Your Top 25:
Deshaun Watson [Rainier Ehrhardt-AP]
Rk
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Δ
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Team
|
Pts
|
SD
|
1
|
0
|
Clemson
|
62.7
|
22.7
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Clemson
cruised to an early lead over Wake Forest and kept it, winning 33-13. The
Tigers outgained the Demon Deacons by 400 yards.
2
|
+1
|
Alabama
|
60.2
|
18.0
|
Alabama
returned two punts for touchdowns and scored 49 unanswered points in the first
half against Charleston Southern before letting up off the gas. The Tide ended
the game up 56-6.
3
|
+1
|
Oklahoma
|
60.2
|
27.8
|
QB
Baker Mayfield suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit and sat out the second half, and
TCU staged an impassioned fourth-quarter comeback under their third-string QB
Bram Kohlhausen. That comeback fell short as Gary Patterson opted to go for the
winning two-point conversion instead of the tying extra point, and Kohlhausen’s
pass was batted away by safety Steven Parker. Oklahoma recovered the ensuing
onside kick, holding on to win 30-29.
4
|
+1
|
Navy
|
60.1
|
23.9
|
QB
Keenan Reynolds set Navy’s career rushing record as the Midshipmen ran over
Tulsa, winning 44-21 and out-rushing the Golden Hurricane by 391 yards.
5
|
+2
|
Baylor
|
57.2
|
19.1
|
Baylor
did their best 2014 Ohio State impression, as the Bears’ third-string QB Chris
Johnson looked good in the second half against Oklahoma State and kept their Big
XII and Playoff dreams alive by handing the Cowboys their first loss of the
season.
6
|
-4
|
Ohio State
|
55.9
|
20.5
|
7
|
+2
|
Iowa
|
52.5
|
21.6
|
8
|
0
|
Notre Dame
|
52.0
|
14.9
|
9
|
+4
|
Michigan State
|
50.5
|
16.0
|
10
|
+1
|
Stanford
|
50.0
|
20.0
|
11
|
-1
|
Michigan
|
49.7
|
18.9
|
12
|
-6
|
Houston
|
48.0
|
17.0
|
13
|
+7
|
Toledo
|
46.6
|
16.2
|
14
|
-2
|
Florida
|
44.8
|
23.6
|
15
|
-1
|
TCU
|
44.4
|
19.5
|
16
|
+3
|
Florida State
|
44.3
|
18.0
|
17
|
+9
|
Air Force
|
44.1
|
26.4
|
18
|
-3
|
Utah
|
42.8
|
19.0
|
19
|
+6
|
Ole Miss
|
42.7
|
19.6
|
20
|
-4
|
Oklahoma State
|
42.0
|
14.8
|
21
|
+3
|
Appalachian St.
|
41.8
|
25.0
|
22
|
+6
|
Oregon
|
41.6
|
25.2
|
23
|
-6
|
LSU
|
40.2
|
21.2
|
24
|
-3
|
Georgia Southern
|
39.8
|
22.4
|
25
|
+5
|
Northwestern
|
39.6
|
26.6
|
Teams falling out of the Top 25:
(26) USC lost 48-28
at Oregon and allowed Ducks QB Vernon Adams, Jr. to throw for 407 yards and six
TDs.
(27) Memphis was
dominated by Temple in almost every category as the Tigers fell 31-12 to the
Owls.
(28) Wisconsin
turned the ball over five times and had a couple controversial calls go the
other way in a 13-7 loss to Northwestern.
Team worse than the average FCS team:
(127) UCF joins the
Club of Ignominy as the Knights stay winless in a 44-7 loss to East Carolina.
(128) North Texas
had a similar-looking 41-7 loss to Middle Tennessee.
(129) Eastern Michigan
stays put after a bye.
Largest improvement in rank: +9 Air
Force out-rushed Boise State 328 yards to 141 in a seven-point win over the Broncos.
Largest drop in rank: -12 Arkansas tumbled after a blocked field goal ended the Razorbacks' chances against Mississippi State.
Most consistent team: Central Michigan is 6-5 overall, but they've lost to the Power Five teams, kept it close against the best of the MAC, and beaten everyone else.
Least consistent team: New Mexico keeps this title after a seven-point loss to the two-point dogs of Colorado State.
Conference Rankings
Conference
|
Average
|
SEC
|
31.65
|
Big XII
|
31.26
|
Big Ten
|
30.86
|
Pac-12
|
30.43
|
ACC
|
26.84
|
American
|
25.21
|
Mountain West
|
19.73
|
MAC
|
18.31
|
Sun Belt
|
14.31
|
C-USA
|
13.33
|
THREE MORE THINGS
Michigan State-Ohio State: Michigan State's defense must only show up for the big games. The Spartans allow 343 yards per game, but their best performances have come against Michigan (230 yards allowed) and Ohio State (132 yards allowed). Despite not having first-string QB Connor Cook, Michigan State tied the game 14-14 with twelve minutes to go. The score stayed knotted, allowing Spartan kicker Michael Geiger to kick the game-winning, walk-off power-strum-off field goal. The win puts Sparty in control of the Big Ten East: A win over Penn State next week punches the Spartans' ticket to Indianapolis. Lose, and the winner of the Michigan-Ohio State game gets the divisional crown.
[Chris Morris-ESPN's Drawing Conclusions]
Trouble for the SEC East: Four SEC East teams played what were supposed to be cupcake games this week, and most of them had trouble putting them away. Both Florida and Georgia needed to go to overtime to top Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern, respectively. In both cases, the SEC team scored six and stopped the underdog on fourth down. South Carolina, meanwhile, was behind for most of the game against The Citadel (an FCS team), and ended the game that way too after what would have been the game-winning touchdown was called back after a Gamecock false start. Kentucky, for their part, handled Charlotte, winning 58-10.
[David Scrivner-Iowa City Press-Citizen]
Clinched: Four more teams clinched their divisions this week. Iowa clinched the Big Ten West with a 40-20 win over Purdue, and Wisconsin lost for good measure. Stanford won the Pac-12 North with a 35-22 victory over Cal. North Carolina spoiled Frank Beamer's last home game by beating Virginia Tech in overtime to clinch the ACC Coastal. And Air Force claimed the division crown in the Mountain West's Mountain Division with a 37-30 win over Boise State and a New Mexico loss to Colorado State.
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