Classified football results
Miscellaneous Division I 30- #33 Rutgers 38 vs. Louisville 41 Fresno St. 30 vs. #111 New Mexico St. 23 Miami 10 vs. Cent. Michigan 35 Army 3 vs. Navy 38 #18 BYU 48 vs. San Diego St. 27 44- #23 California 13 vs. Stanford 20 33- #117 North Texas 19 vs. #119 Fla. International 38 Louisiana Tech 10 vs. Nevada 49 Division II Playoffs X- E. Washington 35 vs. Appalachian St. 38 X- Albany, N.Y. 21 vs. Dayton 42 X- Delaware 39 vs. N. Iowa 27 X- Massachusetts 27 vs. S. Illinois 34 X- Richmond 21 vs. Wofford 10 CU Championship Tulsa 25 vs. UCF 44 AC Championship #5 Virginia Tech 30 vs. #10 Boston College 16 SB Championship 34- Florida Atlantic 38 vs. Troy 32 SE Championship #17 Tennessee 14 vs. #4 LSU 21 PX Championship Series #24 Oregon St. 38 vs. #20 Oregon 31 #35 UCLA 7 vs. #2 Southern Cal 24 Arizona 17 vs. #13 Arizona St. 20 BE Top 2 Decider Upset of the Season 49- #80 Pittsburgh 13 vs. #3 West Virginia 9 BT Championship #6 Oklahoma 38 vs. #7 Missouri 17 WA Top 10 Decider Washington 28 vs. #15 Hawaii 35
In the also-rans, a couple of takers for Upset of the Year: Stanford's victory is a rare 44-point upset, and FLINT's victory is their first (and last) of the season. NCAAball's worst side will go into next year on a winning streak, which is more than can be said for half the top ten sides. NAVY completed a sweep of the services' bowl. UCF pull off the expected win in the CU championship, FLATL slightly surprising winners in the SB. No major surprise in the AC or SE, and the PX resolved in a commentator-friendly manner, SCALF taking the title from its head-to-head win over ARZST. The BE game was a surprise: WVIRG had the title wrapped up, and was looking at a top-2 finish with a win. Instead, a 49-point upset, the biggest of the season, knocks them well down. BT went to form, and HAWII clinched their 12th win to surely book a place in the Top 10.
Top 30
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle ================================================================== 2 1 1 OHIST BX 1395 110.8 2 Ohio Province 1 2 2 SCALF PX 1368 105.0 0 Southern California 4 4 3 LSU SE 1351 105.9 0 Louisiana Purchase 11 5 4 VTECH AC 1337 99.3 0 Virginia Tech 9 6 5 OKLAH BT 1325 100.0 0 Oklahoma 18 8 6 GRGIA SE 1295 99.0 1 Georgia 3 9 7 FLORD SE 1291 102.2 1 Florida 10 3 8 WVIRG BE 1291 108.6 0 W Virginia 38 7 9 MISRI BT 1272 94.1 0 Missouri 12 11 10 MICH BX 1258 103.2 2 Michigan 5 12 11 TEXAS BT 1252 104.7 1 Texas 36 14 12 ARZST PX 1251 96.0 0 Arizona Province 7 13 13 WISCO BX 1249 105.6 2 Wisconsin 19 10 14 BOSCL AC 1248 100.2 0 Boston College 39 15 15 HAWII WA 1241 109.3 0 Hawaii 21 18 16 BYU MW 1231 100.2 0 Brigham Young 53 16 17 KANSS BT 1231 96.7 1 Kansas 12 -- -- MICH2 BX 1217 99.9 2 Michigan 2 13 19 18 BSEST WA 1216 101.6 1 Boise State 30 17 19 TENSE SE 1212 93.5 0 Tennessee 8 21 20 AUBRN SE 1198 104.6 1 Auburn 27 24 21 ORGST PX 1196 96.1 0 Oregon Territory 34 22 22 CLEMS AC 1190 97.8 1 Clemson 32 20 23 OREGN PX 1183 97.2 0 Oregon 17 25 24 PENST BX 1168 100.6 2 Penn Province 23 26 25 WAKEF AC 1165 95.5 1 Wake Forest 24 27 26 TXSTC BT 1155 100.3 2 Texas Tech 42 28 27 SFLOR BE 1153 100.1 1 S Florida 44 29 28 CINCI BE 1149 101.5 1 Cincinnati 56 30 29 VIRGI AC 1146 95.4 1 Virginia 28 31 30 TEXAM BT 1144 97.1 1 Texas A and M
The automatic qualifiers for the Top 10 are: OHIST (1), SCALF (2), LSU (3), VTECH (4), OKLAH (5), and WVIRG (8). We must also invite the undefeated HAWII (15).
