The top five teams in this week’s College Football Playoff committee Top 25 remained in the same positions following a weekend where all five teams won. The shakeup took place right below No. 5 Iowa, where bitter rivals Oklahoma State and Oklahoma moved up, along with Florida and Michigan State. Former No. 6 Baylor rounded out the top 10.
Is the Big 12 down to 3 Playoff contenders after TCU’s plummet?
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The real stunner: TCU, which fell three spots to No. 18 after a close win over Kansas, landing as the lowest-ranked one-loss team from a power conference and behind five two-loss teams. That’s 10 spots below where Ohio State rose from at this point last year to claim the fourth spot. There’s also Washington State, which surprisingly remains unranked despite breaking into the AP poll this week.
Les Miles, actual hot seat? LSU was No. 2 two weeks ago, but two straight losses and the threat of two more, all with the same unresolved issues, mean Miles is in very sudden trouble.
Consensus. Our own selection committee came up with the same top four, but ... is that an Iowa logo I spy from some of the voters?
Return of the MAC. Toledo, playing in its third consecutive Tuesday night game, handed MAC East champion Bowling Green its first conference loss with a 44-28 win. A Black Friday showdown with Western Michigan will decide at least part of the MAC West title. Elsewhere, Ohio beat Ball State.
Like the Butterfly Effect. Only no not really. Why is it that every team that plays Alabama collapses afterward? That and more stats to blow your mind in this week’s Numerical.
Draw abs on the trophy! In a Heisman Trophy race led by SEC halfbacks for most of the season, could Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott be in prime position to take the award?
Maneki-neko. Northwestern might not be the best eight-win team in the country, but the Wildcats are almost certainly the luckiest.
DON’T SAY THEY AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY. This week, PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY tackles the phenomenon of fans who are angry at everyone about their successful football teams.
Then again, maybe they ain’t played nobody. Advanced stats aren’t big on below-the-radar contenders like Iowa and North Carolina, but Bill Connelly says there’s no need to worry.
He’s eating chicken, but his picks aren’t fowl. Dan Rubenstein returns to predict the games of the week and eat something that will make you hungry in this week’s Easy Call.
Apples and Trojans. Which of the 11 available jobs in FBS football is the best? Which is the worst?
Strong interest. Despite it making no financial sense, increasingly credible rumors indicate Charlie Strong is interested in the vacancy at Miami.
Pay my Bills. Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien isn’t totally denying reported interest in the open job at Maryland.
You know, he could just stay in Houston. Applies to both Bill O’Brien and Cougars head coach Tom Herman, who might be getting a new contract to prevent him from going elsewhere.
Good one, Coach Sam the Eagle. Mark Dantonio didn’t care much for that question about the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry.
They should have arrested his friends. An Oklahoma fan in Waco last weekend tried to walk to his hotel. He ended up in a courtroom instead, and then probably went to another courtroom a day or two later.
Makes more sense than the Starship Enterprise and a Jayhawk. Harvard’s marching band denies spelling Penis during a performance Saturday. Instead, it was spelling ... Penn 15 and forgot an N?
Tackle-eligible lateral touchdown? Tackle-eligible lateral touchdown.
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