What a weekend! #1 Alabama lost to #19 South Carolina, #12 LSU squeeked by #14 Florida, #13 Miami (Fla.) got chewed up and spit out by #24 Florida State, and #17 Michigan State rolled over #18 Michigan. Number 9 Arizona got upset by the Oregon State Beavers, # 6 Auburn barely escaped against the Kentucky Wildcats, and #16 Stanford needed a last second field goal themselves to defeat USC.
Bound to be a whole lot of shaking goin’ on in the polls this week!
[The three numbers for the rankings are from the AP Top 25, The Harris Coaches’ Poll, and CBSSports.com. An “NR” means that that particular poll did Not Rank the team.]
1/1/1 Alabama (5-1) In what can only be described as a major upset, the Crimson Tide lost to the #19 South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1) by a score of 35-21 snapping Alabama’s 19-game winning streak. Stephen Garcia completed 17 of 20 passes for 201 yards and 3 TDs while Marcus Lattimore ran for 93 yards and 2 TDs and caught one of those passes from Garcia for a third. Greg McElroy completed 27 of 34 for 315 yards and 2 TDs for the losing Crimson Tide.
2/2/2 Ohio State (6-0) The Buckeyes scored the first 38 points and went on to beat Indiana Hoosiers (3-2) 38-10
3/3/3 Oregon (6-0) The Ducks “only” scored 43 points in beating Washington State Cougars (1-5) 43-23. LaMichael James ran for 136 yards and 2 TDs for the Ducks. He scored a third TD on an 84 yard pass from Darron Thomas. Thomas finished the day 8 of 12 for 153 yards and that one TD while sharing QB responsibilities with Nate Costa who was 13 of 15 for 151 yards and a TD.
4/4/4 Boise State (5-0) The Broncos romped over the Toledo Rockets (3-3) 57-14. With the help of a defense that forced 5 turnovers, the Broncos made mincemeat of Toledo. Kellen Moore completed 16 of 22 for 267 yards and 3 TDs. Jeremy Avery only had 7 carries for 42 yards, but he made them count with 3 rushing TDs.
5/5/5 TCU (6-0) The Horned Frogs had their second consecutive shutout of the season as they routed the Wyoming Cowboys (2-4) by a score of 45-0. Andy Dalton was 14 of 17 for 270 yards and 3 TDs and Ed Wesley ran 17 times for 115 yards and 1 TD as TCU schooled the Cowboys piling up 578 yards of net offense.
6/7/7 Oklahoma (5-0) The Sooners are idle this week.
7/6/6 Nebraska (5-0) The Cornhuskers trounced the Kansas State Wildcats (4-1) Thursday night 48-13. Quarterback Taylor Martinez rushed for 242 yards and 4 TDs on runs of 14, 35, 80 and 41 yards. Oh, and he completed 5 of 7 passes for 128 yards and a TD.
8/8/8 Auburn (6-0) The Tigers edged the Kentucky Wildcats (3-3) 37-34 on a field goal as the game clock ran out. And it was all Cam Newton for the Tigers. Newton rushed for 198 yards and 4 TDs while also completing 13 of 21 passes for 210 yards. Most importantly, after Kentucky had tied the game at 34 all with 7:31 on the game clock, Newton lead the Tigers down the field on the ground. He accounted for 74 yards on Auburn's clock-chewing, 19-play final drive, setting up Wes Byrum's 24-yard field goal as time expired. Randall Cobb accounted for four touchdowns for the Wildcats -- one passing, two running and one receiving.
9/11/10 Arizona (4-1) The Wildcats were upset by the Oregon State Beavers (3-2) 29-27. Ryan Katz threw for 393 yards and 2 TDs and also scored one on the ground. Nick Foles completed 35 of 46 for 440 yards and 3 TDs for the losing Wildcats.
10/10/9 Utah (5-0) The Utes scored 31 points in the second quarter as they rolled over the Iowa State Cyclones (3-3) 68-27. It wouldn’t have been this close if two early Utah turnovers hadn’t lead to Cyclone TDs in the first quarter. Jordan Wynn completed 23 of 31 passes for 325 yards and 2 TDs as Utah amassed 593 yards of net offense. Reggie Dunn had a 100 yard kick return for a TD and Joe Phillips booted four field goals of 23, 25, 22, 33 yards for the Utes.
11/13/14 Arkansas (4-1) The Razorbacks beat the Texas A&M Aggies (3-2) 24-17. Ryan Mallet completed 27 of 38 passes for 310 yards (nearly half of them in the first quarter) and 3 TDs. Jeff Fuller made 8 catches for 154 yards and 1 TD for the Aggies.
