Tuesday, October 14, 2014

New Top 25 and Predictions 10/13

Another week of college football in the books and it featured some excited games. I caught the end of the Baylor-TCU game, Baylor was down 21 and stormed back for an amazing win!

Top 25
1-Baylor sitting on top of the Big 12 with the win over TCU
2-Ole Miss knocked off A&M with ease
3-Mississippi State handled Auburn
4-Notre Dame survived a scare with North Carolina
5-Florida State had no problem with Syracuse
6-Michigan State needed a late pick six to knock off Purdue
7-Auburn suffered their first loss of the year
8-Georgia looked sharp against Mizzou without Gurley
9-Oklahoma struggled with Texas but won
10-Oregon crushed UCLA
11-Ohio State drilled Maryland
12-Alabama barely beat Arkansas
13-TCU defense fell apart late against Baylor
14-Arizona State had the week off
15-Oklahoma State struggled with Kansas
16-Arizona missed a potential game-winning field goal losing to USC
17-Stanford had no trouble with Wash St
18-East Carolina pretty easy win
19-Utah enjoyed a week off
20-Kansas State had a week off to gear up for this week
21-Nebraska was off
22-Duke knocked off Ga Tech to gain the top spot in their division
23-USC pulled off a win against Arizona
24-Marshall still undefeated
25-Texas A&M suffered their second straight loss

PREDICTIONS
Last week I went 7-3, which puts me at 43-25 for the year. Here are some big games for this week.

UTAH AT OREGON STATE: With a win, Oregon State could be considered for a top 25 spot and still has a shot to claim the division title. Utah has been a nice surprise this year.
Oregon State 42 Utah 38

KANSAS STATE AT OKLAHOMA: Well, Oklahoma lost to TCU and then struggled against Texas, can they bounce back this week?
Oklahoma 38 Kansas State 31

IOWA AT MARYLAND: Iowa's offense finally looked sharp against a pretty awful Indiana defense. Maryland has the best WR duo in the conference.
Iowa 28 Maryland 24

TEXAS A&M AT ALABAMA: A&M with two straight losses and Alabama with two straight tough games, this should be one of the better games of the week.
Alabama 24 Texas A&M 21

NEW MEXICO AT AIR FORCE: New Mexico has struggled in conference play and really need to come out with a win. Air Force has looked better than I expected.
Air Force 38 New Mexico 30

OKLAHOMA STATE AT TCU: TCU had a 21 point cushion against Baylor but blew it. Ok State didn't look too good against Kansas.
TCU 42 Ok State 31

NOTRE DAME AT FLORIDA STATE: Two of the few undefeated teams left, I'm not sold on either one as national championship contenders just yet.
Florida State 31 Notre Dame 27

IOWA STATE AT TEXAS: ISU had a nice passing game against Toledo while Texas hung with Oklahoma last week.
Texas 28 Iowa State 27

STANFORD AT ARIZONA STATE: This should be a great contest, the Pac 12 has some really good teams this year.
Stanford 31 Arizona State 27

HEISMAN WATCH
Here's my top 10 in no particular order
QB Kenny Hill - Texas A&M
QB Anu Solomon - Arizona
QB Shane Carden - East Carolina
QB Everett Golson - Notre Dame
QB Marcus Mariota - Oregon
QB Dak Prescott - Mississippi State
RB Tevin Coleman - Indiana
RB Melvin Gordon - Wisconsin
RB Ameer Adbullah - Nebraska
RB Todd Gurley - Georgia

No clear cut favorite at this point, but Prescott and Mariota definitely have to be the front runners, with Gordon up there as well.

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