The other three places are source for debate. Clearly, one of the sides from the SE deserves entry; there is a case for inviting GRGIA (6), good results against strong opposition, spoiled only by a loss to TENSE. There is a case for inviting TENSE (19), good results against mediocre opposition, marred only by a loss to LSU. There is a less compelling case to invite FLORD (7), moderate results against strong opposition. Another place should go to the BT; pick your faves from defeated finalists MISRI (9), +11-1 KANSS (17), and regular stagers TEXAS (11). The last place looks to be a shoot-out between the likes of early-season high-fliers ARZST (12), the team that's flown under everyone's radar WISCO (13), and defeated AC finalists BOSCL.
Our projections, then:
Top 2 OHIST -v- SCALF. Whaddya mean, we're just recycling bits of script from the end of November last year?
Other invitees LSU, VTECH, OKLAH, WVIRG to be joined by options: HAWII, GRGIA, KANSS, ARZST.
Teams above average
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle ================================================================== 26 32 31 ARKNS SE 1141 102.4 1 Arkansas 15 23 32 CALIF PX 1140 99.9 0 California 105 34 33 ILLNS BX 1123 104.2 2 Illinois 29 36 34 GEOTC AC 1120 99.0 1 Georgia Tech 54 37 35 KNTCY SE 1120 100.9 1 Kentucky 31 38 36 MARYL AC 1118 98.6 1 Maryland 37 39 37 FLAST AC 1117 95.7 1 Florida Territory 40 40 38 UTAH MW 1115 96.2 1 Utah 25 35 39 UCLA PX 1111 97.1 0 Calif, Senora Riena 16 41 40 TCU MW 1103 99.1 1 Texas Christian 80 42 41 CONNC BE 1096 98.8 1 Connecticut 6 49 42 LSVLE BE 1094 103.5 0 Louisville 20 33 43 RUTGR BE 1094 100.0 0 Rutgers 41 44 44 NAVY XX 1087 103.4 0 Navy 74 43 45 MICST BX 1082 95.9 2 Michigan Province 45 46 46 PRDUE BX 1067 95.0 2 Purdue 96 55 47 UCF CU 1066 95.9 0 Central Florida 84 47 48 AIRFC MW 1064 96.0 2 Air Force 35 48 49 SCARO SE 1060 98.7 1 S Carolina 50 50 50 OKLST BT 1059 98.8 1 Oklahoma Territory 22 51 51 NBRSK BT 1058 94.7 1 Nebraska 98 52 52 MSPST SE 1051 109.6 1 Mississippi State 59 45 53 TULSA CU 1045 96.5 0 Tulsa 62 54 54 NEWMX MW 1038 96.9 1 New Mexico 43 53 55 ARIZN PX 1030 101.8 0 Arizona 70 57 56 COLRD BT 1026 95.2 1 Colorado 55 58 57 HOUST CU 1021 96.0 2 Houston 51 59 58 WASST PX 1021 97.8 1 Washington Territory 66 60 59 ECARL CU 1020 103.0 1 E Carolina 76 64 60 FRSST WA 1020 101.9 0 Fresno State 57 67 61 CMICH MA 1016 95.9 0 Central Michigan 52 61 62 ALABM SE 1013 99.1 1 Alabama 14 62 63 NOTDM XX 1013 95.3 1 Notre Dame 33 63 64 MIAFL AC 1012 99.2 1 Miami-Florida 68 65 65 INDAN BX 1009 96.3 2 Indiana 49 66 66 IOWA BX 1007 96.0 2 Iowa
ILLNS this year's most-improved side, and a very dark horse for Top 10 selection. TCU and LSVLE really fell apart this year, but there were climbs for CONNC, MICST, UCF, AIRFC, and MSPST. All will find places in the post-season, unlike Notre Dame and Miami-Florida.
