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CFB Recap 2016, Week 10

SECOND COMMITTEE POLL OUT - MINOR SHAKEUPS

Left ranking= Current playoff rank/middle = rank +/- vs AP poll/right = last week ranking in playoff poll

The playoff committee released their second poll of the year. The top five went unchanged but Ole Miss dropped its 3rd game of the season, dropping them from #6, where many people thought they were overrated. LSU and Tennessee are now the other two 2-loss teams in the top 10 with Boise, Indiana, and Nebraska all with one loss stuck behind LSU.

Nebraska is the big mover to #9. Nebraska has a pair of key games coming up with #16 Wisconsin then a late out of conference game @ #20 Virginia Tech, who knocked off Boston College this past week.

Speaking of Boston College, both them and Virginia fell from the list of the 1-loss teams, essentially eliminating the two suprising ACC candidates from the playoff race most likely.

Alabama, despite knocking on the top 10 in the AP poll, is held below Ole Miss in the playoff poll due to their loss to the 3-loss Rebels. The Big Ten seems to be king right now, with 4 teams inside the top 9.

Right now it appears Boise State will be the group of five representative, but their lone setback is a loss to Auburn and they own a win over Nevada. The committee seems to love Nevada more than the other polls, with wins over 3 power five teams along with SDSU and a Nov. 23 game @ Florida to go.

Perhaps the committee forgot about Wisconsin last week? Wisconsin suddenly moved to #16 and faces Nebraska this week. Notably, Stanford dropped out after not playing this week and Texas fell out with a loss. TCU tumbled to #25 after a loss.

The poll will be shaken up next week for sure with 6 Top 25 matchups this week.

HEISMAN WATCH

QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

QB Seth Russell, Baylor

RB Christian McCaffrey, Stanford

RB Myles Gaskin, Washington

RB Leonard Fournette, LSU

KEY GAMES, WEEK 11

#12 Oklahoma at #4 Baylor
#1 Ohio State at #5 Michigan State
#16 Wisconsin at #9 Nebraska
#6 LSU at #15 Alabama
#2 Auburn at #10 Tennessee
#22 Miami at #20 Virginia Tech

[Tearz49ers]

Is Indiana still yet to play Ohio State? Or is that there 1 loss so far... not sure what schedule you are using 😊

[Iron Dragon]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tearz49ers

Is Indiana still yet to play Ohio State? Or is that there 1 loss so far... not sure what schedule you are using 😊

I am just using a re-generated schedule with known games off. I completely missed that someone had made a schedule for this year when I started.

Indiana lost to Michigan St. by a touchdown, is yet to play Wisconsin and Ohio State. They own wins over Penn State (who is ranked in the AP), Michigan, and BYU would be their three best wins.

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CFB Recap 2016, Week 11

TOP 25 MATCHUPS AND UPSETS SHAKE UP PLAYOFF RACE

Left ranking= Current playoff rank/middle = rank +/- vs AP poll/right = last week ranking in playoff poll

Auburn, Michigan State, Indiana, Oklahoma, Alabama - all ranked in the top 11 last week went down on Saturday. The major change is #2 Auburn losing to 2-loss Tennessee.

Tennessee jumps to #4 despite their pair of losses in this week's top 25 - two of the worst losses of any top 25 team - to unranked South Carolina and a stunning early season loss to Texas State, a game that came in the middle of four overtime games for the Volunteers. Despite that, they own wins over Alabama, Florida and now Auburn. Auburn only falls to #5 - seeing they own wins over LSU and Boise State.

Baylor moves to #2 over UCLA with their win this past week over Oklahoma. Not a big deal as the two would play each other regardless if the playoff was held today. UCLA has to be weary of Washington, who with a win, could suddenly be in the hunt despite two losses. Miami, who has been getting disrepected from the committee according to some, vaults into the race at #11 - owning a huge win over Virginia Tech and now-ranked North Carolina.

Nebraska slapped Wisconsin by 34, and the 1-loss Cornhuskers have went from 17 to 8 in a matter of two weeks. Nevada dropped out of the top 25 with a loss, and now Southern Miss who is atop the C-USA sneaks into the picture. Western Michigan has rowed the boat into the top 25 as these group of five teams need Boise to make the playoffs or have an absolute collapse to steal a New Year Six spot.

Here is what is on tap this week:

KEY GAMES, WEEK 12
#9 Washington at #3 UCLA
#16 Wisconsin at #13 Indiana
#8 Nebraska at #21 Virginia Tech

HEISMAN WATCH
QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

QB Seth Russell, Baylor

RB Christian McCaffrey, Stanford

RB Myles Gaskin, Washington

RB Leonard Fournette, LSU

[Iron Dragon]

2016 SENIOR DAY

Army's 10th game of the season will be its last at home, which means the following players take the field for the last time at West Point:

RB Joe Walker, reserve
RB Elijah St. Hilaire, reserve
WR Edgar Poe, starter
LT Colby Enegren, starter
LG Justin Gilbert, starter
C Lofi Tamasese, reserve
MLB Jeremy Timpf, starter
MLB Andrew King, starter
CB Steven Johnson, starter
FS Matthew Kaufmann, reserve
SS Xavier Moss, starter
K Mitchell Howard, starter

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CFB Recap 2016, Week 12

TOP 25: CALM WEEK FOR PLAYOFF RACE

Left ranking= Current playoff rank/middle = rank +/- vs AP poll/right = last week ranking in playoff poll

Nebraska's win over a top 25 Virginia Tech moved them to #6, while Boise State's shocking last-minute loss to Wyoming dropped them just ahead of Southern Miss and Western Michigan.

That's all that really happened this week - with some minor shakeups in the middle of the top 25 based on how teams looked this past week.

Here is what is on tap this week:

KEY GAMES, WEEK 13
#23 Northwestern at #8 Michigan State
#18 Indiana at #1 Ohio State
7-3 Virginia at #9 Miami
#24 Arizona State at #3 UCLA

HEISMAN WATCH
QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
Stats: 198-313 pass, 2952 yds, 26 TD, 9 INT, 415 rush yds, 5 TD

RB Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
Stats: 192 car, 1158 yards, 15 TD, 15 rec, 221 yards, TD, 21 KR, 595 yards, TD, 31 PR, 250 yards

QB Tommy Armstrong Jr., Nebraska
Stats: 210-328 pass, 3096 yards, 27 TD, 8 INT, 297 rush yds, 4 TD

RB Leonard Fournette, LSU
Stats: 237 car, 1435 yards, 8 TD, 10 rec, 111 yards

QB Nick Mullens, Southern Miss
Stats: 196-346 pass, 2671 yards, 30 TD, 8 INT, 251 rush yards, 3 TD