BCS Week 11 Rankings, Week 10 Wrap Up

Oregon running back Kenjon Barner makes a statement for the Heisman

A few close games nearly shook up the BCS this week, but Alabama and Notre Dame were able to recover late to avoid losing their first game of the season. The Top 10 looks like this:

1. Alabama
2. Kansas State
3. Oregon
4. Notre Dame
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. LSU
8. South Carolina
9. Louisville
10. Florida State

The only real change here is Notre Dame. Notre Dame really struggled this week and nearly stumbled against an awful Pittsburgh football team. The Panthers showed up ready to play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as Pitt running back Ray Graham ran for 172 yards and a touchdown. Notre Dame entered the fourth trailing 20-6 but rallied to force overtime. In triple overtime, Pitt had to settle to a field goal, and that doomed the Panthers chances for a huge upset as Everett Golson led the Irish down the field and scored on a one yard rushing touchdown to win the game. 

Golson made some big plays down the stretch in this game to keep Notre Dame's title hopes alive. Golson went 23/42 for 227 yards and two touchdowns. Pitt was one big play from defeating the Irish and that is a big reason why Oregon finally gained a little bit more respect and jumped them in the polls. 

Alabama is again the number one team in the country. The Crimson Tide fell behind LSU and trailed 17-14 in the 4th quarter of the game. LSU came out ready to play, even though they didn't play the greatest, they rallied and held a late lead. Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron refused to lose. McCarron drove the team down the field with just under a minute left, throwing a wide receiver screen pass to T.J. Yeldon who scored from 28 yards out to give the Crimson Tide the lead for good. Alabama continues to win games, and the defense continues to be lights out. The defense is only allowing opponents to score an average of 9.1 points per game. They are playing lights out, and with a defense like that this team doesn't need that many points to win. I'm interested to see how Alabama responds after a close game like that to LSU. They face a very good Texas A&M team this week. Johnny Manziel is having a great Freshman year for the Aggies, and he will be a huge offensive threat that Alabama will have to keep in check to win the game.

Kansas State continues to win, and they played very well in their match up against Oklahoma State this week, beating the Cowboys 44-30. Collin Klein got hurt in this game, but he should play in their week 10 match up against TCU. Kansas State continues to impress, as they now have quality wins over Miami, Oklahoma, Iowa State, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and if they beat TCU that will also be a big win for the Wildcats. This team's rushing attack is a main strength, while they get the job done throwing the ball when they have to. The Wildcats are a great overall team, and deserve to be a top three team but personally Oregon is just better. Kansas State holds an edge over Oregon mainly due to their better strength of schedule.

Oregon should be the number two team in the nation, by far right now. Oregon is just putting up so points and got a huge win over USC this weekend, defeating the Trojans 62-51. Oregon running back Kenjon Barner made a strong statement about who should be hoisting the Heisman Trophy as he rushed for 321 yards and five touchdowns, which is just unreal. The Ducks offense tore USC apart and the defense held its ground when it needed a stop to keep them undefeated. Oregon will play Stanford and Oregon State yet this year to wrap up their season. Oregon will have to hope that either Alabama or Kansas State loses because without a loss by either of those teams they may get snubbed from the National Title Game, and end up playing in the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl is still a great BCS Bowl, but Oregon would have to feel snubbed being undefeated and sitting out the Title game.

You can see by this video of the highlights of the Oregon USC game, just how explosive Oregon is as a team. They are in good shape for a championship, as long as Kansas State or Alabama stumbles. Alabama will face a tough test against Texas A&M so we will see if they can avoid a setback after the hardly fought game against LSU.

What the Top 5 Should Be:

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Kansas State
4. Notre Dame
5. Georgia

I agree with the Top 5 for the most part, other than Oregon being number three in the country. They are the second best team. They just are.

