2018-19 NCAA Football (Weeks 12 & 13)

Week 12
Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Clemson, (3) Notre Dame, (4) Michigan, (5) Georgia, (6) Oklahoma, (7) LSU, (8) Washington State, (10) Ohio State (shaky again but got the W), (11) Central Florida, (13) Florida, (14) Penn State, (15) Texas, (17) Kentucky, (18) Washington, (19) Utah, (21) Mississippi State, (22) Northwestern, (23) Utah State, (25) Boise State

Bad beat
(12) Syracuse (Notre Dame seems to have caught everyone at their peak ranking, right?)

(16) Iowa State (great at hanging around, just okay at actually getting wins)

(24) Cincinnati (not sure why they're ranked)

Not so good
(9) West Virginia (I knew WVU would score, didn't occur to me that Okla St would keep up, bad loss)

(20) Boston College (to Florida State? C'mon, man, blew a great chance to drop a beatdown on a conference rival)

Week 13
Top 25
Handled their business
(1) Alabama, (2) Clemson, (3) Notre Dame, (5) Georgia, (6) Oklahoma, (9) Central Florida, (10) Ohio State, (11) Florida, (12) Penn State, (14) Texas, (15) Kentucky, (16) Washington, (17) Utah, (18) Mississippi State, (19) Northwestern, (20) Syracuse, (22) Texas A&M (23) Boise State, (25) Iowa State

Bad beat
(7) LSU (7 OT's on the road? Okay, I'm gonna let that go, that's not a bad L)

Not so good
(4) Michigan (all you gotta do was beat Notre Dame and/or Ohio State; sorry, but 0-2 means you had a bad year)
(8) Washington State (hmmm, home field in a snow storm, still couldn't get it done?)
(13) West Virginia (needed to beat OU, didn't get it done)
(21) Utah State (good year, but they needed that win on the road)
(24) Pittsburgh (why were they ranked?)


Next week
Pac-12: (17) Utah @ (11) Washington (I gotta go with Washington)
Big 12: (14) Texas @ (5) Oklahoma (I see a Sooner revenge beatdown coming)
American: Memphis @ (8) Central Florida (Memphis keeps game close, UCF lost their QB, gonna be tough for UCF to keep that winning streak going)
SEC: (1) Alabama @ (5) Georgia (UGA beat Kentucky 34-17, I'd say Bama is similarly better than Georgia)
Mountain West: (25) Fresno State @ (23) Boise State (I'll go with Fresno to avenge their loss to BSU this year)
ACC: (2) Clemson @ Pittsburgh (if Pitt beats Clemson I'll eat my hat)
Big 10: (21) Northwestern @ (6) Ohio State (Buckeyes have had a lot of shaky games this year, but I'd be surprised if Northwestern gave them much of a game)
Drake @ (23) Iowa State (Look for Iowa State to run up the score)


My rankings
1) Alabama (if they lose to UGA, they're still in the playoff--who the hell else is gonna win 29-0 at LSU?)
2) Clemson (can they beat Alabama? I have no idea but I gotta at least think they've got a shot)
3) Oklahoma (wouldn't beat Alabama but that offense would at least give them an interesting game)
4) Georgia (if they can beat Bama, they're in...I don't think they will but they're gonna get a shot at it)
5) Notre Dame (yeah, they're undefeated, but I don't think they'd beat OU or UGA, so I have them #5)
6) Central Florida (may not be any good, especially down a starting QB, but I'd rather see them in than anyone else)
7) Ohio State (this is solely because somebody has to be #7; don't forget: got lucky against TCU, Penn State, Michigan State, farted around with Nebraska (who is not good), probably should've lost to Maryland, got rolled by Purdue; since I was never particularly impressed with Michigan, I'm struggling to see how the Buckeyes would even come close to having a chance to Alabama)
8) who cares? (I'd go with Washington if they handle their business this weekend, I got no need for LSU, Michigan, Florida, Penn State--this is why God invented a 4-team playoff! Don't mess with a good thing!)