Those That Survived Upset Saturday!

There's always at least one week like this in every college football season--it's known as "Upset Saturday".  This week, there were nine--count 'em--nine losses by Top 25 teams!

Oregon and BYU continue to be 1-2 in the Blue Through and Through rankings.  Look at their resumes of impressive wins and no bad losses and you can see why they are the top two teams.

Miami of Florida was against the ropes at the hands of Duke, but used a spectacular second half to escape with a victory,  Duke fell from consideration, but the Hurricanes were boosted when Louisville scored a win over Clemson to give Miami an impressive win over the #22 team in the country.  That win is more impressive now than Indiana's, as Hoosier victim Nebraska fell from consideration.

SMU is looking strong after their surprisingly easy win over Pittsburgh.  The Mustangs now own wins over the #8 and #22 teams in the nation, with their only loss being to the #2 team in the country, BYU. 

Illinois dropping out of consideration also hurt Penn State, as now the Nittany Lions do not possess an impressive win.

Arkansas dropped out of consideration with its fourth loss of the season and as a result, it pulled other SEC teams down with them.  The reality is that this season, the SEC teams do not have a lot of impressive wins and several have some pretty bad losses.  The highest-ranked of the lot is Georgia, which does own two impressive wins and no bad losses but they did lose to #17 Alabama, so their ceiling is limited to how well Alabama does.  With Arkansas out of consideration, Tennessee now has a bad loss because they fell to the Razorbacks.  Texas only has one loss but their biggest win was against Oklahoma, which isn't among the teams considered either.  And LSU has the bad loss to USC.

Here is this week's Top 25!

1-1-1-1.  Oregon 9-0, thumped Michigan 38-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #3 Ohio State, #7 Boise State, and #34 Illinois, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None) 

2-2-2-2.  BYU 8-0, did not play (Impressive Wins:  Beat #6 SMU and #20 Kansas State, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

6-6-3.  Miami of Florida 8-0, came from behind to beat Duke 53-31 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #22 Louisville, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

5-4-4.  Indiana 9-0, blasted Michigan State 47-10 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Nebraska, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

14-12-5.  SMU 8-1, outclassed #8 Pittsburgh (Impressive Wins:  Beat #8 Pittsburgh and #22 Louisville, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses:  None)

13-9-6.  Ohio State 7-1, outlasted #9 Penn State 20-13 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #9 Penn State and #35 Iowa, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

7-7-7  Boise State 7-1, whipped San Diego State 56-17, (Impressive Wins:  Beat #10 Washington State & #26 UNLV, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

9-5-8.  Pittsburgh 7-1, was destroyed by #5 SMU (Impressive Wins:  Beat #26 Syracuse and #33 Cincinnati, Lost to #5 SMU, Bad Losses:  None)

3-3-9.  Penn State 7-1 was upset by #6 Ohio State 20-13 (Impressive Wins:  None,  Biggest Win:  Lost to #6 Ohio State, Bad Losses:  None)

10-10-10.  Washington State 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins:  None:  Biggest Win:  Beat Texas Tech, Lost to #7 Boise State, Bad Losses:  None)

12-11-11.  Georgia 7-1, outpointed Florida 34-20  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #14 Texas and #19 Clemson, Lost to #17 Alabama, Bad Losses:  None)

17-14-12.  Tennessee 7-1, got by Kentucky 28-18 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #17 Alabama, Lost to Arkansas, Bad Losses:  Arkansas)

19-16-13.  Army 8-0, grounded Air Force 20-3 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Temple, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

18-17-14.  Texas 7-1, was idle  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Oklahoma, Lost to #11 Georgia, Bad Losses:  None)

11-8-15.  Iowa State 7-1, lost to Texas Tech 23-22 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #35 Iowa, Losses:  Lost to Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  Texas Tech)

25-19-16.  Notre Dame 7-1, did not play this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #18 Texas A&M, #22 Louisville and #30 Navy, Lost to Northern Illinois, Bad Losses:  Lost to Northern Illinois)

32-21-17.  Alabama 6-2, did not play (Impressive Wins:  Beat #11 Georgia and #22 Missouri, Lost to #12 Tennessee and #29 South Carolina, Bad Losses:  None)

