Wednesday, October 10, 2012
I deemed last Saturday as “Showdown Saturday,” and it didn’t disappoint with top 25 teams dropping like flies. Upsets were popping up all over the place starting with Penn State’s defeat of Northwestern and ending with North Carolina State upending Florida State.
Four teams in the top 10 started the day undefeated but didn’t end the day intact. Overall, seven teams in last week’s Top 25 poll lost on Saturday.
Rank/ Team/ Record /Previous Rank
1 Alabama Crimson Tide 5-0 1
2 Oregon Ducks 6-0 3
3 South Carolina Gamecocks 6-0 5
4 West Virginia Mountaineers 5-0 7
5 Florida Gators 5-0 9
6 Kansas State Wildcats 5-0 10
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5-0 13
8 LSU Tigers 5-1 2
9 USC Trojans 4-1 11
10 Georgia Bulldogs 5-1 4
11 Stanford Cardinal 4-1 14
12 Louisville Cardinals 5-0 16
13 Oklahoma Sooners 3-1 15
14 Mississippi State Bulldogs 5-0 17
15 Oregon State Beavers 4-0 20
16 Texas Longhorns 4-1 8
17 Florida State Seminoles 5-1 6
18 Boise State Broncos 4-1 19
19 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 5-0 21
20 Clemson Tigers 5-1 22
21 TCU Horned Frogs 4-1 12
22 Cincinnati Bearcats 4-0 23
23 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 5-0 24
24 Northwestern Wildcats 5-1 18
25 Ohio Bobcats 6-0 NR
Dropped out: Washington Huskies