Games I saw (some of):
(1) Tennessee 13-27 (3) Georgia
The Georgia pass defense was air tight (the pass rush will get the credit but I thought they were mostly coverage sacks), Hooker had nowhere to go with the ball all day long and UT just had no attack at all. UGA had full control by halftime and when the rains came in the 3rd quarter, it just doomed the Vols. UT gave a good effort but they just couldn't move the ball, couldn't get anything going. Georgia was the better team and they showed it on this day. Impressive win for UGA.
Top 25
Handled their business
(2) Ohio State, (3) Georgia, (5) Michigan, (7) Texas Christian, (8) Oregon, (9) Southern Cal, (10) Louisiana State, (12) UCLA, (14) Utah, (15) Penn State, (17) North Carolina, (19) Tulane, (22) North Carolina State, (24) Texas, (25) Central Florida
Bad beat
(1) Tennessee. I like Tennessee but being ranked #1 was a bit of a novelty, an extra layer of hype for the UGA match. Georgia's defense gave the Vols nowhere to go, Tennessee put up a game effort but they're just not as good as Georgia's A game.
(6) Alabama. Everyone gave up LSU for dead, well they're not dead any more. Yes, I know Bryce Young made the crazy play to almost win the game, but I'm telling ya: I guarantee there were 4-5 easy plays he didn't make earlier in the game that made his crazy scramble necessary (remember Jim Edmonds? We use to marvel at the great plays he made in centerfield while totally ignoring the fact that they didn't need to be so amazing, he was just a hot dog). As for the Tigers, I loved going for 2 at the end, you got the momentum go get the victory (and they did). Tough L for Bama, really probably should've won the game.
(13) Kansas State. They've had a few nice W's this year but at no point did I ever think Kansas State was a top 10-ish squad. An L at home to Texas puts the kibosh on that weird day dream.
(16) Illinois. Yeah, how Illinois drifted this high in the rankings is a mystery, but an L at home to so-so Michigan State brings that to a close.
(20) Syracuse. I think so little of Syracuse that a loss at Pitt is just a bad beat even if they came in as the ranked favorite.
(4) Clemson. I'm still wildly unimpressed with their offense and when you get stung by a 3-loss Notre Dame squad--and handled comfortably, no less--everyone sees it. This is a bad bad bad L for Clemson.
(18) Oklahoma State. Man, I was still in on this team just two weeks ago, but another Saturday and another conference thumping later (this time @ Kansas) and it is plain the Cowboys were pretenders all along.
(23) Oregon State. I'm normally forgiving of conference losses on the road, but if you wanna be in the top 25, you gotta win these games.
Next week's intriguing matches:
(9) Alabama @ (11) Mississippi (are we looking a three loss Alabama squad? Boy, at college football headquarters they must be perusing the ancient texts to see what happens if Alabama isn't in the playoff--no one will know what to do!)
Louisville @ (10) Clemson (Hey, Clemson fans, bring the Pepto, 'cause UL can score points, so I expect this to still be a game in the 4th quarter)
(22) Central Florida @ (17) Tulane (come on, really?)
(25) Washington @ (6) Oregon (I expect the Ducks to get it done)
(4) Texas Christian @ (18) Texas (TCU is really good but the Longhorns are unpredictable; could be a nothing burger of a game or it could be the game of the year, I dunno)
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