NCAA Football 2022 Week 11 results

 We had plenty of upsets happen, and some of those affected the Top 25

Top 25 [Last week's position]

1.  OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (10-0) [1]

2.  Georgia Bulldogs (10-0) [2]

3.  Michigan Wolverines (10-0) [3]

4.  USC Trojans (9-1) [4]

5.  TCU Horned Frogs (10-0) [5]

6.  Tennessee Volunteers (9-1) [8]

7.  Penn State Nittany Lions (8-2) [9]

8.  Utah Utes (8-2) [11]

9.  Alabama Crimson Tide (8-2) [12]

10. Clemson Tigers (9-1) [17]

11. Oregon Ducks (8-2) [6]

12. UCLA Bruins (8-2) [7]

13. Ole Miss Rebvels (8-2) [10]

14. LSU Tigers (8-2) [14]

15. Florida State Seminoles (7-3) [20]

16. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-3) [16]

17. Washington Huskies (8-2) [23]

18. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-1) [18]

19. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-2) [19]

20. Texas Longhorns (6-4) [13]

21. UCF Golden Knights (8-2) [24]

22. Illinois Fighting Illini (7-3) [15]

23. Duke Blue Devils (7-3) [26]

24. Tulane Green Wave (8-2) [21]

25. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3) [25]

On the Cusp: Boise State Broncos (7-3). UTSA Roadrunners (8-2), Washington State Cougars (6-4), Liberty Flames (8-2)

Dropped off: Mississippi State Bulldgos [#22]

Upsets and Suprises

The week started calmly, but when the upsets started, they came with a torrent.  Vanderbilt kicked it off, lnocking off Kentucky.  Then West Virginia thumped Oklahoma and UConn beat Liberty.  It relaxed a bit, but then NC State fell to Boston College.  Iowa shocked Wisconsin, and UAB shocked North Texas.

The evening was even crazier.  Washington keep pace, then beat, the Oregon offense.  Kansas State blanked Baylor, and Kansas fell to a Texas Tech comeback.  Arizona overcame UCLA, and San Jose STate fell to rival San Diego State.

Big Ten Report

Except for victories by Purdue and Iowa, the conference results were fairly normal and expected.  Our two upsets have thrown the West division race, with Purdue holding a slight lead.  Our new feature piece, the Conferece and Division Races, will detail this.  Indiana and Nebraska have joined Northwestern among those ineligible for bowl play.

MAC Attack

Tuesday and Thursday had expected results, while Wed was full of surprises.  Toledo has clinched the West division, while Ohio has now taken the lead in the East.

Conference and Division Races

AMERICAN: UCF holds the lead and tiebreakers over most contenders.  They didn't play Houston, but one more win clinches the title for the Golden Knights.

ACC ATLANTIC:  CLEMSON has clinched

ACC COASTAL: NORTH CAROLINA has clinched

BIG XII: TCU has clinched

BIG TEN EAST:  Only Ohio State and Michigan are contenders.  This one will be decided in the Big Game

BIG TEN WEST: Purdue holds the lead, but four teams have a 4-3 conference record, and Wisconsin is also in the mix with a 4-4 conference record.  This one has gotten messy. 

CONFERENCE USA: UTSA has clinched

MAC EAST: Ohio has a one-game lead and a tiebreaker over Buffalo.  The Bulls can only win if they win out and Ohio loses both of their next games.  The bigger threat to Ohio is Bowling Green, who they play in the last week o the season.  Ohio needs to win this week and Bowling Green to lose, otherwise that final game will decide it.

MAC WEST:  TOLEDO  has clinched

MOUNTAIN WEST MOUNTAIN: Boise State can clinch by beating Wyoming this week.  If Wyoming wins, Boise would need to win the final week AND Wyoming lose

MOUNTAIN WEST WEST: Fresno State leads and holds the tiebreaker over both San Jose State and San Diego State.  One more win for Fresno clinches it.

PAC 12: This one gets tricky.  Three teams have only one conference loss.   Utah holds the key.  They hold tiebreaker over USC, and if they beat Oregon this week, then the Utes clinch.  If Oregon wins, and then beats Oregon State, they have an interesting situation with USC, who they didn't play this season.  If the Trojans beat UCLA, and both USC and Utah finish 8-1 in conference, then those two will face each other in a conference championship to decide the winner.

SEC EAST: Georgia holds a one-game lead and tiebreaker over Tennessee.  If the Bulldogs win one more game, they clinch

SEC WEST: LSU has clinched

SUN BELT EAST: Coastal Carolina leads by a game.  The only other contender is James Madison, who plays Coastal at the end of the season.  If results remain like this, that game will determine the winner.  Coastal can come into that game as the division champ if they win this week and James Madison loses.

SUN BELT WEST: Troy and South Alabama are tied, but Tory holds the tiebreaker.  Unless Troy wins this week and South Alabama loses, then this division won't be clinched until the final week.