Well we are certainly getting down to the nitty gritty, last week saw the Aggies stumble and likely seal their fate with regards to the Playoffs. But we still have more teams in the mix than the undefeated top 4, you'd have to say that there are 6 with genuine chances adding both Louisville and Ohio State to that mix. Here are some of this weeks games. Thurs Night UNC at Duke ...mostly a battle for bowl position UNC is ranked and Duke is on a 3 game losing streak. Make that 4 Utah at ASU ...Utes still somewhat in control of their destiny in the Pac12 South, Colorado is current leader but plays the Utes in the last game. Utes have to win and ASU isn't very good so they will probably win. If they beat Col later they'll own the tie breakers with both USC and Col if all finish with 2 losses. Friday BC at FSU.....no chance for BC, this is mostly again about bowl position. FSU can't make it to the ACC champ game. Sat A lot of good games this week that have importance Baylor at OU ...OU is undefeated in the B12, Baylor was just hammered by TCU. I think the wheels have come off for Baylor. OU might score 60 points on the Bears. Miss State at Alabama...Tide just off a big physical and no doubt exhausting win vs LSU. MSU just off an huge upset of A&M. But that magic won't translate to a win at Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide. So Car at Fla ...the return of Will Muschamp to the Swamp. So.Car isn't very good, but then the Gators seem to have no offense. But they do have a good defense in spite of the points given up to Ark. Back at home they'll probably win a low scoring game with a pick six or a scoop and score. Kentucky at Tenn....Vols got healthy vs Tenn Tech, but Kentucky seems to be a decent team. Lost a close one to UGA. Still I think the Vols win this one, just a more talented team than Kentucky. WVU at Texas...a huge game for both teams. For Texas a win here probably saves Charlie's job and I do think Charlie has the love of this team and they want to win for him. WVU on the other hand needs to win to keep in the race for the B12 Championship and a shot at a New Years Six game. D'Onta Foreman is the difference in this upset for the Longhorns. Penn State at IU...For Penn State another big game, not because IU is some opponent to fear but to keep their MO going for a strong finish and a shot at a New Years 6 bowl. IU important again just to get the win and improve their bowl position. PSU in this one, they smell it. Auburn at UGA ... a big game esp for Auburn, after a slow start they have hit their stride and they have a date with Alabama which can be the SEC game of the year. if they get by the Dawgs and their DivIII opponent next week. Auburn. Army at Notre Dame in San Antonio....see the Army/ND topic. Pitt at Clemson...Clemson just needs to keep rolling along, Pitt is not a pot hole in that road. Ohio State at Maryland...Michigan destroyed the Terps, so will Ohio State. Ole Miss at Texas A&M...devestating losses at QB for both schools. Have no clue how this will play out. Aggies have more talent and depth I think esp on defense, so maybe a low scoring A&M win. USC at Wash ...huge game for both teams. USC needs to keep wining if they want to have a shot at the Pac12 title game. Wash has to keep winning to 1) set up the showdown in Pullman 2) maintain their slot in the playoffs. At Washington I like the Huskies, but won't be surprised if the Trojans pull the upset. Mich at Iowa...first road game for the Wolverines vs a team with a winning record. No matter, Hawkeyes are just another feed lot for Harbaugh and his team. Colorado at Az ... The surprising Buffs in the drivers seat for the Pac12 south and the comback team of the year. McIntyre maybe coach of the year. But they have to keep wining, and Zona coming off a 6 game losing streak including being mudstomped by Kes' Cougars. Make it 7 in a row. CAL at Wash State.. Bears gave up 66 points to the Huskies, might give up 70 to the Cougars. That's all folks!
As we all know you have to win November games if you want to be in the CFP. Buckeyes were stung badly in Happy Valley by PSU. We came back with a terrific game against Nebraska at home. Now we travel to Maryland for a 3:30 encounter with the Terapins. I do not think we will score 63 points in this game. Michigan had very little trouble in taking down Maryland a couple weeks past. Trick now is just to keep winning and hopefully someone might upset the Wolverines, but I am not counting on that. Looks like a head on collision in Columbus on the 26th of November for all the marbles, or at least a tie for the East Division.
