WEEK 11 NCAA FOOTBALL, top 25, games and more, BIG shake-ups!

[mjp28]

AP Top 25

RK TEAM REC PTS TREND

1 Alabama(60) 9-0 1524

2 Michigan(1) 9-0 1432 <--- m and their (1) 1st vote

3 Clemson 9-0 1408

4 Washington 9-0 1364

5 Louisville 8-1 1255

6 Ohio State 8-1 1245

7 Wisconsin 7-2 1159 1<--- 3 B1G in top 7? beginning of 2 loss teams

8 Auburn 7-2 1081 3

9 Oklahoma 7-2 996 3 <--- OKL, thought they were dead

10 Texas A&M 7-2 820 3 <--- TAM down OKL moving back up

11 West Virginia 7-1 805 3

12 Penn State 7-2 752 8 <--- PSU from recent NR to 12?

13 Utah 7-2 686 3

14 Western Michigan 9-0 583 3 <--- look at WM

15 North Carolina 7-2 559 3

16 Colorado 7-2 550 5

17 Oklahoma State 7-2 516 5

18 Virginia Tech 7-2 479 5

19 LSU 5-3 454 4

20 Florida State 6-3 450 1

21 Nebraska 7-2 434 12 <--- down 12 still 5 B1G in top 25

22 Florida 6-2 390 12 <--- down 12

23 Washington State 7-2 305 2 <--- waiting for WASH

24 Boise State 8-1 226

25 Baylor 6-2 90 12 <--- also down 12

[mjp28]

Others receiving votes: USC 76, Arkansas 74, San Diego State 38, Troy 28, Houston 25, Tennessee 9, Tulsa 3, South Florida 3, Minnesota 2, Navy 2, Wyoming 2

USC stuck in others, hey Minnesota the 6th B1G team

[mjp28]

Just FYI, the CFP Tuesday. ......

Coaches Poll top 15 of 25

RK TEAM REC PTS TREND

1 Alabama(62) 9-0 1598

2 Clemson(2) 9-0 1497 1 <--- CLEM and 2 first votes, m close 3rd

3 Michigan 9-0 1493 1

4 Washington 9-0 1422

5 Ohio State 8-1 1316 1 <--- OSU lurking around at 5

6 Louisville 8-1 1307 1

7 Wisconsin 7-2 1191 1

8 Auburn 7-2 1075 4

9 Oklahoma 7-2 1068 2

10 West Virginia 7-1 877 5

11 Texas A&M 7-2 801 4

12 Utah 7-2 788 4

13 North Carolina 7-2 695 4

14 Penn State 7-2 667 9 <--- 4 B1G in top 14

15 Colorado 7-2 627 5

Others receiving votes: USC 79, San Diego State 58, Arkansas 53, Houston 49, South Florida 28, Wyoming 20, Navy 12, Tennessee 12, Tulsa 9, Troy 6, Appalachian State 5, Minnesota 2, Stanford 2, Louisiana Tech 1

[mjp28]

The only top 25 game this week, #25 BAY at #9 OKL, that's it.

Talk about a cupcake week no upsets there....right?

[wargograw]

Top 10 team goes down this week. Book it. Hell, it might be A&M again.

[The Gipper]

Top 4? Probably:

1. East Germany

2. Clemson

3. Michigan

4. Washington

Followed by OSU and Louisville.

[mjp28]

