NCAA Football

[dgalehouse]

 Stanford is not good this year, but the Irish looked impressive in doing what they needed to do. They should run the table leading up to the USC game. 

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, dgalehouse said:

 Stanford is not good this year, but the Irish looked impressive in doing what they needed to do. They should run the table leading up to the USC game. 

I'd like to agree, but with better teams losing to worse teams, every week, I'm not sure it happens.

[moonslav59]

ND better not take Georgia Tech for granted, especially at their home field.

Other big games, today:

#2 Oregon already won big over Purdue

#6 MIA is about to win vs Louisville

#10 Clemson took care of VA 48-31.

#13 BYU beat OKL St 38-35, yesterday. They may challenge for a top 12 playoff slot.

#5 GA at #1TX

#7 AL at #11 TN

#14 TX A&M at MS

#24 MI at #22 IL

UCF at #9 IA St

My upset prediction: #LSU loses at Arkansas

 

[moonslav59]

Gotta love seeing ALA lose to Tenn and Texas about to go down to GA.

With 2 losses, I think ALA drops from the top 12, but they could get back in by running the table.

The undefeated teams outside the top 12, right now, have to think they have a shot, if they win out. Some have rather easy schedules left to go.

ND got  a nice win. They play a ranked Navy team, next week.

[moonslav59]

IA St almost lost to UCF. GA beat #1 Texas at Austin.

My top 20:

1. Oregon vs #22 Illinois

2. Penn St at Wisconsin

3. Georgia (1 loss)

4. Miami vs FLA St

5. Ohia St (1 loss) vs Nebraska

6. Texas (1 loss) at Vandy

7. LSU (1 loss) at Texas A & M

8. IA St OFF week

9. Tenn (1 loss) OFF week

10. Clemson (1 loss)

11. Notre Dame (1 loss) at #25 Navy

12. BYU at UCF 

13. Indiana vs Wash

14. Alabama (2 losses) vs #19 MO

15. Texas A & M (1 loss) v LSU

16, Pittsburgh (no losses) vs Syracuse

17. Kansas St (1 loss) v Kansas

18, Navy (no losses) vs ND 

19. Illinois (1 loss) at #2 Oregon

20. Army (no losses)

 

[Duran Is The Man]

8 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

ND better not take Georgia Tech for granted, especially at their home field.

Other big games, today:

#2 Oregon already won big over Purdue

#6 MIA is about to win vs Louisville

#10 Clemson took care of VA 48-31.

#13 BYU beat OKL St 38-35, yesterday. They may challenge for a top 12 playoff slot.

#5 GA at #1TX

#7 AL at #11 TN

#14 TX A&M at MS

#24 MI at #22 IL

UCF at #9 IA St

My upset prediction: #LSU loses at Arkansas

 

i wish your upset prediction had been correct. after beating Tennessee two weeks ago, i really thought we had a chance.

[dgalehouse]

N.D. with a nice win over a pretty good Georgia Tech team. It seems kind of odd that Army and Navy are both undefeated and ranked in the top 25. 

[moonslav59]

Speaking of undefeated teams, with a 12 team playoffs, you have to think, no matter how bad a schedule a team has, if they run the table, they will be in the 12.

Here are the remaining schedules for all the undefeated teams: (current rank- before yesterday)

2. Oregon: IL, at MI, MD, at WI, Wash (one, maybe two tough games)

3. Penn St.: at WI, Ohio St, Wash, at Purdue, at Minn, MD (one)

6. Mia FL: FL St, Duke, at GA Tech, WF, at Syracuse (NONE)

9. IA St.: TX Tech, at KA, Cincy, at UT, KA St (one)

13. BYU: at UCF, at UT, Kansas, at AZ St, Houston (NONE)

16. IN: Wash, at MI St, MI, at Ohio St, Purdue (two)

20 Pitt: Syracuse, at SMU, VA, Clemson, at Louisville, at BC (one)

23. Army: Air Force, at No. TX, at ND, UTSA, Navy (two)

25. Navy: ND, at Rice, at So FL, Tulane, at E Car, at Army (two)

(Liberty at 5-0 might be the exception.)

MIA and Pitt have the easiest road to undefeated.

