It's November, and that's when the frequency of upsets increase. We had several this week, including many in one conference. We also lost one team from the ranks of the unbeatnes.
Top 25 [Last week's position]
1. MICHIGAN WOLVERINES (9-0) [1]
2. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-0) [2]
3. Florida State Seminoles (9-0) [3]
4. Washington Huskies (9-0) [4]
5. Georgia Bulldogs (9-0) [5]
6. Oregon Ducks (8-1) [6]
7. Penn State Nittany Lions (8-1) [10]
8. Texas Longhorns (8-1) [9]
9. Alabama Crimson Tide (8-1) [12]
10. Ole Miss Rebels (8-1) [14]
11. Louisville Cardinals (8-1) [16]
12. Fresno State Bulldogs (8-1) [13]
13. Oklahoma Sooners (7-2) [8]
14. Tennessee Volunteers (7-2) [18]
15. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3) [7]
16. Missouri Tigers (7-2) [15] : They gave Georgia all they could handle
17. Air Force Falcons (8-1) [11] : Crushing loss to Army cost them their unbeaten status
18. Utah Utes (7-2) [23]
19. North Carolina Tar Heels (7-2) [19]
20. Kansas Jayhawks (7-2) [22]
21. James Madison Dukes (9-0) [28]
22. USC Trojans (7-3) [17]
23. Kansas State Wildcats (6-3) [20]
24. Texas A&M Aggies (5-4) [24]
25. Oregon State Beavers (7-2) [25]
Dropped off: Miami Hurricanes [#23]
On the Edge: SMU Mustangs (7-2), Liberty Flames (9-0), Toledo Rockets (8-1), LSU Tigers (6-3), Tulane Green Wave (8-1), Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-2), Iowa Hawkeyes (7-2)
Upset Alerts
Top teams took a beating this week. Top Ten teams Notre Dame and Oklahoma both lost, and for the Irish, it was a big loss. Air Force lost their Top Ten hopes, and their unbeaten record, in a drubbing by the Army Black Knights. At night, UCLA lost again, basically removing any chance at the Pac-12 trtle game.
Big Ten Report
What a weird weekend for the West! There were four teams tied at the top of the division, and Iowa is the sole survivor. Both Wisconsin and Nebraska were upset by teams who won their first conference game in the process (Indiana over Wisconsin and Michigan State over Nebraska) and the Illini kept their bowl eligibility hopes alive by beating Minnesota. The East is now definitely a race among Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State, and the Buckeyes hold a tiebreaker over the Lions.
MAC Attack
The current division leaders have advantages. Toledo leads by two games, and they've already beaten Northern Illinois, so the Huskies would need tow in out and have Toledo lose all of their remaining games. That is not likely. Miami Ohio only leads by one game, but they have beaten both of their runners-up, so they have full tiebreaking advantages.
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