26-20-18.  Texas A&M 7-2, lost to #29 South Carolina 44-20 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #20 LSU and #22 Missouri, Lost to #16 Notre Dame and #29 South Carolina, Bad Losses:  None)

21-18-19.  Clemson 6-2, lost to #22 Louisville 33-21 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat North Carolina State, Lost to #11 Georgia and #22 Louisville, Bad Losses:  None)

22-24-20.  LSU 6-2, was idle  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #28 Mississippi and #29 South Carolina, Lost to #18 Texas A&M and USC Bad Losses:  Lost to USC)

29-26-21 Missouri 6-2, was idle (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Vanderbilt, Lost to #17 Alabama and #18 Texas A&M , Bad Losses:  None)

38-31-22.  Louisville 6-3, shocked #19 Clemson 33-21 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #19 Clemson, Lost to #5 Miami of Florida, #6 SMU, and #16 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

15-13-23.  Kansas State 7-2, was upset by Houston 24-19  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #24 Colorado and #32 Tulane, Lost to #2 BYU and Houston, Bad Losses:  Houston)

31-25-24 Colorado 6-2, did not play this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #33 Cincinnati, Lost to #23 Kansas State and Nebraska, Bad Losses:  Nebraska)

27-29-25.  Syracuse 6-2, survived against Virginia Tech 38-31 in overtime (Impressive Wins:  Beat #26 UNLV, Lost to #8 Pittsburgh and Stanford, Bad Losses:  Lost to Stanford)

Dropped Out of Top 25: 

Navy, Illinois, Memphis

Also Considered:

28-30-26.  UNLV 6-2, was idle this week  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:   Oregon State, Lost to #7 Boise State and #25 Syracuse, Bad Losses:  None)

19-35-32-27.  Arizona State 5-2, beat Oklahoma State 42-21 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Utah, Lost to #33 Cincinnati and Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  Texas Tech)

36-33-28.  Mississippi 7-2, beat Arkansas 63-31 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #34 South Carolina, Lost to #20 LSU and Kentucky, Bad Losses:  Kentucky)

37-34-29 South Carolina 5-3, whipped #19 Texas A&M 44-20 , (Impressive Wins:  #18 Texas A&M, Lost to #17 Alabama, #20 LSU, and #28 Mississippi, Bad Losses:  None)

4-22-30.  Navy 6-2, reeled in a 24-10 loss to Rice (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Memphis, Losses:  Lost to #16 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  Rice)

--------31 Louisiana (7-1) beat Texas State 23-17 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Wake Forest, Lost to #32 Tulane, Bad Losses:  None)

-----32 Tulane (7-2) beat Charlotte 34-3 Biggest Win:  North Texas, Lost to #23 Kansas State and Oklahoma, Bad Losses:  Oklahoma

30-35-33 Cincinnati 5-3, did not play (Impressive Wins:  Beat #27 Arizona State, Lost to #8 Pittsburgh, #24 Colorado and Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  Texas Tech)

8-15-34.  Illinois 6-3, lost to Minnesota 25-17 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Wins:   Beat Nebraska, Lost to #1 Oregon, #8 Penn State and Minnesota, Bad Losses:  Minnesota)

41-38-35.  Iowa 5-3, ripped Wisconsin 42-10  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Washington, Lost to #6 Ohio State, #15 Iowa State, and Michigan State, Bad Losses:  Michigan State)

Dropped from Consideration:

Arkansas, Duke, Memphis, Nebraska

Oregon Still Atop The Blue Through and Through Top 25

Oregon continues to roll with their third win over a Top 25 team, defeating #15 Illinois, and this one was more decisive than their wins over #7 Boise State and #9 Ohio State.  The Broncos collected their second impressive win with a road victory over #31 UNLV.  

Notre Dame and Texas A&M both own three impressive wins and Alabama two.  The Aggies are held back because they lost to Notre Dame and thus must be ranked behind them, and Notre Dame is going to be ranked low because of their horrible loss to Northern Illinois, which is going to do well to have a winning season.  