I see that in today's paper that Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is considering taking off the redshirt of freshman Shea Patterson. Patterson was the top rated HS QB in this years freshman QB. They only have 3 games left but need to win 2 out of them to be bowl eligible. Speaking of Bowl eligible, I wonder if any 5-7 teams will play in bowls, they did last year because there weren't enough teams to fill all the slots. Interestingly they all won their bowls. Don I'll be shocked if the Buckeyes don't put up a ton of points on Maryland.
T - the 5-7 teams were probably all from P5 conferences. Which means they probably went against G5 conference representatives that were in the middle of their conference. It's not that surprising that a P5 team that ended up 7 out of 10 (or 10 out of 14) would be better than a G5 team that ended up 4 out of 10. In order to get to 5 wins, those P5 teams probably got 3 or 4 wins against G5 (or FCS) teams.
I wrote this out Tuesday, awaiting T's post so I could respond. I'll include WMU even though it's already been played because it was already written out. #14 WMU @ Kent St. At first glance, WMU shouldn’t have much trouble with 3-6 Kent St. However, digging down into their schedule, their only two big losses were to PSU and Bama. They’ve lost by 3 to NCAT, 4 to Akron, 4 to Miami (OH), and 4 to Ohio. They’re not a very good team, but they don’t lose in blowouts against similar competition. This will be a good eyeball test for WMU, who closes out the year with Toledo, who is only one game behind them. They’ve pretty much blown out everyone in their conference, which they will continue to need to do if they hope to maintain any hope (realistically, there is none) or (more realistically) the G5 representative in a New Year’s Bowl. At -22.5 I’m going to take the points ATS but go with WMU SU. Thurs Night #15 UNC @ Duke UNC shouldn’t have any problems with really-bad Duke to maintain a tie atop their division with VT. Since VT owns the head-to-head win, UNC needs VT to lose one of their last two games. #13 UU @ ASU UU controls what happens in the P12S, with a win already against USC and the game against currently-leading CU coming to close the season. However, they will need to keep pace with CU in order to keep that chance since they’re already one down in the loss column. ASU is going to present some interesting problems for UU. ASU brings a ton of pressure, even though they have blitzed less this year than they have in recent memory. UU’s QB is not very good, and putting the game on his shoulders will usually disappoint. UU’s RB Williams is very good, but against uw they didn’t use him enough early, when it would have really helped the QB settle in. Williams had some good runs late to keep Utah in it, but too many mistakes cost the Utes. This week will be the same story if they can’t keep ASU off balance. ASU is out of the P12S race, but is stuck at five wins on the season. Their last three were losses to CU, WSU, and non-physical UO. ASU picked up 11 new injuries last weekend, with three of them probable (including QB Wilkins) and the rest remaining a “?”. Utah picked up 6 new injuries, with two of them probable and the rest a “?”. I’m leaning toward an ASU upset Thursday, but with the injuries I'll take UU close. Friday BC @ #20 FSU FSU is mathematically eliminated from the division race and has looked extremely vulnerable in close wins (easily could have been losses) against Miami, WF and NCSU. However, I don’t see any scenario in which BC makes it close at FSU. Sat #25 BU @ #9 OU BU still has a slim hope at the conference championship after two big losses in a row, but would require a lot of help, and this game is a must-win to continue that glimmer. They have not looked good in games against tu and TCU, and OU is better than either of those. So far, BU’s only respectable win has been against OkSU, with their other victims being against NW St., SMU, Rice, ISU, KU. OU has played a tougher schedule, but really doesn’t have any good wins, either (ULM, TCU, tu, KSU, TT, KU, ISU). They did, however, win close against the two teams that beat BU. OU’s season comes down to this final three game stretch as well, against BU, WV, and OkSU. If they can win out, they take the B12 championship. If they stumble to any of them, the doors open and tie-breakers start coming into effect. Since this is in Norman, I think the Sooners take down the Bears for the third straight loss to go from undefeated to out of the woeful B12 