Ohio State took a huge tumble, Oklahoma survived a Bedlam shootout, and several other top teams maintained their position for the College Football Playoffs. We have a couple 2-loss teams lurking but really needing major help this weekend and beyond.

Top 11

1 Georgia (E, 9-0, 24-10 W vs. South Carolina)

The Dawgs stay perfect with a less than convincing win over the Gamecocks.

2 Alabama (E, 9-0, 24-10 W vs. LSU) 

The Tide also win 24-10 whoa this is freaky.

3 Notre Dame (+1, 8-1, 48-37 W vs. Wake Forest)

We were 4-8 last year this is awesome.

4 Clemson (+2, 8-1, 38-31 W at NC State) 

The defending champs come through with a quality road win.

5 Oklahoma (E, 8-1, 62-52 W at Oklahoma State)

The Sooners also with a quality road win, albeit with significantly less defense.

6 Miami (+5, 8-0, 28-10 W vs. Virginia Tech)

GameDay is coming to town following the Canes shutting down the Hokies.

7 TCU (+1, 8-1, 24-7 W vs. Texas)

The Frogs quietly take care of the Horns and remain in the top two spots of the Big 12.

8 Washington (+5, 8-1, 38-3 W vs. Oregon)

Off the radar since the early season the Huskies are now moving up thanks to attrition elsewhere.

9 Wisconsin (+1, 9-0, 45-17 W at Indiana)

A late surge masks another unimpressive performance by the Badgers.

10 Michigan State (NR, 7-2, 27-24 W vs. Penn State)

Sparty bounces back from a tough loss and now has wins over 3 currently ranked teams.

11 Auburn (NR, 7-2, 42-27 W at Texas A&M)

The Tigers are easily the 3rd best SEC right now but face a brutal finish down the stretch.

Next 2

Ohio State (-9, 7-2, 55-24 L at Iowa)

Just Urban Meyer’s 3rd loss in the Big Ten regular season and maybe his worst ever?

Oklahoma State (-6, 7-2, 62-52 L vs. Oklahoma)

The Cowboys couldn’t keep pace with the Sooners and will need help to win the Big 12 now.

G5 Top 3

1 UCF (E, 8-0, 31-24 W at SMU)

Finally a test and their offense looked human in a tough conference road game.

2 Memphis (E, 8-1, 41-14 W at Tulsa)

A Friday night competition and easy win for Memphis.

3 USF (E, 8-1, 37-20 W at UConn)

Our top three G5 teams are pretty much set in stone for this season.

You Were Bad

Kent State

Lost to fellow MAC doormat Bowling Green by 28 points.

UCLA

Rosen didn’t make the trip to Utah, the Bruins lost by 31 points.

Florida 

Zaire couldn’t help as the Gators are embarrassed by 29 points at Missouri.

Kansas

Allowed Baylor to pick up their first win of the season, and it wasn’t close.

Maryland

Lost to Rutgers.

Week 11 Preview

Enemy Watch

Updated CFB Rankings used.

Akron (+6.5) at Miami, Ohio
North Carolina (+9.5) at Pittsburgh
Temple (-2.5) at Cincinnati
#9 Washington (-6.5) at Stanford
#12 Michigan State (+15) at #13 Ohio State
#23 NC State (-3) at Boston College
Wake Forest (+1) at Syracuse
#1 Georgia (-2.5) at #10 Auburn
SMU (+4.5) at Navy
#11 USC (-13.5) at Colorado

You know which team has fallen off a cliff this year? Pitt, has anyone paid attention to them this year? Let’s hope they hold on against a wretched Tar Heels team.

If you had Luke Fickell being a disaster hire for Cincinnati you may be close to collecting your pay out. The Bearcats are in the conversation as the worst team in the AAC.

Since the Stanford home field seemingly only exists when Notre Dame comes to town I’d gladly take the Huskies and the points this weekend. Where would we stand on Stanford if they fall to 6-4?

Michigan State can’t get any respect!

Boston College has been surprising this year but I’m a little shocked this line is so low. They have to be factoring in NC State coming off a pair of tough losses.

We want Georgia to lose, right? Is that what we’ve figured out is in the formula?

There aren’t many lines out there right now with Navy QB Zach Abey questionable. You should take SMU anyway.

Too Close for Comfort

Tennessee (+10.5) at Missouri

This year is testing my theory not to bet on SEC games with rather large lines between seemingly two bad teams. I know the Tigers just dismantled Florida and everything, but still.

Upset Pick of the Week

New Mexico (+18.5) at Texas A&M

Okay, not completely serious here. Bob Davie has quietly turned in a bad season following up a really quality campaign last fall. However, can you imagine the Aggies having all these troubles with the Lobos tricky option offense and actually losing?

National Spotlight

#15 Oklahoma State (-6.5) at #21 Iowa State
Florida State (+17) at #4 Clemson
#20 Iowa (+12.5) at #8 Wisconsin
#2 Alabama (-14.5) at #16 Mississippi State
#6 TCU (+7) at #5 Oklahoma

Things are starting to tighten up in the rankings so much so that Iowa State lost their 3rd game last weekend and still remain the Top 25.

The Clemson game is a prototypical “lines I never would’ve imagined before the season” turned all the way up to 11.

There’s no way Iowa is going to win in Madison coming off their emotional victory against Ohio State. This has depressingly sad Wisconsin-stays-undefeated all over it. Still, everyone should take those points.

That home cooking in Starkville is getting respect! Michigan State is still pissed off, see above.

Since the Big 12 was stupid and didn’t go back to divisions this weekend’s game with TCU and OU may be rematched in a few short weeks. Put another way, the Frogs could have 2 games to try and eliminate the Sooners from playoff contention.