Rankings after Week 11

November 15, 2009

Let me just say real quick that my rankings do not reflect what I predict the official rankings to be. I get annoyed with the people who look at where I rank teams and then see where they're officially ranked and tell me I was wrong. I'm not trying to predict what the rankings will be or create my mock rankings, I am ranking the teams on my own based on what I've seen of them every week.

Looking back at today's college football games that I've seen, I am very, very impressed with the TCU Horned Frogs. After watching most of the TCU-Utah game, I was very tempted to put TCU No. 1 in my rankings or at least No. 2 or No. 3. In the end, I didn't. My top 6 with the 6 undefeated teams remains unchanged. My Texas Longhorns also made a case for No. 1 in their complete domination of Baylor in which it was 40-0 at halftime.
Looking at next week, Texas is the only undefeated team that plays a "real" football team next week in Kansas. Florida and Alabama will play FCS foes while Boise State plays lowly Utah State and TCU plays overmatched Wyoming.

It was a day full of upsets, the most shocking had to be Houston losing to Central Florida. I don't think anybody but UCF fans even talked about that happening. Case Keenum threw for 377 yards and 2 touchdowns in the game, but the loss may have taken away his chance at winning the Heisman Trophy after he had had a Heisman Moment in the win over Tulsa last week.

We also saw eight Top 25 teams lose this week causing a lot of shuffling in the rankings and a lot of teams moving way up. The teams that won however did some clinching.

Georgia Tech has clinched a spot in the ACC Championship Game where they will most likely see Clemson again. Clemson is ready for a matchup, they should have won the previous meeting earlier this season.

Ohio State clinched the Big Ten Conference and a trip to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1997 with its overtime win over Iowa today. Iowa's lost back-to-back games now, but they surprisingly gave Ohio State quite a challenge late in the game.

Texas QB Colt McCoy tied David Greene for the most wins in NCAA history. Colt now has 2 regular season games, the Big 12 Championship Game, and the bowl game to become the all-time wins leader.


My Top 25
(x) = previous ranking
1. Florida (1)
Beat South Carolina 24-14
Next: vs. Florida International
2. Texas (2)
Beat Baylor 47-14
Next: vs. Kansas
3. Alabama (3)
Beat Mississippi State 31-3
Next: vs. Chattanooga
4. TCU (4)
Beat Utah 55-28
Next: at Wyoming
5. Boise State (5)
Beat Idaho 63-25
Next: at Utah State
6. Cincinnati (6)
Beat West Virginia 24-21
Next: Bye Week
7. Georgia Tech (8)
Beat Duke 49-10
Next: Bye Week
8. Ohio State (10)
Beat Iowa 27-24 in overtime
Next: at Michigan
9. Pittsburgh (11)
Beat Notre Dame 27-22
Next: Bye Week
10. LSU (7)
Beat Louisiana Tech 24-16
Next: at Ole Miss
11. Oregon (14)
Beat Arizona State 44-21
Next: at Arizona
12. Virginia Tech (19)
Beat Maryland 36-9
Next: vs. North Carolina State
13. Penn State (20)
Beat Indiana 31-20
Next: at Michigan State
14. Oklahoma State (18)
Beat Texas Tech 24-17
Next: vs. Colorado
15. Clemson (23)
Beat North Carolina State 43-24
Next: vs. Virginia
16. Stanford (NR)
Beat USC 55-21
Next: vs. California
17. Wisconsin (21)
Beat Michigan 45-24
Next: at Northwestern
18. Iowa (15)
Lost 27-24 to Ohio State in Overtime
Next: vs. Minnesota
19. Brigham Young (24)
Beat New Mexico 24-19
Next: vs. Air Force
20. Oregon State (22)
Beat Washington 48-21
Next: at Washington State
21. Arizona (16)
Lost 24-16 to California
Next: vs. Oregon
22. Miami (13)
Lost 33-24 to North Carolina
Next: vs. Duke
23. USC (9)
Lost 55-21 to Stanford
Next: Bye Week
24. Houston (12)
Lost 37-32 to Central Florida
Next: vs. Memphis
25. Rutgers (25)
Beat South Florida 31-0
Next: at Syracuse
Dropped:
Utah (17)... lost 55-28 to TCU
Texas Tech (21)...lost 24-17 to Oklahoma State
On the Bubble:
Nebraska, Utah, Houston, Central Michigan, Ole Miss, North Carolina, West Virginia, Temple, Oklahoma


BCS National Championship Game
January 7, 2010 in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
(Footnote: Texas is undefeated in the Rose Bowl)


The Race for the Heisman Trophy
1. Mark Ingram, So., RB, Alabama
2. CJ Spiller, Sr., RB, Clemson
3. Tim Tebow, Sr., QB, Florida
4. Colt McCoy, Sr., QB, Texas
5. Toby Gerhart, Sr., RB, Stanford
6. Case Keenum, Jr., QB, Houston
7. Jordan Shipley, Sr., WR, Texas
8. Jimmy Clausen, Jr., QB, Notre Dame
9. Kellen Moore, So., QB, Boise State
10. Golden Tate, Jr., WR, Notre Dame