[dgalehouse]

College football has become a business. Just like the pro leagues.  A twelve team playoff is excessive and all about the money. And regional conferences are a thing of the past. It is actually hard to keep track of which teams are in which conferences .  And the games take forever to play what with the multitude of TV commercials.  I guess it is working for them, but personally I don't have the interest that I used to have. 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, dgalehouse said:

College football has become a business. Just like the pro leagues.  A twelve team playoff is excessive and all about the money. And regional conferences are a thing of the past. It is actually hard to keep track of which teams are in which conferences .  And the games take forever to play what with the multitude of TV commercials.  I guess it is working for them, but personally I don't have the interest that I used to have. 

The old conference system has been  shattered. 

It's hard to know what is to come.

Maybe 4 or 5 mega 16 team conferences.

[moonslav59]

The AP put one loss Georgia ahead of undefeated Penn St. Hmmm....

1. Oregon 7-0

2. Georgia

3. Penn St. 6-0

4. Ohio St

5. Texas

6. Miami 7-0

7. Tenn

8. LSU

9. Clemson

10. IA St 7-0

11. BYU 7-0

12. Notre Dame

13. Indiana 7-0

14. Texas A&M

15. Ala 

16. K St, 17. Boise St, 18. Ole Miss

19. Pitt 6-0

20. Ill, 21. SMU

23. Army 7-0

24. Navy 6-0

25. Vandy

 

 

 

[moonslav59]

This week's games:

1 ORE v 20 ILL

5 TEX at 25 Vandy

8 LSU at 14 TX A&M

12 ND at 24 Navy

21 MO at 15 ALA

3 Penn St at WI

4 Ohio St v  NEB 

6 MIA v FL St

11 BYU at UCF

13 IN v Wash

 

[moonslav59]

ND is looking good at Navy, so far (38-14 in 3rd Q.)

Undefeated #19 PITT won, last night vs Syracuse.

#17 Boise St beat UNLV by 5,

#4 Ohio St is struggling vs NEB (up 14-9 in 3rd Q)

[moonslav59]

Some near-misses, today...

#4 Ohio St held off NEB 21-17

#5 Texas beat #25 Vandy 27-24

#3 Penn St is up 14-13 at WI in the 4th Q

#8 LSU lost vs #14 Texas A&M (Maybe A &M belongs in the 12.)

Undefeated IN beat Wash 31-17. Undefeated BYU beat UCF 37-24. Both might be top 12, this week. Who drops out?

#12 ND won big vs a top 25 team (Navy) 51-14.

#16 K St barely won vs a bad Kansas.

 

[moonslav59]

Lots of teams bunched up around #12 with a lot of the season left to go.

Here is my top 20  rankings:

1. ORE 8-0

2. Penn St 7-0

3. Georgia 6-1

4. Texas 7-1

5. Ohio St 6-1

6. Miami 8-0

7. Tennessee 6-1

8. Iowa St. 7-0

9. Clemson 6-1

10. Notre Dame 7-1

11. BYU 8-0

12. Indiana 8-0

13. Pittsburgh 7-0

14. Texas A & M 7-1

15. Alabama 6-2

16. LSU 6-2

17. Boise St 7-1

18. Ole Miss 6-2

19. KA St 7-1

20. Army 7-0 &  SMU 7-1

Some big games coming up...

Next week: Ohio St at Penn St, Oregon at Michigan and PIT at SMU

Wk 11: GA at Ole Miss, MIA ay GA Tech, AL at LSU, MI at IN

Wk 12: TN at GA, Clem at PIT

Wk 13: Vandy at LSU, IN at Ohio St, Army at ND

Wk 14: Tenn at Vandy, TX at TX A & M, KA St at IA St, ND at USC, MI at Ohio St

Wk 15: Navy at Army

[moonslav59]

The first College Football Playoff Rankings come out Nov 5th.

ND is off, this week and should be ranked from around 10th to 13th.

4 Ohio St plays at 3 Penn St, but the loser will likely still be top 12.

19 PITT is undefeated and plays at 22 SMU, if they win they could move to near 12th.

13 & undefeated Indiana plays at Mich St

11 & undefeated BYU is off in week 10.

My guess is the crowd from about #9 to #15 will be very bunched together.

[moonslav59]

Wow, the AP moved ND up to 8th after their top 25 win at Navy.

