College Football 11/4

Another great weekend of college football, I was 7-2 in my predictions. Florida State is the real deal, I think they'll play Alabama in the title game and they could beat them, I hope they do!

The Iowa Hawkeyes had a tough game against Wisconsin. They started strong, picking off the Badgers on the third play of the game, but couldn't get anything done. The Hawkeye defense didn't allow a first down in the first quarter and Wisconsin only had 47 yards until their first td drive. Wisconsin led 7-6 at halftime, but Iowa outplayed them, they just couldn't punch the ball in the end zone. The second half was even worse for the offense and the defense got worn down in a 28-9 loss. QB Jake Rudock was knocked out of the game after a costly interception, and backup C.J. Beathard couldn't provide much of a spark going 4 of 15. He's got a cannon arm, but has a lot of work to do. The Hawkeyes offense will need to get something going to close out the season, luckily they play Purdue next. Jordan Canzeri had a huge run, but the Hawkeyes once again failed to score a touchdown. Coach Ferentz did go for a couple of fourth downs in the game, which was a shock. The loss is solely blamed on the offense in this one. The defense played a great game, just ran out of gas late.

Iowa's three conference losses have been against the three best teams in the conference: Ohio State by 10, Michigan State by 12 and Wisconsin by 19. At 5-4, they close out at Purdue, vs Michigan and at Nebraska. I think they'll beat Purdue and either Michigan or Nebraska.

Rankings
1-Alabama
2-Florida State
3-Oregon
4-Ohio State
5-Baylor
6-Stanford
7-Clemson
8-Fresno State
9-Louisville
10-Auburn
11-Miami
12-South Carolina
13-Oklahoma
14-Northern Illinois
15-Oklahoma State
16-Wisconsin
17-Missouri
18-Texas A&M
19-LSU
20-Michigan State
21-UCF
22-Arizona State
23-BYU
24-Texas
25-Texas Tech

I am 75-31 on predictions so far, here are the games this week.
Oklahoma at Baylor: Baylor is rolling and they had a bye week. At home against Oklahoma could be a good one, but they'll pull it off. Baylor 45 Oklahoma 27

Oregon at Stanford: Huge game here, one of the best of the season. Stanford 34 Oregon 31

LSU at Alabama: Alabama 38 LSU 21

Notre Dame at Pittsburgh: I'm still not sold on Notre Dame and Pittsburgh has been up and down. Pittsburgh 24 Notre Dame 21

Texas at West Virginia: Texas is undefeated in conference and West Virginia isn't the best team in the Big 12. I think WV keeps it close. Texas 31 West Virginia 28

Nebraska at Michigan: Nebraska had a huge hail-mary to beat Northwestern and Michigan got smoked by Michigan State. Michigan 31 Nebraska 24

UCLA at Arizona: Both teams are still in the race for the division title. I'll go with Arizona at home. Arizona 31 UCLA 24

BYU at Wisconsin: BYU is a good team coming off a bye week. Wisconsin beat Iowa, but looked sluggish on offense. Borland should be back on defense. Wisconsin 31 BYU 21

Houston at UCF: UCF 45 Houston 31 should be a lot of points.

Iowa at Purdue: Iowa should be able to bounce back and beat Purdue, Purdue is awful. Iowa 31 Purdue 14

Air Force at New Mexico: If you like running, this will be a game to watch! I'll be in Colorado Springs, and won't get a chance to check it out. Would love to see this game, Brian Urlacher's number is being retired. New Mexico 45 Air Force 42

Fresno State at Wyoming: Earlier in the year I predicted Wyoming would be the one to knock off Fresno, I've changed my tune. Fresno State 45 Wyoming 28

Heisman Race
1-Marcus Mariota QB Oregon
2,281-20-0 511-9

2-Jameis Winston QB Florida State
2,502-24-6

3-Bryce Petty QB Baylor
2,453-18-1

4-Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M
2,867-26-8 564-8

5-Teddy Bridgewater QB Louisville
2,557-23-2

6-Jordan Lynch QB Northern Illinois
1,871-19-5 1,150-12

7-Derek Carr QB Fresno State
3,061-28-4

8-Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin
124-1,074-11

9-Sean Mannion QB Oregon State
3,540-31-6

10-Tajh Boyd QB Clemson
2,620-20-6