2013 Gildan New Mexico Bowl by ESPNEvents

vs.

COLORADO STATE RAMS

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS

Saturday, December 21, 2013 • University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico

TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from Gildan......................................................... 2 Welcome from the Governor............................................... 4 Welcome from the Mayor................................................... 6 Welcome from the Executive Director................................ 8 Welcome from Chairman of the Board ............................ 10 Executive Committee................................................... 12-14 Welcome to Albuquerque.................................................. 16 2013 Game Match Up....................................................... 18 PAC 12 Conference........................................................... 20 Washington State University............................................. 22 Washington State President............................................... 24 Washington State Athletic Director................................... 26

Washington State Head Coach.......................................... 28 Washington State Coaching Staff..................................... 30 Washington State Player Head Shots........................... 32-36 Washington State Numerical Roster................................. 38 Washington State Season Review................................ 40-41 Depth Charts (Both Teams)............................................... 42 Mountain West Conference............................................... 44 Colorado State University................................................. 46 Colorado State President................................................... 48 Colorado State Athletic Director....................................... 50 Colorado State Head Coach.............................................. 52 Colorado State Coaching Staff......................................... 54 Colorado State Player Head Shots............................... 56-60 Colorado State Numerical Roster..................................... 62 Colorado State Season Review.................................... 64-65 Gildan New Mexico Bowl Trophy.................................... 66 Gildan New Mexico Bowl History.............................. 68-69 About the Artist Cover...................................................... 70 Stadium Map..................................................................... 71 Week By Week Season Review................................. 74-103 Gildan New Mexico Sponsors........................................ 104 Gildan New Mexico Bowl

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WELCOME

FROM GILDAN

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FROM THE GOVERNOR

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FROM THE MAYOR

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Vanessa Alarid President/CEO, Alarid Consulting

Russell Allen, Allen Theatres

Jeff Apodaca VP-GM Entravision NM

Del Archuleta Molzen-Corbin & Associates

Odes Armijo-Caster Sacred Power Corporation

Mike Bahrmann Vice P,resident Golden Equipment

David Baker Mercedes of Albuquerque

David Baland Merrill Lynch

Pete Barr Tempur-Pedic

Kyle Beasley Sr. V-P, Comm. Lending Bank of Albuquerque

Bruce Beebe Wells Fargo

McKinley Boston Athletic Director, New Mexico State University

Blake Brown

Greg Brown Admiral Beverage NM

Robert Burpo President, First American Financial

Stephen Byrd Pres. Employee Benefits HUB International

John Chavez CFO, Atrinea Health

Mo Chavez Attorney at Law

Rudy Chavez Attorney at Law

Mark Cordova Cordova Contracting

Patrick Corley Field Sales Consultant Mutual Of Omaha

Scott Creagan Graphic Connection

Michael Danoff Michael Danoff and Associates PC

Rich Diller, CCIM, SIOR Director Investment, Land & Industrial

Market Lead/Gen. Sales Mgr. Comcast Spotlight in NM

Jon Drury

Greg Edgeington Zia Graphics

Mike Fietz Twilight Homes

Jack Fortner Attorney at Law

Raleigh Gardenhire Gentleman Rancher

Sam Bregman Bregman Law Firm

Casa Roja, Inc dba Rudy’s “Country Store & Bar-B-Q

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Marco Gonzales Modrall Law Firm

Leland Gould Western Refining

Anthony Griego Kim Jew Sports

Tom Krumland Owner/Founder Krumland Auto Group

Gena LaCross Albuquerque The Magazine

Rocky Lawrence President/CEO, National Electric

Mike Lutz American Linen And Uniform Supply

Kevin McGrath Burger Time, Inc

Mickey Rogers Fuddruckers Cafe Venture Company

Jack Thompson President Legacy Mortgage

Bryan Hess

Shari Jones ProLogis

Paul Krebs V.P. for Athletics, Univ. of New Mexico

Dale Lockett

Hunt Look USAF retired, Lobo Club volunteer

Jerry Lujan Managing Member

Canyon Club at Four Hills CC

Medrano, Hess & Struck, Attornyes at Law

Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau

Mario Medrano

John Murphy Enterprise Rent a Car

Arvind Raichur President , SonicSEO.com

Dorothy Rainosek Owner Frontier/Golden Pride Restaurants

Chris Saucedo Attorney at Law

Rick Siegel Advanced Presentation Systems

Todd Shaw Director of Tennis, Las Campanas

David Smoak RSF Land & Cattle Co LLC

Medrano, Hess & Struck, Attornyes at Law

Jeff Thompson Farmers Insurance

John Traub Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Club

Juan Urioste SR Market Manager, New York Life

N.M. Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Inc.

Medrano, Hess & Struck, Attornyes at Law

Bobby Wallace

Not Pictured: Becky Ellis, Dan Foley, John Martinez and Johnny Montoya 14

Raynard Struck

Chris Winch State Farm

WELCOME

TO ALBUQUERQUE

Welcome to Albuquerque Albuquerque is home to a colorful collection of art, culture and natural treasures. The city’s authentic diversity combined with great value has people taking notice – Albuquerque was among Fodor’s Travel Top 25 Places to Go in 2013. Arts & Culture The Native American, Spanish and Western cultural influences are evident throughout the city. Visitors enjoy exploring living history at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, ancient cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and neighboring pueblos. Cultural highlights include the National Hispanic Cultural Center, historic Old Town, 19 unique museums and an abundance of theaters. “Top 10 Big City Arts Destination” - AmericanStyle magazine

The Holidays in New Mexico While in Albuquerque, you will notice a distinctive style of holiday decorations. The glowing brown sacks that adorn walkways, churches and homes each holiday season are called luminarias and date back more than 300 years. A traditional luminaria is a brown paper bag filled will sand and a votive candle. Albuquerque offers a variety of options for your last-minute holiday shopping. Discover a unique, locally made piece of art or tasty New Mexican flavored culinary gift in Old Town, Nob Hill or one of the many locally-owned shops or galleries throughout town. Or shop in one three malls featuring major retailers. Whatever you choose to do here, a world of adventure, culture, and authentic experience await you. Enjoy your visit in Albuquerque and be a part of our story.

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Cuisine Albuquerque has an abundance of culinary choices for every palette and pocketbook. Be sure to sample traditional New Mexican flavors and our famous red and green chile. You may also be surprised to learn that the Rio Grande Valley is the country’s oldest wine producing region and is developing an up-and-coming microbrew scene. “Top 10 Best US Cities For Local Food” - Huffington Post Scenic Beauty – An Outdoor Enthusiast Paradise With the Sandia Mountains in our backyard, outdoor recreational opportunities are accessible and abundant including hiking, biking, golfing, birding and more. While you are in town you won’t want to miss taking a ride on the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway for a bird’s eye view of the city. “One of the 25 Fittest Cities in America” - Men’s Fitness Magazine

16th Annual River of Lights, Now – January 5th Enjoy the dazzling displays of animals, fantastical creatures and much more as you stroll throughout New Mexico’s largest walk-through light show at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden. The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, December 20th – 22nd The Nutcracker Ballet, a beloved holiday tradition comes to life in the late 1800s in territorial New Mexico. Resplendent with New Mexico heritage and traditions while maintaining the classical grace of its origins. Luminaria Tour December 24th Enjoy a New Mexican tradition and take a magical ride through a twinkling Old Town and other hot spots decked out for the holiday. Visit www.ItsATrip.org for a comprehensive calendar of events, coupons, maps and other Albuquerque information.

©Jay Blackwood- Sandia Peak Ski & Tram

Thousands of luminarias light up the Old Town Plaza during the holiday season. San Felipe de Neri Church, which still stands on its original site in Old Town, is located behind the gazebo in the center of Old Town Plaza. photo credit @www.MarbleStreetStudio.com

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GAME MATCH-UP FOR THE 2013 GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL Welcome to the eighth annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl and thank you for kicking off the FBS postseason with us! We are fortunate to have an incredible match-up for you today. The Colorado State Rams are back for the second time, facing the Washington State Cougars. We anticipate an entertaining game as these two programs meet for the first time and hope you enjoy New Mexico’s favorite bowl game. Both teams are thirsty for bowl victories. Colorado State is 5-7 in bowl games with its last appearance in the postseason being its 2008, 40-35 win in the New Mexico Bowl against Fresno State. Washington State is making its first bowl appearance since 2003 and 11th overall as a program. It will be the first appearance at the Gildan New Mexico Bowl as WSU has previous played in the Rose Bowl (1916, 1931, 1998, 2003), the Holiday Bowl (1981, 2003), the Aloha Bowl (1988), the Copper Bowl (1992), the Alamo Bowl (1994) and the Sun Bowl (2001). The Cougars are 6-4 in bowl games all time. The Rams are 7-6 overall, which is their best regular season record since 2003 (7-5) and have won five of their last seven games. CSU posted a 5-3 Mountain West record, their best since the 2005 team (5-3). Colorado State is the only school in the country to be able to claim both a 3,000-yard passer and 1,500-yard rusher. Running back Kapri Bibbs leads the nation in total touchdowns (28) and rushing touchdowns (28) and ranks sixth in rushing yards (1,572). He has set the CSU and Mountain West single-season touchdown records this season and is just 30 yards short of CSU’s single-season rushing record. Quarterback Garrett Grayson ranks 16th in the nation in passing yards with a school-record 3,327 and ranks 22nd in completions per game (20.5). Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Shaquil Barrett is tied for third nationally in sacks (12.0) and ranks third in tackles for loss (20.5). Washington State is 6-6 overall and 4-5 in conference play. 18

The Cougars are led by senior safety Deone Bucannon, who is a first team AllPac-12 Conference honoree. Bucannon led the Pac-12 in tackles with 109, his second straight 100-tackle season. Offensively, the Cougars are dynamic, featuring one of the nation’s most exciting offenses. The Cougs are led by junior quarterback Connor Halliday, who is fourth in the country in passing yards (4,187). Halliday utilizes a large variety of receivers. Keep an eye on sophomore wide receiver Gabe Marks who leads the Cougars in receptions and has scored six times this season. Colorado State is guided by Jim McElwain. In just his second year, McElwain is leading the Rams to new heights after being a part of two National Championship teams as offensive coordinator at Alabama. He has revitalized the CSU offense, with an offense that is breaking school records for total yards and achieving the second largest improvement in the nation in scoring offense behind Auburn and ahead of Washington. The Rams also have the second-most improved scoring offense in the country this season (behind only Auburn), and the third-most improved total offense (behind only Auburn and Washington) from 2012 to 2013. Washington State is led by Mike Leach who is in his second year at the helm of the Cougars program. Leach is no stranger to the postseason, earning 10 bowl bids in 10 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas Tech (2000-09). Leach’s high powered offense has been well received in Pullman as Washington State is second in the conference in passing offense (364.5 pards per game) after leading the Pac-12 last year. This game should be a knock-down, drag-out fight between these schools no matter how you compare the stats. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl is honored to be the first game of the postseason and excited to show off the Land of Enchantment to the national audience on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

the next conference by nearly 200. In all, Conference teams have won 459 NCAA Championships (309 men’s, 150 women’s).

Built on a firm foundation of academic excellence and superior athletic performance, the Conference ushered in a new era on July 1, 2011, officially becoming the Pac-12 Conference with the additions of the University of Colorado and University of Utah.

The Conference’s reputation is further proven in the annual Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition, the prestigious award that honors the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. Stanford continued its remarkable run and won its unprecedented 19thconsecutive Directors’ Cup in 2012-13. Seven Pac-12 member institutions ranked among the top-25 Division I programs: No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 UCLA, No. 14 USC, No. 15 Oregon, No. 17 California, No. 18 Arizona State and No. 23 Arizona.

Just 27 days after the Conference officially changed its named, Commissioner Larry Scott announced the creation of the Pac12 Networks on July 27, 2011, solidifying a landmark television deal and putting the Conference on the forefront of collegiate athletics. The Networks, including one national network, six regional networks, and a robust digital network marked the first-ever integrated media company owned by a college conference. In addition, the “TV Everywhere” rights allow fans to access Pac-12 Networks outside the home on any digital device, including smartphones and tablet computers.

The Conference’s eight national titles came in the form of five women’s and three men’s crowns. Five different league schools claimed NCAA titles and, of the six NCAA institutions to have won multiples titles, two were from the Pac-12. No other conference in the country had more than one team win multiple NCAA titles.

The Pac-12 launched its China Initiative in 2011 as a way to proactively promote the Conference and member institutions through student-athlete exchanges and sport. In its first two years, Pac-12 studentathletes have enjoyed unique cultural and athletic experiences in China, and the Conference has gained significant brand exposure for the future and set a foundation for growth.

Participation in the postseason was a common occurrence for the Pac-12 in 2012-13. Of the 22 sports sponsored by the Conference, 15 witnessed at least half its teams participating in NCAA or other postseason action. The men sent 59 of a possible 101 teams into the postseason (58.4 percent), while the women sent 70 of a possible 114 teams (61.4 percent).

On the field, the Pac-12 rises above the rest, upholding its tradition as the “Conference of Champions ®,” claiming an incredible 127 NCAA team titles since 1999-2000, including eight in 2012-13. That is an average of over nine championships per academic year. Even more impressive has been the breadth of the Pac-12’s success, with championships coming in 28 different men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-12 has led or tied the nation in NCAA Championships in 47 of the last 53 years. The only exceptions being in 1980-81, 1988-89, 1990-91 and 1995-96 when the Conference finished second, and only twice finished third (1998-99 and 2004-05).

The culmination of the 2012 Pac-12 football season included a pair of BCS bowl wins as Pac-12 champion Stanford knocked off Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and Oregon topped Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl in a postseason that saw the Pac-12 send a record eight teams into bowl games. It was the third consecutive year that the Pac-12 had two teams participate in BCS bowls. Stanford, which claimed its first Pac-12 crown since 1999, posted its first Rose Bowl Game victory since 1972. Joining the Cardinal and Ducks on the bowl circuit were Oregon State (Valero Alamo Bowl), UCLA (Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl), USC (Hyundai Sun Bowl), Washington (MAACO Las Vegas Bowl), Arizona State (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl) and Arizona (Gildan New Mexico Bowl). Oregon and Stanford finished among the top-10 in the final Associated Press poll, finishing second and seventh, respectively, while Oregon State ranked 20th.

For the eighth-consecutive year, the Pac-12 had the most NCAA titles or tied for the most of any conference in the country, winning at least six every year since 2000-01. No other conference has won double-digit NCAA crowns in a single year, the Pac-12 doing so six times, including a record 14 in 1996-97. Spanning nearly a century of outstanding athletics achievements, the Pac12 was the first conference to reach 400 championships in 2010-11. With the inclusion of Colorado and Utah, the Conference surpassed another major milestone, with league teams capturing 450 titles, outdistancing

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY At Washington State University, you’ll discover a close-knit community of scholars driven by a common passion: making the world a better place. That commitment—passed along from one generation of Cougar alumni to the next—reflects a deeply held university belief that an informed intellect, combined with a confident, can-do spirit, can improve the quality of life for others while also yielding personal success and fulfillment. You’ll see that principle in action on a daily basis at WSU. It’s evident among our students, who volunteer for more than 70,000 hours of community service in a typical year. It permeates our teaching and research, which is focused on big ideas for solving problems in areas like health, food, sustainability, and leadership. And it’s reflected throughout our diverse campus community, which nurtures and challenges our members to invest their talents and interests in a variety of academic and social activities. We strive to deepen our students’ understanding of and connectedness to the global community. Students can choose from more than 1,200 study abroad opportunities. Some 1,800 students from all corners of the globe enroll at the main WSU campus in Pullman, adding a rich layer of cultural diversity. The Honors College curriculum immerses students in the study of international issues. An institutional commitment to enroll a more ethnically diverse student body con-

Pharmacists Association competitions for business plans, patient outreach activities and patient counseling skills. Graduate students from around the world enroll in WSU’s 64 master’s and 44 doctoral programs in such highly rated programs as molecular biosciences, physics, zoology, veterinary medicine, and the plant sciences.

tinues to deliver dividends. Some 20 percent of the student body is comprised of minority students—the highest percentage in WSU history—and the number is expected to grow in future years. The University is also dedicated to sustainability—an effort that has included everything from the launch of a bike-sharing program and expanded recycling activities, to construction of new buildings to meet green building standards. In addition, hundreds of high school students from the region participate in WSU’s annual Imagine Tomorrow competition, which challenges them to develop creative solutions for society’s energy challenges. Undergraduate students can choose from 200-plus fields of study, and many academic programs rank among the nation’s best. Among them: the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, where students gain practical experience at studentrun television and radio stations, and the College of Pharmacy, whose students are consistent award winners in the American 22

An award-winning Student Recreation Center featuring cardio and weight equipment, courts for basketball, volleyball, and badminton, and a swimming pool and spa inspires students to maintain their physical and mental health. A revitalized student union building, a classroom building featuring the latest teaching technology, and a major expansion of Martin Stadium are recent examples of the University’s continuing commitment to provide amenities that benefit students. The location of WSU’s flagship campus in Pullman, a small town in southeastern Washington, creates the quintessential college town environment—meaning that Cougar spirit permeates life on and off campus for the approximately 20,000 students enrolled here. The University also has thriving regional campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Vancouver, as well as the Global Campus, a nationally recognized online learning environment that serves student worldwide, bringing WSU’s total enrollment to more than 27,000 students. Learn more about WSU at wsu.edu.

Elson S. Floyd

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Previously, he spent two years as executive director of the state of Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, the agency responsible for statewide coordination, planning, oversight, policy analysis and student financial aid programs for Washington’s post-secondary education system. From 1990 to 1993, he served as vice president for student services, vice president for administration and executive vice president at Eastern Washington University. He began his career in 1978 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he held deanships in the Division of Student Affairs, the General College and the College of Arts and Sciences. From 1988 to 1990, he was assistant vice president for student services for the UNC system office, where he helped develop and articulate student affairs and academic affairs policy for the 16-campus university system. Elson S. Floyd is Washington State University’s 10th president. He took office in May of 2007 after serving as president of the four-campus University of Missouri System during 2002-2007.

A native of Henderson, N.C., Floyd holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and speech, a master of education degree in adult education, and a doctor of philosophy degree in higher and adult education, all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“Excellence, quality, and accountability” are keystones to his administration leading WSU. He puts high priority on WSU being a research leader and having a global presence. Furthermore, he endorses diversity of thought, opinion, perspective, viewpoints, race and ethnicity as characteristics of a world-class university.

Floyd and his wife, Carmento Floyd, have two grown children.

Floyd served as president of Western Michigan University from 1999 to 2002, and held several administrative positions at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, including deanships in student affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Bill Moos

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR percent self-sufficient during that time. Under his direction the Duck Fund donor base increased from 4,930 to 12,290, resulting in an annual gifts increase from $4.1 million to $15.3 million. During Moos’ tenure, Oregon athletics initiated more than $160 million in facility improvements and captured 13 Pac-10 championships across six different sports. He increased opportunities for women by adding two intercollegiate programs, soccer and lacrosse, and negotiated an all-inclusive shoe and apparel contract with Nike, one of only 14 in the country at the time. Moos assumed the duties of director of athletics in July 1995, after five years in the same position at the University of Montana. During his Montana tenure (1990-95), he created an academic support program and hired its first athletic academic coordinator, developed a facility enhancement plan that created more than $4 million in improvements and lifted the school’s fund-raising efforts to show a 300 percent increase in private and corporate gifts. Moos began his athletics career in 1982 as assistant athletics director at WSU and also served as the school’s associate director (198890). He was director of development for more than five years and associate director for nearly two years, supervising all external operations. Moos earned his bachelor’s degree in history from WSU and was a three-year letterman in football before concluding his collegiate career by representing Washington State in the 1972 East-West Shrine Game. He served as co-captain on the Cougars’ 1972 squad and garnered All-Pac-8 Conference First Team honors. Moos and his wife Kendra have three daughters: Christa, Brittany and Kaiti; and two sons, Bo and Benjamin.

William H. (Bill) Moos began his duties as Washington State University Athletics Director April 15, 2010. Moos, a WSU Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient, was named athletics director by WSU President Elson S. Floyd Feb. 24, 2010. Moos wasted no time in making his impact felt in Cougar Athletics, spearheading a department-wide rebranding effort with Nike while securing a 10-year, $35 million marketing rights agreement with IMG College. In addition he gained Regents approval for a nearly $130 million addition and remodel of Martin Stadium, featuring a remodeled press box with luxury seating, including suites, loge boxes, club room and video board, as well as an 80,000-square-foot football operations building which is expected to be complete in spring, 2014. As the dean of Pac-12 athletic directors, Moos was at the forefront of the conference’s procurement of a 12-year, $3 billion television contract with FOX and ESPN, a landmark agreement in college athletics. In the three years under Moos’ direction, the Cougar Athletic Fund’s Annual Giving program has seen an 81 percent increase in gifts while CAF donor members have risen from nearly 4,000 to more than 6,000. Additional facility enhancements under Moos include a center hung video board in Beasley Coliseum and an indoor golf hitting facility. Moos has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in collegiate athletics, serving as the University of Oregon director of athletics from 1995-2007. While at Oregon he oversaw a 17-sport athletic department that rose to national prominence during his tenure. Oregon’s annual athletic department budget grew from $18.5 million in his first year to more than $40 million by 2007, becoming 100

Mike Leach

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH Leach led Texas Tech to one of the most memorable seasons in school history in 2008 as the team set a program record with 11 regular-season wins en route to an 11-2 record. The win total tied the mark, set previously by the 1953 and 1973 Red Raider squads. Numerous accolades poured in from across the country as an unprecedented four players earned first-team All-America status, in addition to Leach’s three coach of the year honors. The program made strides academically as well under Leach. During his 10 years, Tech was recognized as one of the nation’s top institutions for consistently being above a 70 percent graduation rate, according to the American Football Coaches Association. Prior to coming on board at Texas Tech, Leach spent one season as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma and in a similar capacity for Hal Mumme at the University of Kentucky and Valdosta (Ga.) State University. He also coached at Iowa Wesleyan, Pori, Finland and College of the Desert after getting his start at Cal Poly as offensive line coach in 1987.

Washington State University announced Nov. 30, 2011 that Mike Leach had been named the Cougars’ head football coach.

After graduating with honors from BYU in 1983, Leach earned a master’s degree from the U.S. Sports Academy and his law degree from Pepperdine University, where he graduated in the top one-third of his class.

In his first season in Pullman, Leach’s high-powered offense led the conference in passing, averaging 330.42 yards per game. That figure ranked ninth nationally and marked the second-highest average in school history. Seven times the Cougars threw for more than 350 yards, including the season-ending, 31-28, overtime win against Washington. In a season that produced a 3-9 overall record, the Cougars saw a bit of a youth movement as 17 freshmen played and only four seniors started regularly. Academically, nine Cougars received Pac-12 All-Academic honors while the 2012 fall semester football GPA of 2.66 marked the first time the football team had been over a 2.60 GPA for fall semester.

The oldest of six siblings, Leach and his wife, Sharon, are the parents of four children; Janeen, Kim, Cody and Kiersten.

Leach brought a proven record of winning to Pullman. In 10 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas Tech (2000-09) his program earned 10 bowl bids. In addition, the Susanville, Calif., native who was raised in Cody, Wyo., recorded a school-record 84 victories during his tenure. Leading the most prolific passing offense in the country, Leach received three national Coach of the Year awards in 2008 - the Woody Hayes Award, Howie Long/Fieldturf Coach of the Year, and George Munger Award. His offense spreads the field with his exciting brand of football and guided Texas Tech to six NCAA passing titles and three total offense titles during his 10 seasons in Lubbock. Leach’s offense produced school records in nearly every passing category in 2000, his first season with the Red Raiders, but surpassed those numbers in each of his next nine seasons.

