Week 9 wasn't exactly the type of drama we have been seeing this College Football season. Only two ranked teams lost, each of them to ranked teams (#3 Ole Miss to #24 LSU and #20 USC to #19 Utah). We started the day off with Kansas State shutting down Texas, and some pesky Big 10 skirmishes. Mid-College Football day saw Michigan State wrathfully beat up "big brother" Michigan, Mississippi State barely shaving off Kentucky, Jared Lorenzen (who had himself a day) and Patrick Towles. Finally, on the nightcap we saw LSU upset Ole Miss in death valley and South Carolina nearly beat Auburn in Jordan-Hare.
Ranking after the top three will be extremely hard now ten one-loss teams that all of strong cases. Florida State, Mississippi State and Alabama look solid so far, but we still have questions about Alabama. Let's get started.
1. Florida State 7-0 (BYE)
A week removed now from that controversial win versus Notre Dame and Mississippi State looking vulnerable further solidifies Florida State as the number team in the country.
2. Mississippi State 7-0 (Win 45-31 @ Kentucky)
Mississippi State resume got another boost after LSU beat Ole Miss, but the win at home versus Auburn is making their wins very comparable to Georgia.
3. Alabama 7-1 (Win 34-20 @ Tennessee)
Lane Kiffen lived and so did Alabama. However, with only one win versus a current ranked team (West Virginia) makes their upcoming schedule look very difficult.
4. Oregon 7-1 (Win 59-41 @ California)
Marcus Mariota is a beast and so is Oregon. Their next two games (vs kryptonite Stanford and at a strong Utah team) should define where they stand right now.
5. Auburn 6-1 (Win 45-38 vs South Carolina)
Despite an impossible schedule, this team still only has one loss. At Ole Miss next week will decide whether this team is the best team in the SEC.
6. Michigan State 7-1 (Win 35-11 vs Michigan)
Big brother went down hard and Michigan State now has 13 consecutive wins versus Big 10 foes. They could easily grab another one two weeks from now with JT Barrett potentially injured.
7. Georgia 6-1 (BYE)
Having not played a top ten team this year differs them from the rest of elite, but that South Carolina loss looks a lot better after how Auburn played against them at home.
8. Ole Miss 7-1 (Loss 10-7 @ LSU)
Yes, the Rebels fell five spots after losing in perhaps the toughest environment in the nation. They got lucky catching Alabama on their bad game. The game against Auburn is huge this weekend.
9. Notre Dame 6-1 (BYE)
0-1 versus currently ranked teams looks bad, but have a chance to turn that around with a big game against Arizona State coming up. Yes, I didn't talk about that game down in Florida that happened.
10. TCU 6-1 (Win 82-27 vs Texas Tech)
If Michigan fans are salty about Michigan State padding their comfortable lead, you must wonder how Texas Tech feels. West Virginia next week, my projected score is 98-92.
11. Kansas State 6-1 (Win 23-0 vs Texas)
12. Ohio State 6-1 (Win 31-24 @ Penn State)
13. Arizona State 6-1 (Win 24-10 @ Washington)
14. Baylor 6-1 (BYE)
15. Utah 6-1 (Win 24-21 vs USC)
16. LSU 7-2 (Win 10-7 vs Ole Miss
17. Arizona 6-1 (Win 59-37 @ Washington State)
18. Oklahoma 5-2 (BYE)
19. West Virginia 6-2 (Win 34-10 @ OKST)
20. Nebraska 7-1 (Win 42-24 vs Rutgers)
21. East Carolina 6-1 (Win 31-21 vs UConn)
22. Clemson 6-2 (Win 16-6 vs Syracuse)
23. Marshall 8-0 (Win 35-16 vs Florida Atlantic)
24. Duke 6-1 (BYE)
25. North Dakota State 8-0 (Win 47-7 @ South Dakota)
Don't get that wrong. FCS powerhouse North Dakota State has more wins versus Power 5 teams Wake Forest, Kansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Colorado. They have outscored their opponents 274-75. That is an average score of 34.25 to 8.125. They should be invited into the MWC conference soon, as they could a dominant powerhouse in the FBS.
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