1. ORE, 2, GA, 3. Penn St, 4. Ohio St, 5. MIA, 6, TEX, 7. TN

8. ND

9. BYU 8-0, 10, TEX A&M 7-1, T11 Clem 6-1 & IA St 7-0

13. IN 8-0

14. AL 6-2, 15. Boise St 6-1, LSU 6-2, K St 7-1

18. PITT 7-0, 19. Ole Miss 6-2, 20. SMU 7-1

21. Army 7-0

The Coaches have Clem 8th, ND 9th and PIT 17th

 

 

[moonslav59]

This week...

1 ORE at Mich

2. GA at Florida

3 Penn St v Ohio St.

5 MIA v Duke

6 Tenn v KY

10 TEX A&M at So Carolina

11 IA St v TEX Tech

12 Clemson v Louisville

13 IN at MI St.

18 PITT at SMU

 

 

[moonslav59]

#4 Ohio St beat #3 Penn St, but Penn St should still be in the top 12.

#5 MIA keeps rolling over bad to mediocre teams.

#15 Boise St keeps hanging around, winning today and are at 7-1.

#19 Ole Miss crushed Arkansas at Ark.

#21 Army went to 8-0, and if the finish undefeated, if might be hard to keep them out of the top 12. (They play ND and Navy.)

Maybe we see an upset in a late game.

ND has the day off.

 

[moonslav59]

#11 Iowa St looks like they are out of the running, losing to Texas Tech.

#10 Texas A & M lost to So Carolina 44-20..

#11 Clemson lost to Louisville 33-21

#13 Indiana stayed undefeated an should be in the top 12, this week.

#17 K St lost to HOU

#18 Pitt lost 48-11 to #20 SMU.

The new rankings might be...

1. Oregon, 2. Ohio St. 3. Georgia, 4. Miami, 5. Texas, 6. Tenn, 7. BYU, 8. Penn St.

9. Notre Dame

10. Indiana 9-0

11. Alabama 6-2

12. Boise St 7-1

13. Ole Miss  7-2

14.. SMU 8-1

15. LSU 6-2

16. Army 8-0

 

 

 

[moonslav59]

18 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

AP Poll

1. ORE 9-0, 2. GA 7-1, 3. Ohio St 7-1, 4. Miami 9-0, 5. Texas 7-1, 6. Penn St 7-1, 7. Tenn 7-1, 8. IN 9-0, 9. BYU 8-0

10. Notre Dame

11. AL 6-2, 12. Boise St 7-1, 13. SMU 8-1, 14. LSU 6-2, 15, TX A&M 7-2, 16. Ole Miss 7-2, 17. IA St 7-1, 18. Army 8-0, 19. Clemson 6-2, 20. WA St 7-1

The Coaches Poll has TN #6, Penn St #7 and ND #8. They ha

 

 

[moonslav59]

This week's games:

1 ORE v MD

2 GA at 16 Ole Miss

3 Ohio St v Purdue

4 Miami at GA Tech

5 Texas v FL

6 Tenn v MS St

6 Penn St v WA

9 ND v FL St

9 BYU at UT

12 Boise St v Nevada

13 AL at 14 LSU

18 Army at No Texas

IN is off.

 

[moonslav59]

,It's nearing the end of the College football regular season. The first Bowl rankings came out, and here are the current top teams, before today:

1. Oregon (v MD, at WI, v WA) Kinda easy ending and winning big, tonight

2. Ohio St (PUR, at NW, v IN, v MI) Tough ending & crushed today

3. Georgia (at Ole Miss,  v Tenn, UMass, GA Tech) Upset at Ole Miss, today

4. Miami (at GA Tech, WF, at SYR) A joke of a season schedule LOST TO GA Tech

5. Texas (FL, at Ark, , KY, at TEX A&M) Not easy, but won today, big.

6. Penn St (WA, at PUR, at MN, MD) Kinda easy & winning tonight

7. Tenn (MS St, at GA, UTEP, Vandy) & winning tonight

8. Indiana (MI, at Ohio St, PUR) big game the 23rd & big win, today.

9. BYU (at UT, KA, at AZ St, HOU) kinda easy

10. Notre Dame (FL St, VA, Army, at USC)  & winning bid, tonight

11. Alabama & up on LSU, tonight

12. Boise St.

13. SMU

14. Texas St.

15. LSU

16. Ole Miss

17. IA St.

18. Pitt

19, K St, 20. COL, 21 WSH St, 22. Louisville, 23. Clemson, 24. MO, 25. Army

[moonslav59]

Big win for the Domers, and they look like a different team than earlier this season. It's hard to et my hopes up, but this year seems to have no clearly great team, so who knows.