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS COACHING STAFF

MIKE LEACH HEAD COACH

MIKE BRESKE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ DEFENSIVE BACKS

JIM MASTRO RUNNING BACKS

CLAY MCGUIRE OFFENSIVE LINE

ERIC RUSSELL ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/ SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR

JOE SALAVE’A DEFENSIVE LINE

DENNIS SIMMONS OUTSIDE RECEIVERS

PAUL VOLERO OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS

KEN WILSON LINEBACKERS

DAVID YOST INSIDE RECEIVERS

DAVE EMERICK SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD/ CHIEF OF STAFF FOR FOOTBALL

ANTONIO HUFFMAN DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

JASON LOSCALZO HEAD FOOTBALL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

JARRAIL JACKSON DIRECTOR OF PLAYER RELATIONS

ERIC MELE OFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL

MIKE BETHEA DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT

RAY BROWN DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT

KEVIN FREITAG OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT

CHRIS KEAGLE SPECIAL TEAMS GRADUATE ASSISTANT

DAVID LOSE DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS

1 MAYLE, VINCE 6-3 240 SR

2 WASHINGTON, NOLAN CB 5-11 192 SR*

3 MCLENNAN, IVAN 6-4 244 JR

4 CARPENTER, ANTHONY CB 6-0 195 SR*

4 FALK, LUKE 6-4 203 FR

5 GALVIN, RICKEY 5-8 178 JR*

6 HORTON, DAMANTE CB 5-10 178 SR

8 ALLISON, JEREMIAH LB 6-2 220 SO

9 MARKS, GABE 6-0 176 SO

10 BRUGGMAN, TYLER QB 6-1 200 FR

10 SAGOTE, JUSTIN 6-0 218 SR

12 HALLIDAY, CONNOR QB 6-4 190 JR*

13 MONROE, DARRYL 6-1 235 SO*

15 LEWIS, ROBERT 5-9 155 FR

16 WHITE, CHARLESTON CB 5-10 175 FR

17 APODACA, AUSTIN 6-3 193 FR*

18 WILLIAMS, KRISTOFF WR 6-2 216 JR*

19 BARTOLONE, BRETT WR 5-10 187 SO

20 BUCANNON, DEONE 6-1 215 SR

21 OERTEL, ERIC 6-1 208 SR

22 LOCKER, CASEY 5-11 195 SR*

23 BROOKS, LEON 5-7 175 SR*

24 WEST, THERON 5-7 175 JR*

25 BONTEMPS, BENNETT S 6-0 198 SR

26 BAKER, TYLER 5-10 182 SO*

26 TAYLOR, PARIS 6-3 206 SO

27 CLARK, TRACY 5-11 187 JR*

28 DAVEY, FEDDIE 5-10 200 SO

30 TALIULU, TAYLOR 5-11 196 SO

25 BROWN, DAQUAWN CB 5-11 170 FR

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS

31 HENRY, PARKER 5-11 208 FR*

36 DOTSON, ISAAC 6-1 212 FR

40 POWELL, ERIK 6-1 173 FR

46 BOWLIN, MIKE 6-4 215 SR*

52 ANDERSON, BRENT 6-1 272 JR*

32 BUCANNON, DAVID 6-0 193 FR*

33 PRITCHARD, TANA 6-3 220 SO*

34 CALDWELL, TEONDRAY RB 5-9 198 SO

35 GLOVER, BEAU 5-9 170 FR*

39 LEMORA, DARIUS 5-11 181 FR

35 MASON, MARCUS 5-9 188 JR

40 PALACIO, KACHE 6-2 225 SO

45 SU’A, CHESTER 6-1 228 JR

36 WICKS, GERARD 5-11 202 FR

37 BYERS, JARED 6-0 218 SR*

38 MORROW, JAMAL 5-8 190 FR

K/P

41 HERSEY, MAX 6-3 235 SO*

42 COEN, CYRUS 6-0 215 JR

43 LAUFASA, JEREMIAH RB 5-10 208 SO*

44 CONCEPCION, WES 6-0 185 JR

46 HUNDEBY, NATHAN 6-0 213 FR

48 PETERSON, MITCHELL S 6-1 200 JR*

49 FURNEY, ANDREW 5-10 210 SR

50 FAOLIU, LYMAN 6-3 267 JR

51 PELLUER, PEYTON 6-0 218 FR

52 PAULO, DARRYL 6-2 262 SO*

54 DERIDER, NATE 6-1 198 FR

56 DAHL, JOE 6-4 290

58 SORENSON, RILEY 6-4 304 FR

60 BOSCH, ELLIOTT 6-4 280 SR*

OL SO*

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS

61 MADISON, COLE 6-5 265 FR

62 CHRIST, MORITZ 6-5 312 SO*

63 EKLUND, GUNNAR 6-7 300 SO*

64 FLOR, SAM 6-4 310 FR*

65 DEN BLEYKER, ALEX LS 5-10 235 JR

66 GOETZ, MATT 6-4 270 SR*

71 BOCK, MATTHEW 6-2 270 SR*

71 SEYDEL, JACOB 6-6 290 JR

73 MIDDLETON, EDUARDO OL 6-5 318 FR*

68 FREEMAN, CARLOS OL 6-3 303 FR

69 MCCLAIN, DEVONTE OL 6-5 295 JR

70 BREVICK, ZACH 6-5 278 SR*

75 SALMONSON, B.J. 6-4 275 FR

76 FORBES, RICO 6-6 300 SR*

77 FULLINGTON, JOHN OL 6-5 301 SR

78 O’CONNELL, CODY 6-8 345 FR

79 VILLARRUBIA, PIERSON OL 6-4 293 FR*

80 WILLIAMS, DOM 6-2 192 SO*

82 RATLIFF, BOBBY 6-2 198 JR*

84 CRACRAFT, RIVER 6-0 198 FR

85 THOMPSON, JOHN 5-7 185 FR

88 MYERS, ISIAH 6-0 185 JR

90 EKUALE, DANIEL 6-3 270 FR

92 BARBER, ROBERT 6-3 297 FR*

95 GAUTA, IOANE 6-3 285 SR

96 COOPER, XAVIER 6-4 303 SO*

97 VAEAO, DESTINY 6-4 290 SO

98 POLE, KALAFITONI 6-1 302 JR*

99 SU’A-KALIO, EMMITT DL 6-4 245 FR

94 STERLING, GERALD DL 6-3 275 FR

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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO NAME 1 MAYLE, Vince 2 WASHINGTON, Nolan 3 McLENNAN, Ivan 4 CARPENTER, Anthony 4 FALK, Luke 5 GALVIN, Rickey 6 HORTON, Damante 8 ALLISON, Jeremiah 8 ENNIS, Connor 9 MARKS, Gabe 10 BRUGGMAN, Tyler 10 SAGOTE, Justin 12 HALLIDAY, Connor 13 MONROE, Darryl 15 LEWIS, Robert 16 WHITE, Charleston 17 APODACA, Austin 18 WILLIAMS, Kristoff 19 BARTOLONE, Brett 20 BUCANNON, Deone 21 OERTEL, Eric 22 LOCKER, Casey 22 ROCKEY, Domenic 23 BROOKS, Leon 24 WEST, Theron 25 BONTEMPS, Bennett 25 BROWN, Daquawn 26 BAKER, Tyler 26 TAYLOR, Paris 27 CLARK, Tracy 28 DAVEY, Feddie 30 TALIULU, Taylor 31 GREENE, Kamel 31 HENRY, Parker 32 BUCANNON, David 32 LOFTUS, Drew 33 PRITCHARD, Tana 34 CALDWELL, Teondray 34 GREENE, Kahshan 35 GLOVER, Beau 35 MASON, Marcus 36 DOTSON, Isaac 36 WICKS, Gerard 37 BYERS, Jared 38 MORROW, Jamal 39 FOSSEDAL, Thomas 39 LEMORA, Darius 40 PALACIO, Kache 40 POWELL, Erik 41 HERSEY, Max 42 COEN, Cyrus 43 LAUFASA, Jeremiah 44 CONCEPCION, Wes 45 DICKINSON, Randall 45 SU’A, Chester

POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN WR 6-3 240 SR TR Natomas, Calif. CB 5-11 192 SR* 3V Seattle, Wash. LB 6-4 244 JR TR Hawthorne, Calif. CB 6-0 195 SR* 3V Los Angeles, Calif. QB 6-4 203 FR HS Logan, Utah WR 5-8 178 JR* 2V Berkeley, Calif. CB 5-10 178 SR 3V Oakland, Calif. LB 6-2 220 SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif. QB 5-11 165 FR HS Washington D.C. WR 6-0 176 SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif. QB 6-1 200 FR HS Phoenix, Ariz. LB 6-0 218 SR 1V Santa Clara, Calif. QB 6-4 190 JR* 1V Spokane, Wash. LB 6-1 235 SO* 1V Orlando, Fla. WR 5-9 155 FR HS South Gate, Calif. CB 5-10 175 FR HS Amarillo, Texas QB 6-3 193 FR* RS Longmont, Colo. WR 6-2 216 JR* 2V Antioch, Calif. WR 5-10 187 SO 1V La Habra, Calif. S 6-1 215 SR 3V Fairfield, Calif. LB 6-1 208 SR 3V Racine, Wisc. S 5-11 195 SR* 3V Ferndale, Wash. QB 6-1 201 FR HS Auburn, Wash. RB 5-7 175 SR* 2V Harbor City, Calif. RB 5-7 175 JR* RS Compton, Calif. S 6-0 198 SR 3V Puyallup, Wash. CB 5-11 170 FR HS Los Angeles, Calif. WR 5-10 182 SO* RS Bullard, Texas S 6-3 206 SO TR Altamonte Springs, Fla. CB 5-11 187 JR* 2V Pittsburg, Calif. LB 5-10 200 SO 1V Miami, Fla. S 5-11 196 SO 1V Aiea, Hawaii DB 5-11 175 FR HS Mountain View, Calif. RB 5-11 208 FR* RS Vancouver, Wash. S 6-0 193 FR* RS Fairfield, Calif. WR 6-2 187 SO* SQ Kennewick, Wash. LB 6-3 220 SO* 1V Lakewood, Wash. RB 5-9 198 SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif. DB 5-11 168 FR HS Mountain View, Calif. DB 5-9 170 FR* RS Gig Harbor, Wash. RB 5-9 188 JR 2V Etiwanda, Calif. S 6-1 212 FR HS Bellevue, Wash. RB 5-11 202 FR HS Carson, Calif. LB 6-0 218 SR* 3V Pullman, Wash. RB 5-8 190 FR HS Menifee, Calif. P 6-2 200 JR HS Mukilteo, Wash. S 5-11 181 FR HS Port Arthur, Texas LB 6-2 225 SO 1V Gardena, Calif. K/P 6-1 173 FR HS Vancouver, Wash. LB 6-3 235 SO* 1V Tacoma, Wash. LB 6-0 215 JR 2V Pearl City, Hawai’i RB 5-10 208 SO* RS Kirkland, Wash. K 6-0 185 JR SQ Kent, Wash. (Kentridge) FB 5-11 234 FR* HS Pasco, Wash. (Pasco) LB 6-1 228 JR 2V Pearl City, Hawai’i

NO NAME 46 BOWLIN, Mike 46 HUNDEBY, Nathan 47 SAPARTO, Ryan 48 PETERSON, Mitchell 49 FURNEY, Andrew 50 FAOLIU, Lyman 51 PELLUER, Peyton 52 ANDERSON, Brent 52 PAULO, Darryl 54 DeRIDER, Nate 55 SONNEBORN, Jerred 56 DAHL, Joe 57 KANOUSE, Austin 58 SORENSON, Riley 59 AGEN, Andy 60 BOSCH, Elliott 61 HUTCHERSON, Sherman 61 MADISON, Cole 62 CHRIST, Moritz 62 SIMUNDSON, Clayton 63 EKLUND, Gunnar 64 FLOR, Sam 65 DEN BLEYKER, Alex 66 GOETZ, Matt 68 FREEMAN, Carlos 69 McCLAIN, Devonte 70 BREVICK, Zach 71 BOCK, Matthew 71 SEYDEL, Jacob 73 MIDDLETON, Eduardo 74 WALDNER, Jeff 75 SALMONSON, B.J. 76 FORBES, Rico 77 FULLINGTON, John 78 O’CONNELL, Cody 79 BROWN, Austin 79 VILLARRUBIA, Pierson 80 WILLIAMS, Dom 81 NEWMAN, Michael 82 RATLIFF, Bobby 84 CRACRAFT, River 85 THOMPSON, John 86 ROACH, Willie 87 LILIENTHAL, Daniel 88 MYERS, Isiah 89 ALDRIDGE, Donovan 90 EKUALE, Daniel 92 BARBER, Robert 94 STERLING, Gerald 95 GAUTA, Ioane 96 COOPER, Xavier 97 VAEAO, Destiny 98 POLE, Kalafitoni 99 SU’A-KALIO, Emmitt * = Redshirted

POS HT P 6-4 LB 6-0 LS 5-11 S 6-1 K 5-10 DL 6-3 LB 6-0 OL 6-1 DL 6-2 LB 6-1 LS 6-1 OL 6-4 OL 6-3 OL 6-4 OL 6-2 OL 6-4 DL 5-9 OL 6-5 DL 6-5 OL 6-4 OL 6-7 OL 6-4 LS 5-10 OL 6-4 OL 6-3 OL 6-5 OL 6-5 DL 6-2 OL 6-6 OL 6-5 DL 6-3 OL 6-4 OL 6-6 OL 6-5 OL 6-8 DL 6-2 OL 6-4 WR 6-2 WR 5-10 WR 6-2 WR 6-0 WR 5-7 WR 6-1 WR 6-2 WR 6-0 WR 6-2 DL 6-3 NT 6-3 DL 6-3 NT 6-3 DL 6-4 DL 6-4 NT 6-1 DL 6-4

WT 215 213 235 200 210 267 218 272 262 198 262 290 267 304 260 280 233 265 312 257 300 310 235 270 303 295 278 270 290 318 258 275 300 301 345 267 293 192 193 198 198 185 187 197 185 175 270 297 275 285 303 290 302 245

YR SR* FR JR* JR* SR JR FR JR* SO* FR FR SO* FR FR FR SR* FR* FR SO* FR SO* FR* JR SR* FR JR SR* SR* JR FR* JR* FR SR* SR FR FR* FR* SO* FR* JR* FR FR FR* JR JR FR FR FR* FR SR SO* SO JR* FR

EXP HOMETOWN 1V Aliso Viejo, Calif. HS Spokane, Wash. SQ Everett, Wash. SQ Spokane, Wash. 3V Burlington, Wash. TR Vallejo, Calif. HS Sammamish, Wash. SQ Kennewick, Wash. SQ Sacramento, Calif. HS Bellevue, Wash. HS Spokane, Wash. RS Spokane, Wash. HS Port Orchard, Wash. HS Santa Margarita, Calif. HS Mount Vernon, Wash. 2V Spokane, Wash. RS Snoqualmie, Wash. HS Burien, Wash. SQ Siegen, Germany HS Kennewick, Wash. 1V Lake Stevens, Wash. RS Seattle, Wash. 1V Fremont, Calif. 2V San Antonio, Texas HS Oklahoma City, Okla. TR East Palo Alto, Calif. 1V Snoqualmie, Wash. 2V Mission Viejo, Calif. TR Riverside, Calif. RS Oceanside, Calif. SQ Olympia, Wash. HS Everson, Wash. (Valley) RS Houston, Texas 3V Belfair, Wash. HS Wenatchee, Wash. RS Meridian, Idaho RS Metairie, La. 1V Pomona, Calif. RS Cle Elum, Wash. 2V Etiwanda, Calif. HS Trabuco Canyon, Calif. HS Spanaway, Wash. HS Federal Way, Wash. TR Hemet, Calif. 2V Orlando, Fla HS Westlake Village, Calif. HS Pago Pago, American Samoa RS Pago Pago, American Samoa HS Aliceville, Ala. 1V Anaheim, Calif. 1V Tacoma, Wash. 1V Pago Pago, American Samoa 2V Union City, Calif. HS Pago Pago, American Samoa

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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS SEASON IN REVIEW

Oh what a difference a year makes. Washington State’s 2012 campaign, the first under head coach Mike Leach, produced a 3-9 record. However, a come-from-behind, 31-28, overtime victory against Washington in the season-ending game provided momentum heading into the offseason. Following a strong winter, which began following the Apple Cup victory, Washington State parlayed that into a solid spring where plays became routine, where the focus was not necessarily on the next game, but the next play in practice. Improvement was steady throughout the spring and fall camp as the Cougars entered year two under Leach. The first test of the 2013 schedule came immediately as the Cougars opened the season at Auburn. After the Cougars took an early lead, the two teams went back and forth as the Tigers escaped with a 31-24 victory. While WSU did not earn the win, it was very evident this was not the same Cougar team as in past years.

Andrew Furney moved into third place on the Cougars’ all-time field goals made list.

Wins over South Utah and Idaho, the latter by a score of 42-0 that secured WSU’s first shutout since the 2003 season, pushed the Cougars to 3-1 for the first time since 2006. WSU moved into its most difficult part of the schedule, playing three of its next five games away from Martin Stadium, against Stanford, California, Oregon State, Oregon and Arizona State. A road victory at California saw quarterback Connor Halliday throw for 521 yards, second-most in school history, while his 67 pass attempts were a WSU record. The win also produced something lacking since 2006, a pair of conference road victories. While WSU dropped its next three games, it was evident strides were being made. Effort, which needed to be coached on a daily basis less than a year ago, was displayed week in and week out. Plays became routine, expectations rose and confidence grew.

Damante Horton celebrates with the defense after returning an interception 70 yards for a touchdown in the victory against USC.

The following week the Cougars broke through, earning a hardfought, 10-7, victory over No. 25 USC in Los Angeles. In a low scoring game, the defense made the big plays as Damante Horton’s 70-yard interception return for a touchdown just before halftime tied the game 7-7. Following a late Andrew Furney field goal, Horton picked off his second pass of the night, securing the win. It was the first victory over USC in 11 years and the first in Los Angeles since the 2000 season.

At Arizona in mid-November, the Cougars played one of their most complete games of the season, using a goal-line stand in the final seconds to defeat the Wildcats 24-17 as Arizona was held to its second-lowest point total of the season. The following week WSU jumped out early and never trailed in a 49-37 win against Utah to close out the home schedule. Two interceptions returned for touchdowns in the first quarter staked the Cougars to a 21-0 lead and they never looked back, becoming bowl eligible for the first time since the 2006 season.

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS SEASON IN REVIEW

Horton enters today’s game having returned three interceptions for touchdowns this season and four for his career, both school records. The defensive leader, senior Deone Bucannon, finished the regular season with a conference-leading 109 tackles, the most by a Cougar since James Darling posted 136 during the 1996 season. Bucannon was an All-Pac-12 Conference First Team selection, midseason first-team All-America pick by Sports Illustrated and a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist. In addition to Bucannon, the Cougars placed four members on the All-Pac-12 honorable mention team, center Elliott Bosch, wide receiver River Cracraft, kicker Andrew Furney and Horton.

Connor Halliday set WSU game and season records for attempts, completions and passing yards during the 2013 campaign.

A loss to Washington in the Apple Cup did little to take away from the many accomplishments the season has produced to this point. The WSU offense set single-season records for attempts (698), completions (433) and passing yards (4,374) while averaging a WSU-best 364.5 passing yards per game, fifth nationally. Halliday set numerous game and single-season record passing records, including attempts in a game (89 at Oregon) and season (656 entering today’s game), completions in a game (58 at Oregon) and season (412) as well as yards in a game (557 at Oregon) and season (4,187). Halliday’s numbers against Oregon also set Pac-12 Conference records for each category. Oregon had entered the game leading the conference in total defense and second in pass defense. The Cougar offensive line showed possibly the biggest improvement of any unit, allowing 30 fewer sacks than the previous year while blocking for the country’s seventh-best passing attack and Senior center Elliott Bosch was one of four Cougars named All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention. doubling last year’s rushing output. 41

DEPTH CHARTS WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS OFFENSE

COLORADO STATE RAMS OFFENSE

X Y LT LG C RG RT H Z QB RB

WR LT LG C RG RT TE H-Back/TE WR QB RB

80 1 84 18 63 79 56 66 60 70 66 58 77 76 5 82 9 88 12 17 35 34

Dom WILLIAMS 6-2 Vince MAYLE 6-3 River CRACRAFT 6-0 Kristoff WILLIAMS 6-2 Gunnar EKLUND 6-7 Pierson VILLARRUBIA 6-4 Joe DAHL 6-4 Matt GOETZ 6-4 Elliot BOSCH 6-4 Zach BREVICK 6-5 Matt GOETZ 6-4 Riley SORENSON 6-4 John FULLINGTON 6-5 Rico FORBES 6-6 Rickey GALVIN 5-8 Bobby RATLIFF 6-2 Gabe MARKS 6-0 Isiah MYERS 6-0 Connor HALLIDAY 6-4 Austin APODACA 6-3 Marcus MASON 5-9 Teondray CALDWELL 5-8

192 240 198 216 300 293 290 270 280 278 270 304 301 300 178 198 176 185 190 193 188 189

SO* SR FR JR* SO* FR* SO* SR* SR* SR* SR* FR SR SR* JR* JR* SO JR JR* FR* JR SO

82 12 11 51 71 75 50 70 54 64 73 78 74 10 84 86 34 44 25 2 4 18 15 17 8 5 6 7

Rashard Higgins Austin Gray Jordon Vaden Ty Sambrailo Sam Carlson Brandon Haynes Mason Myers Weston Richburg Fred Zerblis Jordan Gragert Tomas Rivera Jared Biard Mason Hathaway Crockett Gillmore Blake Jones Kivon Cartwright Joe Brown Joe McKay Joe Hansley Thomas Coffman Charles Lovett Garrett Grayson Conner Smith Nick Stevens Craig Leonard Kapri Bibbs Chris Nwoke Donnell Alexander

6-2 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-6 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-0 5-11

180 208 185 310 280 300 300 300 295 290 310 315 294 255 245 245 220 235 180 180 182 220 220 190 215 203 216 205

FR JR* FR* JR* SO* SR* JR* SR* FR* SR* FR* SR* JR* SR SO* JR* SR* SR* SO or JR* JR JR SO* or FR FR* SO* SR* SO*

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS DEFENSE

COLORADO STATE RAMS DEFENSE

T NT E BUCK SAM MIKE WILL FCB SS FS BCB

LDE DT NOSE RDE/BUCK SLB MLB WLB LCB RCB SS FS

98 52 95 92 96 71 97 40 42 21 13 37 10 33 6 4 20 36 30 22 2 25

Kalafitoni POLE Darryl PAULO Ioane GAUTA Robert BARBER Xavier COOPER Matthew BOCK Destiny VAEAO Kache PALACIO Cyrus COEN Eric OERTEL Darryl MONROE Jared BYERS Justin SAGOTE Tana PRITCHARD Damante HORTON Anthony CARPENTER Deone BUCANNON Isaac DOTSON Taylor TALIULU Casey LOCKER Nolan WASHINGTON Daquawn BROWN

6-1 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-11

302 262 285 297 303 270 290 225 215 208 235 218 218 220 175 195 215 212 196 195 182 170

JR* SO* SR FR* SO* SR* SO SO JR SR SO* SR* SR SO* SR SR* SR FR SO SR* SR* FR

99 90 96 93 97 94 56 38 31 4 40 32 42 37 45 23 19 3 13 26 3 16 6 22

Eli Edwards Joe Kawulok Curtis Wilson Terry Jackson Calvin Tonga LaRyan King Shaquil Barrett Danny Nwosu Cory James Steven Michel Max Morgan Nolan Peralta Ken Hulbert Aaron Davis Nu’uvali Fa’apito Bernard Blake Tyree Simmons Shaq Bell DeAndre Elliott Kevin Pierre-Louis Shaq Bell Trent Matthews Jasen Oden Nick Januska

6-1 6-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-2, 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-2

250 250 275 275 330 285 250 233 240 225 225 230 215 220 221 180 170 198 185 212 198 210 208 210

SR SO* SR* SO SR SO SR FR* SO* SO* JR* FR* JR JR SO* JR* FR SR SO* SO* SR SO* SO SO

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS SPECIAL TEAMS

COLORADO STATE RAMS SPECIAL TEAMS

P PK KO LS H PR KOR

PR KR LS SS H P K

46 44 49 46 46 49 65 70 17 46 23 9 34 5

Mike BOWLIN Wes CONCEPCION Andrew FURNEY Mike BOWLIN Mike BOWLIN Andrew FURNEY Alex DEN BLEYKER Zach BREVICK Austin APODACA Mike BOWLIN Leon BROOKS Gabe MARKS Teondray CALDWELL Rickey GALVIN

6-4 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-4 5-10 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-0 5-8 5-8

215 185 210 215 215 210 235 278 193 215 166 176 189 178

SR* JR SR SR* SR* SR JR SR* FR* SR* SR* SO SO JR*

* Redshirt Year

25 19 4 2 19 53 47 53 70 25 49 8 49 95 47 93

* Redshirt Year

Joe Hansley Tyree Simmons Charles Lovett Thomas Coffman Tyree Simmons Tanner Hedstrom Trent Sieg Tanner Hedstrom Weston Richburg Joe Hansley Hayden Hunt Craig Leonard Hayden Hunt Geoff Clary Jared Roberts Berto Garcia

5-10 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-4 5-10 5-11 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-7

180 170 182 180 170 230 230 230 300 180 196 215 196 165 205 180

SO FR JR JR* FR SR* FR SR* SR* SO FR* FR* FR* FR JR FR

respectively, while Fresno State, San Diego State and San Jose State add a West coast influence with their locations in Central, Southern and Northern California. The inclusion of the Hawai‘i football program extends the Mountain West footprint to the beautiful islands in the Pacific Ocean. THIS IS THE MOUNTAIN WEST From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West has been committed to excellence in intercollegiate athletics, while promoting the academic missions of its member institutions. Progressive in its approach, the MW continues to cultivate opportunities for student-athletes to compete at the highest level, while fostering academic achievement and sportsmanship. Now in its 15th year, the MW has been assertive in its involvement with the NCAA governance structure and has taken a leadership role in the overall administration of intercollegiate athletics. The Mountain West has marked several achievements over its first 14 years of existence, most notably becoming the first to establish a sports television network dedicated solely to an intercollegiate athletic conference (The Mtn.). The Mountain West also was the first to experiment with the coaches’ challenge in the college football instant replay system, and was the first non-automatic-qualifying BCS conference to participate in four BCS bowl games, winning three. In 2011-12, the Mountain West was among the first conferences to implement a league-wide state-of-the-art basketball instant replay system. Additionally, the Mountain West was the first conference to have a member institution with No. 1 overall picks in both the NFL and NBA drafts in the same year (Utah’s Alex Smith and Andrew Bogut, respectively in 2005). With UNLV’s Anthony Bennett claiming the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, the Mountain West is one of three conferences to have multiple No. 1 NBA draft selections since 2000. Also, with San Diego State’s Stephen Strasburg earning the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the Mountain West is one of two conferences to have the No. 1 selection in each of the NFL, NBA and MLB drafts since the MW was founded in 1999. The Mountain West is noted for its geographic diversity. Some of the most beautiful terrain and landscapes in the nation can be found within Mountain West boundaries, including the majestic Rocky Mountain range, which borders five MW institutions (Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico and Utah State). The high plains of Wyoming (elevation 7,220 feet – the highest Division I campus in the nation) contrast with the desert cities of Las Vegas and Reno, home to UNLV and Nevada, 44

HISTORY The Mountain West was conceived on May 26, 1998, when the presidents of eight institutions — Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming — decided to form a new NCAA Division I-A intercollegiate athletic conference. The split from a former 16-team conference re-established continuity and stability among the membership within the new league and signaled the continuation of its tradition-rich, long-standing athletic rivalries. Three of the MW’s eight original members have been conference rivals since the 1960s (New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado State), while San Diego State (1978) and Air Force (1980) were longtime members as well. UNLV and TCU entered the fold in 1996 and the Rebels continued as one of the original eight institutions that formed the MW in 1999. TCU re-joined the group with its first year of competition in the Mountain West in 2005-06. With conference realignment sweeping the nation in recent years, the MW has been proactive in addressing membership changes. Boise State University joined the Mountain West in 2011-12, followed by Fresno State and the University of Nevada on July 1, 2012. Also on July 1, 2012, the University of Hawai‘i became a football-only member of the Conference. On July 1, 2013, the Mountain West further expanded when San Jose State University and Utah State University joined the Conference, bringing to 11 the number of full-time member institutions and 12 football-playing members. When the Mountain West officially began operations on July 1, 1999, the new league had in place a seven-year contract with ESPN, giving the broadcaster exclusive national television rights to MW football and men’s basketball, and three-year agreements to send the league’s football champion to the Liberty Bowl and a second team to the Las Vegas Bowl. Commissioner Craig Thompson also arranged a third bowl tie-in each of the first three seasons (1999 Motor City, 2000 Silicon Valley, 2001 New Orleans) before securing a four-year deal with the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco in 2002. Entering the 2013 season, the MW has six contracted bowl affiliations – the Las Vegas Bowl, San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl, Famous Potato Idaho Bowl and Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

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COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY This changing-the-world mission is nothing new. The Peace Corps has its roots on CSU’s campus, and CSU is annually among the national leaders in Peace Corps volunteers. CSU faculty research is making the air safer for millions of residents in Third World countries and unlocking the mysteries of climate change in Antarctica. Closer to home, CSU is developing new crop varieties to better feed the world and developing tiny batteries that will change transportation. Researchers at CSU use knowledge gained by treating cancer in pets to find cures for human cancer. For the Colorado State University community, the opportunity to experience the Gildan New Mexico Bowl builds on the excitement at CSU -- excitement about the future of Rams football and, in the bigger picture, about an entire university that is committed to building the future.