race. MsSU @ #1 Bama Watch for both MsSU and Bama to have letdown games after their huge wins last weekend. Bama by only three TDs and Nick gets #201 (in his 262nd game). SCAR @ #22 UF After running a few more scenarios, I found that SCAR still has a path to the SECE. It entails UF to lose out (SCAR, LSU), UK to lose out (Tenn), UGA to win out (Auburn), SCAR to win out (UF), Tenn (beat UK and Mizzou but lose to Vandy), and Vandy to win out (Tenn, Mizzou, Miss) which would put them all with 4-4 conference records. In that event, SCAR wins in the head-to-head tie-breakers. UF on the other hand, controls the destiny of the SECE. A win here knocks out everyone but Tenn. UF has looked pretty good against everyone but Ark and Tenn. SCAR hasn’t looked very good against anyone except Tenn. Add to that this game is in the Swamp, and I’ll take UF big. UK @ Tenn Both UK and Tenn have a path involving help from UF to win the SECE. UK needs to beat Tenn and UF to lose out (SCAR, LSU). Tenn needs to beat UK and then needs UF to lose one game more than Tenn loses the rest of the way (UK, Mizzou, Vandy). UK currently has the only win by an SECE team over the SECW (MsSU), but other than that, really doesn’t have any good wins (NMSU, SCAR, Vandy, Mizzou). Tenn started out strong (with huge comebacks, never really controlling any games until late) but then the injury bug took its toll, with straight losses to A&M, Bama, and SCAR. I think Tenn, even with all the injuries, is still a more talented team. What concerns me is if the locker room is right. This is in Tenn, which usually helps settles things down, so I’ll still go with Tenn for the win, but I'm not real keen on it. ISU @ KU LOL Okay, this isn't on your board, T, but I read somewhere that KU had lost 40 straight conference games…? ISU, as usual, isn’t very good. But, they’ve been playing the mid-level B12 teams closer than usual. Part of this is because the rest of the B12 isn’t very good, but part of it is because ISU isn’t as deplorable asnormal. ISU should continue KU’s streak. #11 WV @ tu WV is one game back of OU but has a chance to avenge that next week. They are even with OkSU but have that loss to them two weeks ago. WV still has a viable path to the B12 championship by beating OU and OU beating OkSU. At this point, tu is playing spoiler. I’m not a believer in this Longhorns team and still think that WV plays the best defense in the B12. Last week, tu had problems putting away TT and again gave up way too many point. But, last week they were in Lubbock, and I just noticed that every single loss this year has been on the road (@ Cal, @ OkSU, @ Cotton Bowl vs. OU, @ KSU). And they are undefeated at home (ND, UTEP, ISU, BU). Now, they haven’t really played anyone at home of note besides BU, but since this one is in Austin, even though WV is the better team, tu probably pulls it off. This is such a coin flip for me that it wouldn’t surprise me if WV kills them, either. If tu wins, per the line, it won't be an upset (the Longhorns are -2). #12 PSU @ IU With their surprising win over OSU, PSU still has a chance at the division. They of course need some help, but there’s a chance. I don’t know what to believe with PSU. They beat over-matched teams by a lot in most cases, and they have two notable wins in OSU and B10W-leading Minn (tied at the top with Wisc and NU) . And they barely lost to Pitt at the beginning of the year. Even though they were housed by UM, I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t really a T15 team. IU is not a very good team, but until UM wins this weekend, they are still hanging in for the B10E as well. They’ve lost to WF, OSU, NU, and NW. That last one does it for me. IU is going to have to wait another week to become bowl eligible because PSU continues their self-healing ways with a win. Miami @ UVA UVA played Louisville very close but is not going to become bowl eligible this year. Miami got a huge win over Pitt last week. They cannot win their division, but they can, and do, become bowl eligible with another big win. This wasn't on your list, T, but for Ralph's sake I wanted to give him some laudits! #8 AU @ UGA Auburn is 7-2, #2 in the SECW, and in the hunt for the division. UGA is 5-4, #3 in the SECE, and out of the hunt for the SECE. SECW is 9-1 against the SECE so far, with four remaining. Auburn should continue the trends. Army @ ND I expect ND to win handily here. Pitt @ #3 Clemson Clemson will clinch the ACCA with a big win. Ill @ #7 Wisc Wisc, as I keep saying, has a really