The Irish will not advance very far unless the teams ahead of them also suffer a loss similar to Notre Dame's loss to Northern Illinois, as is logical.  The teams ahead of the Irish have all beaten quality teams and/or have only lost to high-ranked teams.  As we've mentioned before, a bad loss is devastating and will hurt a team more than scoring an impressive win will help them.

Navy fell hard after losing to Notre Dame, which used the win to make their first appearance in the Top 25 this year.  Navy had to be ranked behind the Irish with the head-to-head loss and the same record, but Notre Dame has a low ceiling with their loss to Northern Illinois.  Memphis had to drop substantially as a result as they lost to Navy.  The ratings must be constantly be adjusted due to logic.

You will notice that Colorado debuts in the Top 25 after beating Cincinnati and is ahead of #27 Nebraska.  The Cornhuskers did defeat Colorado, but because they have three losses to Colorado's two are now ranked behind them.  The head-to-head matchup only breaks ties if the two teams have the same number of losses.

Missouri was able to advance despite a loss as several teams ranked ahead of them lost and the Tigers' two losses are to Top 25 teams, much more impressive than the losses suffered by the teams ranked below them.

1-1.  Oregon 8-0, ran way from  #15 Illinois 38-9 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #7 Boise State, #9 Ohio State and #15 Illinois, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None) 

2-2.  BYU 8-0, ripped UCF 37-18 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #12 SMU and #13 Kansas State, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

3-3.  Penn State 7-0 raced past Wisconsin 28-13 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #15 Illinois, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

5-4.  Indiana 8-0, took care of Washington 31-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #27 Nebraska, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

9-5.  Pittsburgh 7-0, blasted #29 Syracuse 41-13 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #29 Syracuse and #33 Cincinnati, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

6-6.  Miami of Florida 7-0, vs. Florida State (Impressive Wins:  Beat #31 Louisville, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

7-7.  Boise State 6-1, beat back #31 UNLV 29-24, (Impressive Wins:  Beat #10 Washington State & #31 UNLV, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

11-8.  Iowa State 6-0, was idle this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #38 Iowa, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

13-9.  Ohio State 6-1, squeaked by #27 Nebraska 21-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #27 Nebraska and #38 Iowa, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

10-10.  Washington State 6-1, survived San Diego State 29-26 (Impressive Wins:  None:  Biggest Win:  Beat Texas Tech, Lost to #7 Boise State, Bad Losses:  None)

12-11.  Georgia 6-1, did not play  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #17 Texas and #18 Clemson, Lost to #32 Alabama, Bad Losses:  None)

14-12.  SMU 7-1, survived #28 Duke 28-27 in overtime (Impressive Wins:  Beat #28 Duke and #31 Louisville, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses:  None)

15-13.  Kansas State 7-1,eeked out a 29-27 win over Kansas  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #25 Colorado, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses:  None)

17-14.  Tennessee 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins:  Beat #21 Alabama, Lost to #40 Arkansas, Bad Losses:  None)

8-15.  Illinois 6-2, lost to #1 Oregon 38-9 (Impressive Wins:   Beat #27 Nebraska and #36 Michigan, Lost to #1 Oregon and 3 Penn State, Bad Losses:  None)

19-16.  Army 7-0, was idle this week (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Temple, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

18-17.  Texas 7-1 turned back Vanderbilt 27-24 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Oklahoma, Lost to #11 Georgia, Bad Losses:  None)

21-18.  Clemson 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat North Carolina State, Lost to #11 Georgia, Bad Losses:  None)

25-19.  Notre Dame 7-1, whipped #22 Navy 51-14 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #20 Texas A&M, #22 Navy, and #31 Louisville, Lost to Northern Illinois, Bad Losses:  Lost to Northern Illinois)

26-20.  Texas A&M 7-1, took it to #24 LSU 38-23 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #24 LSU, #26 Missouri and #37 Arkansas, Lost to #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

32-21.  Alabama 6-2, blanked #26 Missouri 34-0 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #11 Georgia and #26 Missouri, Lost to #14 Tennessee and #34 South Carolina, Bad Losses:  None)

4-22.  Navy 6-1, fell to #19 Notre Dame 51-14 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #23 Memphis, Losses:  Lost to #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

