3 Top 10 Teams Lost in Week 10
And 2 Others Have a Close Call
Stanford is a sneaky dangerous team. With Harbaugh coaching them now, the Cardinal have a solid football program now. They won't be contending for any national titles soon but they are and will remain competitive in the Pac 10. They showed this by winning a shootout against Oregon 51-42 last night.
Now that Oregon is longer the nation's top 1-loss team, who is? Georgia Tech? They needed to convert a 4th and 1 in overtime to stay alive in that game, which they eventually won 30-27. The Yellow Jackets opponent was a mediocre Wake Forest. Wake is now 4-6 but has lost 5 of those games by a total of 13 points. The Demon Deacons could easily be 8-2 or 9-1 and in control of the Atlantic division of the ACC.
Cincinnati nearly lost after having a 20 point lead against Connecticut. But they likely will move up to #4 in the polls thanks to the upset of Iowa. The other top 10 team to lose was LSU, who had a 15-10 lead over Alabama in the 3rd quarter but couldn't stop Ingram and Julio Jones in the second half.
In the AP Top 25, Florida, Texas, and Alabama are still in the top 3 spots. TCU jumped up to #4, followed by Cincinnati and Boise State. At #7, king of the one-loss teams is Georgia Tech, way ahead of #8 Pittsburgh. Ohio State and LSU round out the top 10. Later today we'll see how the BCS computers and my computer rank the teams.
TCU Moves up to #4 in AP Poll, ESPN.com
Northwestern Shocks 4 Iowa in Iowa City, ESPN.com
Published by Andre Asbury
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2 Comments
Post a CommentIt's hard to call a 4-6 team anything better than mediocre regardless of how close they're played everyone, but the fact that they have led late in the game against some undoubtedly good teams (mainly GT and Miami) show that they are still a solid club.
"The Yellow Jackets opponent was a mediocre Wake Forest. Wake is now 4-6 but has lost 5 of those games by a total of 13 points. The Demon Deacons could easily be 8-2 or 9-1 and in control of the Atlantic division of the ACC."
So wait.. let me get this straight. Tech won against a "Mediocre" team. And then in the next sentence that same "mediocre" team has barely missed a 8-2, 9-1 season to be in control of the ACC? Make up your mind.