12/9/13 LSU (6-0) The Tigers edged the #14 Florida Gators (4-2) 33-29 in a come-from-behind, fake-field-goal sorta way. They might want to add Mallox to the LSU dinning room table. Jordan Jefferson ran for 2 TDs and Terrence Toliver scored twice on Jarret Lee passes for the Tigers.
13/14/17 Miami (Fla.) (3-2) The Hurricane were upset by the #24 Florida State Seminoles (5-1) 45-17. Jermaine Thomas scored 3 TDs (one on a pass, two on the ground) in the first half and Chris Thompson capped the Seminole scoring on a 90 yard run from scrimmage in the fourth quarter.
14/12/15 Florida (4-2) The Gators lost a close one to the #12 LSU Tigers (6-0) 33-29.
15/15/16 Iowa (4-1) The Hawkeyes are idle this week.
16/18/19 Stanford (5-1) The Cardinal edged the Southern California Trojans (4-2) 37-35 on a 30-yard Nate Whitaker field goal on the final play of the game. This is the second consecutive game USC has lost on field goals as the clock expires. Last week it was 32-31 to Washington. Talk about bad luck. Now, about Good Luck…Andrew Luck was 20 of 24 for 285 yards and 3 TDs for the Cardinal. Matt Barkley was 28 of 45 for 390 yards and 3 TDs—all to Robert woods who had 12 catches for 224 yards—for the losing Trojans.
17/16/12 Michigan State (6-0) The Spartans rolled over the #18 Michigan Wolverines (5-1) 34-17. Denard Robinson completed 17 of 29 passes for 1 YD for the Wolverines. Unfortunately, he also tossed 3 INTs. Edwin baker ran 22 times for 147 yard and 1 TD (on a 61 yard run) for the Spartans.
18/17/11 Michigan (5-1) The Wolverines lost to the #17 Michigan State Spartans (6-0) 34-17.
19/20/18 South Carolina (4-1) The Gamecocks manhandled the #1 Alabama (5-1) 35-21.
20/19/21 Wisconsin (5-1) The Badgers beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-5) 41-23 to retain the Paul Bunyan Axe for the seventh consecutive year. John Clay carried the ball 21 times for 111 yards and three TDs and James White 19 times for 118 yards and 2 TDs for the Badgers.
21/23/20 Nevada (6-0) The Wolfpack beat the San Jose State Spartans (1-5) 35-13. Colin Kaepernick completed 20 of 27 passes for 273 yards but not one TD came via the air. Instead, Kaepernick rushed 17 times for 91 yards and 2 TDs and Vai Taua 16 times for 196 yards and 3 TDs—including one of 73 yards—for the Wolfpack.
22/21/22 Oklahoma State (5-0) The Cowboys beat the Ragin’ Cajuns: Louisiana-Lafayette (2-3) 54-28 despite trailing at the half 21-17 when the Cajuns scored 21 points in the second quarter on a combination of offense and defensive scores. It must have woken up the Cowboys who put together their own offense-defense-offense scores in the third quarter and tacked on a field goal for good measure in posting 24 points in the third and another 13 in the fourth. Brandon Weeden completed 29 of 47 passes for 351 yards and 5 TDs for OK State.
23/24/23 Florida State (5-1) The Seminoles beat the #13 Miami (Fla.) Hurricane (3-2) 45-17.
24/22/NR Missouri (5-0) The Tigers shut out the Colorado Buffaloes (3-2) 26-0. Blaine Gabbert was 17 of 29 for 191 yards and 2 TDs for Missouri.
25/NR/NR Air Force (5-1) The Falcons routed the Colorado State Rams (1-5) 49-27. Uncharacteristically, three of the Falcons’ six offensive TDs came via the air. Tim Jefferson connected with Zach Kauth on passes of 27 and 19 yards and Ben Cochran completed a 25 yard TD pass to Chaz Demerath. Jonathan Warzeka also had a TD on a 100-yard kickoff return for Air Force.
NR/25/NR Northwestern (5-1) The Wildcats were knocked from the ranks of the undefeated by the Purdue Boilermakers (3-2) 20-17.
NR/NR/24 Southern California (4-2) The Trojans lost to the #16 Stanford Cardinal (5-1) 37-35 on a last second field goal.
NR/NR/25 North Carolina State (5-1) the Wolfpack rolled over the Boston College Eagles (2-3) 44-17. D.J. Green had a blocked punt recovery for a TD and C.J. Wilson returned an interception 28 yards for a TD for the Wolfpack. On offense, Russell Wilson completed 38 of 51 attempts for 328 yards and 3 TDs.
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