Two more undefeated teams went down, leaving us with only six remaining, and there is a guaranteed loser next week among them, because of the most anticipated game in years, LSU-Alabama. The upsets were not limited to the undefeated teams, and as a result there was a big shakeup in the rankings, even with three of the top 5 taking the week off. Here are the updated rankings, with this week's ranking followed by last week's ranking, team name, overall record, rating, AP rank, and BCS rank.
TW. (LW) Team (Record) Rating (AP) (BCS)
1. (2) Stanford (8-0) -32.94 (4) (4)
2. (4) Alabama (8-0) -28.41 (2) (2)
3. (5) Oklahoma State (8-0) -28.18 (3) (3)
4. (3) LSU (8-0) -28.13 (1) (1)
5. (1) Oregon (7-1) -25.16 (6) (8)
6. (8) Oklahoma (7-1) -24.47 (7) (6)
7. (6) Boise State (7-0) -22.97 (5) (5)
8. (7) Wisconsin (6-2) -20.97 (19) (20)
9. (9) Arizona State (6-2) -17.66 (20) (19)
10. (NR) Missouri (4-4) -14.364 (NR) (NR)
11. (15) Houston (8-0) -14.362 (14) (13)
12. (NR) Nebraska (7-1) -13.43 (9) (10)
13. (12) Texas A&M (5-3) -12.42 (31) (NR)
14. (16) USC (6-2) -12.27 (21) (NR)
15. (22) Notre Dame (5-3) -11.97 (33) (NR)
16. (13) Michigan (7-1) -11.74 (13) (15)
17. (NR) Texas (5-2) -10.47 (26) (21)
18. (18) Florida State (5-3) -10.34 (32) (NR)
19. (11) Michigan State (6-2) -9.26 (15) (17)
20. (23) South Carolina (7-1) -9.134 (10) (9)
21. (20) Georgia (6-2) -9.128 (18) (18)
22. (NR) Utah (4-4) -8.46 (NR) (NR)
23. (NR) Ohio State (5-3) -8.45 (29) (NR)
24. (NR) Southern Miss (7-1) -8.39 (27) (25)
25. (NR) Washington (6-2) -8.27 (28) (NR)
Dropped Out
(21) Clemson (8-1) -6.79 (11) (11)
(14) TCU (6-2) -6.17 (30) (NR)
(19) Arizona (2-6) -6.01 (NR) (NR)
(10) Kansas State (7-1) -2.55 (17) (14)
(24) California (4-4) -1.35 (NR) (NR)
(25) Miami (4-4) 1.54 (NR) (NR)
(17) Texas Tech (5-3) 7.35 (NR) (NR)
Ranked Teams By Conference
Pac 12 - 6
Big 12 - 5
Big 10 - 5
SEC - 4
CUSA - 2
MWC - 1
Ind - 1
ACC - 1
The team of the week was the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who looked much better in their second big game as a member of the Big Ten than they did in their first, when they went to Wisconsin and lost 48-17. This week they welcomed Michigan State to town, fresh off a big win over Wisconsin, which means each of the three has beaten one of the others. The win over the Spartans was dominant from start to finish, with the visitors only scoring 3 points in the entire game.
The Oklahoma State-Baylor game was supposed to be a high-scoring shootout, but it turned out to be high-scoring for only one team. The game was over before halftime, and by the end of the third quarter the Cowboys led 49-3 before allowing Baylor to get into the end zone a few times in the final period. They still have Kansas State and Oklahoma on their schedule, and if they win out they will definitely be in the national championship game.
The Cowboys weren't the only hot team in Oklahoma this weekend. The Sooners, who were knocked from the unbeatens just a week ago, returned the favor this week in dominant fashion, embarrassing the Kansas State Wildcats 58-17, including a perfect 35-0 in the second half as a close game became a blowout. They could still reach the title game with a big win over the Cowboys to close the season.
Notre Dame lost a tough game to a very good USC team a week ago, and they took out their frustration on Navy this week, netting their second blowout of the season over one of the service academies. They've got a few easy games coming up before their season-ending matchup with Stanford, who may be playing for a spot in the national championship game by that point.
There is a forgotten team among the six unbeatens, the one that is ranked far outside the top 5, where all of the others reside, and that team is Houston, led by Case Keenum. Their strength of schedule may be weak, but their stars are fantasy dream players. In their most recent game, Keenum threw for 534 yards and 9 touchdowns, and receiver Patrick Edwards pulled in 7 passes for 318 yards and 5 touchdowns. I'm sure glad I had Keenum on my fantasy team this week.
Prediction Results
Ranked Teams: 16-10 (.615) 163-63 overall (.721)
Unranked Teams: 19-8 (.704) 31-21 overall (.596)
Upsets: 5-5 (.500) 27-47 overall (.365)
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