College Football: Week 9 Results

As I suspected, both #5 Michigan State and #7 Missouri fell from the ranks of the undefeated this week. Both were playing ranked opponents on the road. And both proved not to be up to the task.
Only Oregon (8-0), Boise State (7-0), Auburn (9-0), TCU (9-0), and Utah (8-0) remain.

[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 Oregon (8-0) The Ducks wore down #24 Southern California (5-3) 53-32. Is it any wonder everyone talks about the west coast offense but never the west coast defense? The Ducks had a total of 311 yards on the ground with LaMichael James getting 239 of them and 3 TDs on 36 carries.

2/2/3 Boise State (7-0) After defeating Louisiana State (3-5) 49-20 on Tuesday night, the Broncos had the weekend off.

3/3/2 Auburn (9-0) The Tigers remain undefeated after beating Mississippi (3-5) in a high scoring affair 51-31.

4/4/4 TCU (9-0) The Horned Frogs remain among the undefeated after routing UNLV (1-7) 48-6.

5/5/5 Michigan State (8-1) The Spartans didn’t just lose their undefeated status, they were embarrassed by # 18 Iowa (6-2) 37-6. The Hawkeyes’ Ricky Stanzi completed just 11 out of 15 but got 190 yards and 3 TDs.

6/6/7 Alabama (7-1) The Crimson Tide had the weekend off.

7/8/6 Missouri (7-1) The Tigers fell to the #14 Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) 31-17 as Nebraska raced to a 24-0 first quarter advantage thanks to Roy Helu’s 66 yard and 73 yard TD runs. Helu also had a 53 yard run in the third quarter as he rushed 28 times for 306 yards.

8/7/9 Utah (8-0) The Utes held off Air Force (5-4) 28-23 to remain undefeated thanks to 5 turnovers.

9/9/8 Wisconsin (7-1) The Badgers had the weekend off.

10/10/11 Ohio State (8-1) The Buckeyes roughed up the Gophers of Minnesota (1-8) 52-10 as seven different players scored TDs including one on a blocked punt and another on a fumble recovery.

11/11/12 Oklahoma (7-1) The Sooners drubbed Colorado (2-6) 43-10 as they set a school record in the air. Landry Jones was 32 of 46 for 453 yards and 4 TDs. The Sooners got another 35 yards in the air from back-up Drew Allen on their way to a 635 net yards offensive performance.

12/13/15 LSU (7-1) The Tigers were idle this weekend.

13/14/10 Stanford (7-1) The Cardinal shut out the Washington Huskies (3-5) 41-0 Andrew Luck had a 51 yard TD run and a total of 92 yards on the ground to go along with a 19 of 26, 192 yard and one TD aerial performance.

14/12/13 Nebraska (7-1) The Cornhuskers knocked the #7 Missouri Tigers (7-1) from the ranks of the undefeated 31-17.

15/15/16 Arizona (7-1) The Wildcats beat UCLA (3-5) 29-21.

16/15/14 Florida State (6-2) The Seminoles fell to NC State (6-2) 28-24 on Thursday night

17/17/19 South Carolina (6-2) The Gamecocks beat the Tennessee Volunteers (2-6) 38-24.

18/19/18 Iowa (6-2) The Hawkeyes routed the #5 Michigan State Spartans (8-1) 37-6.

19/18/17 Arkansas (6-2) The Razorbacks rolled over Vanderbilt (2-6) 49-14 behind Ryan Mallet’s 27 of 44, 409 yard, 3 TD performance.

20/20/20 Oklahoma State (7-1) The Cowboys downed the Kansas State Wildcats (5-3) 24-14.

21/21/21 Virginia Tech (6-2) The Hokies were idle this weekend.

22/22/22 Miami (Fla.) (5-3) The Hurricanes lost Jacory Harris and then the game to Virginia (4-4) 24-19. The Cavaliers tied a school record with five interceptions -- four against Harris' backups.

23/23/23 Mississippi State (7-2) The Bulldogs slipped past the Kentucky Wildcats (4-5) 24-17.

24/NR/24 Southern California (5-3) The Trojans couldn’t keep up with #1 Oregon (8-0) as they lost 53-32.

25/24/NR Baylor (7-2) The Bears beat Texas (4-4) 30-22.

NR/25/NR Michigan (5-3) The Wolverines dropped their third consecutive game, this one to Penn State (5-3) 41-31. Denard Robinson ran for 191 yards and 3 TD in the loss while Evan Royster rushed for 150 and 2 TDs for the Nittany Lions.

NR/NR/25 Hawaii (7-2) The Warriors beat Idaho (4-4) 45-10. Bryant Moniz threw for three TDs on a 27 of 38 for 326 yards night as he became the became the fifth QB to pass for more than 3,000 yards in a season. Oh, he also ran for another score.