College Football - Week 7 - Only 10 teams remain unbeaten - Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU All Lose
College football's 7th week began with 15 unbeaten teams left and only 10 as No. 1 Oklahoma, Missouri, No. 3, No. 4 Louisiana State, No. 13 and No. 20 Vanderbilt upset Auburn were all finished.
Some fans call indicates that it is difficult to Oklahoma and LSU losses could interfere, as the No. 1 Sooners play No. 5 Texas Longhorns and the No. 4 LSU Tigers played No. 11 Florida Gators.
The Texas-Oklahoma contest was a shootout that LonghornCoach Mack Brown as "one of the greatest football games I've ever seen." Texas behind by 11 points twice in the first half and 8 in the 3rd Quarterly profit before 45-35 at home.
Longhorn Chris Ogbannaya, a senior in his second start, ran 15 times for 127 yards, no more important than the 62-yard gain on a line that are nowhere to play helped keep Texas at the beginning.
Texas junior quarterback Colt McCoy went 28-of-35 for 277 yards and 1 TD pass and no turnovers. Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford was not to be outdone, going 28-of-39 for 387 yards and 5 TD. Bradford Jordan Shipley for 11 passes, found 112 meters and a TD. Shipley also had an electrifying 96-yard return for a TD.
No. 3 Missouri is not as good as its pre-established game 5-0 record and No. 17 Oklahoma State warrants that by a trip to Missouri and against the Tigers at home, 28-23, which will reduce its unbeaten record 6 -0. The loss was the first for Missouri.
No. 11> Florida, but it was not until No. 4 LSU, leading 20-3 at the half and at the end of the Tigers 51-21 at home. We no longer have to guess which team is better.
No. 13 Vanderbilt little 15-minute brush with fame on the Commodores traveled to unranked Mississippi State and promptly lost 17-14, the Bulldogs. Mississippi raised its record to 2-4 with the win over Vanderbilt. There are no words to the No. 20 Auburn Tigers, who lost to unranked Arkansas at home 25-22. Auburnfell right out of the AP Top 25 poll with a thud.
Between Missouri, Louisiana State and Auburn, it was not a good week, the Tigers. Kudos to Texas, Florida and Oklahoma State, which defends its ranking.
Donated to the other top teams were ranked 13th, No. 6 Penn State on the road over Wisconsin, 48-7, No. 7 Texas Tech at home over Nebraska 37-31 overtime No. 8 Southern California at home on Arizona State 28-0, No. 9 BYU at home, 21-3 over New Mexico, No., 10Georgia at home, 26-14 over Tennessee, No. 12 Ohio State 16-2 at home over Purdue, Utah and No. 14 on the road 40-7 over Wyoming.
Also No. 15 Boise State on the road 24-7 over Southern Mississippi, No. 16 Kansas at home 30-14 over Colorado, No. 21 Wake (Forest 12-7 at home over Clemson Tigers another team), no 22 North Carolina 29-24 at home over Notre Dame, No. 23 Michigan State 37-20 on the road over unbeaten and unranked Northwestern and No. 25 Ball State 24-7 on the road about 1-AAWestern Kentucky.
The 10 remaining unbeaten teams (in no particular order) are Alabama, Penn State, Texas, Boise State University, Texas Tech, Utah, BYU, Ball State, Oklahoma State and Tulsa.
If you are the Sagarin schedule ratings for strength, as of 10 unbeaten teams are listed in order from the best strength of schedule:
Alabama (38.), Texas (43.), Utah (72.), Penn State (74.), Oklahoma State (94.), Texas Tech (105.), Ball State (107.), Boise State (111 .), BrighamYoung (121.) and Tulsa (141.). This would go a long way to explain, why some of these teams are unbeaten. There are 119 Division 1-A schools, so you how hard the teams can imagine that in the last 5 of these unbeaten teams.
Tulsa plays absolutely no one worth talking about and could go undefeated if they beat Arkansas 3-3. Tulsa last victory was more than a 1-6 Southern Methodist team and the Golden Hurricane (Tulsa, that's won) 37-31. Brigham Young faces off against gratefulUtah in the last game of the year for both schools. Boise State rather get a free ride to Fresno State. Ball State faces really nobody.
Alabama, Texas, Penn State, will earn the Oklahoma State and Texas Tech its way, by far tougher competition before.
Alabama, Virginia Tech, South Florida and Pittsburgh were all idle this week.
Other notable achievements deserve some attention. Penn State's Nittany Lions traveled to Wisconsin and beat the Badgers at home48-7. It is not easy to beat Wisconsin at home and rip the team of Joe Paterno on the Badgers next was impressive.
Michigan is really disappointing again this year, losing at home in the Big House in Toledo 13-10. The loss was the first time in its history, the storied Michigan to a Mid-American Conference team has lost. Toledo came into the competition with a 1-4 mark and an earlier loss to Florida International.
Oregon State has the worst 3-3 team in the nation. The Beavers beat Washington State 66-13, 45-7 Hawaii, Southern Cal 27-21 crowned disturbed, and is not in the mood for their losses to Stanford, Penn State and Utah (all on the road) to explain. They travel to Washington this week, and I do not want a Husky arrive, they happen.
After such a good start to the season, East Carolina now looks very average, lose again on the way to Virginia 35-20.
The new AP Top 25 Poll has the top 10 in that order, Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma,> Florida, Southern Cal, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Brigham Young and Georgia.
Some games of interest this week at No. 12 Ohio State No. 20 Michigan State, No. 13 LSU on unranked but dangerous South Carolina, No. 22 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Georgia (The Commodores lost their classification) and no . 16 Kansas at # 4 Oklahoma will (be careful, Jayhawks), No. 11 Missouri at No. 1 unranked Texas, Michigan at No. 3 Penn State (Joe Paterno's eyes growing every week, onlyexceeded by his appetite for victory), and Hawaii at number 15 Boise State (the Warriors could do the impossible?).
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
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