The Rest of the Real BCS Top 25 looks like this:

11. Oregon State

12. Oklahoma

13. Clemson

14. Stanford

15. Texas A&M

16. Nebraska

17. Texas

18. UCLA

19. USC

20. Louisiana Tech

21. Mississippi State

22. Texas Tech

23. Rutgers

24. Northwestern

25. Toledo

Games of The Week:

(15) Texas A&M vs (1) Alabama

(21) Mississippi State vs (7) LSU

(11) Oregon State vs (14) Stanford

Teams on Upset Alert:

(17) Texas vs Iowa State

(2) Kansas State vs TCU

(1) Alabama vs (15) Texas A&M

Credits:

Kenjon Barner picture:

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Information:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/


Video From:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgysUVvrHio&feature=player_embedded

BCS Polls Week 9



Oregon continues to get no respect, as Collin Klein and Kansas State move ahead in the BCS Polls



This week's BCS Polls are surprising, just as last weeks. Some big games have some teams on the move in the Top 10, and the standings look like this:

1. Alabama

2. Florida

3. Kansas State

4. Oregon

5. Notre Dame

6. LSU

7. Oregon State

8. Oklahoma

9. USC

10. Georgia

There are some serious issues in this week's BCS Polls. Alabama is the best team in the nation, no doubt about that, but I still disagree with Florida at number two. The Gators gave fans a strong reason to believe that they should belong in the top five, after crushing #7 South Carolina 44-11 at the Swamp. Gator quarterback Jeff Driskel only threw five in-completions in the game, going 11-16, 93 Yds, 4 TD. The team may have finally put up some passing scores, but they still can't rack up many pass yards, and if they fall behind against a decent team, they will lose that game. The defense continued to bail out Florida, forcing four turnovers, and ball control was yet again great for Florida, who committed no turnovers.

Kansas State does deserve to be number three. They are a very good team, and crushed what is now starting to look like what was a very overrated West Virginia team. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was amazing through the first six games but has struggled ever since. West Virginia's team relies on that offensive attack and without it; they have fallen to Texas Tech 49-14, and to Kansas State 55-14. Collin Klein is leading this Kansas State Wildcat team, as he scored seven total touchdowns in last week’s statement win over West Virginia. He completed 90.5 percent of his passes, only threw two in-completions, and threw for 323 yards, four touchdowns, and as if that wasn't enough, he ran for another three scores. Kansas State will play Texas Tech in a very tough game, as Tech plays very solid defense, and Kansas State will have to play hard to stay undefeated.

Oregon comes in this week at number four. Why do they keep slipping in the BCS? Somebody please tell me that, because I just don’t understand it. Oregon should still be number two, and never should’ve fallen this far. Oregon absolutely dismantled Arizona State 43-21 last Thursday night. The Oregon Ducks running back Kenjon Barner started the game out with a 71 yard rushing touchdown and it was all downhill for Arizona State from there. Barner finished with 143 yards on just 16 carries, which comes out to be an astonishing 8.9 yards per carry. Why people keep disrespecting Oregon? I don't know. Oh, and did I mention, that Oregon scored these 43 points in the first 18 minutes of the game? That is just unreal. They got up early and just cruised the rest of the game until the score became final. This game really wasn't that close at all. Yes, Arizona State scored 21 points but 14 of those points came in the final quarter. 

Notre Dame has survived some scares, but they still come in the polls at number five, which is honestly where Florida should be. They face a tough match up against (#8) Oklahoma tonight so they will have to play very hard to stay undefeated. 

What the Top 5 Should Be: 

1. Alabama

2. Oregon

3. Kansas State  

4. Notre Dame

5. Florida

Games of the Week:

(#14) Texas Tech vs (#3) Kansas State

(#2) Florida vs (#10) Georgia

(#11) Mississippi State vs (#1) Alabama

(#5) Notre Dame vs (#8) Oklahoma

Upset Alert:

Penn State over Ohio State

Georgia over Florida

 Credits:

Picture from:

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/32520113

Stats from ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/