16-23 Memphis 7-1, prevailed over Charlotte 33-28 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat North Texas), Lost to #22 Navy, Bad Losses:  None)

22-24.  LSU 6-2, lost to #20 Texas A&M 38-23  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #32 Mississippi, #34 South Carolina and #37 Arkansas, Lost to #20 Texas A&M and USC Bad Losses:  Lost to USC)

31-25 Colorado 6-2, downed #35  Cincinnati 34-23, (Impressive Wins:  Beat #35 Cincinnati, Lost to #13 Kansas State and #27 Nebraska, Bad Losses:  None)

Dropped Out of Top 25:  Liberty, Duke

Also Considered:

29-26 Missouri 6-2, lost to #21 Alabama 34-0 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Vanderbilt, Lost to #20 Texas A&M and #21 Alabama, Bad Losses:  None)

23-27.  Nebraska 5-3, lost to #9 Ohio State 21-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #25 Colorado, Lost to #4 Indiana, #8 Iowa State and #15 Illinois, Bad Losses:  None)

24-28.  Duke 5-2, lost a 28-27 heartbreaker to #12 SMU in overtime (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win: North Carolina, Lost to #12 SMU and Georgia Tech, Bad Losses:  Lost to Georgia Tech)

27-29.  Syracuse 5-2, lost to #5 Pittsburgh 41-13 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #30 UNLV, Lost to Stanford, Bad Losses:  Lost to Stanford)

28-30.  UNLV 6-2, lost to #7 Boise State 29-24  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:   Oregon State, Lost to #7 Boise State and #29 Syracuse, Bad Losses:  None)

38-31.  Louisville 5-3, came from behind to beat Boston College 31-27 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Virginia, Lost to #6 Miami of Florida, #12 SMU, and #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

35-32.  Arizona State 5-2, was idle (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Utah, Lost to #34 Cincinnati and Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  Texas Tech)

36-33.  Mississippi 6-2, downed Oklahoma 26-14 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #34 South Carolina, Lost to #24 LSU and Kentucky, Bad Losses:  Kentucky)

37-34 South Carolina 4-3, did not play , (Impressive Wins:  None, Lost to #21 Alabama, #24 LSU, and #33 Mississippi, Bad Losses:  None)

30-35 Cincinnati 5-3, lost to #25 Colorado 34-23, (Impressive Wins:  Beat #32 Arizona State, Lost to #5 Pittsburgh, #25 Colorado and Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  Texas Tech)

40-36.  Michigan 4-3, vs. Michigan State (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat USC, Lost To #15 Illinois, #17 Texas and Washington, Bad Losses:  Washington)

42-37.  Arkansas 5-3 blew away Mississippi State 58-25 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #14 Tennessee, Lost to #20 Texas A&M, #24 LSU, and Oklahoma State, Bad Losses:  Oklahoma State)

41-38.  Iowa 5-3, routed Northwestern 40-14  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Washington, Lost to #8 Iowa State, #9 Ohio State and Michigan State, Bad Losses:  Michigan State)

Dropped from Consideration:

Texas Tech, Liberty, Oklahoma, North Texas

Oregon Remains at the Top in Blue Through and Through Top 25

Many voters in the AP and Coaches polls were shocked, simply shocked, that Texas and Alabama lost, but readers of this blog would not be, because, through the use of logic, they knew that Texas was not #1 but ranked sixth, and even that turned out to be too high.  And they knew that Alabama was not ranked much higher than Tennessee (as they were in the "famous" polls), but below Tennessee.

Oregon and BYU continue to have the most impressive wins without a loss and remain at the top.  Georgia also has two very impressive wins but have a loss to a team that is way down at #32 (Alabama), which lost to #37 South Carolina and that loss (both for Georgia as well as Alabama) is far worse than others in their range.

Navy jumped all the way to #4 as their win over Memphis looks great after the Tigers knocked off North Texas.  The Mean Green had not been considered in the Top 25, but now it's two losses (to Memphis and Texas Tech) look better than other teams previously considered.  All games are interrelated and every result matters.