College Football Playoff Rankings

RK TEAM REC TREND LAST WEEK NEXT WEEK

1 Alabama 9-0 @ #13 LSU W 10-0 11/12 vs Mississippi State

2 Clemson 9-0 vs Syracuse W 54-0 11/12 vs Pittsburgh

3 Michigan 9-0 vs Maryland W 59-3 11/12 @ Iowa

4 Washington 9-0 1 @ California W 66-27 11/12 vs #20 USC

5 Ohio State 8-1 1 vs #10 Nebraska W 62-3 11/12 @ Maryland

6 Louisville 8-1 1 @ Boston College W 52-7 11/12 vs Wake Forest

7 Wisconsin 7-2 1 @ Northwestern W 21-7 11/12 vs Illinois

8 Texas A&M 7-2 4 @ Mississippi State L 35-28 11/12 vs Ole Miss

9 Auburn 7-2 vs Vanderbilt W 23-16 11/12 @ Georgia

10 Penn State 7-2 2 vs Iowa W 41-14 11/12 @ Indiana

11 Oklahoma 7-2 3 @ Iowa State W 34-24 11/12 vs Baylor

12 Colorado 7-2 3 vs UCLA W 20-10 11/12 @ Arizona

13 Oklahoma State 7-2 5 @ Kansas State W 43-37 11/12 vs Texas Tech

14 Virginia Tech 7-2 5 @ Duke W 24-21 11/12 vs Georgia Tech

15 Utah 7-2 1 11/10 @ Arizona State

16 West Virginia 7-1 4 vs Kansas W 48-21 11/12 @ Texas

17 North Carolina 7-2 4 vs Georgia Tech W 48-20 11/10 @ Duke

18 Florida State 6-3 4 @ NC State W 24-20 11/11 vs Boston College

19 Nebraska 7-2 9 @ #6 Ohio State L 62-3 11/12 vs Minnesota

20 USC 6-3 NR vs Oregon W 45-20 11/12 @ #4 Washington

21 Western Michigan 9-0 2 @ Ball State W 52-20 @ Kent State W 37-21

22 Boise State 8-1 2 vs San José State W 45-31 11/12 @ Hawai'i

23 Washington State 7-2 2 vs Arizona W 69-7 11/12 vs California

24 LSU 5-3 11 vs #1 Alabama L 10-0 11/12 @ #25 Arkansas

25 Arkansas 6-3 NR vs #11 Florida W 31-10 11/12 vs #24 LSU

Dropped from rankings: Florida 11, Baylor 17

[mjp28]

The CFB has two ranked games:

#4 WASH -9 vs #20 USC

#25 ARK vs #24 LSU -7

That's it.

[mjp28]

Games of some interest this week:

MSST at ALA -29

PITT at CLEM -20'

MICH -21 at IOWA

USC at WASH -9

NW -13'at PUR

PSU -6' at IND

ILLI at WISC -26'

RUT at MST -14'

MIN at NEB off

....add OHIO STATE -28 at MARY, how could I forget that one?

Closest game top 4 and B1G is PENN ST -6'? Don't let the icing hit you!

[wargograw]

State always plays Bama after the latter plays LSU. State usually covers.

I like Pitt to cover. Maybe win outright

Really like USC straight up.

[mjp28]

USC straight up? I'd love to see that!

Both m and OSU keep the pedal down hard.

And do you think the RUT and MARY experiment has been a total bust? RUT had a great run during the Tony Soprano days (RUT alum) and playing the Thursday night games. Maryland, eh?

Somehow I don't think that there will be any big shockers this Saturday. ...but go Trojans.

[MLD Woody]

Maryland will start to improve. Durkin is a good coach and he is recruiting better in Maryland than any previous coach. He'll make that team respectable.

[mjp28]

@mld-woody said:

Maryland will start to improve. Durkin is a good coach and he is recruiting better in Maryland than any previous coach. He'll make that team respectable.

Durkin from Boardman, Ohio. Another Ohio coach.

[syd]

i understand because of their record(being ranked so low) but I believe LSU would beat every team ranked above them up to Auburn

[MLD Woody]

@mjp28 said:

Durkin from Boardman, Ohio. Another Ohio coach.

Of Harbaugh coaching tree fame

[wargograw]

@syd said:

i understand because of their record(being ranked so low) but I believe LSU would beat every team ranked above them up to Auburn

Probably easily.

[The Gipper]

@mld-woody said:

Of Harbaugh coaching tree fame

Is there such a thing....besides the brothers?

[MLD Woody]

@the-gipper said:

Is there such a thing....besides the brothers?

It's still a small tree. But yea, it is.

[wargograw]

Gipper probably thinks you're talking about coaches on their family tree.

[mjp28]

@mld-woody said:

Of Harbaugh coaching tree fame

Yes but started with Urban Meyer.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Durkin attended Boardman High School where he was an all-conference and all-Northeast Ohio selection.

Durkin played defensive end and outside linebacker at Bowling Green from 1997 to 2000, and served as a team captain his final two seasons. He started a total of 33 games in his career and recorded 131 tackles, including 28 for loss. Durkin led the team in sacks in 1998 and finished second in that category in 2000. He earned a bachelor's degree in business marketing in 2001, and a master's degree in educational administration and supervision in 2004.

Durkin began a career in coaching immediately following his player career. He worked as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green under new head coach Urban Meyer in 2001 and 2002, and at Notre Dame under head coach Tyrone Willingham in 2003 and 2004. He returned to Bowling Green in 2005, where he coached defensive ends, linebackers, and special teams on the staff of Gregg Brandon.

In 2007, he moved to Stanford on the first staff of Jim Harbaugh, where he served for three seasons as the Cardinal defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator. In 2010, Durkin was reunited with Meyer when he joined the Florida Gators as linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. He remained on Florida's staff when Will Muschamp took over as head coach in 2010, and in 2013 was promoted to defensive coordinator, replacing Dan Quinn.

Durkin has a reputation as a strong national recruiter and was named the 2012 Rivals.com Recruiter of Year.