CSU is located in Fort Collins, a vibrant city of about 150,000 annually ranked among the best places in America to live, learn, and recreate. It’s a high-altitude paradise tucked against the Rocky Mountains, and CSU is proud to be part of the community. While today CSU is celebrating the achievements of the football team, the university community has reason to celebrate every day. The university’s discoveries are making the world a better place to live, and CSU’s students are taking their knowledge and experience across the globe. Colorado State University is, indeed, building the future.

More than 26,000 highly motivated students choose Colorado State every year, enrolling from every state in the country and more than 90 different countries. Over the past seven years CSU has invested more than half a billion dollars in new classrooms, laboratories, residence halls, and other facilities. The university’s faculty is world-class, and now students have world-class facilities in which to live and learn. These investments support CSU’s land-grant mission. Founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College, CSU is now among the nation’s leading research universities. At CSU, professors work side-by-side with students as they make life-changing discoveries in chemistry, engineering, cancer research, and occupational therapy. Researchers here are global experts in water research, agricultural science, atmospheric science, energy, infectious diseases, occupational therapy, veterinary medicine, and more. Last year, the university had $313 million in research expenditures.

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY A MESSAGE FROM COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY • PRESIDENT TONY FRANK On behalf of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Colorado State University, I want to say how delighted and proud we are to be here cheering for the Rams at the New Mexico Bowl. We look forward to a great contest with the Cougars, wrapping up what has already been a terrific season for Coach McElwain and our team and celebrating two fine universities. This particular match-up between CSU and Washington State has generated a lot of passion among fans on both sides because both teams are coming off a period of growth and rebuilding. For our Rams, the dynamic leadership of Coach Mac, the hard work and courage of our student-athletes, and the tireless faith of our supporters has generated a level of momentum and excitement around CSU football not seen since the Sonny Lubick era. Our football program’s trajectory is now starting to align with that of our entire university, where we never settle for less than excellence and our very best. In fact, it’s been a great year for CSU in a whole lot of ways – with record levels of enrollment and donor support, continued ranking among the best universities in the country, and major honors for our world renowned faculty members like Diana Wall, Ian Orme, Bryan Willson and many others. In Athletics alone, we celebrated the inaugural year of our women’s soccer program and a record-breaking season for Coach Tom Hilbert’s volleyball team, which earned its fifth straight Mountain West Conference title. I can’t think of a better way to cap off this memorable year than with a bowl appearance here in Albuquerque, surrounded by students, alumni, and Ram fans who have hung in there with our team through good times and bad. Academics will always be the foundation of our university, but Athletics offer lessons in character and teamwork that are important for a learning community – and a successful program serves as a window that allows people around the nation and world to get to know Colorado State and all it stands for. And so, with this bowl appearance, we’re especially proud to open that window and share the remarkable story of Colorado State – a great American land-grant university with a commitment to creating opportunity, investing in people, and solving some of the most challenging research questions of our age. CSU is driven and focused, pragmatic and down-to-earth, warm and welcoming -- a community where people work hard and take care of each other, and where the quality of our campus life and culture is enriched by our location in one of America’s most vibrant college towns . Colorado State has a story worth telling, and we’re pleased that this bowl spotlight can shine on both an outstanding group of student-athletes and a great university. So best of luck to both teams, thanks to all our fans for being here with us, and Go RAMS! Dr. Tony Frank President

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dorothy Horrell Chair

Ed J. Haselden Voting Member

William E. Mosher Vice Chair

Mary Lou Makepeace Voting Member

Dennis E. Flores Treasurer

Demetri E. “Rico” Munn Voting Member

Scott C. Johnson Secretary

Joseph C. Zimlich Voting Member

Mark A. Gustafson Voting Member Non-Voting Board Members Alexandra Bernasek Faculty Rep., CSU-Fort Collins Frank Zizza Faculty Rep., CSU-Pueblo Nella Bea Anderson Faculty Rep., CSU-Global Campus Nigel Daniels Student Rep., CSU-Fort Collins Vanessa Emerson Student Rep., CSU-Pueblo Brad Schiffelbein Student Rep. CSU-Global Campus

JACK GRAHAM

COLORDADO STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Graham succeeded in leading an ambitious process that by early October 2012 secured the unanimous recommendation of Colorado State’s Board of Governors to Dr. Frank to allow the athletics department to begin the fundraising process for the stadium. It was another major achievement in just Graham’s 10th month on the job. More illustrations of Colorado State’s bold approach came in the form of two significant business deals brokered by Graham and his senior leadership team. In July 2013 Colorado State’s athletic programs began a partnership with UnderArmour to provide apparel and footwear, and that same month began a five-year partnership with 105.5 ESPN Radio to be the radio home for the Rams’ football and men’s and women’s basketball games and coaches’ shows. In January 2013, the decision was made by Graham to add the sport of women’s soccer for the 2013 season. The addition drew widespread praise for recognizing the popularity of the sport not just in Colorado, but nationwide, and veteran coach Bill Hempen was named the program’s first head coach.

Bold New Era: Three words have come to define the vision, direction and accomplishments of John C. “Jack” Graham’s tenure as Director of Athletics at Colorado State University, since his hire on Dec. 1, 2011.

Graham also has set forth a clearly-defined set of standards for Colorado State’s student-athletes, to go along with his commitment to providing the absolute best student-athlete support. His motto for all Rams is to “Do it All.” The three key expectations are to succeed academically and graduate, be people of great character and to win.

A successful business leader and former Rams quarterback, Graham was chosen by CSU President Tony Frank to lead the institution’s athletic programs, and more importantly to apply the vision and drive necessary to produce excellence in every aspect.

Achievement in anything less than all three areas doesn’t meet the expectations for a Colorado State student-athlete. CSU’s athletics department supports approximately 400 student-athletes competing in 16 varsity sports.

Graham immediately went to work re-shaping the department, beginning with the hire of Jim McElwain as head football coach on Dec. 13, 2011, from his offensive coordinator position at Alabama, which was on its way to a second national championship victory in a three-year span.

Graham played quarterback for the Rams from 1973-74 and graduated from Colorado State in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in U.S. history. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. Graham went on to a successful 30-year career in the international insurance and reinsurance markets, where he was known as an innovator and effective leader.

That move provided the first glimpse of what the Bold New Era would mean for Colorado State, and was followed by the high-profile hire of former national coach of the year Larry Eustachy in men’s basketball, and the hire of Ryun Williams to lead the women’s basketball program.

In 1998, Graham founded ICAT Managers, a leader in catastrophic risk insurance products. He sold ICAT, including its Lloyd’s of London business, in 2010 and remains on the company’s board of directors. Graham also sits on the advisory board of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Immediately upon his appointment, Graham also announced he would drive a process to secure approval to build an on-campus football stadium at Colorado State to replace 45-year-old Hughes Stadium, located several miles from the school’s Fort Collins campus.

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JIM McELWAIN

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH season’s stretch drive of three wins in five games, again playing its best football in November. In addition to the measurable on-field improvement, McElwain’s complete overhaul of the program has changed the way his student-athletes approach all aspects of their lives and re-energized a Colorado State fan base hungry for success. McElwain, a 29-year coaching veteran, became the 20th head football coach in Colorado State program history on Dec. 13, 2011. He spent the 2008-11 seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, where he played a key role in leading the Crimson Tide to two BCS national championship wins (2009 and ‘11). Prior to joining the Crimson Tide, McElwain served one season as Pat Hill’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fresno State, in 2007, and before that was quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders for one season, in 2006. He spent the previous three seasons (2003-05) on John L. Smith’s staff at Michigan State, serving in various capacities as assistant head coach, wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator, following two seasons coaching wide receivers and special teams at Louisville (2000-02).

Jim McElwain has elevated the Colorado State football program in every way in just two seasons as head coach, leading his Rams back to a bowl game in 2013 with their best regular season record since 2003. McElwain’s Rams in 2013 have broken team records for total offense and individual records for passing yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns, while scoring more than 50 points in a game four times and compiling more than 500 yards seven times.

McElwain began his coaching career at his alma mater, Eastern Washington University, in 1985. He spent 10 seasons on the Eagles’ staff before a five-year stint at Montana State (1995-99), where he served as offensive coordinator and coached the wide receivers and special teams.

Colorado State’s 5,996 yards from scrimmage this season have exceeded the previous school record of 5,706 set in 2003. Under the tutelage of McElwain and offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin junior quarterback Garrett Grayson has thrown for a schoolrecord 3,327 yards and ranks 18th in the nation in passing yards, while sophomore running back Kapri Bibbs leads the nation with a school-record 28 touchdowns and ranks eighth in rushing yards with 1,572. McElwain’s Rams are the only FBS team this season to feature a 3,200-yard passer and a 1,500-yard rusher, with the duo of Grayson and Bibbs benefiting from a stout offensive line led by senior center Weston Richburg.

McElwain played quarterback at Eastern Washington from 198083 and earned his bachelor’s degree in education from EWU. An all-state field general at Sentinel High School in Missoula, Mont., McElwain grew up 119 miles up Interstate 90 from Butte, which produced former Colorado State head coach Sonny Lubick. He joins Lubick, Jim Sweeney and Bobby Petrino among the most prominent coaches produced by the state of Montana. Jim and his wife, Karen, have three children, JoHanna, Elizabeth and Jerret.

En route to a berth in the 2013 Gildan New Mexico Bowl, McElwain’s team has won five of its last seven games, exceeding last 52

COLORADO STATE RAMS COACHING STAFF

JIM MCELWAIN HEAD COACH

DAVE BALDWIN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ QUARTERBACKS

MARTY ENGLISH CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ LINEBACKERS

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TIM SKIPPER ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/ LINEBACKERS

DEREK FRAZIER OFFENSIVE LINE

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The 2013 Colorado State Rams rose to new heights, finishing the season with a 7-6 record, the best regular season record since 2003. The Rams became bowl eligible for the first time since 2008 but the journey wasn’t always smooth. Head Coach Jim McElwain will be the first to admit that the Rams’ 1-2 start to Colorado State’s 2013 season was disappointing. The Rams dropped their first two contests vs. Colorado and at Tulsa before winning the home opener against Cal Poly. Then came the turning point of the season. CSU traveled south to face McElwain’s former team, No. 1-ranked Alabama. The Rams lost 31-6 to Nick Saban and his team but it was more about the experience and the opportunity to test themselves against a powerhouse team and see how a first-class organization is run. “We learned a lot about our team, who we are and what we’re capable of,” McElwain said the Monday after returning from Tusthe Alabama rushing attack to 66 yards, its lowest production to that point since Oct. 9, 2010 (at South Carolina, 36 yards). This game transformed the Rams. Not only did they go on to win five of their final seven games but they finished with seven wins, the most regular season victories by a CSU team since 2003, and became bowl eligible for the first time since 2008. Since that Sept. 21 game at Alabama, the Rams have averaged 512.7 yards per game, 40.6 points per game and 5.3 touchdowns per contest. Each of those figures ranks in the top 15 nationally in that span. CSU returned home on Sept. 28 and defeated UTEP 59-42, the first time the Rams had scored 50-plus points in a single game in 3,666 days (Oct. 8, 2003 at BYU). They would do so three more times before the season was out. caloosa, Ala. “There are some really great lessons to be learned, as you do every game, but in this particular case I’m proud of our effort and how we played in that game. “ The Rams’ offense was able to move the ball against a top-ranked defense and even though they could only put six points on the board, they trailed just 17-6 with 12 minutes left in the game, and with possession of the ball. The defense limited T.J. Yeldon and

The Rams then dropped a disappointing game at home the following week to San Jose State, after leading at halftime. It was only the second time CSU has lost under McElwain when leading at halftime, finishing the season by improving to 8-2 when leading at the half and 10-1 when leading after three quarters in McElwain’s two seasons at the helm. CSU rebounded with back-to-back road Mountain West victories for the first time since 2002. The Rams scored 52 points at Wyo64

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ming in a 30-point win, the most points CSU has scored against the Cowboys in the 104-game series. The green and gold then made the difficult trip to Hawai’i, where they defeated the Rainbow Warriors 35-28.

the arm of junior quarterback Garrett Grayson, the Rams set numerous offensive records. Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin, one of 40 finalists for the Broyles Award, given to the nation’s top assistant coach, led CSU’s most efficient offense in school history. In 2013, the Rams have racked up 5,996 yards of total offense and average 461.2 yards per game, both school records. They have scored the second-most points and touchdowns in a single season, 459 and 58 respectively. This is also the first season that a CSU offense has scored 50-plus points in four or more games. Bibbs, who is in his first year at CSU, rushed for the second-most yards by a Rams back in a single season (1,572) and set program records for total touchdowns (28), rushing touchdowns (28) and points (168).

After a home loss on Nov. 2 to Boise State, the Rams defeated Nevada 38-17 largely on the strength of running back Kapri Bibbs and his record-setting 312-yard rushing performance, breaking a 24-year-old CSU record held by Tony Alford (310 yards in 1989). At this point the Rams needed to win two of their final three games, two of which were on the road. The Rams traveled to New Mexico and defeated the Lobos 6642, again behind the legs of Bibbs, who scored six rushing touchdowns to set a program record and tie the conference mark, on the field to which he and his teammates would return for the New Mexico Bowl.

Grayson, a native of Vancouver, Wash., set a CSU single-season record throwing for 3,327 yards. He has also thrown 21 touchdowns, the third-most by a Rams quarterback and most since Justin Holland’s 23 in 2005.

After a road setback at Mountain Division champion Utah State, the Rams needed to defeat Air Force on Senior Day, and would need to snap a seven-game series losing streak to do so. CSU jumped all over the Falcons, scoring 51 unanswered points before winning 58-13 and earning bowl eligibility.

Defensively, the Rams have put together complete games to conclude the season. The Rams limited Utah State to 43 passing yards and held them to 13 points. The Rams defense is led by senior linebacker Shaquil Barrett, who is third in the nation with 20.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks, and junior linebacker Max Morgan.

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BOWL TROPHY The Gildan New Mexico Bowl trophy is one of the most unique in all of college sports. It is a Native American clay pot meticulously handcrafted by artists Marcellus and Elizabeth Media from the Zia Pueblo. The original version of the 20-inch bowl-shaped pottery features the iconic Zia sun symbol and images of football players, a deer, mountain lion, buffalo and eagle; that trophy is housed in the bowl office. Each year, Marcellus and Elizabeth create an original version which is presented to the winning team. That piece of art is customized each year and features the logos of the schools who participate in that particular game. Elizabeth hand-coils and fires the pottery at the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home studio and her husband, Marcellus, paints the clay trophies. Using a white base coat on the pot makes the images stand out after being hand-painted in black. His final touch is colored acrylic paints depicting football players in classic game stances and logos for the participating teams, not to mention the Gildan New Mexico Bowl insignia. At market value, the pots would sell for an estimated $2,500. The New Mexico Bowl stuck with the unconventional for its Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Player Awards. They went to another Zia Pueblo artist, Ralph Aragon, who crafts the awards annually as traditional leather shields. Jeff Siembieda, New Mexico Bowl Executive Director, reached out the artists in 2006. The Zia Pueblo is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Albuquerque, The Gildan New Mexico Bowl rached out the pueblo leaders asking for permission to use the Zia sun in its logo. The tribal leaders gave their consent and in return, Zia Pueblo artists have created the awards since the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inception.

Date Dec. 23, 2006 Dec. 22, 2007 Dec. 20, 2008 Dec. 19, 2009 (2OT) Dec. 18, 2010 Dec. 17, 2011 Dec. 15, 2012

GAME RESULTS

Winning Team San Jose State New Mexico Colorado State Wyoming BYU Temple Arizona

Score 20 23 40 35 52 37 49

Losing Team New Mexico Nevada Fresno State Fresno State UTEP Wyoming Nevada

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Attendance 34,111 30,223 24,735 24,898 32,424 25,762 24,610

MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER TROPHIES Game 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Offensive Award James Jones, San Jose State Sr., WR Donovan Porterie, New Mexico Fr., QB Gartrell Johnson, Colorado State Sr., RB Austyn Carta-Samuels, Wyoming Fr., QB Jake Heaps, BYU Fr., QB Chris Coyer, Temple So., QB Matt Scott, Arizona Sr., QB 66

Defensive Award Matt Castelo, San Jose State Brett Madsen, New Mexico Tommie Hill, Colorado State Mitch Unrein, Wyoming Andrew Rich, BYU Tahir Whitehead, Temple Marquis Flowers, Arizona

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No one knew for sure what to expect as the fourth annual New Mexico Bowl approached. Fresno State was back for the second straight year but this time the Bulldogs were rolling on a lot of momentum that stemmed from a miracle, season-ending win at Illinois. Wyoming was is the same boat as Colorado State from the previous year. They were representing the MWC with a 6-6 record, needing the last game of the season to earn bowl eligibility, and were led by a first-year head coach. Again, it seemed like Fresno State was destined for the trophy. Wyoming trailed by 11 points in the fourth quarter. Its offense was led by a freshman quarterback, its defense was facing the nation’s leading rusher. Time to worry? Not these comeback Cowboys. Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime Saturday, and Wyoming rallied past Fresno State 35-28. The first of 34 bowls in the 2009 season was a high-scoring matchup that was decided at the end by defense. Wyoming (7-6) stopped the nation’s leading rusher, Fresno State’s Ryan Mathews, on three rushing attempts from the 1 in the first overtime. The Bulldogs (8-5) tried a quarterback sneak on third down, and Mathews came up short again on fourth down. The Cowboys, who won four times this season after rallying in the fourth quarter, scored on the first possession in double overtime, then held Fresno State on downs.

The buzz around town prior to the game was that Wyoming would come out with its second Gildan New Mexico Bowl victory in as many tries. But the Temple Owls, the first team from the MAC to play in the Albuquerque game, were confident in their team and it showed on game day. The Owls controlled the game from start to finish in a 37-15 win. The Owls were led by running back Bernard Pierce, who ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns, and sophomore quarterback Chris Coyer, who garnered offensive MVP honors. Temple’s aggressive defense held Wyoming’s spread offense to just 267 yards (127 passing).

Gildan New Mexico Bowl VII

College football’s postseason started with a wild one as Arizona’s senior quarterback Matt Scott rallied his team in the final 46 seconds, tossing two short touchdown passes for an improbable 49-48 win. The Wildcats recovered an onside kick in the last minute, setting up Scott’s 2-yard toss to Tyler Slavin with 19 seconds left for the winning score. Arizona trailed 21-0 in the first quarter and was down 45-28 entering the final period. Scott threw for 382 yards and marched his team back into the game despite those two earlier interceptions. The nation’s rushing leader, Ka’Deem Carey, gained 172 yards for the Wildcats but fell short of becoming only the 16th running back in NCAA history to reach 2,000 yards in a season. Arizona receiver Austin Hill caught eight passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns. The teams combined for 1,237 total yards. Nevada’s Cody Fajardo threw for three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the Wolf Pack and make a case for the game’s MVP honor. He had 256 yards passing and 140 yards rushing and controlled most of the game, completing 22of-32 throws. Stefphon Jefferson, the nation’s second-leading rusher, ran for 180 yards for Nevada.

New Mexico Bowl V

BYU came into the game winning five out of seven games after a dismal 1–4 start to the season. The Cougars rode the momentum to a convincing victory, beating the UTEP Miners from Conference USA, 52-24. BYU’s freshman quarterback Jake Heaps threw four touchdown passes, connecting with Cody Hoffman on three scores, and finished with 264 yards passing to earn the game’s most outstanding offensive player trophy. Heaps became the first freshman quarterback to start any of BYU’s 29 bowl games. For most of the day, he looked like a polished veteran and showed why he was one of the nation’s top recruits coming out of high school in the Seattle suburbs in 2009. He completed seven of his first nine attempts, with both of those incompletions on drops. For the Miners, who were the first team outside of the Mountain West or WAC to play in the New Mexico Bowl, the loss was its fifth straight bowl games defeat. That tied for the second longest active streak in the nation with Georgia Tech and Ball State. Only Northwestern had lost more.

In the Community

The Bowl staff stays active in the offseason. The bowl has co-sponsored the Presbyterian Ear Institutes’ Run To Break The Silence, a 5K, 10K and 20K fun run at Sandia Resort and Casino. Each July the Bowl also teams with NCAA Football to put on a free clinic for area youth coached by both New Mexico and New Mexico State coaches.

Sally McDevitt COVER ARTIST

The Gildan New Mexico Bowl is honored to be able to feature the beautiful and unique artwork of American Artist Sally McDevitt. The picture you see on the front cover of this souvenir program is one of the many Albuquerque landscapes painted by the Albuquerque based artist. Sally’s artwork is also depicted on the game day credentials and some of the Gildan New Mexico Bowl game tickets Sally McDevitt’s passion for art was evident at an early age, yet throughout her life her painting was merely a hobby. She often gave her paintings to friends and family members as gifts, but did not attempt to become known to the public until she retired from the business world and offered paintings to be shown at Weems in January 2002. McDevitt is an overnight success. Working in oils and acrylics, McDevitt captures the New Mexico landscape in a realistic style. Her window-sized paintings bring the outdoors in, and wispy clouds in bold blue skies virtually drift across the canvas. Inspired by the region’s enchanting natural light, McDevitt’s tranquil landscapes of boulders, arroyos and prickly pear blossoms are rendered dramatic by their stoic presence. We encourage you to visit Sally’s website and see more of her work at www.sallymcdevitt.com.

AMERICAN ARTIST SALLY MCDEVITT Most mornings I go to my studio anticipating my next brushstrokes on paintings in progress. I tie on an apron, place paint on a palette and stand before my easel. After turning on music I love, I leave the world behind, and enter a landscape on my canvas, feeling the warmth of the light I have painted, or the cool shadows. Dwelling in my canvas, I am enchanted with how the light transforms common plants and objects into magnificent objects of nature. I am inspired to capture that light and express it on my canvas. I am sated just for a while. 70

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FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 3 American

Cincinnati Houston Louisville UCF Memphis Connecticut Rutgers South Florida SMU Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Boston College Clemson Florida State Maryland N.C. State Wake Forest Syracuse

Coastal

Duke Georgia Tech Miami (FL) Virginia North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Tech

Big 12

Baylor Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texas Texas Tech West Virginia Kansas Iowa State Kansas State TCU

Legends

Leaders

Illinois Indiana Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Purdue

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0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Fla. International Southern Miss UAB

West

North Texas Tulane UTSA UTEP Louisiana Tech Rice Tulsa

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Independents

Army Notre Dame Navy BYU Idaho New Mexico State Old Dominion

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Big Ten

Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Iowa

East

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East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 0-0 1-0 Kent State 0-0 1-0 Akron 0-0 0-1 Buffalo 0-0 0-1 Massachusetts 0-0 0-1 Miami (OH) 0-0 0-1 Ohio 0-0 0-1

West

Ball State Eastern Michigan Northern Illinois Central Michigan Toledo Western Michigan

0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Mountain West Mountain Air Force Boise State Colorado State New Mexico Utah State Wyoming

West

Fresno State San Jose State Hawaii Nevada San Diego State UNLV

North

0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Pac-12

Oregon Washington Stanford California Oregon State Washington State

South

Arizona Colorado UCLA USC Utah Arizona State

East

0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

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Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

Eastern Washington’s 49-46 win at No. 25 Oregon State was just the third FCS win against a ranked FBS opponent and the first since 2010. The Eagles’ win highlighted a huge opening weekend for FCS teams, which brought down Kansas State (North Dakota State), Iowa State (Northern Iowa), San Diego State (Eastern Illinois), South Florida (McNeese State) and Connecticut (Towson), to name a few. The FCS ended up with seven wins against the FBS, which boasts more athletic scholarships (85 versus 63), resources and, of course, home-field advantage. Clemson is being heralded as a legitimate BCS national championship contender thanks to its 38-35 win over Georgia, which was the program’s second straight over an SEC squad. The Tigers became the first non-SEC team ever to defeat top-10 SEC opponents in back-to-back games. The win also boosted Clemson in the first regular-season Associated Press Top 25 poll, jumping up to No. 4 -- the program’s highest ranking in that poll in 25 years. The Tigers received one-first place vote and have their best showing in the poll since Sept. 12, 1988, when they were No. 3.

