It was essentially a week of rest. The top five teams remained undefeated. Of course, four of the top five took the week off, and the other one was Clemson, which took on the major challenge of playing Wofford. If I were on the playoff committee, I’d consider eliminating Clemson just because they have Wofford on the schedule. I think Clemson could probably have won this game if their football team switched places with the debate team. Clemson was ahead 42-zip at halftime and might have hit triple figures if they had played the regulars for the entire game. At least Wofford’s punter got plenty of practice.
The game of the week was #6 Florida against #8 Georgia. Florida simply could not move the ball on the ground, and lost at home, ending their dream of a playoff appearance.
There were some vaguely interesting developments further down the “top 25” list. Two undefeated teams lost. That might be big news except nobody really thought of SMU and Appalachian State as your basic powerhouse undefeated teams in the first place. At least now they are no longer pretenders.
#12 Baylor did continue its undefeated reign atop the Big 12, but they have yet to face Texas or Oklahoma. They did, however, crush #22 Kansas State 31-12 earlier this season. They are doing something rarely seen in that conference – playing defense. They’ve held the opposition below 20 in five different games this season. They held West Virginia to just 14 points, a marked improvement over the 58 they allowed them last year; they allowed only 12 against Kansas State, versus 34 last year.
