While deferrals and cancellations wreaked havoc on the week 11 list of school football, each and every team ranked in action, with the exception of SMU, added a count in the win column.
It was a heavy weekend for the top 25 teams, which included the return of Wisconsin after a three-week break at Wallop Michigan in Ann Arbor. Miami crushed rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and USC scored an expired winner for the moment a week in a row.
Oh, and Indiana and Northwestern have a 4-0 record. Add those records to this strange year’s quirk list, a year that resulted in a fascinating Top 25 B/R.
The B/R panel of five experts (David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Kerry Miller, Joel Reuter and Brad Shepard) presented a survey of the 25 most sensible. A first-place vote counted 25 numbers, followed by 24 numbers for the second. , 23 for the third party, etc.
B/R Post-Week Top 25
1. Alabama (last week: 1) 2. Ohio State (2) 3. Notre Dame (3) 4. Clemson (4) 5. Cincinnati (5) 6. Florida (T-7) 7. BYU (6) 8 . Texas A
Others who won votes: Auburn, Colorado
We can dedicate a few paragraphs to Jim Harbaugh’s chess in Michigan and the terrible game of the opposing team to Wisconsin, but we already did so in 2019, and nothing has replaced in 2020.
Wisconsin, however, has a very different feeling.
After a year of Russell Wilson in Madison, the Badgers lacked a real quarterback. Graham Mertz, who released touchdowns on his debut on October 23, is a game changer.
On Saturday night, he did not marry Michigan or score a stellar score as five touchdowns over Illinois three weeks ago, but as Wisconsin’s offensive line and ground game excelled (341 yards and five touchdowns), Mertz showed wonderful speed, maximum confidence and ideal racing. System.
Sounds boring! It’s also genuine progress for badgers in the post.
Mertz ended the loss 49-11 in 12 of 22 attempts for 127 yards and two touchdowns with 0 runs.
The next step for Wisconsin is to the northwest, which is 4-0 marked and has given up only 14 game-consistent issues. If Mertz behaves well again, the Badgers will officially be the favorites in the Western Division.
In the first quarter, Tulsa committed two ball losses, adding a pick-six, which took him to 14 points, and missed a basket. SMU took a 21-0 lead and maintained a 24-7 merit at halftime. SMU stopped Tulsa on the fourth goal.
Common sense suggests it’s only Tulsa’s night, but the Golden Hurricane got over the terrible start.
After SMU missed a basket, Tulsa scored touchdowns on the next two possessions and cut the lead to 24-21. The defense then forced two turnovers on attempts before Zach Smith threw a four-yard run to James Palmer with 2:11 left. the fourth quarter to give Tulsa an impressive 28-24 lead.
Zaven Collins sealed the victory with an interception, pushing the Golden Hurricane 4-0 in AAC and 4-1 overall.
Although several other groups of the top 25 survived a scare, SMU was the only ranked team to lose in Week 11.
Virginia Tech entered its rivalry clash with Miami’s number nine as a narrow favourite, about two or three points, according to the website. According to John Ewing of BetMGM, it is the fifth time since 2005 that a Top 10 team is a stranger to an unranked opponent. .
Since Miami had narrowly escaped Pitt, Virginia and NC State, the spread is understandable.
But the canes a way.
Miami lost 14-3 and 24-13, but then controlled the last 20 minutes of the game. The defense nevertheless made a few third saves, and Quarterback D’Eriq King led two long touchdowns to secure a 25-24 victory. that propelled the hurricanes to 7-1.
Without a doubt, it is at all times an imperfect team. Failed tackles injured Miami throughout the game and Virginia Tech consistently put pressure on King in third-place situations. The bars won’t be with a championship threat.
But the last 4 clashes (Pitt, UVA, NC State and Virginia Tech) are the kind of games Miami has consistently lost in recent years. This is a significant improvement for the program.
Although reeds have a lot to improve, here the effects are more than aesthetic and continue to win.
As you demonstrated this weekend, be prepared for schedule changes.
For now, however, we intend to have Bedlam in Big 12, a couple of Big Ten conchecks and a big check for Cincinnati.
Oklahoma State (5-1) is the last contender for the 12 major school football playoffs, but will face rival Oklahoma next weekend. Named breed This festival has large 12 large and fairly vital national implications.
This note applies to those Big Ten clashes.
In the East Division, Indiana (4-0) travels to Ohio State (3-0), and in the West, Northwest (4-0) receives Mertz and Wisconsin (2-0).
Due to the tiebreaker price in head-on matchups, the winners will be the big favourites to form their respective divisions in the Big Ten Championship Game. And since the league champion most likely triumphs in the PSC, the effects are incredibly vital for verbal exchange over the national title.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati hopes to join the discussion.
Knocking down ucF would provide a quality victory for Bearcats 7-0, who want some chaos but are surely in consistency with PSC’s heritage. This is a great check for a defense that awards 12. 4 points according to the game; UCF has surpassed 40 issues five times this season.