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SEC

Florida Missouri South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Kentucky Vanderbilt

West

Ole Miss Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU Texas A&M Mississippi State

0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1

Sun Belt

Arkansas State Texas State Troy Western Kentucky Georgia State La.-Lafayette La.-Monroe South Alabama

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FBS RESULTS - WEEK 1 #1 Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 10 #2 Ohio State 40, Buffalo 20 #3 Oregon 66, Nicholls State 3 #6 S.C. 27, N.C. 10 #7 Texas A&M 52, Rice 31 #8 Clemson 38, #5 Georgia 35 #9 Louisville 49, Ohio 7 #10 Florida 24, Toledo 6 #11 Fla. State 41, Pittsburgh 13 #12 LSU 37, #20 TCU 27 #13 Okla. State 21, Miss. State 3 #14 Notre Dame 28, Temple 6 #15 Texas 56, New Mexico State 7 #16 Oklahoma 34, La.-Monroe 0 #17 Michigan 59, Central Mich. 9 #18 Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34 #21 UCLA 58, Nevada 20 #22 Northwestern 44, Cal 30 #23 Wisconsin 45, UMass 0 #24 USC 30, Hawaii 13 Air Force 38, Colgate 13 Arizona 35, Northern Arizona 0 Arkansas 34, La.-Lafayette 14 Ark. State 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 11 Army 28, Morgan State 12

Auburn 31, Washington State 24 Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 Baylor 69, Wofford 3 Boston College 24, Villanova 14 Bowling Green 34, Tulsa 7 Cincinnati 42, Purdue 7 Colorado 41, Colorado State 27 Duke 45, NC Central 0 E. Carolina 52, Old Dominion 38 Eastern Ill. 40, San Diego St. 19 Eastern Michigan 34, Howard 24 E. Wash. 49, #25 Oregon St. 46 Fresno State 52, Rutgers 51 (OT) Georgia Tech 70, Elon 0 Houston 62, Southern 13 Illinois 42, Southern Illinois 34 Indiana 73, Indiana State 35 Kent State 17, Liberty 10 Marshall 52, Miami (OH) 14 Maryland 43, Fla. Int. 10 McNeese St. 53, South Florida 21 Miami (FL) 34, Fla. Atlantic 6 Michigan St. 26, W. Mich. 13 Middle Tenn. 45, W. Carolina 24 Minnesota 51, UNLV 23

Missouri 58, Murray State 14 N.C. State 40, Louisiana Tech 14 N.D. State 24, Kansas State 21 North Texas 40, Idaho 6 Northern Illinois 30, Iowa 27 Northern Iowa 28, Iowa State 20 Ole Miss 39, Vanderbilt 35 Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 Samford 31, Georgia State 21 San Jose St. 24, Sacramento St. 0 So. Utah 22, South Ala. 21 Tennessee 45, Austin Peay 0 Texas State 22, Southern Miss 15 Texas Tech 41, SMU 23 Towson 33, Connecticut 18 Troy 34, UAB 31 (OT) Tulane 34, Jackson State 7 UCF 38, Akron 7 UTSA 21, New Mexico 13 Utah 30, Utah State 26 Virginia 19, BYU 16 Wake Forest 31, Presbyterian 7 West Va. 24, William & Mary 17 Western Ky. 35, Kentucky 26 Washington 38, #19 Boise State 6

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Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

Florida State’s Jameis Winston made one heck of an opening statement. The 19-year-old freshman was nearly perfect, going a jaw-dropping 25of-27 for 356 yards with four passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown. Winston set the school’s completion record; and he set the school’s record for passing yards by a freshman in his first start. He started an incredible 11-of-11. The only incompletion he threw in the first half was actually caught, but the officials ruled his receiver was out of bounds. FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said postgame, trying to temper expectations that continue to mushroom, “It’s one ball game, guys.” But after week 1, the entire nation has come down with “Famous Jameis” fever. The depth of talent at quarterback across the country became a staple of preseason coverage and week 1 lived up to the hype. Seven QBs, including two freshmen, threw for 400 yards or more. Fresno State senior Derek Carr led the nation and his Bulldogs with 470 yards en route to an overtime win against Rutgers. Freshman Baker Mayfield of Texas Tech threw for 413 yards and four touchdowns, earning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors. Jared Goff of Cal made a few mistakes (three picks) but he threw for 445 yards against Northwestern.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Florida State Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF SEPT. 3 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 52-73 456 2. Shane Carden, ECU 46-54 447 3. Jared Goff, CAL 38-63 445

Offensive Leaders QB RATING RATE 1. Jameis Winston, FSU 252.2 2. Nate Sudfeld, IND 244.7 3. Teddy Bridgewater, LOU 240.4

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Khalil Mack, BUFF 2.5 2. Sixteen (16) Tied With 2.0

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Duke Johnson, MIA 19 186 2. Paul James, RUTG 22 182 3. Tevin Coleman, IND 14 169

RUSH YARDS YDS 1. Duke Johnson, MIA (FL) 186 2. Paul James, RUTG 182 3. Tevin Coleman, IND 169

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Six (6) Tied With 2.0

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Paul Richardson, COLO 10 208 2. Jamarcus Nelson, UAB 10 199 3. Brandin Cooks, ORST 13 196

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Paul Richardson, COLO 2. Jamarcus Nelson, UAB 3. Brandin Cooks, ORST

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Marqueston Huff, WYO Keith Smith, SJSU 3. Michael Mudoh, TULSA

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YDS 208 199 196

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WEEK 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Sept. 3 1.

Alabama (58)

1-0

1,497

2. Oregon

1-0 1,355 3

Ohio State (1)

1-0

1,330

Clemson (1)

1-0

1,304

5. Stanford

0-0 1,277 4

South Carolina

1-0

1,181

Texas A&M

1-0

1,085

8. Louisville

1-0 1,073 9

9. LSU

1-0 971 12

10. Florida State

1-0

11. Georgia

0-1 894

12. Florida

1-0 875 10

13. Oklahoma State

1-0

780

14. Notre Dame

1-0

707

15. Texas

1-0 674 15

16. Oklahoma

1-0 612 16

17. Michigan

1-0 583 17

18. UCLA

1-0 387 21

19. Northwestern

1-0 320 22

20. Washington

1-0 315 NR

21. Wisconsin

1-0 287 23

22. Nebraska

1-0 219 18

23. Baylor

1-0 150 NR

24. TCU

0-1 148 20

25. USC

1-0 135 24

953

11 5

Dropped From Rankings: Boise State 19, Oregon State 25. Others Receiving Votes: Miami (FL) 127, Ole Miss 50, Arizona State 48, Michigan State 42, Northern Illinois 27, Cincinnati 27, Fresno State 22, Virginia Tech 12, Bowling Green 9, Georgia Tech 8, Arizona 6, Penn State 4, Boise State 3, Virginia 2, Arkansas 1.

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WEEK 2 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 8 American

Houston Louisville UCF Cincinnati Rutgers SMU Connecticut Memphis South Florida Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Boston College Florida State Clemson Maryland N.C. State Syracuse Wake Forest

Coastal

Duke Miami (FL) Georgia Tech North Carolina Virginia Virginia Tech Pittsburgh

Big 12

Oklahoma Baylor Oklahoma State Texas Tech Kansas Kansas State TCU Texas Iowa State West Virginia

Legends

Leaders

Illinois Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Indiana Purdue

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0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Fla. International Southern Miss UAB Florida Atlantic

West

Louisiana Tech North Texas Tulane Tulsa UTSA Rice UTEP

1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Independents

Navy Army BYU Notre Dame Idaho New Mexico State Old Dominion

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Big Ten

Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Iowa

East

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East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 1-0 2-0 Akron 0-0 1-1 Ohio 0-0 1-1 Buffalo 0-0 0-2 Massachusetts 0-0 0-2 Miami (OH) 0-0 0-2 Kent State 0-1 1-1

West

Ball State Northern Illinois Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Toledo Western Michigan

0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Mountain West Mountain Utah State Boise State New Mexico Wyoming Colorado State Air Force

West

Fresno State Nevada San Jose State Hawaii San Diego State UNLV

North

0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Pac-12

Washington State Oregon Stanford Washington California Oregon State

South

Arizona Colorado Utah Arizona State UCLA USC

East

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1-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-1

2013 SEASON REVIEW

Sept. 5 - 7

Two major upsets on Saturday led to frenzied media coverage of Texas head coach Mack Brown and USC head coach Lane Kiffin being on the “hot seat” at their respective universities. But give credit where credit is due. BYU, which won 40-21 over then-15thranked Texas, rushed for 550 yards behind quarterback Taysom Hill’s 259 rushing yards. It also needs to be noted that the game was in Provo, Utah at BYU’s LaVell Edwards Stadium, where the Cougars are dominant. Under head coach Bronco Mendenhall, BYU is 41-8 at home and since the stadium opened in 1964 and boasts a 75.7 win percentage. As for the other shocker, then-No. 25 USC was defeated at home by Pac-12 conference foe, Washington State, 10-7. The blame fell mainly on Kiffin’s shoulders and criticism poured down on his decision to go with two quarterbacks for the second straight week. The Cougars offense was not much better, winning without scoring an offensive touchdown. But the WSU defense deserves recognition for holding USC to its fewest point total in any game in the last 10 seasons. The Cougars ‘D’ also stopped Trojans wide receiver short of a first down on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter, blocked a field goal and intercepted a pass with 2:18 left in the game.

SEC

Georgia Missouri Tennessee Florida Kentucky South Carolina Vanderbilt

West

Ole Miss Arkansas Auburn LSU Texas A&M Alabama Mississippi State

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Sun Belt

Texas State Troy Arkansas State La.-Monroe South Alabama Western Kentucky Georgia State La.-Lafayette

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FBS RESULTS - WEEK 2 #2 Oregon 59, Virginia 10 #3 Ohio State 42, San Diego St. 7 #4 Clemson 52, S.C. State 13 #5 Stanford 34, San Jose State 13 #7 Texas A&M 65, Sam Houston St. 28 #8 Louisville 44, Eastern Ky. 7 #9 LSU 56, UAB 17 #11 Georgia 41, #6 S.C. 30 #13 Oklahoma State 56, UTSA 35 #16 Oklahoma 16, West Virginia 7 #17 Mich. 41, #14 Notre Dame 30 #19 Northwestern 48, Syracuse 27 #21 Wisconsin 48, Tenn. Tech 0 #22 Nebraska 56, So. Miss 13 #23 Baylor 70, Buffalo 13 #24 TCU 38, SE Louisiana 17 Akron 35, James Madison 33 Arizona 58, UNLV 13 Arizona St. 55, Sacramento St. 0 Arkansas 31, Samford 21 Auburn 38, Arkansas State 9 BYU 40, #15 Texas 21 Ball State 40, Army 14 Boise State 63, Tenn.-Martin 14 Boston College 24, Wake Forest 10

Bowling Green 41, Kent State 22 California 37, Portland State 30 Cen. Mich. 24, New Hampshire 21 Chattanooga 42, Georgia St. 14 Colorado 38, Central Arkansas 24 Duke 28, Memphis 14 East Carolina 31, Fla. Atlantic 13 Fresno State 41, Cal Poly 25 Houston 22, Temple 13 Illinois 45, Cincinnati 17 Iowa 28, Missouri State 14 Kansas 31, South Dakota 14 Kansas State 48, La.-Lafayette 27 Kentucky 41, Miami (OH) 7 La.-Monroe 48, Grambling St. 10 Louisiana Tech 27, Lamar 14 Maine 24, Massachusetts 14 Marshall 55, Gardner-Webb 0 Maryland 47, Old Dominion 10 Miami (FL) 21, #12 Florida 16 Michigan St. 21, South Florida 6 Minnesota 44, N.M. State 21 Miss. State 51, Alcorn State 7 Missouri 38, Toledo 23 Navy 41, Indiana 35

Nevada 36, UC Davis 7 New Mexico 42, UTEP 35 (OT) Nicholls St. 27, Western Mich. 23 North Carolina 40, Mid. Tenn. 20 N.C. State 23, Richmond 21 Ohio 27, North Texas 21 Ole Miss 31, SE Missouri St. 13 Oregon State 33, Hawaii 14 Penn State 45, Eastern Mich. 7 Purdue 20, Indiana State 14 Rutgers 38, Norfolk State 0 SMU 31, Montana State 30 South Alabama 41, Tulane 39 Tennessee 52, Western Ky. 20 Texas St. 28, Prairie View A&M 3 Texas Tech 61, Stephen F. Austin 13 Troy 66, Savannah State 3 Tulsa 30, Colorado State 27 UCF 38, Florida International 0 Utah 70, Weber State 7 Utah State 52, Air Force 20 Vanderbilt 38, Austin Peay 3 Va. Tech 45, Western Carolina 3 Wash. State 10, #25 USC 7 Wyoming 42, Idaho 10

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Sept. 5 - 7

After the three-point loss in week 1 at then eighth-ranked Clemson, some were saying that Georgia senior quarterback Aaron Murray couldn’t win in big games. Well, he silenced that theory in week 2, leading his 11th-ranked Bulldogs to a 41-30 victory over sixthranked South Carolina. Murray threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns. In the end, Murray was nearly flawless, completing 17 of 23 passes for a 244.2 passing-efficiency rating. It was the ninth time in his career that Murray had at least four passing touchdowns in a game. He connected with eight different receivers, including first-time starter Justin Scott-Wesley, who hauled in a career-long 85 yard touchdown. Murray also moved to No. 2 on the school’s all-time list for total offense with 10,907 yards. Another outstanding performance came in front of an NCAA-record Photo courtesy of Georgia Sports Communications crowd of 115,109 as 17th-ranked Michigan topped No. 14 Notre Dame, 41-30, in the Fighting Irish’s last trip to the Big House in the foreseeable future. Wolverine wide receiver Jeremy Gallon, who earned Big Ten player of the week honors, set career bests in touchdowns (three) and yards (184). His three touchdown catches were the most by a Michigan player since Mario Manningham did the same against Notre Dame on Sept. 16, 2006. The last Michigan offensive Big Ten weekly honoree was Devin Gardner (Nov. 19, 2012), who also had a big hand in the win, recording over 370 yards of offense and five touchdowns. He finished 21 of 33 for 294 yards passing and also ran 13 times for 82 yards. The game was under the national spotlight after Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Notre Dame was “chickening out” of the series four months ago. The Irish opted out of their contract with the Wolverines and made next year’s game in South Bend, Ind., the last guaranteed matchup in a series that Photo courtesy of Michigan Athletics dates to 1887 and cancelling three previously scheduled games.

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF SEPT. 8 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Jared Goff, CAL 33-51 485 2. Johnny Manziel, TA&M 28-41 403 3. Teddy Bridgewater, LOU 23-32 397

Offensive Leaders QB RATING RATE 1. Jameis Winston, FSU 252.2 2. Bryce Petty, BAY 249.5 3. Teddy Bridgewater, LOU 228.1

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Za’Darius Smith, UK 4.0 2. Seven (7) Tied With 3.0

RUSHING 1. Kasey Carrier, UNM 2. Taysom Hill, BYU 3. Andre Williams, BC

RUSH YARDS 1. Kasey Carrier, UNM 2. Jamaal Williams, BYU 3. Andre Williams, BC

YDS 345 326 318

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Tra’Mayne Bondurant, ARIZ 3 2. Ciante Evans, NEB 3 3. Ninteen (19) Tied With 2

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Paul Richardson, COLO 2. Alex Neutz, BUFF 3. Jordan Matthews, VAN

YDS 417 295 289

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Justin Anderson, ULL 3. Jake Doughty, USU

CAR YDS 41 291 17 259 35 204

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Paul Richardson, COLO 11 209 2. Alex Neutz, BUFF 6 197 3. Ryan Grant, TULN 14 187

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WEEK 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Sept. 8 1.

Alabama (57)

1-0

1,494

Oregon (1)

2-0

1,385

Clemson (1)

2-0

1,332

Ohio State (1)

2-0

1,327

5. Stanford

1-0 1,271 5

2-0

Texas A&M

1,133

7. Louisville

2-0 1,105 8

8. LSU

2-0 1,075 9

9. Georgia

1-1 1,036 11

10. Florida State

1-0

11. Michigan

2-0 872 17

12. Oklahoma State

2-0

834

13. South Carolina

1-1

829

14. Oklahoma

2-0 675 16

15. Miami (FL)

2-0

16. UCLA

1-0 488 18

17. Northwestern

2-0 452 19

18. Florida

1-1 405 12

19. Washington

1-0 392 20

20. Wisconsin

2-0 378 21

21. Notre Dame

1-1

22. Baylor

2-0 295 23

23. Nebraska

2-0 277 22

24. TCU

1-1 170 24

25. Ole Miss

2-0

1,011 10

615

333

Dropped From Rankings: Texas 15, USC 25. Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 64, Michigan State 26, Fresno State 26, Texas 26, Northern Illinois 21, Virginia Tech 15, BYU 14, Georgia Tech 10, Illinois 9, Arizona 9, Bowling Green 7, Penn State 7, Boise State 3, Tennessee 1.

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WEEK 3 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 15 American

Houston Louisville UCF Cincinnati Rutgers SMU Connecticut Memphis South Florida Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Florida State Boston College Maryland Clemson N.C. State Syracuse Wake Forest

Coastal

Georgia Tech Miami (FL) Virginia Tech North Carolina Virginia Duke Pittsburgh

Big 12

Oklahoma Texas Tech Oklahoma State Baylor Kansas State Kansas Texas Iowa State West Virginia TCU

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Illinois Indiana Penn State Wisconsin Purdue

1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-2

0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee UAB Fla. International Southern Miss Florida Atlantic

West

Tulane North Texas Rice UTEP Tulsa UTSA Louisiana Tech

1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-2

Independents

Navy Notre Dame BYU Army Old Dominion Idaho New Mexico State

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1-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-2

Big Ten

Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Iowa Nebraska

East

1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-3

— 2-0 — 2-1 — 1-1 — 1-2 — 1-2 — 0-3 — 0-3

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 1-0 2-1 Ohio 0-0 2-1 Akron 0-0 1-2 Buffalo 0-0 1-2 Miami (OH) 0-0 0-2 Massachusetts 0-0 0-3 Kent State 0-1 1-2

West

Northern Illinois Ball State Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Toledo Western Michigan

0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3

Mountain West Mountain Boise State Utah State Wyoming Colorado State New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State San Jose State Nevada UNLV Hawaii San Diego State

North

0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Pac-12

Oregon State Washington State Oregon Stanford Washington California

South

Arizona Arizona State Colorado UCLA USC Utah

East

1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 1-2

1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 2-1

SEC

Georgia South Carolina Missouri Tennessee Florida Kentucky Vanderbilt

West

Auburn Ole Miss Alabama Arkansas LSU Texas A&M Mississippi State

1-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-2

Sun Belt

Arkansas State South Alabama Texas State La.-Monroe La.-Lafayette Georgia State Troy Western Kentucky

1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-2

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Sept. 12 - 14

All eyes were on the SEC match-up between No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Texas A&M. Unable to stop Johnny Manziel, Alabama answered Texas A&M the only way it could: The top-ranked Crimson Tide just kept on scoring, hoping to have the ball last. AJ McCarron threw four touchdown passes, Vinnie Sunseri returned an interception 73 yards for a score -- sidestepping Johnny Football on the way to the end zone, too -- and Alabama paid back Texas A&M for last season’s loss to the Aggies with a 49-42 victory. Manziel was his spectacular self, throwing for a career-best 464 yards and five TDs and running for 98 more yards. His 562 total yards is the second-most in Southeastern Conference history, ranking only behind the 576 he had against Louisiana Tech. UCLA’s emotional week ended with the Bruins making a comeback the likes of which rarely, if ever, has been seen at Memorial Stadium. Brett Hundley threw three touchdown passes while No. 16 UCLA wiped out an 18-point deficit to defeat No. 23 Nebraska 41-21 and stun into silence a record crowd of 91,471 on Saturday. The win came six days after UCLA receiver Nick Pasquale was killed when he was struck by a vehicle while was walking in his hometown and one day before coaches and teammates travel to San Clemente, Calif., for his memorial service. According to STATS, the 18 points marked the biggest deficit overcome by a Nebraska opponent in Lincoln since at least 1996. Neither STATS nor Nebraska sports information officials had complete records on opponent comebacks available prior to 1996. The 28 points allowed by Nebraska are the most allowed in the 3rd quarter in any game in school history.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Alabama Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of UCLA Sports Information

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 3 #1 Alabama 49, #6 Texas A&M 42 #2 Oregon 59, Tennessee 14 #4 Ohio State 52, California 34 #5 Stanford 34, Army 20 #7 Louisville 27, Kentucky 13 #8 LSU 45, Kent State 13 #10 Florida State 62, Nevada 7 #11 Michigan 28, Akron 24 #12 Oklahoma State 59, Lamar 3 #13 South Carolina 35, Vanderbilt 25 #14 Oklahoma 51, Tulsa 20 #16 UCLA 41, #23 Nebraska 21 #17 Northwestern 38, WMU 17 #19 Washington 34, Illinois 24 #21 Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24 #25 Ole Miss 44, Texas 23 Arizona 38, UTSA 13 Arizona St. 32, #20 Wisconsin 30 Arkansas 24, Southern Miss 3 Arkansas State 41, Troy 34 Auburn 24, Mississippi State 20

Bethune-Cookman 34, Fla. Int. 13 Boise State 42, Air Force 20 Buffalo 26, Stony Brook 23 (5OT) Cincinnati 66, Northwestern St. 9 Colorado State 34, Cal Poly 17 Florida Atl. 28, South Florida 10 Fordham 30, Temple 29 Georgia Tech 38, Duke 14 Indiana 42, Bowling Green 10 Iowa 27, Iowa State 21 Kansas State 37, Massachusetts 7 La.-Lafayette 70, Nicholls State 7 La.-Monroe 21, Wake Forest 19 Maryland 32, Connecticut 21 Mich. St. 55, Youngstown St. 17 Middle Tennessee 17, Memphis 15 Minnesota 29, Western Illinois 12 Navy 51, Delaware 7 North Texas 34, Ball State 27 Northern Illinois 45, Idaho 35

Ohio 34, Marshall 31 Old Dominion 76, Howard 19 Oregon State 51, Utah 48 (OT) Pittsburgh 49, New Mexico 27 Rice 23, Kansas 14 Rutgers 28, Eastern Michigan 10 South Ala. 31, Western Ky. 24 Syracuse 54, Wagner 0 Texas Tech 20, #24 TCU 10 Toledo 33, Eastern Washington 21 Tulane 24, Louisiana Tech 15 UCF 34, Penn State 31 UNLV 31, Central Michigan 21 USC 35, Boston College 7 UTEP 42, New Mexico State 21 Utah State 70, Weber State 6 Virginia Tech 15, East Carolina 10 Washington State 48, So. Utah 10 West Virginia 41, Georgia State 7 Wyoming 35, No. Colorado 7

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Sept. 12 - 14

Oregon’s Marcus Mariota had no idea he had thrown for more than 400 yards against Tennessee until he got to the locker room after the game and some of his teammates pointed it out. The low-key sophomore finished with a career-high 456 yards passing, including four touchdowns, in the second-ranked Ducks’ 59-14 victory Saturday. Mariota, who completed 23 of 33 passes, was the first Oregon quarterback to throw for more than 400 yards in a game since Kellen Clemens in 2005. His yardage ties for the third-most in a game in school history, and he easily extended his string of at least one touchdown pass in all of his 16 games for Oregon. The streak is third among active quarterbacks. He has finished with a Total Quarterback Rating of 96 or higher in all three games this season. His 97.4 Total QBR through his team’s first three games is the second-highest by any player (minimum 50 action plays) in the last 10 seasons, trailing only Russell Wilson’s 98.6 through Wisconsin’s first three games in 2011. Mariota ranks second in the nation in QBR behind Baylor’s Bryce Petty, who has played only two games -- against Wofford and Buffalo. No. 19 Washington came away with a rare road win to remain unbeaten thanks in large part to Bishop Sankey. Sankey ran for a career-high 208 yards and a touchdown on 35 carries in the Huskies’ 34-24 win over Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago. He also had three catches for 63 yards and a touchdown. Until Saturday, Washington hadn’t won away from home and outside the Pac-12 since 2007, when the Huskies beat Syracuse in the Carrier Dome. Sankey’s 208 rushing yards were the most in the country during week 3, earning him a nomination for the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week award. TOP: Photo courtesy of Eric Evans, Oregon Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Washington Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF SEPT. 15 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Johnny Manziel, TA&M 28-39 464 2. Marcus Mariota, ORE 23-33 456 3. Sean Mannion, ORST 27-44 443

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Jared Goff, CAL 1,306 2. Sean Mannion, ORST 1,237 3. Teddy Bridgewater, LOU 1,002

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Bishop Sankey, WASH 35 208 2. Melvin Gordon, WISC 15 193 3. Paul James, RUTG 21 192

RUSH YARDS 1. Paul James, RUTG 2. Melvin Gordon, WISC 3. Mark Weisman, IOWA

YDS 493 477 425

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Mike Evans, TA&M 7 279 2. Brandin Cooks, ORST 9 210 3. Shakim Phillips, CONN 10 178

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Mike Evans, TA&M 2. Brandin Cooks, ORST 3. Paul Richardson, COLO

YDS 518 498 417

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Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. IK Enemkpali, LT 4.5 Za’Darius Smith, UK 4.5 Marcus Whitfield, MD 4.5 Chris Smith, ARK 4.5 INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Eight (8) Tied With 3.0 TOTAL TACKLES 1. Jonathan Brown, ILL 2. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 3. Four (4) Tied With

TT 38 36 35

WEEK 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Sept. 15 1.

