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It looks like both Ohio State and Louisville are trying to send a message to the playoff committee they would like to have that #4 playoff spot now that Texas A&M crashed and burned.

 

  • Texas A&M #4 lost to Miss State 35-28
  • Ohio State #6  leading Nebraska #10 31-6 at halftime
  • Louisville #7 d. Boston College 52-7
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Alabama and LSU 0-0 in the 4th.  Bama looking very beatable.

 

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9 minutes ago, JL Sargent said:

 

The Vegas line was Bama -7.5 and the Tide won 10-0. So Alabama won the game and beat the spread. What else you want? :)

 

Fiddy points!  Two good defenses, though.  :emotion-21:

 

Louisville got  52, Ohio State got 62.  The Committee said they are going to look at every team's performance, every week, and they won't hesitate to shake things up.

 

Washington better rack up some style points vs Cal if they want to move up from #5 to #4.

 

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1 hour ago, wvu80 said:

Louisville got  52, Ohio State got 62.  The Committee said they are going to look at every team's performance, every week, and they won't hesitate to shake things up.

 

 

Those high scores say more about the opponent than L & O.

 

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NAVY beat ND, which puts that sourpuss, Brian Kelly, that much closer to the door.  ND has had a knack for picking unlikeable, as well as ineffective, coaches.

 

ARMY lost to AIR FORCE, which suggests this is probably not the year ARMY ends NAVY's streak.

 

When MSU fired John L. Smith, there were those who wanted Sparty to hire Kelly away from CMU, rather than Dantonio away from Cincinnati. Thank God Dantonio came to East Lansing and Kelly went briefly to Cincy, then to South Bend.  Soon Kelly and Charlie Weiss can sit on a wall together and wait for Alice to push them over.

 

The hottest coaching prospect appears to be P. J. Fleck at WMU.  The success he has brought to the Broncos is nothing short of amazing.  It remains to be seen whether his corny "row the boat" style mantra can translate to a power 5 school.  He might be better off staying in Kalamazoo, but he won't.

 

While I feel the Wolverines  are a better team than the Broncos, until they beat WMU, they cannot claim the championship of the state of Michigan.

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On 11/6/2016 at 5:53 AM, DizRotus said:

The hottest coaching prospect appears to be P. J. Fleck at WMU.  The success he has brought to the Broncos is nothing short of amazing.  It remains to be seen whether his corny "row the boat" style mantra can translate to a power 5 school.  He might be better off staying in Kalamazoo, but he won't.

2016 College Football Rankings - Week 11 (AP & Coaches Polls)

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

 

The AP bumped Western Michigan up 3 spots to 14th!  Coaches not so much and has them at 21, which is where I thought their ceiling might be.

 

The other Big Winner is Penn State up 8 spots and 9 spots respectively.  That's a big jump into 12/14 for this time of year.

 

My West Virginia Mountaineers fell ten spots last week, then beat Big 12 whipping boy Kansas and jumped up 3 & 5 into 11/10.  I'm a homer for sure but I don't think they deserved to bump into the top 10 without beating a good team.

 

NOW THE LOSERS

 

Nebraska, Florida and Baylor all fell 12 spots in the AP.  Ouch!

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AP Top 25

RKTeamRecPtsTrend

1Alabama(60)9-01524—

2Michigan(1)9-01432—

3Clemson9-01408—

4Washington9-01364—

5Louisville8-11255—

6Ohio State8-11245—

7Wisconsin7-211591

8Auburn7-210813

9Oklahoma7-29963

10Texas A&M7-28203

11West Virginia7-18053

12Penn State7-27528

13Utah7-26863

14Western Michigan9-05833

15North Carolina7-25593

16Colorado7-25505

17Oklahoma State7-25165

18Virginia Tech7-24795

19LSU5-34544

20Florida State6-34501

21Nebraska7-243412

22Florida6-239012

23Washington State7-23052

24Boise State8-1226—

25Baylor6-29012

Complete Rankings

Others receiving votes: USC 76, Arkansas 74, San Diego State 38, Troy 28, Houston 25, Tennessee 9, Tulsa 3, South Florida 3, Minnesota 2, Navy 2, Wyoming 2

 

Coaches Poll

RKTeamRecPtsTrend

1Alabama(62)9-01598—

2Clemson(2)9-014971

3Michigan9-014931

4Washington9-01422—

5Ohio State8-113161

6Louisville8-113071

7Wisconsin7-211911

8Auburn7-210754

9Oklahoma7-210682

10West Virginia7-18775

11Texas A&M7-28014

12Utah7-27884

13North Carolina7-26954

14Penn State7-26679

15Colorado7-26275

16Florida6-24867

17Oklahoma State7-24835

18Florida State6-34821

19LSU5-34795

20Nebraska7-247610

21Western Michigan9-04673

22Virginia Tech7-24661

23Washington State7-23312

24Boise State8-1211—

25Baylor6-216112

Complete Rankings

Others receiving votes: USC 79, San Diego State 58, Arkansas 53, Houston 49, South Florida 28, Wyoming 20, Navy 12, Tennessee 12, Tulsa 9, Troy 6, Appalachian State 5, Minnesota 2, Stanford 2,

 

 

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On 11/6/2016 at 5:53 AM, DizRotus said:

While I feel the Wolverines  are a better team than the Broncos, until they beat WMU, they cannot claim the championship of the state of Michigan.

Well, first of all, they will never play head to head, and secondly, WMU doesn't play teams nearly on the level of UM.  When they play MSU, Iowa, Wisconsin and that other team, then perhaps there might be a case. UM strength of schedule is #19, WMU is #77.....

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2 hours ago, jimjimbo said:

UM strength of schedule is #19, WMU is #77...

 

WMU is ranked #14 right now on the AP, but I suspect that might be very generous. It's a fun Cinderella story, but lets not confuse WMU with the likes of teams presently at the very top of the rankings.  

 

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