good defense. Ill may not score a point. But does 26.5 points seems a bit high to anyone else for a Wisc offense? Wisc continues to control their own way to the division by winning again, but I doubt they beat the spread. #6 OSU @ UMD OSU rose to the occasion after a few less-than-stellar performances. I expect Maryland to not put up much of a fight. TT @ #17 OkSU Four B12 games this weekend, and three of them start at 1100. I guess that's a pretty good indicator of the interest in B12 football. OkSU needs to keep pace with OU if they want Bedlam to matter. TT almost pulled it out against a toothless tu defense, but I’ll go with the home favorite here. Stan @ UO The Ducks need to win out (Stan, UU, OrSU) to even go bowling. Stanford can still get to 9 wins. UO has no defense. Stanford had no offense, until last weekend. UO has a pretty good offense with Herbert at the reins. Stanford has a pretty good defense. I’ll go with pretty good defense here and if it’s close, it’s only because Stanford’s offense got lost again. #19 LSU @ Ark Ark has conference wins against Ole Miss and UF. LSU has conference wins against MsSU, Mizzou, and Ole Miss. LSU might have more talent, but I’m guessing they won’t have as much energy as Arkansas in this one. I’m going with a mighty dog upset here. Minn @ #21 NU Minn still controls their own destiny in the B10W since they yet play both of the teams (NU and Wisc) sitting atop the division with them. Minnesota’s worst loss was against a decent Iowa team by 7. Their worst win was against Rutgers by 2. Nebraska needs help, even if they beat Minn. Their worst loss was annihilation to OSU last weekend. Their worst win was by 5 over IU. At this time, it appears Tommy Armstrong will be in concussion protocol (“?”) so I’ll go with Minnesota for Nebraska’s third straight loss. If Tommy plays I'm calling it a toss-up. Ole Miss @ #10 A&M A&M has lost Knight for the season. They had an indescribably bad loss to MsSU last weekend. Ole Miss has lost Kelly for the season. They had a loss to Auburn two weeknds ago and an unimpressive win against Georgia Southern last weekend. I’m going to be a homer and go with the Aggies here. USC @ #4 uw USC is still in the running for the P12S after beating CU and losing to UU. They need UU to beat CU at the end of the season and UU to lose to either ASU or UO. USC has come on strong since changing over to Darnold. As always, they have plenty of talent, but haven’t really been able to put it together since Pete left. The Huskies will be playing at home. Everyone is saying the home team will win. If it weren’t for being played in Seattle, I’d take the Trojans here. However, the Huskies probably pull out a close one, but USC definitely has a shot. #2 UM @ Iowa UM continues on their march to the showdown. OrSU @ UCLA This is a P12N vs. P12S matchup. The P12N is 10-7 against the P12S with 7 remaining. OrSU is 0-2 with UCLA and UA remaining. UCLA is 0-2 with OrSU and Cal remaining. OrSU has been showing some fight of late, only upsetting Cal so far. UCLA has been a disappointment, with their only win against flailing UA, but they are still kinda douchey. UCLA needs to win out to become bowl eligible (also has USC). Unfortunately, I think UCLA takes this one. #16 CU @ UA Colorado continues to impress and will close out conference play against WSU and UU. They should have no problem with UA, leaving them on a path for the P12S against UU, even if they lose to WSU. Cal @ #23 WSU WSU is on a seven-game win streak, starting 6-0 in conference play. WSU has never started 7-0 in conference. WSU is 12-3 since the beginning of last season in the conference, which is best in the conference (tied with Stanford at 12-3, ahead of USC at 11-5, uw and UU at 10-5). The last time WSU had an eight-game win streak was in 1930, when they had a school-best nine game win streak. Cal has lost two games in a row for the first time this year. Cal needs two more wins (WSU, Stanford, and UCLA) to be bowl eligible this year. National Rankings for WSU/Cal Scoring Margin: #10 (+18.33/game) / #94 (-4.78/game) Turnover Margin: #8 (+1.00/game) / #52 (+0.11/game) 3rd down conv. %: #11 (48.83%) / #65 (39.49%) Opponent’s 3rd down %: #50 (37.40%) / #111 (46.73%) Redzone TD %: #9 (74.43%) / #75 (60.14%) Last year, WSU owned the game on offense and defense, but special forces turned the ball over infinite times and played piss poor to earn the loss. This year, WSU appears to have learned a killer instinct and should dominate another lesser opponent.
