Week Three Roundup

ACC

 

It's hard to say if the ACC deserves credit for the big wins of Florida State and Miami, or if it's an aberration. First of all, perhaps BYU was overrated for beating a Bradford-less Sooners team, and Miami might be a an above average ACC team that just a mediocre ACC team. Virginia Tech's win? Not very deserved. Maryland and Virginia continue to make the conference look bad. We are the leaders of the "Fire Al Groh" campaign here at collegefbpoll.com.

 

Miami 33, Georgia Tech 17

North Carolina 31, East Carolina 17

Clemson 25, Boston College 7

Kansas 44, Duke 16

Middle Tenn St. 32, Maryland 31

Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 15

Southern Miss 37, Virginia 34

North Carolina State 45, Gardner-Webb 14

Wake Forest 35, Elon 7

Florida State 54, BYU 28

 

BIG 12

 

Pretty solid day for the Big 12, even though I thought Baylor should have definitely beat UConn. That one surprises me. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State took care of inferior opponents, and Texas held off a game Texas Tech team. I was impressed that the Red Raiders kept it close, because they played like crap. Seriously, Taylor Potts is bad.

 

Kansas 44, Duke 16

Missouri 52, Furman 12

Colorado 24, Wyoming 0

Oklahoma 45, Tulsa 0

Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 15

Connecticut 30, Baylor 22

Oklahoma State 41, Rice 24

Texas A&M 38, Utah St. 30

Iowa State 34, Kent St. 14

Texas 34, Texas Tech 24

UCLA 23, Kansas State 9

 

BIG EAST

 

A lot of bad and a lot of good for the Big East this weekend.

The good: UConn winning in Waco; Pitt beating a tough Navy team by two scores; Cincy going on the road to Corvallis and winning pretty easily; Greg Paulus having a huge game and leading the Orange to a win; a bad Louisville team hanging with an SEC team.

The bad: South Florida losing Matt Grothe for the year; Rutgers beating Florida International by eight; West Virginia basically giving a game away in Auburn.

This is an average conference, so every week will have ups and downs.

 

Kentucky 31, Louisville 27

Rutgers 23, Florida International 15

Connecticut 30, Baylor 22

Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14

Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18

South Florida 59, Charelston South 0

Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34

Auburn 41, West Virginia 30

 

BIG TEN

 

The thing that stands out to me the most is the Northwestern loss to Syracuse. I really think that means the Wildcats are near the bottom of the Big Ten. I was also impressed with Iowa, controlling the game against a pretty good Pac-10 team. Again, Michigan State loses a game it probably should have won, which is why we'll never take them completely serious. Bad loss for Purdue as well. I guess this is Big Ten football.

 

Michigan 45, Eastern Michigan 17

California 35, Minnesota 21

Penn State 31, Temple 6

Wisconsin 44, Wofford 14

Northern Illinois 28, Purdue 21

Ohio State 38, Toledo 0

Notre Dame 33, Michigan State 30

Indiana 38, Akron 21

Iowa 27, Arizona 17

Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34

 

PAC-10

 

Bad, bad day for the Pac-10. I don't look at the Washington win over USC as a good thing for the conference. I think USC looking bad on a national scale outweighs Washington's "resurgence" if that is what you want to call it. Oregon State also looked bad in a game with big implications. Oregon struggled, but got it done, but Arizona fell flat. The most impressive game was Cal's 9:00 a.m. win at Minnesota. Throw out the third quarter, and Cal wins this game by 28 points.

 

California 35, Minnesota 21

Washington 16, USC 13

Oregon 31, Utah 24

Iowa 27, Arizona 17

Washington State 30, SMU 27

Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18

Stanford 42, San Jose State 17

Arizona State 38, Louisiana-Monroe 14

UCLA 23, Kansas State 9

 

SEC

 

You know what I am most impressed with this week with the SEC? Look at all those points. Georgia, Arkansas and Auburn all went for over 40 points against big programs and Mississippi and Alabama were also over 50. Who would have thought Florida would be the least productive of the winning teams? Speaking of that game, I was impressed with Tennessee, but it doesn't mean Florida is vulnerable. The Vols played a good game and had a good game plan, sucking the Gators in a little bit. Still, Florida was in complete control. This conference is always great, but now I think it's turning into a lot of fun week in and week out.

 

Kentucky 31, Louisville 27

Alabama 53, North Texas 7

Florida 23, Tennessee 13

LSU 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 3

Mississippi State 15, Vanderbilt 3

South Carolina 38, Florida Atlantic 16

Mississippi 52, SE Louisiana 6

Auburn 41, West Virginia 30

Georgia 52, Arkansas 41

 

NOTABLE NON-BCS

 

Louisiana Tech and Nevada were taken off the "notable" list here because they are no longer relevant. East Carolina is in danger of becoming just that, as well. Central Michigan and Army join the list, however.

So... just two BCS busters left in Boise State and TCU. Utah and BYU go down. BYU going down hard. I'm kinda digging this Central Michigan team, and I can't help but root for the Cadets from West Point.

 

North Carolina 31, East Carolina 17

Southern Miss 37, Virginia 34

Notre Dame 33, Michigan State 30

Army 24, Ball State 17

Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14

Central Michigan 48, Alcorn St. 0

TCU 56, Texas St. 21

Florida State 54, BYU 28

Air Force 37, New Mexico 13

Oregon 31, Utah 24

Boise State 51, Fresno State 34