Even though Iowa State won, they fell hard because the one previously impressive win that was propping them up (Iowa) fell all the way to #41 after a loss, making the Cyclones' win over Iowa no longer as impressive.  A team can fall that far despite a win as teams on their schedule are analyzed each week.

For those seeing our Top 25 for the first time, teams are analyzed based on their respective schedules, looking specifically at their biggest wins and worst losses.  The worst losses are the most important--losing to an unranked team is the most devastating, as it should be.  The #1 consideration for teams with equal records is head-to-head play; if they didn't meet, the next factor is which has the worst loss or losses.  If those are fairly even, the next factor is the most impressive win, and finally if neither has an impressive win, they are ranked based on the quality of their biggest win.

Clemson is behind undefeated Army and Liberty because the Tigers don't have an impressive win yet, so an undefeated team is always going to be ranked ahead of a one-loss team unless that one-loss team has an impressive win and no bad losses.

The worst losses by teams being considered are to Baylor and Kentucky, and as a result, Texas Tech and Mississippi are two of the lowest-ranked teams with two losses.  The Red Raiders fell precipitously from #9 to #33 as a result.  Note that Texas Tech could not fall below North Texas nor Arizona State because they own wins over both and all three have two losses. 

As Stanford continues to lose, that makes Notre Dame's loss to Northern Illinois better than Syracuse's loss to Stanford, so the Fighting Irish debut in the Top 25.  Texas A &M, held back only because they lost to Notre Dame and therefore must be behind them, also advanced past Syracuse.

No teams fell from consideration--Arkansas was the closest but they do own a win over #17 Tennessee.

1-1.  Oregon 7-0, blanked Purdue 35-0  (Impressive Wins:  Beat #7 Boise State and #13 Ohio State, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None) 

2-2.  BYU 7-0, survived Oklahoma State 38-35 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #14 SMU and #15 Kansas State, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

3-3.  Penn State 6-0 was idle this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #9 Illinois, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

13-4.  Navy 6-0, rolled it up on Charlotte 51-17 (Impressive Wins:  #16 Memphis, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

5-5.  Indiana 7-0, clobbered #23 Nebraska 56-7 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #23 Nebraska, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

14-6.  Miami of Florida 7-0, held off #37 Louisville 52-45 (Impressive Wins:  #38 Louisville, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

7-7.  Boise State 5-1 was off this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #10 Washington State, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

12-8.  Illinois 6-1, knocked Off #40 Michigan 21-7 (Impressive Wins:   #23 Nebraska and #40 Michigan, Lost to #3 Penn State, Bad Losses:  None)

15-9.  Pittsburgh 6-0, did not play (Impressive Wins:  #30 Cincinnati, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

8-10.  Washington State 6-1, ripped Hawai'i 42-10 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #33 Texas Tech, Lost to #7 Boise State, Bad Losses:  None)

4-11.  Iowa State 6-0, outlasted UCF 38-35 (Impressive Wins:  #41 Iowa, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

23-12.  Georgia 6-1 beat #18 Texas 30-15 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #18 Texas and #20 Clemson, Lost to #32 Alabama, Bad Losses:  None)

10-13.  Ohio State 5-1, was off this week (Impressive Wins:  #41 Iowa, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses:  None)

11-14.  SMU 6-1 blasted Stanford 40-10 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #38 Louisville, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses:  None)

18-15.  Kansas State 6-1 blew away West Virginia 45-18 (Impressive Wins:  #31 Colorado, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses:  None)

---16 Memphis 5-1, toppled #34 North Texas 52-44 (Impressive Wins:  #34 North Texas), Lost to #4 Navy, Bad Losses:  None)

21-17.  Tennessee 6-1, defeated #32 Alabama 24-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #32 Alabama, Lost to #42 Arkansas, Bad Losses:  None)

6-18.  Texas 6-1 was upset by #12 Georgia 30-15 (Impressive Wins:  #38 Oklahoma, Lost to #12 Georgia, Bad Losses:  None)

17-19.  Army 7-0, held off East Carolina 45-28 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Temple, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

16-20.  Liberty 5-0, was off this week  (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Temple, Losses:  None, Bad Losses:  None)

