This was the match to decide once and for all who is almost a top 20 team and who is probably not a top 20 team! I watched this game and I gotta say: the last 10 minutes was the best part. I thought UT's QB was not good and their kicker had a terrible game, both teams had solid D-lines, my gut is that Florida is the slightly better team, but not in the hunt for an SEC crown. Both teams tried to hard to give the game away in the end and Tennessee tried harder. Fine with me, I'm just glad there wasn't any OT.
(3) Clemson 47-21 (14) Louisville
Felt at first like Louisville was gonna hang....but that didn't last long. Clemson is legit, man, it's early, they may stumble but I suspect they'll be there at the end. They've got so much speed at the skill positions, a smothering D-line, the QB is just fine, even the special teams looks like a cut above. They'll be top 5 all year. As for Louisville, they haven't impressed so far but this loss was a bad beat, they'll be better than this going forward.
Top 25
Handled their business:
(1) Alabama, (2) Oklahoma, (3) Clemson, (5) Penn State, (6) Washington, (8) Ohio State, (9) Oklahoma State, (10) Wisconsin, (13) Georgia, (15) Auburn, (16) Virginia Tech, (20) TCU, (21) Washington State, (22) South Florida, (24) Florida
Got it done but did not impress
Texas 24-27 (2OT) (4) USC. I watched most all of this game and I thought Southern Cal was the better team but made too many dumb turnovers and didn't make plays to finish the game down the stretch. They did well to come back and luck their way to a W against an overmatched Texas team. USC got the W but they did not look good doing it.
Air Force 13-29 (7) Michigan. I kinda thought the Wolverines would come out big in this game, looking to run up the score and getting the opportunity to do so from a pass-happy Air Force team. I didn't see any of this but apparently none of that happened and Michigan's offense slunked along unconvincingly through the 1st half.
Bad beat
(14) Louisville
Not so good
(12) LSU 7-37 Mississippi State. Yipes! LSU's offense is always a mystery but, man, they got straight thumped in Starkville.
(18) Kansas State 7-14 Vanderbilt. Hmmmm....kinda thought K State would have no problem running up points in Nashville, looks likes Vandy is better than we thought...?
(19) Stanford 17-20 San Diego State. Just noticed this score. Looks like Stanford is not gonna hang around this season.
(23) Tennessee 20-26 (24) Florida. UT has a bad QB, terrible special teams and a suspect secondary, they did not look good in this game--and still had their chances late!
(25) UCLA 45-48 Memphis. Yeah, I had this one. An overrated West Coast team playing a noon game against unheralded eastern squad, this one was easy to see coming.
Cancelled/Postponed (lasting effect of Hurricane Irma)
(17) Miami @ (11) Florida State (postponed);
New Mexico 14-28 Boise State. Got my eye on Boise State, I suspect they'll be in the top 20 soon.
Northern Illinois 21-17 Nebraska. Man, time was when this result would've gotten somebody fired, the fact that that probably won't even happen is kinda sad.
Oregon 49-13 Wyoming. The Ducks can clearly score points, with Stanford and UCLA flailing and Southern Cal looking far from dominant, is there still time for Oregon to make an impact this season?
Kentucky 23-13 South Carolina. Didn't see that coming. So after 3 weeks Kentucky and Vandy have better records than Auburn, LSU and Tennessee?
Next week's interesting games:
(16) TCU @ (6) Oklahoma State
(17) Mississippi State @ (11) Georgia
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