Don...I don't think we want the Wolverines to go down... If we beat them undefeated then (I think) we win a three way tie with PSU (over Michigan because of head to head and over PSU because of overall record)... But if we hand UM their second loss and end up in a two way B10 tie with PSU we lose the head to head and don't go to the championship game. Could be wrong, but I think that's how it works. We need to be big UM fans right now. 8)
Kes...great job! Maybe you should be doing this! Stu I would agree, undefeated UM coming to Columbus is what you guys want...for all the reasons you mention plus ending the UM unbeaten season would no doubt be extra sweet for Buckeye fans.
Thanks, T. It's nice to have something to respond to. Plus, I don't always have time to really go through the games before the weekend.
He did a nice job on all of it, except the Ark/L$U game. The fighting Orgerons are going to lay a beating on the Hogs...
Here's a great article about Alex Grinch, the WSU DC. I don't like that he's starting to turn heads because that rarely turns out well for WSU's future. http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/106085/rising-star-alex-grinch-has-cougars-defense-playing-takeaway
Stu, I missed your post yesterday. Agree there are some serious variables out there. I hope Michigan is undefeated for the last game. That is going to be a very difficult game in my opinion.
Well a couple of big upsets today, with Georgia beating Auburn who a lot of people including me saw as a team on the rise who had an outside shot at the CFP if they could beat Alabama. Now they have no shot. Also Va.Tech was destroyed by Ga.Tech, Va Tech was in control and having a great 1st year for the new coach Justin Fuente. They seemed like a lock for the ACC Champ game. Also while Clemson is going to win, Pitt has given them fits all day.
Both Texas and Clemson out gained their opponents by a lot and lost! Washington looking like another upset, USC is carving them up. A&M's new QB looking very good and in control vs Ole Miss.
Wake Forrest leading Louisville 12 - 3 early in the 3rd qtr, I don't think that will hold but if it did this would be chaos weekend.
Damn, Iowa's offensive and defensive lines whipped our ass. Things are now crazy re the playoffs. Certainly is possible that either Louisville or OSU might not play in a conference championship game yet make the playoffs.