Alabama (59)

2-0

1,499

Oregon (1)

3-0

1,413

3. Clemson

2-0 1,347 3

3-0

Ohio State

1,330

5. Stanford

2-0 1,241 5

6. LSU

3-0 1,134 8

7. Louisville

3-0 1,092 7

2-0

Florida State

1,058 10

9. Georgia

1-1 1,051 9

10. Texas A&M

2-1

1,001

11. Oklahoma State

3-0

848

12. South Carolina

2-1

821

13. UCLA

2-0 757 16

14. Oklahoma

3-0 692 14

15. Michigan

3-0 672 11

16. Miami (FL)

2-0

17. Washington

2-0 496 19

18. Northwestern

3-0 487 17

19. Florida

1-1 412 18

20. Baylor

2-0 355 22

21. Ole Miss

3-0

300

22. Notre Dame

2-1

277

23. Arizona State

2-0

229

24. Wisconsin

2-1 87

25. Texas Tech

3-0

641

Dropped From Rankings: Nebraska 23, TCU 24. Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State 59, Fresno State 27, UCF 25, Northern Illinois 24, Georgia Tech 17, Nebraska 15, Arizona 11, Auburn 9, Boise State 4, TCU 3, Virginia Tech 3, Arkansas 2, Navy 1.

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BOWLS WEEK 15 WEEK 14 WEEK 13 WEEK 12 WEEK 11 WEEK 10 WEEK 9 WEEK 8 WEEK 7 WEEK 6 WEEK 5 WEEK 4 WEEK 3 WEEK 2 WEEK 1

WEEK 4 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 22 American

Houston Louisville UCF Cincinnati Rutgers Memphis SMU Connecticut South Florida Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Clemson Florida State Boston College Maryland Syracuse N.C. State Wake Forest

Coastal

Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Miami (FL) Virginia Tech Virginia North Carolina Duke

Big 12

Texas Tech Oklahoma Texas Baylor Oklahoma State Kansas Iowa State Kansas State West Virginia TCU

Legends

Leaders

Wisconsin Ohio State Penn State Illinois Indiana Purdue

2-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 1-2

0-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-3

Conference USA

Middle Tennessee East Carolina Marshall UAB Southern Miss Fla. International Florida Atlantic

West

Tulane UTSA North Texas Rice Tulsa UTEP Louisiana Tech

1-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-4 0-2 1-3 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-3

Independents

Navy Notre Dame Old Dominion BYU Army Idaho New Mexico State

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1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 4-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 2-2

Big Ten

Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Iowa Michigan State Nebraska

East

1-0 3-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-3

— 2-0 — 3-1 — 2-2 — 1-2 — 1-3 — 0-4 — 0-4

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 1-0 3-1 Ohio 0-0 3-1 Buffalo 0-0 1-2 Akron 0-0 1-3 Miami (OH) 0-0 0-3 Massachusetts 0-0 0-4 Kent State 0-1 1-3

West

Ball State Toledo Northern Illinois Western Michigan Central Michigan Eastern Michigan

1-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-4 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-3

Mountain West Mountain Wyoming Utah State Boise State New Mexico Colorado State Air Force

West

Fresno State Nevada UNLV San Jose State San Diego State Hawaii

North

1-0 3-0 1-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-3

Pac-12

Stanford Oregon State Washington State Oregon Washington California

South

Arizona UCLA Colorado USC Utah Arizona State

East

1-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-3 1-3

1-0 3-0 1-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 3-1 0-1 3-1 0-1 2-1

SEC

Florida Georgia South Carolina Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Vanderbilt

West

LSU Alabama Ole Miss Auburn Arkansas Texas A&M Mississippi State

1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-2 2-2 1-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-1 3-1 0-1 2-2

Sun Belt

South Alabama Arkansas State Texas State La.-Lafayette La.-Monroe Georgia State Troy Western Kentucky

1-0 2-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-4 0-1 2-2 0-1 2-2

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2013 SEASON REVIEW

Sept. 19 - 21

For the nation’s best, it was a week of mismatches on the gridiron. Twenty of the Associated Press’ Top-25 teams were in action but only one game was between two of the ranked elite. The scores were so lopsided that the winning, ranked teams outscored their opponenets 866-225, which averaged out to a 43-11 per game result. The lone ranked game saw No. 5 Stanford at home against fellow Pac-12 member, No. 23 Arizona State. The Cardinal built a 29-0 lead going into the half and cruised from there to a 42-28 win. The defending conference champions controlled every facet of the game, scoring twice in the air and three times on the ground. Stanford forced two interceptions, blocked two punts, tallied 10 tackles for loss and recorded three sacks. With Arizona State’s loss to Stanford, the winner of Friday night’s nationally-televised bout between Fresno State and Boise State led to the victor moving into the top-25 rankings. The Bulldogs, which hadn’t beat the Broncos since 2005, snapped a seven-game losing streak to Boise State with a 4140 victory, thanks to the leadership of their quarterback, Derek Carr. Carr threw for 460 yards and four touchdowns and led the game-winning drive that helped Fresno State avoid a fourth-quarter collapse. Boise State scored three touchdowns in less than 9 minutes to turn a 34-19 deficit into a 40-34 lead with just over 7 minutes remaining. But Carr calmly completed 8 of 11 passes on the ensuing drive in front of a sellout crowd before Josh Quezada ran it in for the go-ahead score. Fresno State sealed the game when Jonathan Norton broke up a Boise State pass to Kirby Moore on fourth-and-6 near midfield in the final minute, setting off a long-awaited celebration. TOP: Photo courtesy of StanfordPhoto.com BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 4 #1 Alabama 31, Colorado St. 6 #3 Clemson 26, N.C. State 14 #4 Ohio State 76, Florida A&M 0 #5 Stanford 42, #23 Arizona St. 28 #6 LSU 35, Auburn 21 #7 Louisville 72, Fla. Int. 0 #8 Florida St. 54, Bethune-Cookman 6 #9 Georgia 45, North Texas 21 #10 Texas A&M 42, SMU 13 #13 UCLA 59, N.M. State 13 #15 Michigan 24, Connecticut 21 #16 Miami (FL) 77, Savannah St. 7 #17 Washington 56, Idaho State 0 #18 Northwestern 35, Maine 21 #19 Florida 31, Tennessee 17 #20 Baylor 70, La.-Monroe 7 #22 Notre Dame 17, Mich. St. 13 #24 Wisconsin 41, Purdue 10 #25 Texas Tech 33, Texas State 7 Ball State 51, Eastern Mich. 20

Bowling Green 48, Murray State 7 Cincinnati 14, Miami (OH) 0 Fresno State 41, Boise State 40 Georgia Tech 28, North Carolina 20 Houston 31, Rice 26 Iowa 59, Western Michigan 3 Jacksonville St. 32, Ga. St. 26 (OT) Kansas 13, Louisiana Tech 10 La.-Lafayette 35, Akron 30 Maryland 37, West Virginia 0 Memphis 31, Arkansas State 7 Middle Tenn. 42, Fla. Atl. 35 (OT) Minnesota 43, San Jose State 24 Mississippi State 62, Troy 7 Missouri 45, Indiana 28 Nebraska 59, SD State 20 Nevada 31, Hawaii 9 Northern Ill. 43, Eastern Ill. 39 Ohio 38, Austin Peay 0 Old Dominion 59, Citadel 58

Oregon St. 34, San Diego State 30 Penn State 34, Kent State 0 Pittsburgh 58, Duke 55 Rutgers 28, Arkansas 24 Syracuse 52, Tulane 17 Texas 31, Kansas State 21 Toledo 38, Central Michigan 17 UAB 52, Northwestern State 28 UNLV 38, Western Illinois 7 USC 17, Utah State 14 UTSA 32, UTEP 13 Utah 20, BYU 13 Vanderbilt 24, Massachusetts 7 Virginia 49, VMI 0 Virginia Tech 29, Marshall 21 (3OT) Wake Forest 25, Army 11 Washington State 42, Idaho 0 Western Ky. 58, Morgan State 17 Wyoming 56, Air Force 23

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Sept. 19 - 21

Pittsburgh’s Tom Savage made quite an impression in his Atlantic Coast Conference debut. Savage led the Panthers to a 58-55 win over fellow ACC-member Duke and set a few bests along the way. He tied the league record with six touchdown passes, and threw for a career-high 424 yards on 23-of-33 passing with three scoring passes to freshman Tyler Boyd. “Savage surpassed both his career highs for passing yards and TDs, which he set for Rutgers in 2009, before halftime. He had plenty of help from his big playmakers: Devin Street had touchdown catches of 67 and 21 yards and finished with a career-high 166 yards receiving. Boyd scored on catches of 69, 27 and 14 yards to go along with his season-high 154 yards. Iowa’s Kevonte Martin-Manley returned back-to-back punts for touchdowns; B.J. Lowery returned a pair of interceptions for TDs and Iowa rolled past Western Michigan 59-3. Martin-Manley scored on returns of 83 and 63 yards early in the second quarter as Iowa jumped out to a 38-3 halftime lead. He is just the third player in Big Ten history to return two punts for scores in the same game, and the first to do it on back-to-back returns. ESPN gave him a helmet sticker, and he was named the Big Ten’s Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday. Martin-Manley’s success Saturday made him the nation’s top punt returner with an average of 31.1 yards per game. Lowery took back picks for 35- and 13-yard TDs for Iowa, which scored its most points since it had 62 against Northwestern in 2002. Lowery was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, the first Iowa player to be named Defensive Player of the Week since Tom Nardo in 2011.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of UI CMP Photo Services

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF SEPT. 22 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 39-60 460 2. David Fales, SJSU 22-35 439 3. Tom Savage, PITT 23-33 424

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 1,604 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 1,315 3. Brett Smith, WYO 1,315

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Martin Ifedi, MEM 5.5 IK Enemkpali, LT 5.5 Chris Smith, ARK 5.5

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 17 213 2. David Fluellen, TOL 32 197 3. Jordan Lynch, NIU 23 189

RUSH YARDS 1. Melvin Gordon, WISC 2. Paul James, RUTG 3. Antonio Andrews, WKU

YDS 624 573 545

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Stanley Jean-Baptiste, NEB 4 Steven Nelson, ORST 4 3. Nine (9) tied with 3

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Tyler Lockett, KSU 13 237 2. Chandler Jones, SJSU 7 197 3. Willie Snead, BALL 9 175

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 639 575 480

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Davis Cazares, NMSU 3. Justin Cherocci, CMU

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TT 51 48 46

WEEK 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Sept. 22 1.

Alabama (56)

3-0

1,496

Oregon (4)

3-0

1,418

3. Clemson

3-0 1,340 3

4-0

Ohio State

1,320

5. Stanford

3-0 1,270 5

6. LSU

4-0 1,167 6

7. Louisville

4-0 1,088 7

3-0

Florida State

1,049

9. Georgia

2-1 1,029 9

10. Texas A&M

3-1

1,011 10

11. Oklahoma State

3-0

849

12. South Carolina

2-1

828

13. UCLA

3-0 798 13

14. Oklahoma

3-0 689 14

15. Miami (FL)

3-0

16. Washington

3-0 559 17

17. Northwestern

4-0 477 18

18. Michigan

4-0 450 15

19. Baylor

3-0 441 20

20. Florida

2-1 414 19

21. Ole Miss

3-0

342

22. Notre Dame

3-1

256

23. Wisconsin

3-1 130 24

24. Texas Tech

4-0

127

25. Fresno State

3-0

110

687

Dropped From Rankings: Arizona State 23. Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 41, Georgia Tech 30, Maryland 24, UCF 19, Nebraska 13, Northern Illinois 9, Arizona 8, Virginia Tech 4, Michigan State 3, Missouri 2, Navy 1, Rutgers 1.

WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11 WEEK 12 WEEK 13 WEEK 14 WEEK 15 BOWLS

2013 SEASON REVIEW

12/12/2013 9:59:11 AM

BOWLS WEEK 15 WEEK 14 WEEK 13 WEEK 12 WEEK 11 WEEK 10 WEEK 9 WEEK 8 WEEK 7 WEEK 6 WEEK 5 WEEK 4 WEEK 3 WEEK 2 WEEK 1

WEEK 5 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 29 American

Houston Louisville Cincinnati Rutgers UCF Memphis SMU Connecticut South Florida Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Clemson Florida State Boston College Maryland Syracuse N.C. State Wake Forest

Coastal

Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Miami (FL) Virginia North Carolina Duke

Big 12

Oklahoma Texas Tech Texas West Virginia Baylor Kansas Iowa State Oklahoma State Kansas State TCU

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Illinois Penn State Indiana Purdue

1-0 4-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 0-0 4-0 0-1 2-2 0-1 1-3 0-2 3-2 1-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 3-1 0-1 2-2 0-1 2-2

1-0 4-1 0-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-1 4-1 1-0 5-0 1-1 3-2 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-4

Conference USA

East Carolina Middle Tennessee Marshall UAB Fla. International Southern Miss Florida Atlantic

West

Tulane Rice UTSA North Texas Tulsa UTEP Louisiana Tech

1-0 3-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-4 0-3 1-4 1-0 3-2 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-4

Independents

Navy Notre Dame Old Dominion Brigham Young Army Idaho New Mexico State

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2-0 4-0 2-0 4-0 1-1 2-2 0-0 4-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 3-1 0-2 2-3

Big Ten

Iowa Michigan Northwestern Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota

East

1-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-4 0-1 0-4

— 2-1 — 3-2 — 3-2 — 2-2 — 2-3 — 1-4 — 0-5

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 2-0 4-1 Kent State 1-1 2-3 Ohio 0-0 3-1 Buffalo 0-0 2-2 Massachusetts 0-0 0-4 Miami (OH) 0-0 0-4 Akron 0-1 1-4

West

Ball State Toledo Northern Illinois Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Western Michigan

2-0 4-1 1-1 2-3 0-0 4-0 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-4 0-1 0-5

Mountain West Mountain Utah State Wyoming Boise State Colorado State New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State Nevada UNLV San Diego State San Jose State Hawaii

North

2-0 4-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-2 0-4

Pac-12

Stanford Oregon State Oregon Washington Washington State California

South

Arizona State UCLA Arizona Utah Colorado USC

East

2-0 3-2 1-0 3-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 2-3 0-1 1-3 0-4 1-4

2-0 4-0 2-0 4-1 1-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 1-1 3-2 0-1 1-3 1-1 3-1 0-0 3-0 0-1 3-1 0-1 3-1 0-1 2-1 0-2 3-2

SEC

Florida Georgia South Carolina Missouri Tennessee Kentucky Vanderbilt

West

Alabama LSU Texas A&M Auburn Ole Miss Arkansas Mississippi State

2-0 3-1 2-0 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-0 4-0 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-3 0-2 3-2 2-0 4-0 1-1 4-1 1-1 4-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 3-2 0-1 2-2

Sun Belt

South Alabama Arkansas State Texas State La.-Lafayette La.-Monroe Georgia State Western Kentucky Troy

1-0 2-2 1-0 2-3 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-4 0-1 3-2 0-1 2-3

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2013 SEASON REVIEW

Sept. 26 - 28

All eyes were on the Georgia Bulldogs once again as they became only the fourth team since the BCS began in 1998 to face three top 10 teams in the first four games of a season. The Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) completed their opening-month run through a gauntlet of top teams with a 44-41 comeback victory over No. 6 LSU that propelled them back into the thick of the national championship race. Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes, including a 25-yarder to Justin Scott-Wesley with 1:47 remaining in a thrilling game between Southeastern Conference powerhouses. LSU (4-1, 1-1) got a career-best 372 yards passing from former Georgia quarterback Zach Mettenberger in his return to Athens, and the Tigers went ahead 41-37 on Jeremy Hill’s 8-yard touchdown run with 4:14 to go. West Virginia wasn’t expected to put up much of a fight against No. 11 Oklahoma State after its showing the week before, which was a 37-0 loss at Maryland. The Mountaineers were starting their third quarterback of the season in Clint Trickett, who was chosen after Ford Childress was injured last week. Trickett was picked to start over Paul Millard, who started the first two games but lost the job after a 16-7 loss at Oklahoma. Apparently the Florida State transfer should have been given a look sooner. He threw a touchdown pass in his first start at West Virginia and engineered two late scoring drives, leading the Mountaineers to a 30-21 win. Trickett finished 24 of 50 for 309 yards in his first start since subbing for EJ Manuel for the Seminoles in October 2011.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Georgia Sports Communications BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of West Virginia Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 5

#1 Alabama 25, #21 Ole Miss 0 #2 Oregon 55, California 16 #3 Clemson 56, Wake Forest 7 #4 Ohio St. 31, #23 Wisconsin 24 #5 Stanford 55, Wash. State 17 #8 Fla. St. 48, Boston College 34 #9 Georgia 44, #6 LSU 41 #10 Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 33 #12 South Carolina 28, UCF 25 #15 Miami (FL) 49, USF 21 #14 Okla. 35, #22 Notre Dame 21 #16 Washington 31, Arizona 13 #20 Florida 24, Kentucky 7 #25 Fresno State 42, Hawaii 37 Arizona State 62, USC 41 Army 35, Louisiana Tech 16 BYU 37, Middle Tennessee 10 Ball State 31, Toledo 24

Boise State 60, Southern Miss 7 Bowling Green 31, Akron 14 Buffalo 41, Connecticut 12 Colorado State 59, UTEP 42 Duke 38, Troy 31 E. Carolina 55, North Carolina 31 Houston 59, UTSA 28 Idaho 26, Temple 24 Illinois 50, Miami (OH) 14 Iowa 23, Minnesota 7 Iowa State 38, Tulsa 21 Kent State 32, Western Mich. 14 Missouri 41, Arkansas State 19 Nevada 45, Air Force 42 N.C. State 48, Central Mich. 14 Northern Illinois 55, Purdue 24 Old Dominion 66, Albany 10 Oregon State 44, Colorado 17

Pittsburgh 14, Virginia 3 Rice 18, Florida Atlantic 14 San Diego State 26, N.M. State 16 TCU 48, Southern Methodist 17 Tennessee 31, South Alabama 24 Texas State 42, Wyoming 21 Tulane 31, Louisiana-Monroe 14 UNLV 56, New Mexico 42 Utah State 40, San Jose State 12 Vanderbilt 52, UAB 24 Virginia Tech 17, Georgia Tech 10 West Virginia 30, #11 Okla. St. 21 Western Kentucky 19, Navy 7

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Sept. 26 - 28

Photo courtesy of East Carolina Athletics

Photo courtesy of Oregon State Athletics

Shane Carden threw three touchdown passes and ran for three scores to help East Carolina beat North Carolina 55-31, earning its first win in Chapel Hill in nearly four decades. It was a strong bounce-back performance from Carden, who threw three interceptions and was sacked seven times by Virginia Tech in a 15-10 home loss two weeks ago. He threw for 376 yards, leading a no-huddle offense that ran 101 plays -- the most ever run against North Carolina. Carden matched a personal best by directly accounting for six touchdowns (of seven overall). He completed 32-of-47 passes en route to his sixth career 300-plusyard contest. Carden’s three one-yard TD rushes helped the Pirates rack up 603 yards of total offense - ECU’s seventh-highest single-game total in school history (and most since 2007). He also helped ECU establish a new single-game program standard with 101 plays and match another with 36 first downs. Carden engineered nine scoring drives in 13 total possessions vs. UNC, including 5-of-6 in the second half. For his efforts, Carden garnered his second Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week award this season and the fifth of his career. Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion set a school record with six touchdown passes in a single game in the Beavers’ 44-17 victory over Colorado. Mannion completed 27 of 52 passes for 414 yards and one interception as the Beavers move to 2-0 in Pac-12 play and 3-1 overall. He now has 21 touchdowns on the year and 52 in his career, good for third-most in program history. Mannion leads the nation in passing yards per game (403.6 ypg) and total offense (390.2 ypg). He is also on pace to throw 50 touchdown passes this season, which would rank fourth in the NCAA record book. Mannion was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks.

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF SEPT. 29 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 27-52 414 2. Cody Fajardo, NEV 38-54 389 3. Shane Carden, ECU 32-47 376

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 2,017 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 1,650 3. Brett Smith, WYO 1,607

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Kasey Carrier, UNM 25 192 2. Vintavious Cooper, ECU 35 186 3. Antonio Andrews, WKU 32 182

RUSH YARDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 2. Melvin Gordon, WIS 3. David Fluellen, TOL

YDS 727 698 626

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Jared Abbrederis, WIS 10 207 2. Brandin Cooks, ORST 9 168 3. Devante Davis, UNLV 10 164

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 806 691 611

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Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Shaquil Barrett, CSU 6.5 2. Chris Smith, ARK 6.0 Aaron Donald, PITT 6.0 Vic Beasley, CLEM 6.0 INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Stan Jean-Baptiste, NEB 4 Steven Nelson, ORST 4 Brandon Facyson, VT 4 TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Davis Cazares, NMSU 3. Tyler Matakevich,TEM

TT 71 62 60

WEEK 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Sept. 29 1.

Alabama (55)

4-0

1,495

Oregon (5)

4-0

1,422

3. Clemson

4-0 1,354 3

5-0

Ohio State

1,305

5. Stanford

4-0 1,280 5

6. Georgia

3-1 1,171 9

7. Louisville

4-0 1,091 7

Florida State

4-0

1,069

Texas A&M

4-1

1,012 10

10. LSU

4-1 979

11. Oklahoma

4-0 838 14

12. UCLA

3-0 834 13

13. South Carolina

3-1

812

14. Miami (FL)

4-0

753

15. Washington

4-0 665 16

16. Northwestern

4-0 550 17

17. Baylor

3-0 536 19

18. Florida

3-1 481 20

19. Michigan

4-0 471 18

20. Texas Tech

4-0

264

21. Oklahoma State

3-1

230

22. Arizona State

3-1

192

23. Fresno State

4-0

187

24. Ole Miss

3-1

132

25. Maryland

4-0 119 NR

Dropped From Rankings: Notre Dame 22, Wisconsin 23. Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois 104, Virginia Tech 49, Wisconsin 46, Nebraska 20, Missouri 14, Notre Dame 12, UCF 6, Michigan State 5, Rutgers 2.

