What a wild weekend of college football!\u00a0 No less than ten ranked teams lost, and while admittedly several of them were to other ranked opponents, there were a few upsets.\u00a0 Perhaps none was more surprising than Indiana\u2019s 24-21 win over Michigan State.\u00a0 While the Spartans were coming off of a loss to Wisconsin, not many people expected them to lose to Indiana in the battle for the \u201cBrass Spitoon\u201d.\u00a0 The Spartans had won the last seven meetings against the Hoosiers, with only one of those wins by less than double digits.\u00a0 Another big upset was South Alabama\u2019s 42-24 win over San Diego State, who came into the game ranked #19 in the country. While the Aztecs\u2019 star running back Donnel Pumphrey still gained over 150 yards, it wasn\u2019t nearly enough against the Jaguars, who added another impressive win to their upset of Mississippi State earlier this year.\u00a0 It was the first win over a ranked team in the history of the South Alabama football program.<\/p>\n
Well, look who\u2019s back!\u00a0 Some teams that have proud football histories but have had recent downswings find themselves in high spirits again.\u00a0 Colorado is ranked for the first time since 2005.\u00a0 At 4-1, with the only loss a respectable road defeat against #4 Michigan, the Buffaloes find themselves leading the Pac-12 South.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Mark Richt has breathed new life into Miami. The Hurricanes have made it all the way to the top ten in both the AP and coaches\u2019 polls.\u00a0 The last time they finished the season in the top ten was 2003; can they stay there this year?\u00a0 They can take a big step this weekend, when they face old nemesis Florida State.\u00a0 North Carolina, who beat those same Seminoles this past Saturday 37-35 on a 54-yard field goal at the buzzer, are 4-1 and ranked 16th<\/sup> in one poll and 17th<\/sup> in the other.\u00a0 The Tar Heels have won 679 games, in the top-30 all time, but haven\u2019t finished in the top ten in the final polls since 1997.\u00a0 UNC plays at home against Virginia Tech this weekend.<\/p>\n After four games, the eye-popping figures put up by Texas Tech\u2019s offense are worth taking a closer look.\u00a0 The Red Raiders have scored at least 55 points in each game.\u00a0 They\u2019re scoring 59.5 points per game, first in the country. They are averaging 547.8 yards passing per game, which is not only first in the country, but first in the country by over one hundred yards over the number two team.\u00a0 They\u2019re averaging over a first down (10.19 yards) every time they throw the ball<\/em>.\u00a0 They\u2019ve thrown 23 touchdown passes against only four interceptions \u2013 again, in four games.\u00a0 Texas Tech figures to get a better defensive test this weekend against Kansas State, who is 12th<\/sup> in the country in passing defense and 19th<\/sup> in passing efficiency defense.<\/p>\n Then there are the teams who score with their defenses \u2013 namely, the #1 and #2 teams in the country, Alabama and Ohio State.\u00a0 Alabama has scored five defensive touchdowns this year.\u00a0 They have had at least one defensive touchdown each game except against Kent State.\u00a0 Alabama\u2019s defense has outscored two opponents\u2019 offenses this year, and tied a third (Kent State, who they shut out).\u00a0 Meanwhile, Ohio State has scored four defensive touchdowns in four games, and are so stingy that they\u2019ve only given up 37 points thus far themselves \u2013 only nine<\/em> points more than they\u2019ve scored!<\/p>\n In small-school news, this weekend will mark the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the biggest win in college football history \u2013 Georgia Tech\u2019s 222-0 destruction of Cumberland College on October 7, 1916.\u00a0 There\u2019s lots of information about that game online; it\u2019s an interesting read, to be sure.\u00a0 Obviously, the Yellow Jackets play in the ACC \u2013 what about Cumberland? After that 222-0 game, their football program had many stops and starts until finally restarting the program for good in 1990, and has a record of 125-141 overall since then.\u00a0 The Phoenix, as they are known, play in the NAIA\u2019s Mid-South conference.\u00a0 This year, they are 2-3, and play at Kentucky Christian this weekend.\u00a0 One wonders how much any of the current Cumberland players even know about that memorable game 100 years ago.<\/p>\n Congratulations to JagAL<\/strong>, who wins week 5 with 197 points!\u00a0 In second place was maestro<\/strong>, who scored 195, and Crimson Gator<\/strong> was in third, with 191.<\/p>\n Standings after five weeks:<\/p>\n Thanks to several teams with bye weeks and a few matchups between ranked opponents, this weekend offers a relatively light slate of sixteen games.\u00a0 Nevertheless, every point counts, so pick wisely and well!\u00a0 The first game this week is Clemson at Boston College, Friday, September 7 @ 7:30 ET<\/strong>, so make sure to get your picks in by then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a wild weekend of college football!\u00a0 No less than ten ranked teams lost, and while admittedly several of them were to other ranked opponents, there were a few upsets.\u00a0 Perhaps none was more surprising than Indiana\u2019s 24-21 win over Michigan State.\u00a0 While the Spartans were coming off of a loss to Wisconsin, not many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n 1st<\/sup><\/td>\n maestro <\/strong><\/td>\n 1040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2nd<\/sup><\/td>\n In Accord <\/strong><\/td>\n 1038<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3rd<\/sup><\/td>\n AllySun <\/strong><\/td>\n 1035<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4th<\/sup><\/td>\n Crimson Gator <\/strong><\/td>\n 1031<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n T-5th<\/sup><\/td>\n bamaken <\/strong><\/td>\n 1024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n T-5th<\/sup><\/td>\n JagRag <\/strong><\/td>\n 1024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7th<\/sup><\/td>\n JagAL <\/strong><\/td>\n 1018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n T-8th<\/sup><\/td>\n TheColombian <\/strong><\/td>\n 1017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n T-8th<\/sup><\/td>\n Shame! Shame! <\/strong><\/td>\n 1017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10th<\/sup><\/td>\n AUBrian <\/strong><\/td>\n 1016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n