WEEK 13 NCAA football, top 25, Rivalry Week! D-1 AA PLAYOFFS

mjp28

GETTING NEAR THE SEASON'S END.....

Amway Coaches Poll

RK TEAM REC PTS TREND

1 Alabama(63) 11-0 1575

2 Ohio State 10-1 1482

3 Clemson 10-1 1420 2 <--- CLEM slightly ahead of M

4 Michigan 10-1 1404

5 Washington 10-1 1297 2

6 Wisconsin 9-2 1279

7 Oklahoma 9-2 1215 1

8 Penn State 9-2 1077 2 <--- B1G #2,4,6,8 hanging in but drop after Championship Game

9 Colorado 9-2 1052 3

10 Oklahoma State 9-2 947 3

11 Louisville 9-2 864 8

12 USC 8-3 774 7

13 Florida 8-2 744 5

14 Florida State 8-3 735 1

15 Nebraska 9-2 719 2

16 Auburn 8-3 663

17 West Virginia 8-2 489 8

18 Western Michigan 11-0 448 3 <--- #18 here

19 Boise State 10-1 414 4

20 Utah 8-3 374 9

21 Houston 9-2 349 NR

22 Texas A&M 8-3 315

23 Washington State 8-3 132 3

24 Tennessee 8-3 129 NR

25 North Carolina 8-3 118 1

mjp28

Dropped from rankings: LSU 14, San Diego State 25

Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 101, Stanford 96, LSU 90, Navy 82, South Florida 46, Minnesota 11, Arkansas 10, Pittsburgh 8, San Diego State 7, Wyoming 6, Tulsa 1, Iowa 1, Miami 1

mjp28

WEEK 13 TOP 25 TV and RIVALRY WEEK GAMES

Thursday, November 24

MATCHUP TIME (ET) NAT TV LOCATION

#16 LSU #25 Texas A&M 7:30 PM ESPN Kyle Field, College Station, TX

Friday, November 25 - #6 Washington #22 Washington State 3:30 PM FS1 Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA

Saturday, November 26 -

Kentucky #5 Louisville 12:00 PM ESPN Papa John's Cardinal Stadium

# #3 Michigan #2 Ohio State 12:00 PM ABC Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH

#15 Auburn #1 Alabama 3:30 PM CBS Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa

Notre Dame #13 USC 3:30 PM ABC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

#12 Utah #10 Colorado 7:30 PM FOX Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

#14 West Virginia Iowa State 3:30 PM FS1 Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA

Michigan State #8 Penn State 3:30 PM ESPN Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

Minnesota #7 Wisconsin 3:30 PM BTN Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI

12 Utah #10 Colorado 7:30 PM FOX Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

South Carolina #4 Clemson 7:30 PM ESPN Memorial Stadium , Clemson, SC

#19 Tennessee Vanderbilt 7:30 PM SECN Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN

Rice #24 Stanford 8:00 PM Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA

#23 Florida #17 Florida State 8:00 PM ABC Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL

The Gipper

Once upon a time there used to be other outstanding rivalries on the schedule in addition to the above.

The day after Thanksgiving alway featured Oklahoma/Nebraska

Then there was Texas/Texas A&M

Pitt/Penn St.

Any other good rivalries that are now thrown to the wayside?

wargograw

I don't remember Oklahoma and Nebraska ever being on rivalry week in my lifetime. Maybe pre-90s.

Pitt-Penn State is back

A&M-Texas will be back in a few years, but probably in September.

The Gipper

@wargograw said:

I don't remember Oklahoma and Nebraska ever being on rivalry week in my lifetime. Maybe pre-90s.

Pitt-Penn State is back

A&M-Texas will be back in a few years, but probably in September.

As I said, OK/Nebraska was almost always played the day after Thanksgiving.

Pitt/Penn State do now play. Does not have the same oomph as when it was played late in the year.

mjp28

@the-gipper said:

Once upon a time there used to be other outstanding rivalries on the schedule in addition to the above.

The day after Thanksgiving alway featured Oklahoma/Nebraska

Then there was Texas/Texas A&M

Pitt/Penn St.

Any other good rivalries that are now thrown to the wayside?

A lot of those old casualties were victims of the newer mega conferences, too bad but I guess that's progress....or just money driven greed, power and ratings. Some conferences disapeared altogether.

Remember when the Big 8 and Big 10 had 8 and 10 teams?

The Gipper

@mjp28 said:

A lot of those old casualties were victims of the newer mega conferences, too bad but I guess that's progress....or just money driven greed, power and ratings. Some conferences disapeared altogether.

Remember when the Big 8 and Big 10 had 8 and 10 teams?

