Week 12 is in the books and there weren’t many surprises…unless you count the 9-6 victory by #18 Texas A&M over #9 Nebraska. Except for that game and the Northwestern loss to Illinois, the higher ranked team proved victorious in every case. Sometimes it was close (double overtime) but sometimes it was embarrassing for their opposition (51-0, 63-7, 69-24).
[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 had the week off.
2/2/2 Auburn (11-0) The Tigers, too, were idle.
3/3/3 Boise State (10-0) The Broncos got off to a slow start (only 3 points in the first quarter) before running roughshod over the Fresno State Bulldogs (6-4) on Friday night 51-0.
4/4/4 TCU (11-0) The Horned Frogs were idle this week.
5/6/6 LSU (10-1) The Tigers outlasted the Mississippi Rebels (4-7) 43-36 after trailing Ole Miss 24-23 after 45 minutes.
6/5/5 Wisconsin (10-1) The Badgers beat the Michigan Wolverines (7-4) 48-28.
7/8/8 Stanford (10-1) The Cardinal routed the Golden Bears of California (5-6) 48-14.
8/7/9 Ohio State (10-1) The Buckeyes edged the #21 Iowa Hawkeyes (7-4) 20-17.
9/9/7 Nebraska (9-2) The Cornhuskers dropped a close one to the #18 Texas A&M Aggies (8-3) 9-6.
10/12/11 Alabama (9-2) The Tide washed over the FCS Georgia State Panthers (6-5) of the Colonial League on Thursday night in a tsunami 63-7.
11/11/12 Michigan State (10-1) The Spartans scored 22 in the fourth quarter to come from behind and defeat the Purdue Boilermakers (4-7) 35-31.
12/10/10 Oklahoma State (10-1) The Cowboys trailed 14-10 after the first quarter against the Kansas Jayhawks (3-8) but then they scored…and scored…and scored some more to become 48-14 victors.
13/13/13 Arkansas (9-2) The Razorbacks needed two overtimes to defeat the #22 Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-4) 38-31.
14/15/16 Virginia Tech (9-2) The Hokies and the #24 Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes (7-4) played pretty evenly for a while. It was 17 all after three quarters but then VT scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth to win 31-17.
15/16/14 Missouri (9-2) The Tigers shut out the Iowa State Cyclones (5-7) 14-0.
16/14/15 Oklahoma (9-2) The Sooners handed the Baylor Bears (7-5) a 53-14 drubbing.
17/17/17 South Carolina (8-3) The Gamecocks proved too much for the Troy Trojans (5-5) as they routed the boys from Troy 69-24. [And it wasn’t even that close being 56-7 at the half.]
18/19/19 Texas A&M (8-3) The Aggies upset the #9 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-2) in a low scoring affair 9-6.
19/18/18 Nevada (10-1) The Wolf Pack demolished the New Mexico State Aggies (2-9) 52-6.
20/NR/23 Southern California (7-4) The Trojans got felled by the Oregon State Beavers (5-5) 36-7.
21/20/NR Iowa (7-4) The Hawkeyes battled hard but succumbed to the #8 Ohio State Buckeyes (10-1) 20-17 in the end.
22/22/21 Mississippi State (7-4) The Bulldogs fell to the #13 Arkansas Razorbacks (9-2) in a double overtime game 38-31.
23/23/NR Arizona (7-3) The Wildcats were idle this weekend.
24/21/25 Miami (Fla.) (7-4) The Hurricanes could play even for the full 60 minutes as they fell to the #14 Virginia Tech Hokies (9-2) 31-17.
25/24/22 Utah (9-2) The Utes had to come from behind..twice…to defeat the San Diego State Aztecs (7-4) 38-34.
NR/25/NR Northwestern (7-4) The Wildcats ran afoul of the Fighting Illini of Illinois (5-5) and lost 48-27.
NR/NR/20 Florida State (8-3) The Seminoles beat the Maryland Terrapins (7-4) 30-16.
NR/NR/24 North Carolina State (8-3) The Wolfpack edged intrastate rival North Carolina (6-5) 29-25.
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