Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Week 14 Top 25 (more or less)
and their opponents

Heading into Week 14 (and the final week except for the Army-Navy Game) we see lots of shifting around in the rankings once you get past those in the top 6 teams—which all remain undefeated. That, at least will change when #1 Florida plays #2 Alabama Oklahoma State (now #22 from #11) and Clemson (now #25 down from #15) fell the most after big upsets last week. Both have a chance to redeem themselves against higher ranked opponents this week. Lots of conference titles on the line this week, too, as well as bowl slots. Should be some good football on store. (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 13 play.)

1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (12-0) The Gators play #2 Alabama for the SEC title.

2/3/3 (2/3/3) Alabama (12-0) The Crimson Tide squares off against #1Flroida in the SEC Championship game.

3/2/2 (3/2/2) Texas (12-0) The Longhorns will play #21 Nebraska (9-3) for the Big 12 title.

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

5/5/5 (5/5/5) Cincinnati (11-0) The Bearcats play at #14 Pittsburgh (9-2) on Saturday.

6/6/6 (6/6/6) Boise State (12-0) The Broncos will play New Mexico State (3-9) on the Blue Rug on Saturday.

7/8/8 (10/10/10) Oregon (9-2) The Ducks host #13 Oregon State (8-3) on Thursday night.

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 (10-2) The Yellow Jackets play Clemson (8-4) for the ACC title.

13/16/18 (16/18/20) Oregon State (8-3) The Beavers play at #7 Oregon (9-2) on Thursday night.

14/15/16 (8/9/8) Pittsburgh (9-2) The Panthers will host #5 Cincinnati (11-0) on Saturday.

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 (10-2) The Cougars face East Carolina (8-4) for the Conference USA title.

19/22/13 (21/NA/NA) California (8-3) The Golden Bears play at Washington (4-7) Saturday evening.

20/19/24 (24/22/NA) Southern California (8-3) The Trojans host Arizona (7-4) on Saturday.

21/20/19 (NA/23/24) Nebraska (9-3) The Cornhuskers face #3 Texas (12-0) for the Big 12 title.

22/21/NA (11/12/13) Oklahoma State (9-3) DONE23/24/23 (NA/NA/NA) Stanford (8-4) DONE

24/23/NA (NA/NA/NA) West Virginia (8-3) The Mountaineers play at Rutgers (8-3) at noon on Saturday.

25/NA/NA (15/16/16) Clemson (8-4) The Tigers face #12 Georgia Tech for the ACC title.

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 (8-3) The Badgers play at Hawaii (6-6) this weekend.

NA/NA/25 (NA/NA/NA) Central Michigan (10-2) The Chippewas host Ohio (9-3) in 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 host 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!

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