24-21.  Clemson 6-1, rolled over Virginia 38-31 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat North Carolina State, Lost to #12 Georgia, Bad Losses:  None)

25-22.  LSU 6-1 beat #39 Arkansas 34-10 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #36 Mississippi, #37 South Carolina and #42 Arkansas, Lost to USC Bad Losses:  Lost to USC)

20-23.  Nebraska 5-2, lost to #5 Indiana 56-7 (Impressive Wins:  #31 Colorado, Lost to #5 Indiana and #8 Illinois, Bad Losses:  None)

27-24.  Duke 5-1, did not play (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win: North Carolina, Lost to Georgia Tech, Bad Losses:  Lost to Georgia Tech)

32-25.  Notre Dame 6-1, turned back Georgia Tech 31-13 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #26 Texas A&M and #38 Louisville, Lost to Northern Illinois, Bad Losses:  Lost to Northern Illinois)

Also Considered:

33-26.  Texas A&M 6-1, nudged Mississippi State 34-24 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #29 Missouri and #42 Arkansas, Lost to #25 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

28-27.  Syracuse 5-1, was idle this week (Impressive Wins:  Beat #28 UNLV, Lost to Stanford, Bad Losses:  Lost to Stanford)

31-28.  UNLV 6-1 upended Oregon State 33-25 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:   Oregon State, Lost to #27 Syracuse, Bad Losses:  None)

34-29 Missouri 6-1, nipped Auburn 21-17 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Vanderbilt, Lost to #26 Texas A&M, Bad Losses:  None)

---30 Cincinnati 5-2, downed #35 Arizona State 24-14, (Impressive Wins:  Beat #35 Arizona State, Lost to #9 Pittsburgh and #33 Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  None)

---31 Colorado 5-2, drubbed Arizona 34-7, (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Arizona, Lost to #15 Kansas State and #23 Nebraska, Bad Losses:  None)

22-32.  Alabama 5-2, fell to #17 Tennessee 24-17 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #12 Georgia, Lost to #17 Tennessee and #37 South Carolina, Bad Losses:  None)

9-33.  Texas Tech 5-2, lost to Baylor 59-35 (Impressive Wins:  #30 Cincinnati, #34 North Texas and #35 Arizona State, Lost to #10 Washington State and Baylor, Bad Losses:  Baylor)

---34.  North Texas 5-2, fell to #16 Memphis 52-44 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Tulsa, Lost to #16 Memphis and #33 Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  None)

19-35.  Arizona State 5-2, lost to #30 Cincinnati 24-14 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Utah, Lost to #30 Cincinnati and #33 Texas Tech, Bad Losses:  None)

37-36.  Mississippi 5-2, did not play (Impressive Wins:  Beat #37 South Carolina, Lost to #22 LSU and Kentucky, Bad Losses:  Kentucky)

---37 South Carolina 4-3 beat #39 Oklahoma 35-9, (Impressive Wins:  #39 Oklahoma, Lost to #22 LSU, #32 Alabama and #36 Mississippi, Bad Losses:  None)

35-38.  Louisville 4-3, lost to #6 Miami of Florida 52-45 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat Virginia, Lost to #6 Miami of Florida, #14 SMU, and #25 Notre Dame, Bad Losses:  None)

30-39.  Oklahoma 4-3, lost to #37 South Carolina 35-9 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Wins:   Houston and Auburn, Lost to #17 Tennessee, #18 Texas,  and #37 South Carolina, Bad Losses:  None)

38-40.  Michigan 4-3, Lost to #8 Illinois 21-7 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Beat USC, Lost To #8 Illinois, #18 Texas and Washington, Bad Losses:  Washington)

29-41.  Iowa 4-3 lost to Michigan State 32-20 (Impressive Wins:  None, Biggest Win:  Washington, Lost to #11 Iowa State, #13 Ohio State and Michigan State, Bad Losses:  Michigan State)

36-42.  Arkansas 4-3 lost to #22 LSU 34-10 (Impressive Wins:  Beat #17 Tennessee, Lost to #22 LSU, #28 Texas A&M and Oklahoma State, Bad Losses:  Oklahoma State)