Here is my current rankings:

1. Oregon 10-0 (Not convinced they are real good.)

2. Ohio St 8-1 (Beatable)

3. Texas  8-1 (Also beatable)

4. Tennessee 8-1 (Has to play at GA, soon)

5. Penn St 8-1 (should go 11-1)

6. Indiana 10-0 (should be #4, but I think they lose, soon) Never had 10 wins.

7. BYU  9-0 (almost put behind ND)

8. ND (need to keep winning to get home field slot, One more loss and likely out.)

9. AL 7-2 (always dangerous)

10. Ole Miss (biggest win in team history, yesterday)

11. GA 7-2 (almost put #13)

T12. Boise St and Miami (don't think either deserves a shot)

T14. Army and SMU (doubt Army wins out)

15. Texas A&M

There are other teams with a chance, but they all seem so bunched up:

CLEM, LSU, COL, Louisvill, K St, WSH St, So, Carolina, MO

 

[dgalehouse]

N.D. opened a can of whoop ass on Florida St.  I guess the Noles won't be crying a river of tears about not making the playoffs this year. 

[moonslav59]

AP Rankings: 1. ORE, 2. Ohio St, 3. TX, 4. Penn St., 5. IN, 6. TN, 7 BYU, 8 ND, 9. AL, 10. Ole Miss, 11. GA, 12. MIA, 13. Boise St, 14. SMU, 15. TX A&M, 16. Army

Coaches Poll has ND 7th.

[moonslav59]

College Football Playoff Rankings:

1. Oregon 10-0

2. Ohio St 8-1

3. Texas 8-1

4. Penn St 8-1

5. Indiana 10-0

6. BYU 9-0

7. Tennessee 8-1

8. Notre Dame 8-1

9. Miama 9-1

10. Alabama 7-2

11. Ole Miss 8-2

12. Georgia 7-2

13. Boise St 8-1, 14. SMU 8-1, 15. Texas A&M 7-2, 17. K St 7-2, 18. COL 7-2

18. WSH St 8-1, 19. Louisville 6-3, 20, Clem 7-2, 21. So Car 6-3, 22. LSU 6-3

23. MO 7-2, 24. Army 9-0, 25. Tulane 8-2

Big games remaining: TN at GA, IN at OHIO St, Army at ND, AL at OK, ND at USC, Navy at Army

[moonslav59]

Teams keep losing, and ND seems to look more and more solid.

AP Rankings:

1. ORE 11-0 (idle)

2. Ohio St 9-1 (vs IN)

3. Texas 9-1 (vs KY)

4. Penn St 9-1 (at MN)

5. IN 10-0 (at Ohio St)

6. ND 9-1 (vs Army)

7. AL 8-2 (at OKL)

8. GA 8-2 (v UMass)

9. Ole Miss 8-2 (at FL)

10. TN 8-2 (vs UTEP)

11. MIA 9-1 (vs WF)

12. Boise St 9-1 (at WY)

___________

13. SMU  9-1, 14. BYU 9-1, 15. TX A&M 8-2, 16. COL 8-2, 17. Clem 8-2, 18. Army 9-0

 

[moonslav59]

T, he official rankings are out and ND is 6th, with a real chance to move up, assuming we win out. (Certainly not  a slam dunk with Army and USC remaining.)

There will be conference playoff games not listed, here.

1. Oregon (v WSH)

2. Ohio St (v IN, v Mich)

3. Texas (v KY, at TX A&M)

4. Penn St (at MN, v MD)

5. Indiana (at Ohio St, v PUR)

6. Notre Dame (v Army, at USC)

7. Alabama (at OK, v AUB)

8. Miami (v WF, at SYR)

9. Ole Miss (at FL, v MS St)

10. Georgia (GA Tech)

11. Tennessee (v UTEP, at Vandy)

12. Boise St (at WY, v ORE St)

13. SMU and 14. BYU and undefeated Army might sneak in.

[Soxlover]

Looks like ND will move to 5th.