#14 WMU @ Kent St. WMU wins by 16 to keep their slim CFP hopes alive. Well, not really, but they won. +1 #15 UNC @ Duke UNC had problems with Duke. Lucky for them, VT had serious problems with GT. UNC needs to beat NCSU in two weeks and hope VT loses to UVA to win the ACCC. -1 #13 UU @ ASU ASU came out giving UU fits. UU wore them down late and took over in the fourth quarter. The easiest path for them is to beat UO and CU to close the season, but they do have a path if they lose to the Ducks. +.5/-.5 BC @ #20 FSU FSU didn’t allow BC to keep it close. BC now needs to close out the season beating UConn and WF to become bowl eligible. +1 #25 BU @ #9 OU OU stomps BU to remove BU’s hopes at the B12 conference. OU’s still controls their own destiny with big games coming up against WV and OkSU. OU has a 1 game lead in the loss column, but their easiest path is to beat both. +1 MsSU @ #1 Bama MsSU now needs to close out the season beating Ark and Miss to become bowl eligible. Bama, coupled with a loss by Auburn, clinches the SECW. +.5/-.5 SCAR @ #22 UF The SECE will now come down to either UF or Tenn. If UF beats LSU on 11/19, they win the division. If they lose, they would need Tenn to lose to either Mizzou or Vandy for the privilege of going up against Bama. SCAR needs one more win against WCU or Clemson to become bowl eligible. +1 UK @ Tenn Tenn controlled the game early and held on late to keep their divisional championship alive. They still need UF to lose to LSU, as well as win out against Mizzou and Vandy, but they are still alive. UK still needs a win against Austin-Peay or Louisville to become bowl eligible. +1 ISU @ KU ISU got another win. KU continued their streak. +1 #11 WV @ tu WV kept pace with OkSU and OU in the conference. WV needs some help, but they get OU next week. They must beat OU. tu must beat either KU or TCU to become bowl eligible. -1 #12 PSU @ IU PSU keeps their hopes alive for the B10E, especially with UM going down to Iowa. PSU still needs some help from OSU, but if they win out against Rutgers and MSU, they have a shot. IU needs to beat either UM or Purdue to become bowl eligible. +1 Miami @ UVA Miami has a good win against UVA to become bowl eligible, congrats Ralph! +1 #8 AU @ UGA Well, that was unexpected. Auburn blows their hope for the SECW championship before even going up against Bama. And UGA becomes bowl eligible in a rare SECE win over an SECW team. -1 Army @ ND ND won handily here. They can still become bowl eligible, but would need to VT and USC to close out the season. Good luck. +1 Pitt @ #3 Clemson Well, that was unexpected. The ACCA now comes down to Clemson vs. WF next weekend. If Clemson wins, they win the division. If they lose, Louisville does. Pitt becomes bowl eligible with the huge upset win. -1 Ill @ #7 Wisc Wisc’s defense did the job, again. Wisc’s offense also did some work! They still control their own destiny in the division, and with help, could still win even if they lose to Purdue next weekend. However, the easiest path is for them to beat Purdue and Minnesota the next two weekends. Illinois, with the loss, cannot become bowl eligible. +.5/-.5 #6 OSU @ UMD OSU wins big, continuing to keep the showdown with UM alive at the end of the season. However, OSU needs PSU to lose to either Rutgers or MSU to win the division, even if they do beat UM. UMD needs to beat either NU or Rutgers to become bowl eligible. +1 TT @ #17 OkSU In this defenseless battle, OkSU won a close, high scoring affair. OkSU can still win the B12 by beating OU to close out the season. TT now must close out the season with wins against ISU and BU to become bowl eligible. +1 Stan @ UO Stanford continues on recovering a disappointing season, and can go 9-3 if they beat Cal and Rice. UO, with the loss, cannot become bowl eligible. +1 #19 LSU @ Ark My mighty dog was a failure. LSU becomes bowl