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WEEK 6 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF OCT. 6 American

Louisville Houston Rutgers UCF South Florida Connecticut Cincinnati Memphis SMU Temple

ACC

Atlantic

Clemson Florida State Boston College Wake Forest Maryland Syracuse N.C. State

Coastal

Virginia Tech Miami (FL) Pittsburgh Georgia Tech Virginia Duke North Carolina

Big 12

Oklahoma Texas Tech Texas Baylor Oklahoma State West Virginia Kansas Iowa State Kansas State TCU

Legends

1-0 5-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 4-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 1-4 0-0 0-4 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-4 0-2 0-5

3-0 5-0 3-0 5-0 1-1 3-2 1-2 3-3 0-1 4-1 0-1 2-3 0-2 3-2 2-0 5-1 1-0 5-0 2-1 3-1 2-2 3-2 0-1 2-3 0-2 3-2 0-2 1-4 2-0 5-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 4-0 1-1 4-1 1-2 3-3 0-1 2-2 0-1 1-3 0-2 2-3 0-2 2-3

Big Ten

Michigan Michigan State Nebraska Iowa Northwestern Minnesota

1-0 5-0 1-0 4-1 1-0 4-1 1-1 4-2 0-1 4-1 0-2 4-2

Leaders Ohio State

2-0

Indiana Wisconsin Illinois Penn State Purdue

East

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Fla. International Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic UAB Southern Miss

West

Tulane Rice Louisiana Tech UTSA North Texas Tulsa UTEP

2-0 4-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 1-4 1-1 3-3 1-3 2-4 0-1 1-4 0-1 0-5 2-0 4-2 2-0 3-2 1-1 2-4 1-1 2-4 0-1 2-3 0-1 1-4 0-2 1-4

Independents

Navy Notre Dame Old Dominion BYU Army Idaho New Mexico State

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6-0

1-0 3-2 1-1 3-2 0-1 3-2 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-4

— 3-1 — 4-2 — 4-2 — 3-2 — 2-4 — 1-5 — 0-6

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 3-0 5-1 Ohio 1-0 4-1 Buffalo 1-0 3-2 Kent State 1-2 2-4 Massachusetts 0-1 0-5 Miami (OH) 0-1 0-5 Akron 0-2 1-5

West

Ball State Northern Illinois Toledo Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Western Michigan

2-0 5-1 1-0 5-0 2-1 3-3 1-1 2-4 0-2 1-4 0-2 0-6

Mountain West Mountain Utah State Wyoming Boise State Colorado State New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State UNLV San Diego State Nevada San Jose State Hawaii

North

2-0 5-0 1-0 3-2 1-0 2-3 2-1 3-3 1-1 2-3 0-3 0-5

Pac-12

Stanford Oregon Oregon State Washington State Washington California

South

UCLA Arizona State Arizona USC Utah Colorado

East

2-0 3-3 1-0 3-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 2-3 0-1 2-3 0-4 1-5

3-0 5-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 4-1 2-1 4-2 1-1 4-1 0-2 1-4 1-0 4-0 1-1 3-2 0-1 3-1 0-2 3-2 0-2 3-2 0-2 2-2

SEC

Florida Georgia Missouri South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Vanderbilt

West

Alabama LSU Auburn Texas A&M Ole Miss Arkansas Mississippi State

3-0 4-1 3-0 4-1 1-0 5-0 2-1 4-1 0-2 3-3 0-2 1-4 0-3 3-3 2-0 5-0 2-1 5-1 2-1 4-1 1-1 4-1 1-2 3-2 0-2 3-3 0-2 2-3

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette Arkansas State Western Kentucky Troy South Alabama Georgia State Texas State La.-Monroe

1-0 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-1 4-2 1-1 3-3 1-1 2-3 0-0 0-5 0-1 3-2 0-1 2-4

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2013 SEASON REVIEW

Oct. 3 - 5

It didn’t matter how Texas beat Iowa State. The Longhorns just needed to escape Ames with a win. They survived -- in a way the seething Cyclones might never forget. Case McCoy scored on a 1-yard plunge with 51 seconds left and Texas rallied to beat Iowa State 31-30 on Thursday night. Texas coach Mack Brown said about his team’s comeback win, “It just says something about your toughness and your team and believing. We’re getting back something we lost. We couldn’t have done this the last couple of years.” The Cyclones might argue that they couldn’t have done it Thursday night either without some huge breaks. McCoy led Texas on a 75-yard drive in just under 3 minutes -- which was aided by two pass-interference penalties and two near fumbles by Johnathan Gray. The first one was reviewed after Iowa State’s Jeremiah George picked up a loose ball and started running the other way. But it remained Texas ball, much to the dismay of irate Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads. Gray recovered his own fumble on the next play, and McCoy followed with the winning touchdown.

Photo courtesy of Texas Athletics

On a rain-soaked field and with a prime-time audience watching, fourth-ranked Ohio State rallied from 10 down in the third quarter to take out a Wildcat team aiming to show it could beat the best in the Big Ten. Carlos Hyde ran for a career-high 168 yards and three touchdowns, and the Buckeyes rallied to beat No. 16 Northwestern 40-30 Saturday, extend the nation’s longest win streak to 18 games, and become the first team to reach bowl eligibility status. The Wildcats’ Kain Colter got stopped on fourth-and-1 at the Ohio State 34 with 2:43 left after he picked up his own fumble, wiping out a late threat. The game ended with Northwestern lateralling and the Buckeyes recovering the loose ball in the end zone. Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 6 #1 Alabama 45, Georgia State 3 #2 Oregon 57, Colorado 16 #3 Clemson 49, Syracuse 14 #4 Ohio St. 40, #16 Northwestern 30 #5 Stanford 31, #15 Wash. 28 #6 Georgia 34, Tennessee 31 (OT) #7 Louisville 30, Temple 7 #8 Fla. State 63, #25 Maryland 0 #10 LSU 59, Mississippi State 26 #11 Oklahoma 20, TCU 17 #12 UCLA 34, Utah 27 #13 South Carolina 35, Ky. 28 #14 Miami (FL) 45, Ga. Tech 30 #17 Baylor 73, West Virginia 42 #18 Florida 30, Arkansas 10 #19 Michigan 42, Minnesota 13 #20 Texas Tech 54, Kansas 16 #21 Okla. State 33, Kan. State 29 #23 Fresno State 61, Idaho 14

Auburn 30, #24 Ole Miss 22 BYU 31, Utah State 14 Ball State 48, Virginia 27 Boston College 48, Army 27 Bowling Green 28, UMass 7 Buffalo 42, Eastern Michigan 14 Central Mich. 21, Miami (OH) 9 East Carolina 24, Middle Tenn. 17 Florida Atlantic 37, UAB 23 Fla. Int. 24, Southern Miss 23 Indiana 44, Penn State 24 La.-Lafayette 48, Texas State 24 Louisiana Tech 38, UTEP 35 Marshall 34, UTSA 10 Michigan State 26, Iowa 14 Missouri 51, Vanderbilt 28 Navy 28, Air Force 10 Nebraska 39, Illinois 19 New Mexico 66, N.M. State 17

Northern Ill. 38, Kent State 24 Notre Dame 37, #22 Ariz. St. 34 Ohio 43, Akron 3 Old Dominion 21, Liberty 17 Rice 30, Tulsa 27 (OT) Rutgers 55, SMU 52 (OT) San Diego St. 51, Nevada 44 (OT) San Jose State 37, Hawaii 27 South Florida 26, Cincinnati 20 Texas 31, Iowa State 30 Toledo 47, Western Michigan 20 Troy 34, South Alabama 33 Tulane 24, North Texas 21 UCF 24, Memphis 17 Va. Tech 27, North Carolina 17 Wake Forest 28, N.C. State 13 Wash. State 44, California 22 Western Ky. 31, La.-Monroe 10

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Oct. 3 - 5

Washington State’s sophomore quarterback Connor Halliday threw for 521 yards and three touchdowns and Washington State used its highest scoring conference game in 10 years to snap an eight-game skid against California with a 44-22 victory. Halliday’s passing performance was the most yards thrown for in a game by any FBS quarterback in the country this season. The mark was the fifth-highest total in Pac-12 history and the most since WSU’s Alex Brink threw for a school-record 531 yards at Oregon State in 2005. The performance is his ninth career 300-yard game, fourth this season, third career 400-yard game and first career 500-yard game. Halliday finished the day 41-of-67, the second-most completions in school history and the most pass attempts in WSU history. Add in the opposing quarterback, California freshman Jeff Goff and his 504 passing yards, and the duo combined for 1,025 passing yards, which is the most passing yards by two opposing players in a Pac-12 game. Goff set the Cal single-game passing record with 504 yards through the air, surpassing Pat Barnes’ 503 yards he garnered in a four-overtime win over Arizona in 1996. Goff also became the second quarterback in Pac-12 history to throw for 450 yards in three games. Goff owns three of the top four single-game passing performances in the history of the program in his first five games at Cal. One of Goff’s touchdown passes went for 89 yards to Chris Harper, which is the second-longest pass play in school history.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Washington State Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Michael J. Burns, GoldenBearSports.com

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF OCT. 6 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Connor Halliday, WSU 41-67 521 2. Jared Goff, CAL 33-59 504 3. Garrett Gilbert, SMU 45-70 484

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 2,018 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 1,996 3. Connor Halliday, WSU 1,993

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Vic Beasley, CLEM 8.0 2. Xavius Boyd, WKU 6.5 Shaquil Barrett, CSU 6.5

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Cameron Stingily, NIU 37 266 2. Andre Williams, BC 30 263 3. Ameer Abdullah, NEB 20 225

RUSH YARDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 2. David Fluellen, TOL 3. Andre Williams, BC

YDS 882 846 768

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Nine (9) Tied With 4

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Chris Harper, CAL 14 231 2. Jeremy Johnson, SMU 18 217 3. Davante Adams, FRES 16 185

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Willie Snead, BALL 3. Jordan Matthews, VAN

YDS 807 715 709

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. T.T. Barber, MTSU 3. Davis Cazares, NMSU

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WEEK 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Oct. 6 1.

Alabama (55)

5-0

1,495

Oregon (5)

5-0

1,424

3. Clemson

5-0 1,359 3

6-0

Ohio State

1,305

5. Stanford

5-0 1,278 5

5-0

Florida State

1,158

7. Georgia

4-1 1,138 6

8. Louisville

5-0 1,051 7

4-1

Texas A&M

1,003

10. LSU

5-1 993 10

11. UCLA

4-0 844 12

12. Oklahoma

5-0 819 11

13. Miami (FL)

5-0

780

14. South Carolina

4-1

764

15. Baylor

4-0 681 17

16. Washington

4-1 556 15

17. Florida

4-1 536 18

18. Michigan

5-0 514 19

19. Northwestern

4-1 418 16

20. Texas Tech

5-0

358

21. Fresno State

5-0

258

22. Oklahoma State

4-1

204

23. Northern Illinois

5-0

138

24. Virginia Tech

5-1

115

25. Missouri

5-0 105 NR

Dropped From Rankings: Arizona State 22, Ole Miss 24, Maryland 25. Others Receiving Votes: Auburn 61, Notre Dame 50, Nebraska 35, Wisconsin 29, Michigan State 16, UCF 7, Ole Miss 3, Arizona State 3, Rutgers 2.

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2013 SEASON REVIEW

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WEEK 7 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF OCT. 13

American Louisville 2-0 6-0 Houston South Florida UCF Cincinnati Rutgers SMU Connecticut Memphis Temple

2-0 5-0 2-0 2-4 1-0 4-1 1-1 4-2 1-1 4-2 0-1 1-4 0-1 0-5 0-2 1-4 0-3 0-6

ACC

Atlantic Clemson

Florida State Maryland Syracuse Boston College Wake Forest N.C. State

Coastal Virginia Tech Miami (FL) Pittsburgh Georgia Tech Duke Virginia North Carolina

4-0 6-0 3-0 5-0 1-1 5-1 1-1 3-3 1-2 3-3 1-2 3-3 0-3 3-3

3-0

Big 12 Texas Tech 3-0 Texas Baylor Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU West Virginia Kansas Iowa State Kansas State

Legends

6-1

1-0 5-0 2-2 3-2 2-2 3-3 0-2 4-2 0-2 2-4 0-2 1-4

6-0

3-0 4-2 2-0 5-0 2-1 5-1 1-1 4-1 1-2 3-3 1-2 3-3 0-2 2-3 0-2 1-4 0-3 2-4

Big Ten

Michigan State Nebraska Michigan Iowa Minnesota Northwestern

2-0 5-1 2-0 5-1 1-1 5-1 1-1 4-2 0-2 4-2 0-2 4-2

Leaders Ohio State

2-0

6-0

Penn State

1-1

4-2

Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Purdue

East

0-1 3-2 0-2 1-5

Conference USA

Marshall East Carolina UAB Fla. International Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Southern Miss

West

Tulane Rice North Texas Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTSA UTEP

2-0 4-2 2-1 4-2 1-1 2-4 1-1 1-5 1-2 3-4 1-4 2-5 0-1 0-5 3-0 5-2 3-0 4-2 1-1 3-3 1-1 2-4 1-1 2-4 1-2 2-5 0-3 1-5

Independents

BYU Notre Dame Old Dominion Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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2-1 4-2 1-1 3-3

— 4-2 — 4-2 — 4-2 — 3-2 — 3-4 — 1-6 — 0-6

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 3-0 5-2 Buffalo 2-0 4-2 Ohio 1-1 4-2 Massachusetts 1-1 1-5 Kent State 1-3 2-5 Miami (OH) 0-2 0-6 Akron 0-3 1-6

West Ball State 3-0 Northern Illinois 2-0

6-1 6-0

Western Mich. 0-3

0-7

Toledo Central Michigan Eastern Michigan

2-1 3-3 2-1 3-4 0-2 1-5

Mountain West Mountain Wyoming Boise State Utah State Colorado State New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State UNLV San Diego State Nevada San Jose State Hawaii

2-0 4-2 2-1 4-2 2-1 3-4 0-1 2-4 0-2 2-4 0-5 1-6 2-0 5-0 2-0 4-2 2-0 3-3 2-1 3-3 2-1 3-3 0-4 0-6

Pac-12 North Oregon 3-0 6-0 Oregon State Stanford Washington State Washington California

South

UCLA Arizona State USC Utah Arizona Colorado

3-0 5-1 3-1 5-1 2-2 4-3 1-2 4-2 0-3 1-5 2-0 5-0 2-1 4-2 1-2 4-2 1-2 4-2 0-2 3-2 0-3 2-3

SEC East Missouri 2-0 6-0 South Carolina Florida Georgia Tennessee Vanderbilt Kentucky

3-1 5-1 3-1 4-2 3-1 4-2 0-2 3-3 0-3 3-3 0-3 1-5

West Alabama LSU

3-0 6-0 3-1 6-1

Auburn Texas A&M Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas

2-1 5-1 2-1 5-1 1-3 3-3 0-2 3-3 0-3 3-4

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette 1-0 3-2 Arkansas State 1-0 3-3 Western Kentucky 1-1 4-2 Troy 1-1 4-3 Louisiana-Monroe 1-1 3-4 South Alabama 1-1 2-3 Georgia State 0-0 0-6 Texas State 0-2 3-3

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2013 SEASON REVIEW

Oct. 10 - 12

There were several upsets among the Associated Press Top 25 Rankings in week 7. The highest ranked team to fall was No. 5 Stanford at unranked Utah, 27-21. The Utes made a goalline stand in the final minute to orchestrate the biggest upset at home in school history and the most significant victory Utah has had since moving to the Pac-12 three years ago. It was the first time in school history the Utes have knocked off a top-five program at Rice-Eccles Stadium. They beat No. 4 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl following the 2008 season. The Utes took a knee twice to end the game, along with the 13-game winning streak of Stanford. Mack Brown stood with his players in front of the Texas band cherishing a victory over Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry that few outside of Austin expected. After the coach accepted the Golden Hat trophy that came with the 36-20 win Saturday over the 12thranked Sooners, Case McCoy and the Texas seniors especially enjoyed passing around the prize and taking turns putting it atop their heads for the first time. McCoy threw two touchdown passes, 295-pound defensive tackle Chris Whaley returned an interception 31 yards for a score and the Longhorns ended Oklahoma’s three-game winning streak in the rivalry to give Brown at least a temporary reprieve from all the gloomy talk about his future with the Longhorns. Brown insisted this victory was special for what it was -finally a win for this senior group over Oklahoma, a 3-0 start in Big 12 play and the possibility of a league title and BCS game still in their future. Texas, a two-touchdown underdog, never trailed and went on to a double-digit win of its own. The Sooners had won the last two games in the series by a combined score of 118-38, but came out with their 10-game Big 12 winning streak snapped. TOP: Photo courtesy of Utah Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Texas Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 7

#1 Alabama 48, Kentucky 7 #2 Oregon 45, #16 Washington 24 #3 Clemson 24, Boston College 14 #8 Louisville 24, Rutgers 10 #9 Texas A&M 41, Ole Miss 38 #10 LSU 17, #17 Florida 6 #11 UCLA 37, California 10 #14 South Carolina 52, Arkansas 7 #15 Baylor 35, Kansas State 25 #20 Texas Tech 42, Iowa State 35 #23 Northern Illinois 27, Akron 20 #24 Virginia Tech 19, Pittsburgh 9 #25 Missouri 41, #7 Georgia 26 Arizona State 54, Colorado 13 Arkansas State 48, Idaho 24 Army 50, Eastern Michigan 25 Auburn 62, Western Carolina 3

BYU 38, Georgia Tech 20 Ball State 27, Kent State 24 Boise State 34, Utah State 23 Buffalo 33, Western Michigan 0 Central Michigan 26, Ohio 23 Cincinnati 38, Temple 20 Duke 35, Navy 7 Houston 25, Memphis 15 La.-Monroe 21, Texas State 14 Marshall 24, Florida Atlantic 23 Maryland 27, Virginia 26 Massachusetts 17, Miami (OH) 10 Michigan State 42, Indiana 28 Miss. State 21, Bowling Green 20 Nebraska 44, Purdue 7 North Texas 34, Middle Tenn. 7 Oregon State 52, Wash. State 24

Penn St. 43, #18 Mich. 40 (4OT) Rice 27, UTSA 21 San Diego State 27, Air Force 20 San Jose St. 34, Colorado St. 27 South Florida 13, Connecticut 10 Syracuse 24, N.C. State 10 TCU 27, Kansas 17 Texas 36, #12 Oklahoma 20 Troy 35, Georgia State 28 Tulane 36, East Carolina 33 (OT) Tulsa 34, UTEP 20 UAB 27, Florida International 24 UNLV 39, Hawaii 37 USC 38, Arizona 31 Utah 27, #5 Stanford 21 Wisconsin 35, #19 Northwestern 6 Wyoming 38, New Mexico 31

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Oct. 10 - 12

No. 25 Missouri’s win was more than just a second straight SEC road game win when it upset No. 7 Georgia. It’s the first time Missouri has beaten a top-10 team on the road in 32 years, and the Tigers did it after losing their starting quarterback. Receiver Bud Sasser threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to L’Damian Washington in the fourth quarter after quarterback James Franklin left with a shoulder injury to hold off Georgia’s comeback attempt and win, 41-26. Missouri led by 18 points in the first half before Georgia (4-2, 3-1) cut the lead to 2826 in the fourth quarter. The Tigers also ended Georgia’s streak of 15 straight home wins. Bill Belton ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the fourth overtime to lift Penn State past No. 18 Michigan 43-40 in maybe the biggest win in coach Bill O’Brien’s two seasons with the Nittany Lions. Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg was sensational in regulation on the tying drive, completing passes of 29 yards to Brandon Felder and 33 yards to Allen Robinson to bring the ball to the 1 with 29 seconds left. The freshman quarterback sneaked in for the first rushing TD against Michigan this season, tying the game at 34-all. Brendan Gibbons kicked two field goals and missed two -- one was blocked -- in OT for the Wolverines. Sam Ficken kicked two, but passed on even trying another on the last possession. Instead, Penn State went for it on fourth-and-1 from the 16. Belton converted and made the gamble a good one. In the end, Hackenberg was 23-for-44 with 305 yards and three touchdowns.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Mizzou Athletic Communications BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Mark Selders, Penn State Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF OCT. 13 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 34-51 493 2. Shane Carden, ECU 41-55 480 3. David Fales, SJSU 28-35 431

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 2,511 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 2,301 3. Connor Halliday, WSU 2,241

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Vic Beasley, CLEM 9.0 2. Aaron Donald, PITT 8.0 3. Four (4) Tied With 6.5

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Terry Baggett, ARMY 18 304 2. Daniel Sams, KSU 30 199 3. Saylor Lavallii, CMU 26 184

RUSH YARDS 1. Bishop Sankey, WASH 2. Antonio Andrews, WKU 3. Melvin Gordon, WISC

YDS 899 882 870

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Jimmie Ward, NIU 5 Steven Nelson, ORST 5 3. Eleven (11) Tied With 4

RECEIVING 1. Justin Hardy, ECU 2. Tevin Reese, BAY 3. Nelson Agholor, USC

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Willie Snead, BALL 3. Mike Evans, TA&M

YDS 944 867 737

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Jake Doughty, USU 3. Tyler Matakevich, TEM

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REC YDS 17 230 5 184 7 161

TT 89 83 82

WEEK 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Oct. 13 1.

Alabama (55)

6-0

1,495

Oregon (5)

6-0

1,438

3. Clemson

6-0 1,352 3

Ohio State

6-0

1,330

Florida State

5-0

1,242

6. LSU

6-1 1,137 10

5-1

Texas A&M

1,105

8. Louisville

6-0 1,077 8

9. UCLA

5-0 1,017 11

10. Miami (FL)

5-0

912

11. South Carolina

5-1

896

12. Baylor

5-0 849 15

13. Stanford

5-1 824

14. Missouri

6-0 749 25

15. Georgia

4-2 615

16. Texas Tech

6-0

590

17. Fresno State

5-0

383

18. Oklahoma

5-1 380 12

19. Virginia Tech

6-1

20. Washington

4-2 309 16

21. Oklahoma State

4-1

22. Florida

4-2 249 17

23. Northern Illinois

6-0

24. Auburn

5-1 156 NR

25. Wisconsin

4-2 153 NR

352

264

185

Dropped From Rankings: Michigan 18, Northwestern 19. Others Receiving Votes: Michigan 118, Nebraska 94, Michigan State 69, Utah 47, Notre Dame 39, Oregon State 21, UCF 19, Texas 16, Northwestern 7, Arizona State 7, Houston 3, Rutgers 1.

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WEEK 8 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF OCT. 20 American

Houston UCF South Florida Louisville Cincinnati Rutgers SMU Connecticut Memphis Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Florida State Clemson Wake Forest Maryland Boston College Syracuse N.C. State

Coastal

Virginia Tech Miami (FL) Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Duke Virginia North Carolina

Big 12

Texas Tech Baylor Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU West Virginia Kansas Kansas State Iowa State

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue

3-0 6-1 2-0 6-0 3-2 4-3 2-2 4-2 1-2 5-2 0-3 2-5 0-3 1-5 4-0 7-0 3-0 6-0 3-0 4-2 3-1 6-1 2-1 5-1 1-3 3-4 1-3 3-4 0-3 2-4 0-3 2-4 0-3 1-5

3-0 6-1 2-0 5-1 2-1 6-1 1-2 4-3 1-2 5-2 0-3 4-3 3-0 7-0 3-1 5-2 1-1 4-2 1-2 3-4 0-2 3-3 0-3 1-6

Conference USA

Marshall East Carolina UAB Fla. International Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Southern Miss

West

Rice Tulane North Texas Tulsa Louisiana Tech UTSA UTEP

2-0 4-2 3-1 5-2 1-1 2-4 1-1 1-5 1-2 3-4 1-4 2-5 0-2 0-6 3-0 5-2 3-0 5-2 2-1 4-3 1-1 2-4 1-2 2-5 1-2 2-5 0-3 1-5

Independents

BYU Notre Dame Old Dominion Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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4-0 6-0 4-1 6-1 2-2 4-3 1-2 5-2 1-2 3-3 1-2 3-4 0-3 3-3

Big Ten

Michigan State Nebraska Michigan Iowa Minnesota Northwestern

East

2-0 5-1 2-0 5-1 2-0 2-4 2-1 6-1 2-1 5-2 1-1 4-2 1-1 2-4 0-2 0-6 0-3 1-5 0-3 1-6

— 5-2 — 5-2 — 4-3 — 3-3 — 3-5 — 1-6 — 0-7

East

Mid-American

Bowling Green 3-0 5-2 Buffalo 3-0 5-2 Ohio 2-1 5-2 Massachusetts 1-2 1-6 Akron 1-3 2-6 Kent State 1-3 2-6 Miami (OH) 0-3 0-7

West

Ball State Northern Illinois Toledo Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Western Michigan

4-0 7-1 3-0 7-0 2-1 4-3 2-2 3-5 0-3 1-6 0-4 0-8

Mountain West Mountain Boise State Utah State Wyoming Colorado State New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State San Diego State San Jose State UNLV Nevada Hawaii

North

South

Arizona State UCLA Arizona USC Utah Colorado

4-0 7-0 4-0 6-1 4-1 6-1 2-3 4-4 1-3 4-3 0-4 1-6 3-1 5-2 2-1 5-1 1-2 4-2 1-2 4-3 1-3 4-3 0-3 3-3

SEC

Missouri South Carolina Florida Georgia Tennessee Vanderbilt Kentucky

West

3-0 6-0 2-0 3-3 2-1 3-3 2-1 4-3 2-2 3-4 0-4 0-6

Pac-12

Oregon Oregon State Stanford Washington State Washington California

East

3-1 5-2 3-1 4-4 2-1 4-3 1-1 3-4 0-3 2-5 0-5 1-6

Alabama Auburn LSU Texas A&M Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas

3-0 7-0 3-2 5-2 3-2 4-3 3-2 4-3 1-2 4-3 1-3 4-3 0-3 1-5 4-0 7-0 3-1 6-1 3-2 6-2 2-2 5-2 2-3 4-3 0-2 3-3 0-4 3-5

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette 2-0 4-2 Arkansas State 1-0 3-3 Troy 2-1 4-3 South Alabama 1-1 3-3 Louisiana-Monroe 1-1 3-4 Texas State 1-2 4-3 Western Kentucky 1-2 4-3 Georgia State 0-2 0-7

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Friday night’s national game on ESPN started off the weekend with a bang as UCF erased a 21-point deficit to rally past undefeated Louisville for a 38-35 win. Down 28-7 midway through the third quarter, the Knights responded with three touchdowns in a 7:22 span. UCF then went in front on a 34-yard field goal with 7:36 remaining. Louisville reclaimed the lead on Dominique Brown’s 15-yard run with three minutes to go, but the Knights drove 75 yards in 11 plays to take the lead for good on another TD. Then the Knights held off the Cardinals’ comeback attempt as Heisman Trophy hopeful Teddy Bridgewater’s Hail Mary fell incomplete. It was Central Florida’s second win over a ranked team in 27 attempts. It came in the lone conference meeting between the schools; the Cardinals are headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season. The Atlantic Coast Conference’s game of the year, billed as maybe the league’s biggest game ever, quickly became a Seminoles’ seminar on how to take apart a top-five opponent as fifth-ranked Florida State topped No. 3 Clemson, 51-14. The Seminoles’ remarkable redshirt freshman, Jameis Winston, threw for 444 yards and three touchdowns. Playing in one of the loudest stadiums in the country, Winston was unfazed, going 22for-34. His first throw was a 22-yard touchdown, and he scrambled for a 4-yard touchdown that made it 41-7 with 4:04 left in the third quarter. The Seminoles broke a five-game losing streak at Memorial Stadium, scored more points than any opponent ever has in Death Valley and gave fourthyear coach Jimbo Fisher his biggest victory since taking over for Bobby Bowden. Florida State is also perfect through six games for the first time since 1999, the last time Bowden’s `Noles won the national championship.

