"Showdown" weekend results
In a weekend filled with great games, there were several suprises.
#12 Illinois flattened Northwestern 27-3
#23 Georgia destroyed Syracuse 41-17
#25 Utah defeated USC 27-24 in OT
#13 Notre Dame ended Purdue's perfect season 55-17
#20 Michigan beat West Virginia 33-30 in 2 OT
Games Of The Week:
#18 Arkansas defeated #6 Texas A&M 42-35 behind a 21 point 3rd quarter
#9 Auburn upended #1 South Carolina 21-20
#10 Michigan State ended #2 Wisconsin's perfect season 24-20
When the polls come out most people expect Boise State to leap to #1, as no team besides Auburn had a marquee victory that could justify a leap to #1, and Auburn was #9 so that leap is a stretch.
This marks the first weekend since Championship week in 2007 that #1 and #2 have both lost on the same weekend.