As noted, Pitt and Penn State have begun to play again. Wargo says that Texas and TAMU will play again before long. I think that will be so. But for now, TAMU is too concerned with loading up their non-conf. schedule with cupcakes:

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/sec/texas-am-aggies.php

And now I see that Nebraska and Oklahoma will be playing each other in the future:

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/big-ten/nebraska-cornhuskers.php

Bob806

_{USC-UCLA used to be in rivalry week also.}

_{With all the changes noted above, I kind of adapted. I do enjoy the Egg Bowl.}

mjp28

Thursday, November 24

MATCHUP TIME (ET) NAT TV LOCATION

#16 LSU #25 Texas A&M 7:30 PM ESPN Kyle Field, College Station, TX

I remember when there were more Thanksgiving college games too. Good slate for this Friday and of course Saturday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY you all....the house smells like turkey already!

mjp28

College Football Playoff Rankings WEEK 13 - through #16

RK TEAM REC TREND

1 Alabama 11-0

2 Ohio State 10-1

3 Michigan 10-1

4 Clemson 10-1

5 Washington 10-1 1

6 Wisconsin 9-2 1

7 Penn State 9-2 1

8 Oklahoma 9-2 1

9 Colorado 9-2 1

10 Oklahoma State 9-2 1 <--- all top 10 teams moved up or no change

11 Louisville 9-2 6

12 USC 8-3 1

13 Auburn 8-3 2 <--- has a crack at #1 Goliath

14 Florida State 8-3 3

15 Florida 8-2 8

16 Nebraska 9-2 2 <--- B1G #2,3,6,7,16 but might change this weekend

syd

@wargograw said:

I don't remember Oklahoma and Nebraska ever being on rivalry week in my lifetime. Maybe pre-90s.

Pitt-Penn State is back

A&M-Texas will be back in a few years, but probably in September.

Tom Osbourne vs Berry Switzer,damn those used to be the game's to watch

mjp28

Games of some interest this week besides a bunch of plain ol' rivalry games ......

AUB at ALA -17

SO CAR at CLEM -24

MICH at OHIO STATE -6'

NEB at IOWA -3 FRIDAY

RUT at MAR -13

ILLI at NW -14'

PUR at IND -19

MST at PSU -12' for a shot next week in Indy

MIN at WISC -14'

9 games with #1, 2, 3, 4 and B1G teams and all home big favorites...well except Iowa, wow.

AND if Auburn can upset Alabama would OHIO STATE or M be #1? And the other #4?

mjp28

AUB at ALA -17

SO CAR at CLEM -24

MICH at OHIO STATE -6'

NEB at IOWA -3 FRIDAY <--- Iowa won big

RUT at MAR -13

ILLI at NW -14'

PUR at IND -19

MST at PSU -12' for a shot next week in Indy

MIN at WISC -14'

WASH won big Friday setting themselves up for a Final Four possibility

WMich won

Memphis beat Houston

AF beat Boise

MLD Woody

OSU vs Michigan line moved to -5

http://www.oddsshark.com/ncaaf/odds/line-history/730320

mjp28

@mld-woody said:

OSU vs Michigan line moved to -5

http://www.oddsshark.com/ncaaf/odds/line-history/730320

Those are basically online overseas betting lines, I stay away from those.

But many Vegas casinos are at OSU -6, O/U 44'. Opened at -7' and 51'. (Vegasinsider.com)

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/

wargograw

I'll take So. Carolina with the points.

mjp28

I DON'T LIKE BYE WEEKS BUT HERE'S THE D-1AA PLAYOFFS, EASY TO DO!

The top eight seeds in the playoffs -- North Dakota State, Eastern Washington (victorious against Washington State earlier this year), Jacksonville State, James Madison, Sam Houston State, The Citadel, North Dakota and South Dakota State -- all receive first-round byes and will be back in action, at home, on Dec. 3.

Check out the first two rounds below and click here to print out a bracket.

First round (Nov. 26)

San Diego (9-1) at Cal Poly (7-4) -- 7 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Sant Francis (Pa.) (7-4) at Villanova (8-3) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Weber St. (7-4) at Chattanooga (8-3) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Lehigh (9-2) at New Hampshire (7-4) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Samford (7-4) at Youngstown St. (8-3) -- 5 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Charleston So. (7-3) at Wofford (8-3) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

N.C. A&T (9-2) at Richmond (8-3) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Illinois St. (6-5) at Central Ark. (9-2) -- 3 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Second round (Dec. 3)

San Diego/Cal Poly winner at #1 North Dakota St. (10-1) -- 3:30 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Saint Francis (PA)/Villanova winner at #8 South Dakota St. (8-3) -- 3 p.m., TV: ESPN3

Weber St./Chattanooga winner at #5 Sam Houston St. (11-0) -- 3 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Lehigh/New Hampshire winner at #4 James Madison (10-1) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Samford/Youngstown St. winner at #3 Jacksonville St. (10-1) -- 2 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Charleston So./Wofford winner at #6 The Citadel (10-1) -- 6 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

N.C. A&T/Richmond winner at #7 North Dakota (9-2) -- 6 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

Illinois St./Central Ark. winner at #2 Eastern Wash. (10-1) -- 4 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN3

All games will be played on the campus of the higher ranked team until the FCS Championship Game, on Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.

mjp28

And of course my Alma Mater and my pick.....

Samford (7-4) at Youngstown State (8-3), 5 p.m.

With two victories to end the regular season, Youngstown State, winner of four national titles during the 1990s, busted down the door to its first playoff appearance in 10 years.

Samford entered through the back door after losing three of its final four games. The Bulldogs hope to clear their heads with the passing of Devlin Hodges, the Southern Conference offensive player of the year.

But the Penguins believe their deep run game will keep the ball out of his hands. The winner advances to play at No. 3 seed Jacksonville State (10-1) in the second round on Dec. 3.

The Pick: Youngstown State

MLD Woody

They won those titles when Tressel was there being a slimey bastard, right?