SPEEDYLEE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

(Week 6)

Speedylee’s 11-team top 10 for week 5 looked a lot like the 12-team Big 10: Too many to count. Two of our top 11 lost this week and that shuffled the rankings again. #6 Auburn lost to #9 Florida in the premier game of the week and the teams swapped places. Iowa, which was tied for 10^th, cleaned up our mathematical issue by losing to Watchlisted Michigan. The last two national champions, #3 Clemson and #4 Alabama, each showed their playoff savvy by not playing yesterday.

1.     Georgia (5-0) beat Tennessee 43-14 in a hard-hitting game between longtime rivals. This was a quality win.

2.     LSU (5-0) beat Utah State 42-6 and basically held serve.

3.     Clemson (5-0) did not play.

4.     Alabama (5-0) did not play.

5.     Oklahoma (5-0) beat Kansas 45-20, despite all the cursing.

6.     Florida (6-0) beat Auburn 24-13, a big win for the Gators.

7.     Ohio State (5-0) beat stubborn Michigan State 34-10.

8.     Wisconsin (5-0) beat Kent State 48-0.

9.     Auburn (5-1) lost to Florida. The Tigers can still earn a playoff berth, but they’ll need to win out to convince the Playoff Committee that they belong in the Final Four.

10.  Texas (6-0) beat West Virginia 42-31.

WATCHLIST: Michigan (4-1, earned a quality win over T-10 Iowa 10-3), Notre Dame (4-1, beat 1-4 Bowling Green 42-0).

Ineligible: Penn State

NOTES: As we wrote last week, there is very little to choose from among the teams in our top 6. … DII Slippery Rock rolled over MercyHurst 45-14. Senior kicker Jake Chapla became the career scoring leader at The Rock. He has kicked the most successful field goals for the school and is second in career touchdown conversion kicks. … Grinnell College, a D-III school in Iowa, has had to conclude its season after three games. The team started the season with 39 players and was down to 28 healthy players when the decision was made. The school was 3-30 since 2016. Speedylee has a great affinity for D-III sports and we extend our best regards to the players, coaches, administrators and fans of the Pioneers.