamp so the Seminoles lost to #2 Florida Gators 45-15.

24/20/18 Northwestern (NR/24/24) The Wildcats finished the year with a 9-3 record (5-3 in the Big Ten).

25/NR/NR Mississippi (NR/NR/NR) Ole Miss ran all over Mississippi State 45-0.

NR/25/NR West Virginia (NR/NR/NR) The Mountaineers lost a close one to the Pittsburgh Panthers on Friday night 19-15.

NR/NR/25 Iowa (NR/NR/NR) The Hawkeyes finished the season with an 8-4 record (5-3 in the Big Ten).