Only Notre Dame’s surprisingly easy upset of then #15 Utah, then #13 Iowa's loss to Northwestern, and Southern Califonrnia's defeat of then #18 Arizona marred the Top 25 this week. Otherwise, the higher ranked team prevailed in every contest. Sometimes it was just by a little (see #1 Oregon) and sometimes it was by a great deal (see #3 Boise State, #5 LSU and #6 Wisconsin…especially #6 Wisconsin…oooh, boy). In any event, we still have four undefeated teams. (On the flip side of the coin, only the appropriately named Akron Zips (0-10) have yet to win a game. But they still have two games to play including one against Buffalo (2-8) so they have a chance.)
[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 (10-0) The Ducks barely beat the Bears of California (5-5) 15-13.
2/2/2 Auburn (11-0) The Tigers beat Georgia (5-6) 49-31. The Tigers allowed 21 first quarter points, but the offense racked up more than enough to prevail. Distraction? What distraction?
3/3/3 TCU (11-0) The Horned Frogs beat the San Diego State Aztecs (7-3) 40-35.
4/4/4 Boise State (9-0) The Broncos routed their intrastate rivals the Idaho Vandals (4-6) 52-14.
5/6/7 LSU (9-1) The Tigers shut out Louisiana-Monroe (4-6) 51-0.
6/5/5 Wisconsin (9-1) The Badgers embarrassed Indiana (4-6) 83-20 in one of the highest scoring games in recent memory and Wisconsin’s best offensive showing in 95 years. They started off slowly “only” getting 10 points in the first quarter but it was lights out from there on. The Badgers scored on each of their 12 possessions.
7/9/8 Stanford (9-1) The Cardinal came from behind to edge Arizona State (4-6) 17-13.
8/7/9 Ohio State (9-1) The Buckeyes came back from a 14-3 halftime deficit to beat the Penn State Nittany Lions (6-4) 38-14.
9/8/6 Nebraska (9-1) The Cornhuskers beat Kansas (3-7) 20-3.
10/10/12 Michigan State (9-1) The Spartans were idle this weekend.
11/12/11 Alabama (8-2) The Tide beat #17 Mississippi State (7-3) 30-10.
12/11/10 Oklahoma State (9-1) The Cowboys tamed the Texas Longhorns (4-6) 33-16.
13/13/15 Iowa (7-3) dropped its road game to the Northwestern Wildcats (7-3) who scored 14 in the fourth quarter to come from behind to win 21-17.
14/14/14 Arkansas (8-2) The Razorbacks trounced Texas-El Paso (6-5) 58-21.
15/15/13 Utah (8-2) The Utes dropped their second consecutive game. This one was on the road at Notre Dame (5-5) 28-3 and wasn’t pretty.
16/17/19 Virginia Tech (8-2) The Hokies beat the North Carolina Tarheels (6-4) 26-10.
17/18/17 Mississippi State (7-3) The Bulldogs lost to #11 Alabama (8-2) 30-10.
18/19/20 Arizona (7-3) The Wildcats fell to Southern California (7-3) 24-21.
19/16/18 Oklahoma (8-2) The Sooners routed Texas Tech (5-5) 45-7.
20/20/16 Missouri (9-2) The Tigers beat Kansas State (6-4) 38-28.
21/21/21 Nevada (9-1) The Wolf Pack edged Fresno State (6-3) 35-34.
22/22/NR South Carolina (7-3) The Gamecocks whipped the #24 Florida Gators (6-4) 36-14.
23/25/25 Texas A&M (7-3) The Aggies beat the Baylor Bears (7-4) 42-30.
24/24/23 Florida (6-4) The Gators got whipped by the #22 South Carolina Gamecocks (7-3) 36-14.
25/23/24 UCF (7-3) The Knights lost to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (7-3) 31-21.
NR/NR/22 San Diego State (7-3) The Aztecs made it tough for TCU but they ultimately fell short as they to the #3 Horned Frogs(11-0) 40-35.
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