Photo courtesy of UCF Athletics

Photo courtesy of Florida State Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 8

#1 Alabama 52, Arkansas 0 #2 Oregon 62, Wash. State 38 #4 Ohio State 34, Iowa 24 #5 Fla. State 51, #3 Clemson 14 #10 Miami (FL) 27, N.C. 23 #12 Baylor 71, Iowa State 7 #13 Stanford 24, #9 UCLA 10 #14 Missouri 36, #22 Florida 17 #16 Texas Tech 37, West Va. 27 #17 Fresno State 38, UNLV 14 #18 Oklahoma 34, Kansas 19 #21 Oklahoma State 24, TCU 10 #23 No. Ill. 38, Central Mich. 17 #24 Auburn 45, #7 Texas A&M 41 #25 Wisconsin 56, Illinois 32 Akron 24, Miami (OH) 17 Arizona 35, Utah 24

Ariz. State 53, #20 Wash. 24 BYU 47, Houston 46 Ball State 38, Western Mich. 17 Boise State 34, Nevada 17 Buffalo 32, Massachusetts 3 Cincinnati 41, Connecticut 16 Colorado 43, Charl. Southern 10 Colorado State 52, Wyoming 22 Duke 35, Virginia 22 East Carolina 55, So. Miss 14 Georgia Tech 56, Syracuse 0 La.-Lafayette 37, Western Ky. 20 Michigan 63, Indiana 47 Michigan State 14, Purdue 0 Minnesota 20, Northwestern 17 North Texas 28, La. Tech 13 Notre Dame 14, USC 10

Ohio 56, Eastern Michigan 28 Ole Miss 27, #6 LSU 24 Oregon State 49, California 17 Pittsburgh 35, Old Dominion 24 Rice 45, New Mexico State 19 SMU 34, Memphis 29 South Alabama 38, Kent State 21 Temple 33, Army 14 Tenn. 23, #11 South Carolina 21 Texas State 24, Georgia State 17 Toledo 45, Navy 44 (2OT) UCF 38, #8 Louisville 35 Utah State 45, New Mexico 10 Vanderbilt 31, #15 Georgia 27 Wake Forest 34, Maryland

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Oct. 15 - 19

Photo courtesy of Joshua McCoy, Ole Miss Athletics

Mississippi’s game-winning, 41-yard field goal started drifting right and by the time it reached the uprights, it was dangerously close to missing. It sailed through with about a foot to spare. The crowd exploded. It was the finishing touch on Mississippi’s 27-24 upset victory over No. 6 LSU. It was a happy ending for Ole Miss after the Rebels let a 17-point lead slip away when LSU recorded for a 4-yard touchdown to tie it at 24 with 3:19 remaining. But the Rebels responded with a methodical, 14-play drive that ended in the close field goal with 2 seconds remaining. It capped a remarkable day of upsets across the league. LSU joined Georgia, Texas A&M, Florida and South Carolina as ranked SEC teams to lose Saturday. It was also another thrilling game for the Rebels, who lost last week against Texas A&M on a last-second field goal. Bo Wallace completed 30 of 39 passes for 346 yards and Jaylen Walton rushed for a career-high 105 yards and two touchdowns for the Rebels, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Ole Miss finished with 525 total yards. LSU had 388.

No. 24 Auburn didn’t win a single Southeastern Conference game last season. So no one could blame running back Tre Mason for shedding a few tears as the final seconds ticked in the Tigers’ 45-41 upset of No. 7 Texas A&M on Saturday. Nick Marshall accounted for four scores while Mason scored the game-winning TD with just over a minute left in the game. A&M had a last chance, but Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner who was battered all night by the Auburn defense, was sacked by Dee Ford on fourth down to secure Auburn’s win. Manziel threw for 454 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a fifth score, but was intercepted twice. He missed a series in the fourth quarter with an injury to his right shoulder. He returned but was constantly moving his right arm. Photo courtesy of Todd J. Van Emst, Auburn Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF OCT. 20 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Connor Halliday, WSU 58-89 557 2. Devin Gardner, MICH 21-29 503 3. Sean Mannion, ORST 35-45 481

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, OSU 2,992 2. Connor Halliday, WSU 2,798 3. Keith Wenning, BALL 2,625

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Michael Sam, MIZZOU 9.0 Vic Beasley, CLEM 9.0 3. Aaron Donald, PITT 8.0

RUSHING 1. Jordan Lynch, NIU 2. Bronson Hill, EMU 3. Isaac Bennett, PITT

RUSH YARDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 2. Melvin Gordon, WISC 3. David Fluellen, TOL

YDS 1,036 1,012 999

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Jimmie Ward, NIU 5 Steven Nelson, ORST 5 3. 14 Tied With 4

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 1,176 1,024 957

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 2. Keith Smith, SJSU Jake Doughty, USU

CAR YDS 32 316 23 257 30 240

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Jeremy Gallon, MICH 14 369 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 11 287 3. Brandin Cooks, ORST 13 232

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WEEK 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Oct. 20 1.

Alabama (55)

7-0

1,495

Oregon (3)

7-0

1,427

Florida State (2)

6-0

1,395

Ohio State

7-0

1,309

5. Missouri

7-0 1,197 14

6. Baylor

6-0 1,189 12

6-0

Miami (FL)

1,130 10

8. Stanford

6-1 1,118 13

9. Clemson

6-1 927 3

10. Texas Tech

7-0

11. Auburn

6-1 867 24

12. UCLA

5-1 832

13. LSU

6-2 739

14. Texas A&M

5-2

683

15. Fresno State

6-0

550

16. Virginia Tech

6-1

509

17. Oklahoma

6-1 501 18

18. Louisville

6-1 428

19. Oklahoma State

5-1

382

20. South Carolina

5-2

381

21. UCF

5-1 345 NR

22. Wisconsin

5-2 258 25

23. Northern Illinois

7-0

24. Michigan

6-1 169 NR

25. Nebraska

5-1 117 NR

904

220

Dropped From Rankings: Georgia 15, Washington 20, Florida 22. Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 108, Notre Dame 82, Oregon State 79, Michigan State 73, Georgia 30, Ole Miss 27, Florida 17, Utah 4, Washington 4, Texas 2, Ball State 1, BYU 1.

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WEEK 9 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF OCT. 27 American

Houston UCF Louisville Cincinnati SMU South Florida Rutgers Memphis Connecticut Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Florida State Clemson Wake Forest Syracuse Maryland Boston College N.C. State

Coastal

Miami (FL) Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Duke Pittsburgh North Carolina Virginia

Big 12

Baylor Texas Oklahoma Texas Tech Oklahoma State Kansas State TCU West Virginia Kansas Iowa State

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue

3-0 7-0 3-1 6-2 4-2 5-3 2-2 6-2 2-2 4-3 1-3 2-5 0-4 2-6 4-0 7-0 4-0 5-2 4-1 7-1 4-1 7-1 3-1 6-1 1-3 3-4 1-4 3-5 1-4 3-5 0-4 2-5 0-4 1-6

4-0 7-1 2-1 6-1 2-1 5-2 2-2 5-3 2-2 6-2 0-4 4-4 4-0 8-0 3-1 5-2 1-2 4-3 1-2 3-4 0-3 3-4 0-3 1-6

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee UAB Fla. International Florida Atlantic Southern Miss

West

Rice Tulane North Texas Louisiana Tech UTSA Tulsa UTEP

3-1 5-2 2-1 4-3 2-2 4-4 1-2 2-5 1-2 1-6 1-4 2-6 0-3 0-7 4-0 6-2 4-0 6-2 3-1 5-3 2-2 3-5 2-2 3-5 1-2 2-5 0-4 1-6

Independents

BYU Notre Dame Old Dominion Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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5-0 7-0 5-1 7-1 2-3 4-4 1-2 3-4 1-3 5-3 1-3 3-4 0-4 3-4

Big Ten

Michigan State Michigan Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Northwestern

East

3-0 6-1 3-0 6-1 3-1 7-1 2-1 5-2 2-1 3-4 2-1 2-5 1-2 4-3 0-3 1-5 0-3 0-7 0-4 1-7

— 6-2 — 6-2 — 5-3 — 4-3 — 3-5 — 1-7 — 1-7

East

Mid-American

Buffalo 4-0 6-2 Ohio 3-1 6-2 Bowling Green 3-1 5-3 Massachusetts 1-3 1-7 Akron 1-4 2-7 Kent State 1-4 2-7 Miami (OH) 0-4 0-8

West

Ball State Northern Illinois Toledo Central Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Michigan

5-0 8-1 4-0 8-0 3-1 5-3 2-2 3-5 1-4 1-8 0-4 1-7

Mountain West Mountain Boise State Utah State Colorado State Wyoming New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State UNLV San Jose State San Diego State Nevada Hawaii

North

4-0 7-0 3-1 5-3 3-1 4-3 2-1 3-4 2-3 3-5 0-5 0-7

Pac-12

Oregon Stanford Oregon State Washington Washington State California

South

Arizona State Arizona UCLA USC Utah Colorado

East

3-1 5-3 3-1 4-4 2-1 4-4 2-2 4-4 0-3 2-5 0-5 1-7

5-0 8-0 5-1 7-1 4-1 6-2 2-3 5-3 2-3 4-4 0-5 1-7 3-1 5-2 2-2 5-2 2-2 5-2 2-2 5-3 1-4 4-4 0-4 3-4

SEC

Missouri South Carolina Florida Georgia Tennessee Vanderbilt Kentucky

West

Alabama Auburn LSU Texas A&M Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas

3-1 7-1 4-2 6-2 3-2 4-3 3-2 4-3 1-3 4-4 1-4 4-4 0-4 1-6 5-0 8-0 3-1 7-1 3-2 7-2 3-2 6-2 2-3 5-3 1-2 4-3 0-4 3-5

Sun Belt

Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0 5-2 Troy 3-1 5-3 Louisiana-Monroe 2-1 4-4 Texas State 2-2 5-3 Arkansas State 1-1 3-4 South Alabama 1-2 3-4 Western Kentucky 1-3 4-4 Georgia State 0-3 0-8

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Mississippi could have locked up the SEC East with a victory; instead South Carolina moved to within one game of the Tigers for the division lead after upsetting Mizzou 27-24 in two OTs. The Gamecocks trailed by 17 late in the third quarter when injured quarterback Connor Shaw came off the bench and delivered 201 passing yards and three TDs to lead the comeback. Shaw engineered fourth-quarter drives of 65, 69, and 63 yards and helped the Gamecocks score on their final five possessions. Dylan Thompson started his third career game for the Gamecocks due to Shaw’s sprained left knee, throwing for 222 yards. The Gamecocks outgained Missouri 498404, but couldn’t convert until Shaw entered. The 15th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners reasserted their position as one of the Big 12 Conference’s best with 38-30 victory Saturday, knocking off No. 10 Texas Tech. It was Kliff Kingsbury’s first loss as a college football head coach and his first anywhere since Oct. 20, 2012, as offensive coordinator at Texas A&M. But the loss could have easily been a victory a game that had four lead changes. The game ended on a Red Raider pass attempt that fell incomplete down the sideline on fourth-and-23 with 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The teams combined for 986 yards of total offense, with Oklahoma outgaining Texas Tech 526-460. OU’s Blake Bell accounted for 293 yards of total offense for the Sooners, throwing for 249 yards and two touchdowns. Jalen Saunders finished with six catches for 153 yards and Damien Williams rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns for the Sooners, who forced three turnovers. Davis Webb finished 33-of-52 passing for 385 yards for the Red Raiders, who were led by Jace Amaro’s 119 yards receiving on eight catches. Eric Ward added nine catches for 106 yards.

Photo courtesy of South Carolina Athletics

Photo courtesy of SoonerSports.com

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 9 #1 Alabama 45, Tennessee 10 #2 Fla. State 49, N.C. State 17 #3 Oregon 42, #12 UCLA 14 #4 Ohio State 63, Penn State 14 #6 Stanford 20, #25 Ore. State 12 #7 Miami (FL) 24, Wake Forest 21 #8 Baylor 59, Kansas 14 #9 Clemson 40, Maryland 27 #11 Auburn 45, Fla. Atlantic 10 #13 LSU 48, Furman 16 #15 Okla. 38, #10 Texas Tech 30 #16 Texas A&M 56, Vanderbilt 24 #17 Fresno St. 35, SDSU 28 (OT) #18 Northern Ill. 59, E. Mich. 20 #19 Okla. State 58, Iowa State 27 #20 Louisville 34, South Florida 3 #21 S.C. 27, #5 Missouri 24 (2OT) #23 UCF 62, Connecticut 17 Arizona 44, Colorado 20

BYU 37, Boise State 20 Ball State 42, Akron 24 Buffalo 41, Kent State 21 Colorado State 35, Hawaii 28 Duke 13, #14 Virginia Tech 10 Georgia Tech 35, Virginia 25 Houston 49, Rutgers 14 Iowa 17, Northwestern 10 (OT) Kansas State 35, West Virginia 12 La.-Lafayette 23, Arkansas St. 7 La.-Monroe 38, Georgia State 10 La. Tech 23, Fla. International 7 Michigan State 42, Illinois 3 Middle Tennessee 51, Marshall 49 Minnesota 34, #24 Nebraska 23 Mississippi State 28, Kentucky 22 Navy 24, Pittsburgh 21 N.M. St. 34, Abilene Christian 29 North Carolina 34, BC 10

North Texas 55, Southern Miss 14 Notre Dame 45, Air Force 10 Ohio 41, Miami (OH) 16 Old Dominion 27, Norfolk St. 24 Ole Miss 59, Idaho 14 Rice 45, UTEP 7 SMU 59, Temple 49 San Jose State 51, Wyoming 44 Texas 30, TCU 7 Texas State 33, South Alabama 31 Toledo 28, Bowling Green 25 Troy 32, Western Kentucky 26 Tulane 14, Tulsa 7 UNLV 27, Nevada 22 USC 19, Utah 3 UTSA 52, UAB 31 Washington 41, California 17 Western Mich. 31, UMass 30

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Oct. 22 - 26

Photo courtesy of Minnesota Athletics

With recovering coach Jerry Kill providing extra motivation, the Gophers pushed around Nebraska all afternoon to beat the Cornhuskers for the first time since 1960. Philip Nelson rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another, guiding Minnesota to a 34-23 upset Saturday of No. 24 Nebraska. The Gophers became bowl-game eligible and stopped a 16-game losing streak to the Huskers during which they were outscored by an average of 40-9. Nelson, who made all of his seven completions count, notched 152 yards. He carried the ball eight times for 55 yards, including a spin across the goal line from the 1 with 48 seconds left to seal the victory. Taylor Martinez returned from a toe injury on his left foot that kept him out of the last three games for the Huskers (5-2, 2-1), but he had only 16 yards rushing on eight attempts and 139 yards on 16-for-30 passing, plus one touchdown and one interception. They missed right guard Spencer Long, who’s out for the season with a knee injury. The numbers suggested it was the same old Duke: 0-for-11 on thirddown conversions, a 387 to 198 deficit in total offense, and a whopping 39:27 to 20:33 disadvantage in time of possession. The difference was that these Blue Devils won, stunning No. 14 Virginia Tech 13-10 on Saturday, and all but clinching what will be the first consecutive bowl appearances in program history. The win ended a 12game losing streak against the Hokies with their first victory in the series since 1981. The Blue Devils beat a ranked team for the first time since they stopped No. 13 Virginia in 1994, and beat one on the road for the first time since defeating Stanford in 1971. The win can be credited to Duke’s defense, which intercepted Logan Thomas four times, with the last coming with less than five minutes to play. Photo courtesy of Frank Selden

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF OCT. 27 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Garrett Gilbert, SMU 37-53 538 2. David Fales, SJSU 27-37 482 3. Bryce Petty, BAY 20-32 430

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 3,263 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 2,865 3. Connor Halliday, WSU 2,798

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Michael Sam, MIZZOU 10.0 Vic Beasley, CLEM 10.0 3. Trent Murphy, STAN 9.5

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Bishop Sankey, WASH 27 241 2. Shaun Wick, WYO 17 234 3. Desmond Roland, OKST 26 219

RUSH YARDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 2. Bishop Sankey, WASH 3. David Fluellen, TOL

YDS 1,180 1,162 1,067

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Five (5) Tied With 5 2. 16 Tied With 4

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Robbie Anderson, TEM 9 239 2. Keenan Holman, SMU 10 209 3. Odell Beckham, LSU 6 204

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 1,256 1,101 1,057

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 2. Keith Smith, SJSU 3. Jordan Stanton, WYO

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WEEK 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Oct. 27 1.

Alabama (55)

8-0

1,495

Oregon (3)

8-0

1,432

Florida State (2)

7-0

1,390

Ohio State

8-0

1,317

5. Baylor

7-0 1,223 6

6. Stanford

7-1 1,189 8

7-0

Miami (FL)

1,149

8. Auburn

7-1 1,022 11

9. Clemson

7-1 1,007 9

10. Missouri

7-1 873

11. LSU

7-2 818 13

12. Texas A&M

6-2

13. Oklahoma

7-1 791 17

14. South Carolina

6-2

701

15. Texas Tech

7-1

579

16. Fresno State

7-0

510

17. UCLA

5-2 489 12

18. Oklahoma State

6-1

19. UCF

6-1 464 21

20. Louisville

7-1 417 18

21. Northern Illinois

8-0

22. Wisconsin

5-2 262 22

23. Michigan

6-1 199 24

24. Michigan State

7-1

166

25. Arizona State

5-2

133

811

483

290

Dropped From Rankings: Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 25. Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 132, Georgia 24, BYU 22, Texas 22, Ole Miss 21, Virginia Tech 20, Oregon State 17, Florida 14, Washington 6, Minnesota 4, Ball State 4, Arizona 2, Duke 2.

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ics

2013 SEASON REVIEW

12/12/2013 9:59:48 AM

BOWLS WEEK 15 WEEK 14 WEEK 13 WEEK 12 WEEK 11 WEEK 10 WEEK 9 WEEK 8 WEEK 7 WEEK 6 WEEK 5 WEEK 4 WEEK 3 WEEK 2 WEEK 1

WEEK 10 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF NOV. 3 American

Houston UCF Louisville Cincinnati SMU Rutgers South Florida Connecticut Memphis Temple

Atlantic

ACC

Florida State Clemson Syracuse Boston College Wake Forest Maryland N.C. State

Coastal

Miami (FL) Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Duke Pittsburgh North Carolina Virginia

Big 12

Texas Baylor Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texas Tech Kansas State West Virginia TCU Kansas Iowa State

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue

3-1 7-1 5-2 6-3 3-2 6-3 2-2 6-2 2-3 4-4 2-3 3-5 0-5 2-7 5-0 6-2 4-0 7-0 4-1 7-1 4-1 7-1 4-2 7-2 2-3 4-4 2-4 4-5 1-5 3-6 0-5 2-6 0-5 1-7

5-0 8-1 3-1 6-2 3-2 7-2 2-2 6-2 2-3 5-4 0-5 4-5 5-0 9-0 4-1 6-2 2-2 5-3 1-3 3-5 0-4 3-5 0-4 1-7

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic UAB Fla. International Southern Miss

West

North Texas Rice Tulane UTSA Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTEP

4-1 6-2 3-1 5-3 3-2 5-4 2-4 3-6 1-3 2-6 1-3 1-7 0-4 0-8 4-1 6-3 4-1 6-3 4-1 6-3 3-2 4-5 2-2 3-5 1-3 2-6 0-4 1-7

Independents

Notre Dame BYU Old Dominion Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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6-0 8-0 6-1 8-1 2-2 4-4 2-3 4-4 2-4 4-5 1-3 5-3 0-5 3-5

Big Ten

Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota Michigan Iowa Northwestern

East

4-0 7-1 3-0 6-1 3-1 7-1 3-1 6-2 2-1 3-4 2-2 5-3 2-2 2-6 0-3 0-7 0-4 1-6 0-5 1-8

— 7-2 — 6-2 — 6-3 — 4-4 — 3-6 — 1-8 — 1-8

East

Mid-American

Buffalo 4-0 6-2 Ohio 3-1 6-2 Bowling Green 3-1 5-3 Akron 2-4 3-7 Massachusetts 1-4 1-8 Kent State 1-5 2-8 Miami (OH) 0-4 0-8

West

Northern Illinois Ball State Toledo Central Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Michigan

5-0 9-0 5-0 8-1 4-1 6-3 2-2 3-5 1-4 1-8 0-5 1-8

Mountain West Mountain Fresno State San Jose State San Diego State UNLV Nevada Hawaii

West

Boise State Utah State Colorado State Wyoming New Mexico Air Force

North

4-1 6-3 4-1 5-4 2-2 4-5 2-2 4-4 0-4 2-6 0-5 2-7

Pac-12

Oregon Stanford Oregon State Washington Washington State California

South

Arizona State Arizona UCLA USC Utah Colorado

East

5-0 8-0 4-1 5-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 5-4 2-4 3-6 0-6 0-8

5-0 8-0 5-1 7-1 4-2 6-3 2-3 5-3 2-4 4-5 0-6 1-8 4-1 6-2 3-2 6-2 3-2 6-2 3-2 6-3 1-4 4-4 0-5 3-5

SEC

Missouri South Carolina Georgia Florida Vanderbilt Tennessee Kentucky

West

Alabama Auburn LSU Texas A&M Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas

4-1 8-1 5-2 7-2 4-2 5-3 3-3 4-4 1-4 4-4 1-4 4-5 0-4 2-6 5-0 8-0 4-1 8-1 3-2 7-2 3-2 7-2 2-3 5-3 1-3 4-4 0-5 3-6

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette 3-0 6-2 Louisiana-Monroe 3-1 5-4 Arkansas State 2-1 4-4 Troy 3-2 5-4 Texas State 2-2 6-3 Western Kentucky 2-3 5-4 South Alabama 1-3 3-5 Georgia State 0-4 0-9

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No. 3 Florida State rolled to a 41-14 victory against No. 7 Miami in another matchup of undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference rivals that turned into a Seminoles’ blowout. Jameis Winston threw for 325 yards, but added two interceptions in the first half after throwing four in the first seven games. The Florida State defense picked up the slack and shut out the Hurricanes in the second half after it was 21-14 at the break. The Seminoles went on a 20-0 run after the skirmish broke out midway through the third quarter. The two teams were called for offsetting personal fouls and James Wilder Jr. scored on a 5-yard run on the next play. The rout was on from that point, not much different from Florida State’s 51-14 win at Clemson last month. The Seminoles have defeated three Top 25 teams by a combined score of 155-28. Their national championship hopes are alive and well with rival Florida being the last real challenge in the regular season. Nebraska was down on its luck and nearly dropped another game, until a Hail Mary saved its season. Jordan Westerkamp caught Ron Kellogg III’s tipped desperation heave to the end zone with no time left Saturday, giving Nebraska a 27-24 victory over Northwestern. The Cornhuskers looked like they were finished after Northwestern took a three-point lead with 1:20 left. They started their final drive at their 17 with no timeouts. The Huskers continue to control their own destiny in the Big Ten Legends Division. The Wildcats, who started the season 4-0 and were in the Top 25 rankings at one point, lost their fifth straight. In 11 possessions after it went up 217, Northwestern punted 10 times and was intercepted.

TOP: Photo courtesy of Florida State Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Scott Bruhn, Nebraska Media Relations

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 10

#3 Fla. State 41, #7 Miami (FL) 14 #4 Ohio State 56, Purdue 0 #8 Clemson 59, Virginia 10 #9 Missouri 31, Tennessee 3 #11 Auburn 35, Arkansas 17 #12 Texas A&M 57, UTEP 7 #14 S.C. 34, Miss. State 16 #16 Fresno State 41, Nevada 23 #17 Northern Ill. 63, UMass 19 #18 Okla. St. 52, #15 TTU 34 #20 UCLA 45, Colorado 23 #22 Mich. State 29, #21 Mich. 6 #24 Wisconsin 28, Iowa 9 #25 Notre Dame 38, Navy 34 Air Force 42, Army 28 Akron 16, Kent State 7 Arizona 33, California 28

Ariz. State 55, Wash. State 21 Ark. State 17, South Alabama 16 Boise State 42, Colorado State 30 Boston College 34, Va. Tech 27 Cincinnati 34, Memphis 21 East Carolina 34, FIU 13 Florida Atlantic 34, Tulane 17 Georgia 23, Florida 20 Georgia Tech 21, Pittsburgh 10 Houston 35, South Florida 23 Kansas State 41, Iowa State 7 Kentucky 48, Alabama State 14 La.-Lafayette 49, N.M. State 35 Louisiana-Monroe 49, Troy 37 Marshall 61, Southern Miss 13 Middle Tennessee 24, UAB 21 Minnesota 42, Indiana 39

Nebraska 27, Northwestern 24 North Carolina 27, N.C. State 19 North Texas 28, Rice 16 Old Dominion 66, Rhode Island 14 Penn State 24, Illinois 17 (OT) Rutgers 23, Temple 20 San Diego St. 35, New Mexico 30 San Jose State 34, UNLV 24 Syracuse 13, Wake Forest 0 Texas 35, Kansas 13 Texas State 37, Idaho 21 Toledo 55, Eastern Michigan 16 USC 31, Oregon State 14 UTSA 34, Tulsa 15 Utah State 47, Hawaii 10 West Virginia 30, TCU 27 (OT) Western Ky. 44, Georgia State 28

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Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State Athletics

WEEK 10

With a 52-34 win over the 15thranked Red Raiders, No. 18 Oklahoma State sits just behind Texas in the Big 12 title race while the road for Texas Tech got more difficult. The Red Raiders have lost two straight. The Cowboys compiled 281 yards rushing as a team. They came from all over, as four different players finished with 25 or more rushing yards. Desmond Roland ran for three touchdowns and 96 yards, giving him seven scores over the past two games. Quarterback Clint Chelf threw for two touchdowns and a season-high 211 yards and ran for two more scores to lead the Cowboys. Chelf scored on a 67 yard quarterback draw, and was 18-for-34 passing with two interceptions. The Cowboys tallied 492 total yards, the most the Red Raiders have given up all season. It was the Cowboys’ fifth straight win over the Red Raiders. Oklahoma State is the first team to beat Texas Tech three straight times in Lubbock since Nebraska (1994, 1996 and 2000).

