Next week’s college football games could shake up the top 10 rankings. American LBM coaches And AP Top 25 surveys.
Several monumental matchups will feature ranked teams, including Penn State at USC, Ohio State at Oregon and the Red River Rivalry of Texas-Oklahoma. Even Ole Mademoiselle-LSU could catapult the winner to the highest level. It is therefore possible that up to five teams ranked in the top 10 may need to be re-evaluated.
THE Commodoreswhich entered Saturday with an 0-60 record against the top five teams in the AP Top 25 poll, beat Alabama (2 coaches/1 AP) 40-35 in Nashville.
The Gophers had lost seven straight games to Power Four competition, but their 24-17 win over USC (11/15) held on for victory. Trojan horses winless in two road games in the Midwest. (Just wait until it gets cold in the Big Ten.)
And wouldn’t you know it, just before midnight, Arkansas is here too.
The two defeats Razors provided a third platoon stormed by fans with a 19-14 victory against Tennessee (4/4).
This is a significant shakeup from three unranked and three unheralded teams that had forgettable outings in losses to Georgia State (Vandy), North Carolina (Minnesota) and Oklahoma State (Arkansas).
We’ll see what the new polls look like when the US LBM Coaches and AP polls are compiled and released on Sunday.
Teams that should rise
Oregon will benefit from the defeat of Bama and Tennessee, and the Ducks’ methodical 31-10 victory over Michigan State should be rewarded. There was no forward-looking approach to next week’s showdown against the Buckeyes.
The Spartans didn’t score until the fourth quarter, when Oregon let up and let the substitutes get the reps.
Texas A&M is quietly improving each week under coach Mike Elko. After the Aggies (21/T25) destroyed Missouri (9/9) 41-10 for their fifth consecutive victory, they should get a considerable increase in the rankings.
Teams expected to drop – significantly
It was absolutely ridiculous that Michigan (10/10) was ranked so high to begin with, because anyone who watched the Wolverines play knows they turned the passing offense back 40 years.
Michigan used its third quarterback of the season, bench Alex Orji in favor of Jack Tuttle in an attempt to ignite the passing game. It worked somewhat, as Tuttle at least helped them eclipse 100 passing yards for the first time since Orji was named the starter in Week 4 against USC.
They totaled 113 passing yards against Washington, which it wasn’t enough to prevent a 27-17 loss to the Huskies.
Fraud may not be the best way to describe Missouri, but overestimation certainly is. THE TigersThe best win might be Vanderbilt’s after what happened Saturday. But the way they lost to the Aggiesthey deserve to be only on the margins of the polls with Michigan.
The teams that must leave
I’m looking at you, Louisville. The Cardinals (22/22) lost his second consecutive match34-27 at SMU, with a similar early-ending formula and will fade as a result.
The bad part about the University of Los Angeles is not believing, despite the losses, that they were the better team against Notre Dame and SMU. That’s with the understanding that only two currently ranked teams (Miami, Clemson) remain on the schedule, so it could prove difficult for the Cards to get back into the clubhouse.
UNLV (23/T25), we barely knew you. The Rebels missed an opportunity in a nationally televised game Friday night to make a big impression on audiences who aren’t used to seeing them play.
It was a very entertaining game, but Syracuse won 44-41 in overtime.
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This article was originally published in the Louisville Courier Journal: College Football Rankings Analysis for Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25
