2019-20 NCAA Football (Week 10)

Games I saw some of:
(8) Georgia 24-17 (6) Florida
Yeah, the score was close but I never thought Florida was gonna win. Georgia's offense always seemed more capable of grinding through field position than Florida, only a matter of time before that played out. Florida is a nice team but thy're 2nd tier this season (moving in the right direction, next year could be another step up). Georgia is good but that L to South Carolina is gonna doom them unless they beat Alabama or LSU in the SEC championship.


Top 25
Handled their business
(4) Clemson, (7) Oregon, (8) Georgia, (9), Utah, (11) Auburn, (14) Michigan, (21) Boise State, (22) Kansas State, (23) Wake Forest, (24) Memphis


Won but did not impress
(12) Baylor. Hmmm, they've been drubbing opponents for a while now but had to scramble to steal a W at home on a Thursday night to a so-so conference foe? Not impressive. 
(16) Notre Dame. Coming back late to steal a W at home from Va Tech? What's going on in South Bend?
(17) Cincinnati. Shoot out on the road to a middling conference foe...is it a sign that they're dangerous or a sign that they're sloppy and lucky? I dunno.


Bad beat
(6) Florida. Good effort but they're just not as good as Georgia this year.
(15) SMU. Felt like they were on the upswing but going on the road to an also-rising conference foe is a tough way to go.


Not so good
(20) Appalachian State. Losing at home is not good.


The official top 6 came out this weekend (and for some reason we're all supposed to care). So here it is:
1) Ohio State
2) Louisiana State
3) Alabama
4) Penn State
5) Clemson
6) Georgia

We're supposed to be stunned that Clemson fell to 5th place but that's not a big deal because one of OSU/Penn State will be eliminated and one of LSU/Alabama will be eliminated, too--which just highlights how not important this poll is right here right now. I'm cool with all of this. I really do think that Ohio State and LSU are in the conversation with Bama and Clemson, so the Buckeyes finishing #1 would not be any kind of travesty. I'd be surprised if Penn State beat Ohio State and I'd be surprised if the winner of LSU/Alabama lost to Georgia (or Florida) in the SEC championship. And I'd be blown away if Clemson lost to any of the leftovers on their schedule.

So for now Penn State and Georgia have their chances to play their way in and if the Pac-12 winner (either Oregon or Utah) goes without a loss they'd be in the talk, too. But otherwise Ohio State, Clemson and the winner of LSU/Alabama are in, along with either Oregon/Utah or possibly the loser of Alabama/LSU.


Next week's interesting matches:
(4) Penn State @ (17) Minnesota (another nice test for the Nittany Lions, great opportunity for Minnesota to get a big W)
(2) LSU @ (3) Alabama (okay, here we go, the game we've been waiting for)
(18) Iowa @ (13) Wisconsin (not as interesting as it could've been, feels like a tidying up of the second tier of the Big Ten)