Crazy to think we are almost at the end of the season. It is also crazy how doing this each week causes me to like certain teams more than I normally would. I am almost always happy to see an upset, but tonight I was a little sad watching Oregon lose to Washington. Why? I was totally pulling for them to win out and maybe make the playoff. Weird, right?
- Georgia (10-0)–#1–W 45-19 Mississippi State–Georgia clinched a berth to the SEC Championship game.
- Ohio State (10-0)–#2–W 56-14 Indiana–The Buckeyes continue to lose players to injury. Do they even have running backs at this poitn?
- Michigan (10-0)–#3–W 34-3 Nebraska–The Wolverines run game can just punish a team.
- TCU (10-0)–#4–W 17-10 #20 Texas–The Horned Frogs have now beat five ranked teams. And yet they are getting crap because of their non-conference schedule.
- Tennessee (9-1)–#5–W 66-24 Mizzou–I guess the Vols wanted to make a statement that they are not out of it.
- USC (9-1)–#7–W 55-17 Colorado–I cannot imagine the Trojans make it the rest of the way without another loss.
- LSU (8-2)–#9–W 13-10 Arkansas–I am sorry, but this did not look like the team that beat Alabama. They had trouble with Arkansas, who lost to Liberty last week. Oh, and Liberty lost to UConn this week. I will give a playoff team a pass for a tough win against a bad opponent. They get one. But LSU has two losses, they cannot also have a tough win against a Razorbacks team that is without their starting QB.
- Alabama (8-2)–#10–W 30-24 #11 Ole Miss–So much has been made about this being the end of the Alabama dynasty. I do not think it is time to hand over that crown to Georgia quite yet.
- Clemson (9-1)–#12–W 31-16 Louisville–I had a feeling that the Cardinals might upset Clemson, but I was wrong.
- Penn State (8-2)–#13–W 30-0 Maryland–Fans are never happy. They have complained for years about PSU not running enough. Now they have a running game, and they complain about everything else. You would swear this team is 5-5 by the way some of the fanbase complains.
- UNC (9-1)–#14–W 36-34 Wake Forest–The Tar Heels won another close game. And Wake Forest was ranked fairly high early in the season, but lost some games to ranked opponents. I still do not know if UNC is good enough to be a top ten team. I suppose we will find out on December 3rd when they play Clemson for the ACC Championship.
- Washington (8-2)–#19–W 37-34 #6 Oregon–That was a great game. I believe I had the Huskies ranked higher than the CFP committee (#19 vs. #25), so obviously I know way more than those idiots.
- Oregon (8-2)–#6–L 37-34 #19 Washington–I have a bunch of Pac-12 teams bunched up here. This stuff will figure itself out in the next week or so. Oregon ends with Utah & Oregon State.
- Utah (8-2)–#16–W 42-7–They end the year with Oregon & Colorado.
- Ole Miss (8-2)–#11–L 30-24 #10 Alabama–The Rebels have not beat the Tide since 2015.
- UCLA (8-2)–#8–L 34-28 Arizona–Not a good loss. They have USC & Cal. The Pac-12 is better than the ACC, right? Is the Pac-12 better than the Big Ten this year? Would Oregon State fair better than Minnesota or Illinois in the West?
- Kansas State (7-3)–#22–W 31-3 #23 Baylor–I thought for sure Baylor would win this game, but it was not even close.
- UCF (8-2)–HM–W 38-31 #15 Tulane
- Notre Dame (7-3)–#21–W 35-32 Navy–I do not understand this team at all.
- Florida State (7-3)–#25–W 38-3 Syracuse–So much for Syracuse being back.
- Coastal Carolina (9-1)–HM–W 26-23 Southern Miss–Continue to win close games, but a 9-1 record is worthy of being ranked.
- Oregon State (7-3)–NR–W 38-10 California
- Oklahoma State (7-3)–NR–W 20-14 Iowa State
- UTSA (8-2)–W 51-7 Louisiana Tech
- Tulane (8-2)- L 38-31 UCF–Will we see a rematch in the AAC Championship? Is there an AAC Championship, I think so, but I cannot remember.
Honorable Mention
Minnesota (7-3)–NR–W 31-3 Northwestern
Cincinnati (8-2)–NR–W 27-25 East Carolina
South Alabama (8-2)–WL–W 38-21 Texas State
Troy (8-2)–WL–W 10-9 Army
Duke (7-3)–NR–W 24-7 Virginia Tech
Watch List
Boise State (7-3)–NR–W 41-3 Nevada
Ohio (7-3)–NR–W 37-21 Miami OH
Toledo (7-3)–NR–W 28-21 Ball State–Time to go the MAC some love. Ohio & Toledo are having nice seasons, despite those non-conference losses.
Wyoming (7-3)–NR–W 14-13 Colorado State–They play Boise State next week for control of the Mountain Division.
NC State (7-3)–#18–L 21-20 Boston College–They finish the year with Louisville and UNC. I would imagine they will be amped up for UNC and the chance to ruin their playoff dream.
As I mentioned above, the big games this coming week are out west. #6 USC heads to #16 UCLA, while #14 Utah travels to Eugene to face #13 Oregon. #1 Georgia heads to Kentucky. #3 Michigan takes their chances with Illinois, in what could be an intriguing game. I could see Illinois giving them a tough game. Here is an interesting game that I think people should check out: #17 Kansas State at WVU. The Mountaineers are tough at home, and it feels like they need a big win or their coach is getting fired. If you want a game that I might put some money on: UAB at LSU. UAB is not great or anything, but I could see this being a closer game that it should be.