eligible with the win. Ark loses another one big. -1 Minn @ #21 NU NU gets the win to keep pace with Wisc in case Wisc drops one. Minn still has a path to win the division, but they’ll need a lot of help. -1 Ole Miss @ #10 A&M Ugh. -1 USC @ #4 uw USC keeps pace in the P12S with UU with this upset. USC still needs help, but does have a path if they beat UCLA next weekend. In the P12N, uw still controls their own destiny. Depending on what happens between WSU/CU, they may need to beat ASU if they want the Apple Cup to decide the division. -1 #2 UM @ Iowa Well, that was unexpected. Now, if they don’t want to depend on help with upsets, UM must now beat OSU. Iowa continues to have a path to win the B10W, and becomes bowl eligible with this win. -1 OrSU @ UCLA UCLA maintains the hope of becoming bowl eligible. They will need to beat USC and Cal to close the season to do so. +1 #16 CU @ UA CU continues to lead the P12S with an easy win against UA. They are ahead by one game in the loss column over UU and USC so can lose to out-of-division WSU next weekend and still have a path to the P12S. +1 Cal @ #23 WSU Big win for WSU on a day that saw their rival go down to USC. WSU is now in sole possession of the P12N. The Apple Cup decides the division if both win next weekend. If uw loses to ASU and WSU beats CU, WSU wins the P12N. If WSU loses to CU and uw beats ASU, it still comes down to the Apple Cup. +1 +16.5/-10.5
8 ranked teams go down, 6 of which were upsets to UR teams (ranking is CFP/AP): - #2/#3 Clemson goes down (to UR/UR 6-4 Pitt) for their 1st loss - #3/#2 UM goes down (to UR/UR 6-4 Iowa) for their 1st loss - #4/#4 uw goes down (to #20/UR 7-3 USC) for their 1st loss - #8/#10 A&M goes down (to UR/UR 5-5 Miss) for their 3rd loss - #9/#8 Auburn goes down (to UR/UR 6-4 UGA) for their 3rd loss - #14/#18 VT goes down (to UR/UR 6-4 GT) for their 3rd loss - #17/#15 UNC goes down (to UR/UR 4-6 Duke) for their 3rd loss - #25/UR Ark goes down (to #24/#19 6-3 LSU) for their 4th loss 3 ranked teams win by a TD or less to UR teams: - #13/#17 OkSU wins by 1 (over UR/UR 4-6 TT) - #16/#11 WV wins by 4 (over UR/UR 5-5 tu) - #19/#21 NU wins by 7 (over UR/UR 7-3 Minn) Two unbeatens remain: WMU (10-0) Bama (10-0) Nine 1-loss teams remain: Clemson (9-1) Louisville (9-1) WV (8-1) UM (9-1) OSU (9-1) BSU (9-1) may meet SDSU (9-1) in the MWCCG uw (9-1) Troy (8-1) Teams that still have a path to represent their division in their CG (or win the B12): ACCA - Clemson, Louisville ACCC - VT, UNC B12 - OU, OkSU, WV B10E - UM, OSU, PSU B10W - NU, Minn, Wisc, Iowa, NW P12N - WSU, UW P12S - CU, UU, USC SECE - UF, Tenn SECW - Bama ACC has 9 bowl eligible teams (for 9 contracted slots, plus 2 additional conditional slots). 1 cannot become bowl eligible. B12 has 4 bowl eligible teams (for 7 contracted slots, plus 1 additional conditional slot). 2 cannot become bowl eligible. B10 has 7 bowl eligible teams (for 9 contracted slots). 4 cannot become bowl eligible. P12 has 6 bowl eligible teams (for 7 contracted slots). 3 cannot become bowl eligible. SEC has 8 bowl eligible teams (for 10 contracted slots). 1 cannot become bowl eligible. P12N is 10-9 against the P12S with 5 remaining: - WSU: 3-0 (beat UCLA, ASU, UA) with 1 remaining (CU) - uw: 2-1 (beat UA, UU and lost to USC) with 1 remaining (ASU) - Stan: 3-1 (beat USC, UCLA, UA and lost to CU) - Cal: 1-2 (beat UU and lost to ASU, USC) with 1 remaining (UCLA) - UO: 1-2 (beat ASU and lost to CU, USC) with 1 remaining (UU) - OrSU: 0-3 (lost to CU, UU, UCLA) with 1 remaining (UA) SECW is 9-2 against the SECE with 3 remaining: - Bama: 2-0 (beat UK, Tenn) - Auburn: 1-1 (beat Vandy and lost to UGA) - A&M: 2-0 (beat SCAR, Tenn) - LSU: 1-0 (beat Mizzou) with 1 remaining (UF) - Ark: 1-0 (beat UF) with 1 remaining (Mizzou) - MsSU: 1-1 (beat SCAR and lost to UK) - Miss: 1-0 (beat UGA) with 1 remaining (Vandy)