College Football Week 13

The Iowa Hawkeyes are one of two undefeated teams left in college football. Definitely something I didn't think I would type this season. The Hawkeyes are 11-0 for the first time in school history and have a shot to make the college football playoffs. Saturday they played Purdue and got off to a quick start, up 20-0 just a minute into the second quarter. Iowa safety, Jordan Lomax, knocked out Purdue's QB, and their backup, Austin Appleby, ended up doing pretty well, bringing the score to 20-13. The Boilermakers were actually able to move the ball with him in the game. The Hawkeyes took over in the second half and won 40-20. The running game didn't do as well as they should have against a very poor Purdue run defense. Jordan Canzeri did break off a 42 yard touchdown run late. C.J. Beathard was pretty sharp throwing the ball and added three touchdowns with no interceptions. The Hawkeyes will travel to Nebraska to pound the Huskers.

In the afternoon I went to the Colorado State-New Mexico game at University Stadium in Albuquerque. The Lobos got off to a rough start throwing an interception, the Rams scored shortly after to take a 7-0 lead. The game was pretty back and forth the rest of the way. New Mexico came up short in the end, Lamar Jordan's three interceptions were too much to overcome. Had the Lobos won the turnover battle, they probably would have won the game. They fell to 6-5 on the season and close it out with a home game against division champs, Air Force.



New Top 25
1-Clemson 11-0 beat Wake Forest/at South Carolina
2-Alabama 10-1 beat Charleston Southern/at Auburn
3-Iowa 11-0 beat Purdue/at Nebraska
4-Notre Dame 10-1 beat Boston College/at Stanford
5-Oklahoma 10-1 beat TCU/at Oklahoma State
6-Michigan State 10-1 beat Ohio State/Penn State
7-Florida 10-1 beat FAU/Florida State
8-Michigan 9-2 beat Penn State/Ohio State
9-Ohio State 10-1 lost to Michigan State/at Michigan
10-Baylor 9-1 beat Oklahoma State/at TCU
11-Oklahoma State 10-1 lost to Baylor/Oklahoma
12-North Carolina 10-1 beat Virginia Tech/at NC State
13-Navy 9-1 beat Tulsa/at Houston
14-Stanford 9-2 beat California/Notre Dame
15-Florida State 9-2 beat Chattanooga/at Florida
16-Oregon 8-3 beat USC/Oregon State
17-TCU 9-2 lost to Oklahoma/Baylor
18-Northwestern 9-2 beat Wisconsin/Illinois
19-Ole Miss 8-3 beat LSU/at Mississippi State
20-Washington State 8-3 beat Colorado/at Washington
21-Texas A&M 8-3 beat Vanderbilt/LSU
22-Toledo 9-1 beat Bowling Green/Western Michigan
23-Houston 10-1 lost to UCONN/Navy
24-UCLA 8-3 beat Utah/at USC
25-Temple 9-2 beat Memphis/UCONN

Top Games
I was 6-3 last week, 88-40 on the season.

Iowa at Nebraska: Iowa is looking to finish the regular season undefeated with the Bugeaters standing in their way. Nebraska is 5-6, but they've had some very close losses and a huge win over Michigan State. They did lose to Purdue though. Iowa is looking to avenge last year's loss. Iowa 34 Nebraska 24

Notre Dame at Stanford: Notre Dame really struggled with Boston College and could have a really difficult time at Stanford. Christian McCaffery has been amazing lately. Stanford 31 Notre Dame 24

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma is still one of the hottest teams in the country and Oklahoma State is coming off of their first loss of the season. Oklahoma 38 Oklahoma State 31

Penn State at Michigan State: If the Spartans win, they will play Iowa for the Big Ten title. Michigan State 24 Penn State 17

Florida State at Florida: Florida looked awful against FAU, but got the win in overtime. Florida State 27 Florida 21

Ohio State at Michigan: The winner of this will win the division if Penn State can upset Michigan State. Ohio State 24 Michigan 21

Baylor at TCU: TCU has lost two in a row, but almost knocked off Oklahoma without two of their best players. Baylor handed Oklahoma State their first loss of the year with a third string QB playing a majority of the snaps. This will be a high scoring game. Baylor 45 TCU 42

North Carolina at NC State: North Carolina still has an outside shot at the college football playoff, but they'll need to get a win at NC State first, which won't be easy. North Carolina 34 NC State 31

Navy at Houston: Winner will win the division. Houston was upset by UCONN last week, ending their perfect season. Navy 38 Houston 31

Ole Miss at Mississippi State: Ole Miss whooped LSU and Mississippi State won a wild game against Arkansas. Ole Miss 34 Mississippi State 28

LSU at Texas A&M: LSU has lost three in a row and A&M has been pretty solid. Fournette will need a big game if he wants to win the Heisman. Texas A&M 38 LSU 27

UCLA at USC: Winner here will get to play Stanford for the Pac 12 title. UCLA 27 USC 21

Air Force at New Mexico: If you like option teams, here are two fun ones to watch. They've combined for over 6,000 rushing yards so far this year. Air Force 38 New Mexico 28


Heisman Watch
Derrick Henry RB Alabama
vs Charleston Southern: 9-68-2 1-28
Season: 1,526-21 10-97

Leonard Fournette RB LSU
vs Ole Miss: 25-108 4-72
Season: 1,582-17 14-166

Christian McCaffery RB Stanford
vs California: 29-192 1-49-1 148-1 KR
Season: 1,546-7 34-416-3 813-1 KR 32 PR

Corey Coleman WR Baylor
vs Oklahoma State: 5-77 3-21 Rush
Season: 66-1,306-20

Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State
vs Michigan State: 12-33-1
Season: 1,458-17 24-169

Dalvin Cook RB Florida State
vs Chattanooga: 15-106-2 1-5
Season: 1,475-16 19-207-1

Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma
vs TCU: 20-9-127-2-0 10-42
Season: 3,209-33-5 343-6

Trevone Boykin QB TCU
did not play
Season: 3,427-29-9 596-8

Deshaun Watson QB Clemson
vs Wake Forest: 35-24-343-3-2 10-44-1
Season: 2,936-25-10 642-6

Playoff Watch
There are only two undefeated teams left, Clemson and Iowa. Here are the teams with zero and one loss.

Clemson 11-0 this week they'll play at South Carolina, who just lost to The Citadel, and then North Carolina for the conference title.

North Carolina 10-1 only loss this year is South Carolina, which is a bad loss. This week they'll travel to NC State and then Clemson in the conference championship.

Michigan State 10-1 just knocked off Ohio State, this week they'll take on Penn State. If they win, they'll take on Iowa for the Big Ten title.

Ohio State 10-1 they'll need Penn State to win and they'll have to win at Michigan this week for a shot at the conference title.

Iowa 11-0 this week they'll play at Nebraska before playing for the conference title. If they win out, they should be in the playoff.

Baylor 9-1 just knocked off Oklahoma State. A win at TCU this week would be huge, a loss will knock them out.

Oklahoma 10-1 huge win over TCU and they'll close out with a big game at Oklahoma State. Winner could have a shot at the playoff.

Oklahoma State 10-1 lost their first game of the season, Oklahoma this week.

Florida 10-1 barely knocked off FAU, they play Florida State and Alabama. They'll lost at least one.

Alabama 10-1 takes on Auburn this week before the conference title game against Florida.

Notre Dame 10-1 closes out at Stanford.