Teams below average
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle ================================================================== 81 56 67 TROY SB 997 103.3 0 Troy 60 68 68 NWSTN BX 988 99.6 2 Northwestern 75 69 69 NCSTA AC 975 101.5 1 NC State 46 70 70 KNSST BT 966 96.7 1 Kansas Province 61 80 71 PITTS BE 956 101.3 0 Pittsburgh 101 79 72 FLATL SB 947 100.1 0 Florida Atlantic 47 75 73 NEVDA WA 942 99.3 0 Nevada 58 71 74 SMISS CU 938 97.3 1 S Mississippi 64 72 75 IWAST BT 935 104.5 2 Iowa Province 83 81 76 STANF PX 935 99.0 0 Stanford 89 73 77 VNDRB SE 931 102.1 1 Vanderbilt 65 74 78 WASNG PX 921 96.3 0 Washington 91 76 79 BALLS MA 918 97.4 1 Ball State 67 77 80 WYOMG MW 912 95.9 1 Wyoming 107 78 81 BOWLG MA 911 97.6 1 Bowling Green 86 82 82 MDTEN SB 880 100.9 1 Middle Tennessee 69 83 83 SNJST WA 877 98.4 1 San Jose State 99 84 84 LOMON SB 875 101.5 1 Louisiana Monroe 63 85 85 BAYLR BT 871 101.0 2 Baylor 71 86 86 WMICH MA 871 97.5 1 West Michigan 103 87 87 MEMPH CU 870 96.9 1 Memphis 73 89 88 NCARO AC 863 107.1 1 N Carolina 87 88 89 SDGST MW 862 101.0 0 San Diego State 78 90 90 OHIO MA 857 95.0 1 Ohio U 112 91 91 MIOHO MA 829 92.4 0 Miami-Ohio 88 93 92 TOLED MA 824 95.8 1 Toledo 94 94 93 ARKST SB 821 95.0 1 Arkansas Province 92 95 94 MARSL CU 821 102.2 1 Marshall 100 92 95 LSATC WA 817 103.0 0 Louisiana Tech 48 96 96 MINNS BX 815 104.0 2 Minnesota 72 97 97 RICE CU 813 98.6 1 Rice 82 98 98 COLST MW 812 102.2 1 Colorado Territory 85 99 99 UTEP CU 801 97.1 1 Texas El Paso
We find it a little difficult to get excited about these sides, though note the climb of Miami-Ohio, 7th off the bottom last year, 28th off the foot this.
The three-figured places
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle ================================================================== 93 100 100 MISIP SE 793 106.2 1 Mississippi 97 101 101 AKRON MA 781 94.7 1 Akron 118 102 102 BUFFL MA 781 99.1 1 Buffalo 90 103 103 SYRAC BE 774 102.9 1 Syracuse 95 104 104 LOLAF SB 771 99.8 1 Louisiana Lafayette 102 105 105 TULNE CU 756 100.7 1 Tulane 117 106 106 TEMPL MA 742 103.4 1 Temple 115 108 107 EMICH MA 738 101.2 2 East Michigan 108 107 108 ARMY XX 732 108.9 0 Army 77 109 109 NILNS MA 728 100.4 1 N Illinois 111 110 110 UNLV MW 721 103.3 1 Nevada, The Meadows 79 112 111 SMU CU 691 96.8 1 Southern Methodist 106 113 112 KENTS MA 688 99.3 1 Kent State 113 111 113 NMXST WA 684 107.3 0 New Mexico Territory 116 114 114 DUKE AC 677 115.1 1 Duke 104 115 115 UAB CU 667 101.1 1 Alabama, Birmingham 114 116 116 UTHST WA 666 107.3 1 Utah Territory 110 117 117 NTEXS SB 624 104.1 0 North Texas 109 118 118 IDAHO WA 585 107.6 1 Idaho 119 119 119 FLINT SB 581 110.3 0 Florida International
Some spectacular plunges, and remarkable climbs for Buffalo and Temple, and Idaho turns out to be the only side without so much as a single win to its name.
The regular season has ended, but this isn't the end of the coverage. We'll be back in a day or two with the complete bowl line-up, including UK television airings.
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