October 17, 2010
The number team in America goes down again as the Ohio State Buckeyes couldn't survive the Wisconsin Badgers in Camp Randall. This opens up a lot, not only in the national championship race, but the BCS as well. In My Gripe with the BCS: 2010 Version, I wrote that I believe TCU would be snubbed by the BCS this year. Now, with this Ohio State loss, the door stays open for TCU because I still project an Ohio State loss to Iowa. If Ohio State becomes a two-loss team, TCU could get into the BCS ahead of them. My projections were that Ohio State would play Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. Now, even Nebraska looks like a border-line BCS team. Which this all just proves that it's always too early to project the BCS.
Les Miles didn't need any clock management help today, but a SEC colleague did. South Carolina went down 31-28 to Kentucky today. Kentucky converted a 4th-down-and-7 for the go ahead touchdown. Then South Carolina went down the field and the game ended on a Stephen Garcia interception in the endzone, but they only needed a field goal to tie. The clock was already stopped with 11 seconds left but Spurrier burned his final timeout anyway, and then didn't even draw up the perfect play.
Auburn's offense exploded against Arkansas today putting up 65 points. Was that the same Arkansas defense that held Alabama to 24 points? This was my dilemma putting my new rankings together, Arkansas is a Top 15 team on paper, but a team that gives up 65 points isn't a Top 25 team are they?
Texas and Washington came through for me for a couple correct Upset Picks. Check on my other ones here: Thoughts headed into Week 7
And now as I'm typing, game over in Hawaii...Nevada goes down. So now I can finalize my latest rankings.
There's a lot more I can say about today's action in college football. Remember how all week I was saying this weekend sucked because there weren't that many intriguing matchups and there was only 5 or 6 I really wanted to watch. Well, I ended up watching 20 games today. Not a record though, I remember watching 22 one Saturday last year.
For more crap, listen in to the debut show of "The Goal Line Stand" on ComRadio at 2 on Sunday.
I'll also be on "It's Showtime" at 5.
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Here's my New Rankings. Yes, they're No. 1.
New Rankings
(x) = previous ranking, * = game to watch
1. Boise State 6-0 (2)
Beat San Jose State 48-0
2. Oregon 6-0 (3)
Next: vs. UCLA (Thursday)*
3. Oklahoma 6-0 (7)
Beat Iowa State 52-0
Next: at Missouri*
4. Auburn 7-0 (8)
Beat Arkansas 65-43
Next: vs. LSU*
5. TCU 7-0 (5)
Beat BYU 31-3
Next: Air Force*
6. Alabama 6-1 (4)
Beat Ole Miss 23-10
Next: at Tennessee*
7. LSU 7-0 (11)
Beat McNeese State 32-10
Next: at Auburn*
8. Utah 6-0 (12)
Beat Wyoming 30-6
Next: vs. Colorado State
9. Iowa 5-1 (13)
Beat Michigan 38-28
Next: vs. Wisconsin*
10. Michigan State 7-0 (14)
Beat Illinois 26-6
Next: at Northwestern*
11. Wisconsin 6-1 (15)
Beat Ohio State 31-18
Next: at Iowa*
12. Ohio State 6-1 (1)
Lost to Wisconsin 18-31
Next: vs. Purdue
13. TEXAS 4-2 (23)
Beat Nebraska 20-13
Next: vs. Iowa State
14. Nebraska 5-1 (6)
Lost to Texas 13-20
Next: at Oklahoma State*
15. Arizona 5-1 (16)
Beat Washington State 24-7
Next: vs. Washington*
16. Florida State 6-1 (18)
Beat Boston College 24-19
17. Stanford 5-1 (17)
Next: vs. Washington State
18. Missouri 6-0 (19)
Beat Texas A&M 30-9
Next: vs. Oklahoma*
19. Oklahoma State 6-0 (21)
Beat Texas Tech 34-17
Next: vs. Nebraska*
20. South Carolina 4-2 (9)
Lost to Kentucky 28-31
Next: at Vanderbilt
21. Virginia Tech 5-2 (24)
Beat Wake Forest 52-21
Next: vs. Duke
22. West Virginia 5-1 (25)
Beat South Florida 20-6
Next: vs. Syracuse
23. USC 5-2 (NR)
Beat California 48-14
24. Arkansas 4-2 (10)
Lost to Auburn 43-65
Next: vs. Ole Miss
25. Mississippi State 5-2 (NR)
Beat Florida 10-7
Next: vs. UAB
Dropped: Florida, Nevada
Bubble: Miami, San Diego State, Washington, Fresno State, Rutgers, East Carolina, Central Florida, Clemson
Bubbles Bursted: Michigan, Air Force, Oregon State, North Carolina State, Maryland
Things are getting interesting in the SEC East. Could Georgia make a run? Can Florida rebound? Can South Carolina still win it?
A lot rides on the Oklahoma-Missouri and Nebraska-Oklahoma State matchups. A Missouri and/or Oklahoma State win puts Texas right back in the Big 12 Title race.
Heisman Ballot
1. Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
2. Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU
3. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State
4. Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan
5. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
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