“Everyone is playing this week so there’s likely to be some shaking up of the standings.” Well, not in the top nine slots, but from #10 (Southern California) on down there should be cha-cha-changes galore. I count six (6) upsets and three (3) other games in which ranked teams lost to higher ranked teams. (The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are those going into week 10.)
1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (10-0) The Gators beat South Carolina (6-5) 24-14.
2/2/2 (2/2/2) Texas (10-0) The Longhorns routed Baylor (4-6) 47-14.
3/3/3 (3/3/3) Alabama (10-0) The Tide rolled over Mississippi State (4-6) 31-3.
4/4/6 (6/4/8) TCU (10-0) The Horned Frogs creamed #14 Utah (8-2) 55-28.
5/5/4 (4/7/4) Cincinnati (10-0) The Bearcats held off # 23 West Virginia Mountaineers (7-3) on Friday night 24-21.
6/6/5 (5/5/6) Boise State (10-0) The Broncos destroyed the Idaho Vandals (7-4) 63-25.
7/7/7 (10/11/11) Georgia Tech (10-1) The Yellow Jackets manhandled Duke (5-5) 49-10 clinching a spot in the ACC playoff game.
8/8/13 (15/12/13) Ohio State (9-2) The Buckeyes squeaked past #13 Iowa (9-2) in overtime 27-24 earning themselves a trip to the Rose Bowl.
9/9/8 (14/14/15) Pittsburgh (9-1) The Panthers held off a late surge by Notre Dame (6-4) 27-22. Time for ND to look for a new coach?
10/10/12 (12/13/12) Southern California (7-3) The Trojans were the latest in the PAC 10 to fall to the Stanford Cardinal (7-3) 55-21. Yeah, that’s 55-21.
11/11/15 (9/9/9) LSU (8-2) The Tigers had a surprisingly tough time overcoming Louisiana Tech (3-7) 24-16.
12/12/16 (13/15/16) Houston (8-2) The Cougars fell to Central Florida (6-4) 37-32.
13/13/10 (8/6/5) Iowa (9-2) The Hawkeyes dropped a lackluster game to #8 Ohio State (9-2) in overtime 27-24.
14/14/14 (17/16/17) Utah (8-2) The Utes got creamed by #4 TCU (10-0) 55-28.
15/15/9 (16/17/14) Miami (Fla.) (7-3) The Hurricanes got beat by North Carolina (7-3) 33-24.
16/16/11 (7/8/7) Oregon (8-1) The Ducks quacked all over Arizona State (4-6) 44-21.
17/17/17 (11/10/10) Penn State (9-2) The Nittany Lions managed to come from behind to beat Indiana (4-7) 31-20.
18/18/19 (18/18/21) Oklahoma State (8-2) The Cowboys edged Texas Tech (6-4) 24-17.
19/19/18 (21/19/18) Arizona (6-3) The Wildcats got tamed by California (7-3) 24-16.
20/20/21 (24/22/23) Wisconsin (8-2) The Badgers beat the snot out of Michigan (5-6) 45-24. Is it time for Michigan to look for a new coach?
21/21/22 (22/24/24) Virginia Tech (7-3) The Hokies routed Maryland (2-8) 35-9.
22/22/20 (25/25/22) Brigham Young (8-2) The Cougars had a surprisingly tough time with New Mexico (0-10) but prevailed 24-19 in the end.
23/23/NA (NA/NA/NA) West Virginia (7-3) The Mountaineers fell to #5 Cincinnati (10-0) in a close one on Friday night 24-21.
24/24/23 (NA/NA/25) South Florida (6-3) The Bulls got dominated by Rutgers (7-2)
31-0 on Thursday night.
25/25/24 (NA/NA/NA) Auburn (7-4) The Tigers got tamed by Georgia (6-4) 31-24.
NA/NA/25 (NA/NA/NA) Clemson (7-3) These Tigers roared North Carolina State (4-6) 43-23.
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