This week had some upsets but no one in the Top 10 fell. Notably, 11 Utah, 15 Duke, 18 LSU, and 20 Kansas lost their match-ups. Of those, only 11 Utah and 18 LSU were favored to win. Florida was the only team ranked in the AP Poll but unranked on /c/CFB who lost their game, although they were not favored to win anyways.
As for our Top 10 teams, 1 Texas, 2 Michigan, 6 Penn State, 8 Oregon, and 10 Oklahoma all dominated their opponents. 5 Washington and 9 USC won by one touchdown each, but these games were not as close as the final scores indicate and neither team had less than a 94% chance to win in the entire fourth quarter (according to ESPN). 7 Georgia was tied with less than three minutes to go in the fourth quarter before scoring the game-winning touchdown against Auburn. 3 Florida State and 4 Ohio State did not play this week.
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Thursday, |
September 28 |
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Tulsa |
defeated |
Temple |
48-26 |
Western Kentucky |
defeated |
Middle Tennessee |
31-10 |
Jacksonville State |
defeated |
Sam Houston State |
35-28 |
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Friday, |
September 29 |
|
25 Louisville |
defeated |
NC State |
13-10 |
Louisiana Tech |
defeated |
UTEP |
24-10 |
23 Oregon State |
defeated |
11 Utah |
21-7 |
BYU |
defeated |
Cincinnati |
35-27 |
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Saturday, |
September 30 |
|
Utah State |
defeated |
Connecticut |
34-33 |
6 Penn State |
defeated |
Northwestern |
41-13 |
Kentucky |
defeated |
Florida |
33-14 |
Buffalo |
defeated |
Akron |
13-10 |
Clemson |
defeated |
Syracuse |
31-14 |
Minnesota |
defeated |
Louisiana |
35-24 |
James Madison |
defeated |
South Alabama |
31-23 |
9 USC |
defeated |
Colorado |
48-41 |
22 Texas A&M |
defeated |
Arkansas |
34-22 |
Tulane |
defeated |
UAB |
35-23 |
Central Michigan |
defeated |
Eastern Michigan |
26-23 |
Boston College |
defeated |
Virginia |
27-24 |
Miami (OH) |
defeated |
Kent State |
23-3 |
California |
defeated |
Arizona State |
24-21 |
Baylor |
defeated |
UCF |
36-35 |
7 Georgia |
defeated |
Auburn |
27-20 |
Western Michigan |
defeated |
Ball State |
42-24 |
Toledo |
defeated |
Northern Illinois |
35-33 |
Bowling Green |
defeated |
Georgia Tech |
38-27 |
1 Texas |
defeated |
20 Kansas |
40-14 |
2 Michigan |
defeated |
Nebraska |
45-7 |
Maryland |
defeated |
Indiana |
44-17 |
Purdue |
defeated |
Illinois |
44-19 |
South Florida |
defeated |
Navy |
44-30 |
Marshall |
defeated |
Old Dominion |
41-35 |
Arkansas State |
defeated |
UMass |
52-28 |
Texas Tech |
defeated |
Houston |
49-28 |
Rutgers |
defeated |
Wagner |
52-3 |
UNLV |
defeated |
Hawai’i |
44-20 |
Wyoming |
defeated |
New Mexico |
35-26 |
Memphis |
defeated |
Boise State |
35-32 |
24 Missouri |
defeated |
Vanderbilt |
38-21 |
19 Ole Miss |
defeated |
18 LSU |
55-49 |
8 Oregon |
defeated |
Stanford |
42-6 |
10 Oklahoma |
defeated |
Iowa State |
50-20 |
Troy |
defeated |
Georgia State |
28-7 |
Colorado State |
defeated |
Utah Tech |
41-20 |
Texas State |
defeated |
Southern Mississippi |
50-36 |
Georgia Southern |
defeated |
Coastal Carolina |
38-28 |
Rice |
defeated |
East Carolina |
24-17 |
North Texas |
defeated |
Abilene Christian |
45-31 |
SMU |
defeated |
Charlotte |
34-16 |
21 Tennessee |
defeated |
South Carolina |
41-20 |
14 Notre Dame |
defeated |
15 Duke |
21-14 |
Iowa |
defeated |
Michigan State |
26-16 |
Virginia Tech |
defeated |
Pittsburgh |
38-21 |
Appalachian State |
defeated |
Louisiana Monroe |
41-40 |
Air Force |
defeated |
San Diego State |
49-10 |
West Virginia |
defeated |
TCU |
24-21 |
12 Alabama |
defeated |
Mississippi State |
40-17 |
5 Washington |
defeated |
Arizona |
31-24 |
Fresno State |
defeated |
Nevada |
27-9 |
Hurricanes were on a bye, but I expect them to move up a spot or two in the new AP. Overall, solid week of football.