It was in interesting Championship weekend! The first five games were totally one-sided, which was a bit of a surprise. That's especially true for the Big XII Championship, which was expected to be close. Then, the SEC Championship began a streak of upsets. Georgia took advantage of their home field to show Texas that the Big XII Championship is not on the same level of the SEC Championship. Texas took them to overtime, though, so it was a close and exciting game. SMU showed their championship inexperience, as it took their offense too long to loose up. They engineered a fabulous fourth quarter. If the Mustangs had come out of halftime that hot, they would have won that game. The biggest surprise, though, was the Sun Belt Championship. Once again, you had the team with the worse record having more championship experience, but they blasted the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. The Cajuns never had a chance in that game!
Top 25 [Last week's rank]
1. OREGON DUCKS (13-0) [1]
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) [2]
3. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) [5]
4. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-2) [4]
5. Georgia Bulldogs (11-2) [8]
6. Indiana Hoosiers (11-1) [6]
7 Texas Longhorns (11-2) [3]
8. Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) [7]
9. Boise State Broncos (13-1) [10]
10. Ole Miss Rebels (9-3) [11]
11. Miami Hurricanes (10-2) [12]
12. Army Black Knights (11-1) [14]
13. Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3) [13]
14. SMU Mustangs (11-2) [9]
15. Arizona State Sun Devils (11-2) [16]
16. Clemson Tigers (10-3) [19]
17. South Carolina Gamecocks (9-3) [17]
18. BYU Cougars (10-2) [20]
19. Memphis Tigers (10-2) [21]
20. Colorado Buffaloes (9-3) [23]
21. UNLV Running Rebels (10-3) [15]
22. Louisville Cardinals (8-4) [24]
23. Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4) [25]
24. Iowa State Cyclones (10-3) [18]
25. Missouri Tigers (9-3) [26]
Dropped off: Tulane Green Wave [#22]
On the Edge: Illinois Fighting Illini (9-3), Texas A&M Aggies (8-4), Navy Midshipmen (8-3), Ohio Bobcats (10-3)
There is only one game next, the Army-Navy game. That might adjust the Top 25, depending upon the results. I fill feature a revised Top 25 only if needed. We do have one bowl game before next week's column, and most of the bowls haven't determined their participants, so I cannot do a bowl preview column yet, so I will include this bowl pick in this column:
Veteran's Bowl: South Alabama Jaguars (6-6) v Western Michigan Broncos (6-6) : Despite their record, the Broncos are a real threat. WESTERN MICHIGAN by ten
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