The Spartans battered their biggest rivals for the full 60 minutes Saturday, and No. 22 Michigan State remained unbeaten in the Big Ten with a 29-6 victory over the No. 21 Michigan Wolverines. Michigan was sacked seven times and finished with minus-48 yards rushing, the worst output in the Ann Arbor program’s lengthy history. The number of total yards Michigan finished with (168), allowed Michigan State to run away with the win, its largest margin of victory in the rivalry since 1967. Michigan State has won five of the last six meetings with the Wolverines. Connor Cook threw for a touchdown and ran for one, but this game belonged to Michigan State’s defense, which solidified its spot among the nation’s best. Shilique Calhoun and Ed Davis had 2½ sacks each. Michigan State entered ranked No. 1 in the nation in total defense. Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner was sacked four times in the first quarter. Photo courtesy of Michigan State Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF NOV. 3 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 39-55 487 2. Davis Webb, TTU 45-71 425 3. Garrett Grayson, CSU 36-53 397

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 3,540 2. Connor Halliday, WSU 3,098 3. Derek Carr, FRES 3,061

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Michael Sam, MIZZOU 10.0 Vic Beasley, CLEM 10.0 3. Trent Murphy, STAN 9.5

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Anthony LaCoste, AFA 23 263 2. Adam Muema, SDSU 27 233 3. Bill Belton, PSU 36 201

RUSH YARDS 1. Antonio Andrews, WKU 2. Andre Williams, BC 3. Bishop Sankey, WASH

YDS 1,290 1,176 1,162

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. D’Joun Smith, FAU 7 2. Lorenzo Doss, TULANE 6 Anthony Harris, UVA 6

RECEIVING 1. Josh Harper, FRES 2. Jace Amaro, TTU 3. Joshua Stanford, VT

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 1,344 1,147 1,057

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 2. Keith Smith, SJSU 3. T.T. Barber, MTSU

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REC YDS 17 253 15 174 6 171

TT 113 109 99

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Nov. 3 1.

Alabama (52)

8-0

1,491

Oregon (2)

8-0

1,418

Florida State (6)

8-0

1,409

Ohio State

9-0

1,315

5. Baylor

7-0 1,234 5

6. Stanford

7-1 1,214 6

7. Auburn

8-1 1,082 8

8. Clemson

8-1 1,059 9

9. Missouri

8-1 956 10

10. LSU

7-2 863 11

11. Texas A&M

7-2

12. Oklahoma

7-1 816 13

13. South Carolina

7-2

769

14. Miami (FL)

7-1

737

15. Oklahoma State

7-1

662

16. UCLA

6-2 515 17

17. Fresno State

8-0

493

18. Michigan State

8-1

478

19. UCF

6-1 472 19

20. Louisville

7-1 385 20

21. Wisconsin

6-2 342 22

22. Northern Illinois

9-0

322

23. Arizona State

6-2

197

24. Notre Dame

7-2

164

25. Texas Tech

7-2

102

861

Dropped From Rankings: Michigan 23. Others Receiving Votes: Texas 34, Georgia 32, BYU 28, Ole Miss 17, Houston 9, Minnesota 7, Washington 6, Michigan 6, Ball State 4, Duke 1.

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WEEK 11 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF NOV. 10 American

UCF Louisville Cincinnati Houston Rutgers SMU South Florida Memphis Connecticut Temple

Atlantic

4-0 7-1 4-1 8-1 4-1 7-2 4-1 7-2 2-2 5-3 2-2 3-5 2-2 2-6 0-4 2-6 0-4 0-8 0-5 1-8

ACC

Florida State 7-0 9-0 Clemson 6-1 8-1 Syracuse 3-2 5-4 Boston College 2-3 5-4 Wake Forest 2-5 5-6 Maryland 1-4 5-4 North Carolina State 0-6 3-6

Coastal

Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Duke Miami (FL) North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia

Big 12

Texas Baylor Oklahoma State Oklahoma Texas Tech Kansas State West Virginia TCU Kansas Iowa State

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Indiana Penn State Illinois Purdue

5-0 8-1 4-1 7-2 4-2 8-2 3-3 6-4 2-3 6-3 0-5 4-5 5-0 9-0 4-1 7-2 2-3 4-5 2-3 5-4 0-5 3-6 0-5 1-8

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic UAB Fla. International Southern Miss

West

North Texas Rice UTSA Tulane Lousiana Tech Tulsa UTEP

5-1 7-2 4-1 6-3 4-2 6-4 2-4 3-6 1-4 2-7 1-4 1-8 0-5 0-9 5-1 7-3 4-1 6-3 4-2 5-5 4-2 6-4 3-2 4-5 1-4 2-7 0-5 1-8

Independents

Notre Dame Old Dominion BYU Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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6-0 7-2 5-0 8-0 5-1 8-1 4-2 7-2 4-3 7-3 3-3 5-4 2-5 4-6 2-5 4-6 0-6 2-7 0-6 1-8

Big Ten

Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Michigan Northwestern

East

5-2 6-3 4-2 7-3 3-2 7-2 3-2 7-2 3-3 4-5 2-3 5-4 0-6 2-8

— 7-3 — 7-3 — 6-3 — 5-4 — 3-7 — 1-9 — 1-9

East

Mid-American

Buffalo 5-0 6-3 Bowling Green 4-1 6-3 Ohio 3-2 6-3 Akron 2-4 3-7 Massachusetts 1-4 1-8 Kent State 1-5 2-8 Miami (OH) 0-5 0-9

West

Ball State Northern Illinois Toledo Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Western Michigan

6-0 9-1 5-0 9-0 4-1 7-3 2-3 3-6 1-5 2-8 1-5 1-9

Mountain West Mountain Utah State Boise State Colorado State Wyoming New Mexico Air Force

West

Fresno State San Diego State San Jose State UNLV Nevada Hawai`i

North

5-1 6-4 4-1 6-3 3-2 5-5 2-3 4-5 1-4 3-6 0-6 2-8 6-0 9-0 4-1 5-4 4-2 5-4 3-3 5-5 2-5 3-7 0-6 0-9

Pac-12

Stanford Oregon Oregon State Washington Washington State California

South

Arizona State UCLA USC Arizona Utah Colorado

6-1 8-1 5-1 8-1 4-2 6-3 3-3 6-3 2-4 4-5 0-7 1-9 5-1 7-2 4-2 7-2 4-2 7-3 3-3 6-3 1-5 4-5 0-6 3-6

SEC

East

Missouri South Carolina Georgia Florida Vanderbilt Tennessee Kentucky

West

Alabama Auburn Texas A&M LSU Ole Miss Miss. State Arkansas

5-1 9-1 5-2 7-2 4-2 6-3 3-4 4-5 2-4 5-4 1-5 4-6 0-5 2-7 6-0 9-0 5-1 9-1 4-2 8-2 3-3 7-3 3-3 6-3 1-4 4-5 0-6 3-7

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette Arkansas State La.-Monroe Troy Texas State Western Kentucky South Alabama Georgia State

4-0 7-2 3-1 5-4 3-2 5-5 3-3 5-5 2-2 6-3 2-3 6-4 1-3 3-5 0-4 0-9

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Nov. 5 - 9

Stanford squashed Oregon’s national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Florida State might want to send the Cardinal a thank you card. Tyler Gaffney ran for 157 yards, and No. 5 Stanford hammered No. 3 Oregon for three quarters before holding off a furious rally by the fast-paced Ducks for a 2620 victory Thursday night. The Cardinal made it two in a row against the Ducks, who haven’t lost to any other team in the past two seasons. Kevin Hogan ran for a touchdown and played a mistake-free game at quarterback for Stanford (8-1, 6-1 Pac-12) as the Cardinal put on a clinic in how to play keep-away from a team that was averaging 55.6 points per game. Stanford ran 66 times for 274 yards -- sometimes behind as many as nine offensive linemen -- and held the ball for 42 1/2 minutes. Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty was able to smile even after talking about what an ugly game it was for the Bears’ offense. Maybe now people will start to believe the Bears (No. 6 BCS, No. 5 AP) are really good. They’re still undefeated after a 41-12 victory over Oklahoma (No. 10 BCS, No. 12 AP) on Thursday night in their first big test of the season. Baylor (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) scored twice in the final minute before halftime and stretched its school-record winning streak to 12 games since a loss at Oklahoma last November. The Bears are 8-0 for the first time. Even though Baylor came in leading the nation in scoring (64 points per game) and total offense (718 yards per game) -- and was outscoring opponents by an average margin of 48 points -- many questioned how good the Bears were after getting into November without playing a ranked opponent.

TOP: Photo courtesy of StanfordPhoto.com BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Baylor Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 11

#1 Alabama 38, #13 LSU 17 #2 Florida St. 59, Wake Forest 3 #5 Stanford 26, #3 Oregon 20 #6 Baylor 41, #10 Oklahoma 12 #8 Missouri 48, Kentucky 17 #9 Auburn 55, Tennessee 23 #14 Oklahoma St. 42, Kansas 6 #15 Texas A&M 51, Mississippi St. 41 #16 Fresno St. 48, Wyoming 10 #19 UCLA 31, Arizona 26 #20 Louisville 31, Connecticut 10 #21 UCF 19, Houston 14 #22 Arizona St. 20, Utah 19 #24 Wisconsin 27, BYU 17 Arkansas St. 42, La.-Monroe 14 Ball St. 44, Central Michigan 24 Boston College 48, New Mexico St. 34 Bowling Green 35, Miami (OH) 3

Buffalo 30, Ohio 3 Cincinnati 28, SMU 25 Colorado St. 38, Nevada 17 Duke 38, N.C. State 20 East Carolina 58, Tulsa 24 E. Michigan 35, W. Michigan 32 Georgia 45, Appalachian St. 6 Indiana 52, Illinois 35 Iowa 38, Purdue 14 Kansas St. 49, #25 Texas Tech 26 La.-Lafayette 41, Troy 36 Louisiana Tech 36, Southern Miss 13 Marshall 56, UAB 14 Middle Tennessee 48, FIU 0 Minnesota 24, Penn St. 10 Old Dominion 59, Idaho 38 Navy 42, Hawai‘i 28 Nebraska 17, Michigan 13

New Mexico 45, Air Force 37 North Carolina 45, Virginia 14 North Texas 41, UTEP 7 Ole Miss 34, Arkansas 24 Pittsburgh 28, #23 Notre Dame 21 San Diego St. 34, San Jose St. 30 Syracuse 20, Maryland 3 TCU 21, Iowa St. 17 Texas 47, West Virginia 40 (OT) USC 62, Cal 28 Utah St. 28, UNLV 24 UTSA 10, Tulane 7 Vanderbilt 34, Florida 17 Virginia Tech 42, #11 Miami (FL) 24 Washington 59, Colorado 7 Western Kentucky 21, Army 17

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Nov. 5 - 9

Photo courtesy of Alabama Athletics

WEEK 11

For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. The top-ranked Crimson Tide flashed its overwhelming punching power to knockout No. 13 LSU in Saturday night’s 38-17 victory Saturday, scoring the final 21 points in punishing fashion. AJ McCarron threw three touchdown passes, T.J. Yeldon ran for 133 yards and two scores, and the Tide (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) turned to smash-you-in-the-mouth football to take control of a game that was tied early in the third quarter. Yeldon carried 18 times in the second half, 25 overall. And down went LSU (7-3, 3-3). Yeldon and McCarron had hooked up for the game-winning touchdown pass in the final minute of last season’s meeting with the Tigers. This one had no such dramatic finish. Two-time defending national champion Alabama brushed aside its first challenge since Game 2 against Texas A&M. It was a dominant performance two days after one contender, No. 3 Oregon, fell to another, No. 5 Stanford. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly knew his team’s margin for error remained thin even as the No. 23 Fighting Irish put together a four-game winning streak to build momentum for an outside shot at a Bowl Championship Series berth. Two Tommy Rees passes proved just how narrow it had become. Rees threw a pair of fourth-quarter interceptions to Pittsburgh’s Ray Vinopal, allowing the Panthers to rally for a 28-21 victory on Saturday night and quash any notion the Irish (7-3) had of earning a BCS bid for the second straight year. Notre Dame extended two Pitt touchdown drives with major penalties, fumbled the ball deep inside Panther territory and inexplicably failed to jump on a fourth-quarter fumble by Pitt quarterback Tom Savage that could have swung momentum back in its favor. Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF NOV. 10 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1.Nathan Scheelhaase, ILL 38-57 450 2.Johnny Manziel, T&AM 30-39 446 3.Bo Wallace, MISS 27-34 416

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1.Sean Mannion, ORST 3540 2.Derek Carr, FRES 3421 3.Johnny Manziel, TA&M 3313

RUSHING 1.Kapri Bibbs, CSU 2.Andre Williams, BC 3.Branden Oliver, BUFF

CAR YDS 30 312 30 295 34 249

RUSH YARDS 1.Andre Williams, BC 2.Antonio Andrews, WKU 3.Bishop Sankey, WASH

YDS 1471 1407 1305

RECEIVING 1.Steve Hull, ILL 2.Cody Latimer, IND 3.Titus Davis, CMU

REC YDS 9 224 11 189 9 187

RECEIVE YARDS 1.Brandin Cooks, ORST 2.Mike Evans, TA&M 3.Willie Snead, BALL

YDS 1344 1263 1175

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Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1.Marcus Smith, LOU 10.5 2.Trent Murphy, STAN 10.0 2.Michael Sam,MIZZ 10.0 2.Vic Beasley, CLEM 10.0 INTERCEPTIONS INT 1.D’JUAN Smith, FAU 7 1.Anthony Harris, UVA 7 3.Lorenzo Doss, TULN 6 TOTAL TACKLES 1.Keith Smith, SJSU 2.Tyler Matakevich, TEM 3.Jordan Stanton, WYO

TT 122 113 109

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Nov. 10 1.

Alabama (56)

9-0

1472

Florida State (3)

9-0

1418

Ohio State

1-0

1375

4. Baylor

8-0 1303 5

5. Stanford

8-1 1272 6

6. Oregon

8-1 1139 2

7. Auburn

8-1 1109 7

8. Clemson

8-1 1049 8

9. Missouri

9-1 1012 9

10. Texas A&M

8-2

909

11. South Carolina

7-2

857

12. Oklahoma State

8-1

780

13. UCLA

7-2 669 16

14. Michigan State

8-1

15. UCF

7-1 596 19

16. Fresno State

9-0

17. Wisconsin

7-2 503 21

18. LSU

7-3 470 10

19. Louisville

8-1 467 20

20. Northern Illinois

9-0

396

21. Arizona State

7-2

362

22. Oklahoma

7-2 285 12

23. Texas

7-2 185 NR

24. Miami (FL)

7-2

121

25. Georgia

6-3 78

633

588

Dropped From Rankings: Notre Dame 24, Texas Tech 25. Others Receiving Votes: Ole Miss 68, Minnesota 60, Nebraska 16, Duke 11, USC 10, Washington 9, Ball State 7, Virginia Tech 5, Brigham Young 3, Notre Dame 2, Houston 1.

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WEEK 12 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF NOV. 17 American

UCF 5-0 8-1 Louisville 5-1 9-1 Cincinnati 5-1 8-2 Houston 4-2 7-3 Southern Methodist 3-2 4-5 Rutgers 2-3 5-4 South Florida 2-3 2-7 Memphis 1-4 3-6 Connecticut 0-5 0-9 Temple 0-6 1-9

Atlantic

ACC

Florida State Clemson Boston College Syracuse Maryland Wake Forest N.C. State

Coastal

Duke Georgia Tech Virginia Tech North Carolina Miami (FL) Pittsburgh Virginia

Big 12

Baylor Oklahoma State Texas Oklahoma Kansas State Texas Tech West Virginia TCU Kansas Iowa State

Legends

Leaders

Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue

6-0 9-0 6-1 9-1 6-1 7-3 5-2 8-2 4-3 6-4 4-4 7-4 2-6 4-7 2-6 4-7 1-6 3-7 0-7 1-9

6-0 9-1 4-2 8-2 4-2 7-3 3-3 7-3 3-3 6-4 0-6 4-6 6-0 10-0 5-1 8-2 3-3 6-4 2-4 4-6 0-6 3-7 0-6 1-9

Conference USA

East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic UAB Fla. International Southern Miss

West

North Texas Rice UTSA Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTEP

6-1 8-2 5-1 7-3 4-2 6-4 3-4 4-6 1-5 2-8 1-5 1-9 0-6 0-10 5-1 7-3 5-1 7-3 4-2 5-5 4-2 6-4 3-3 4-6 1-5 2-8 1-5 2-8

Independents

Old Dominion BYU Notre Dame Navy Army Idaho New Mexico State

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4-2 8-2 5-3 6-4 4-3 7-4 4-3 5-5 3-3 7-3 2-4 5-5 0-6 2-8

Big Ten

Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Michigan Iowa Northwestern

East

8-0 10-0 7-1 9-1 3-3 6-4 3-3 5-5 2-4 6-4 2-5 4-6 0-7 3-7

— 8-3 — 7-3 — 7-3 — 6-4 — 3-7 — 1-9 — 1-9

2013 SEASON REVIEW

Nov. 12 - 16

Andre Heidari kicked a 47-yard field goal with 19 seconds to play, and a East stalwart defense repeatedly came up Bowling Green 5-1 7-3 big in USC’s 20-17 upset of the fourthBuffalo 5-1 7-3 ranked Stanford Cardinal. Cody KesOhio 3-3 6-4 Akron 3-4 4-7 sler passed for 288 yards as the reviKent State 2-5 3-8 talized Trojans earned their fifth win Massachusetts 1-5 1-9 Miami (OH) 0-6 0-10 in six games under the irrepressible Ed Orgeron, who replaced the fired West Lane Kiffin in late September. USC’s Northern Illinois 6-0 10-0 remarkable defensive performance Ball State 6-1 9-2 Toledo 5-1 7-3 included two fourth-quarter intercepCentral Michigan 3-3 4-6 tions and a season-low 17 points from Eastern Michigan 1-5 2-8 Western Michigan 1-6 1-10 the Cardinal (8-2, 6-2), who followed up last week’s win over Oregon by getMountain West ting knocked out of the BCS title chase Mountain and maybe the Rose Bowl race as well. Boise State 5-1 7-3 Utah State 5-1 6-4 Heidari nearly lost his job twice this Colorado State 4-2 6-5 season, and he missed an extra point Wyoming 2-4 4-6 in the first quarter. But the junior New Mexico 1-5 3-7 Air Force 0-6 2-8 coolly nailed the tiebreaking field goal -- and then got an unsportsmanlike West conduct penalty for running the length Fresno State 6-0 9-0 San Diego State 5-1 6-4 of the field to celebrate it. Stanford San Jose State 4-3 5-5 had won in its last three trips to the UNLV 3-3 5-5 Coliseum, including a triple-overtime Nevada 3-5 4-7 Hawaii 0-7 0-10 thriller two years ago, and its last four meetings with USC overall. Pac-12 North With Auburn’s title hopes hanging in Oregon 6-1 9-1 Stanford 6-2 8-2 the balance, the ball deflected into Oregon State 4-3 6-4 the air and into Ricardo Louis’ hands. Washington 3-4 6-4 The result was a stunningly improbaWashington State 3-4 5-5 California 0-8 1-10 ble touchdown that rescued the seventh-ranked Tigers’ equally unlikely South championship chances. Louis scored Arizona State 6-1 8-2 UCLA 5-2 8-2 on a deflected 73-yard pass from Nick USC 5-2 8-3 Marshall on fourth and 18 with 25 secArizona 3-4 6-4 onds left to give Auburn a 43-38 vicColorado 1-6 4-6 Utah 1-6 4-6 tory over No. 25 Georgia. The Tigers had blown a 27-7 lead but pulled out SEC one more huge play to continue the East biggest turnaround in major college Missouri 5-1 9-1 South Carolina 6-2 8-2 football. From 3-9 last year, they can Georgia 4-3 6-4 win the SEC West with a victory in two Vanderbilt 3-4 6-4 Florida 3-5 4-6 weeks against No. 1 Alabama. Marshall Tennessee 1-5 4-6 heaved the ball downfield with two Kentucky 0-6 2-8 defenders around Louis. It bounced off safety Josh Harvey-Clemons’ hand West Alabama 7-0 10-0 and Louis reached out his left hand to Auburn 6-1 10-1 corral it. Marshall said he stiff armed Texas A&M 4-2 8-2 a defender before letting the ball fly. Ole Miss 3-3 7-3 Mid-American

LSU Mississippi State Arkansas

3-3 7-3 1-5 4-6 0-6 3-7

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette 5-0 8-2 Arkansas State 4-1 6-4 Louisiana-Monroe 3-2 5-5 Troy 3-3 5-6 Texas State 2-3 6-4 Western Kentucky 2-3 6-4 South Alabama 1-3 3-6 Georgia State 0-5 0-10

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Photo courtesy of Todd J. Van Emst, Auburn Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 12

#1 Alabama 20, Miss. State 7 #2 Florida State 59, Syracuse 3 #3 Ohio State 60, Illinois 35 #5 Baylor 63, Texas Tech 34 #6 Oregon 44, Utah 21 #7 Auburn 43, #25 Georgia 38 #8 Clemson 55, Georgia Tech 31 #10 South Carolina 19, Florida 14 #12 Okla. State 38, #24 Texas 13 #13 UCLA 41, Washington 31 #15 Northern Ill. 48, Ball State 27 #16 Mich. State 41, Nebraska 28 #17 UCF 39, Temple 36 #18 Oklahoma 48, Iowa State 10 #19 Ariz. State 30, Ore. State 17 #20 Louisville 20, Houston 13 #22 Wisconsin 51, Indiana 3 Akron 14, Massachusetts 13

Arkansas State 38, Texas State 21 BYU 59, Idaho State 13 Boise State 48, Wyoming 7 Boston College 38, N.C. State 21 Bowling Green 49, Ohio 0 Central Mich. 27, W. Mich. 22 Cincinnati 52, Rutgers 17 Colorado 41, California 24 Colo. State 66, New Mexico 42 Duke 48, No. 23 Miami (FL) 30 East Carolina 63, UAB 14 Fla. Atlantic 41, Southern Miss 7 Kansas 31, West Virginia 19 Kansas State 33, TCU 31 Kent State 24, Miami (OH) 6 La.-Lafayette 35, Ga. State 21 Marshall 45, Tulsa 34

Maryland 27, Virginia Tech 24(OT) Memphis 23, South Florida 10 Michigan 27, NW 19 (3OT) Navy 42, South Alabama 14 Nevada 38, San Jose State 16 North Carolina 34, Pittsburgh 27 Old Dominion 42, Campbell 14 Ole Miss 51, Troy 21 Penn State 45, Purdue 21 Rice 52, Louisiana Tech 14 SMU 38, Connecticut 21 San Diego St. 28, Hawaii 21 (OT) Toledo 51, Buffalo 41 USC 20, #4 Stanford 17 UTEP 33, Florida International 10 Vanderbilt 22, Kentucky 6 Washington State 24, Arizona 17

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Photo courtesy of Duke University Photography

Photo courtesy of Spencer Herlong, UNC Athletic Communications

WEEK 12

The path to an ACC championship once again leads through Duke -- and not just in basketball, either. These Blue Devils proved to No. 23 Miami -- and maybe everyone else -- that they’re no longer pushovers. Brandon Connette rushed for a career-high four touchdowns and threw for a fifth, and Duke upset the Hurricanes 48-30 on Saturday to take control of the league’s messy Coastal Division. Connette, the Blue Devils’ changeof-pace quarterback, had touchdown runs of 1, 2, 3 and 4 yards, and threw a 22-yard TD to Shaq Powell. Duke -for years, one of the nation’s worst programs in a power conference -claimed its sixth straight win. Josh Snead rushed for a career-high 138 yards and Powell added a backbreaking 33-yard touchdown run that put the Blue Devils in complete command. Dallas Crawford rushed for 115 yards and Stephen Morris threw for 379 and two touchdowns but the Hurricanes (7-3, 3-3) lost their third straight since climbing to No. 7. They’ve allowed at least 41 points in each loss. North Carolina defensive end Kareem Martin had an impressive Saturday, recording 3.5 sacks, eight tackles, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery as the Tar Heels held off Pittsburgh, 34-27. Ryan Switzer returned two punts for touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 4:46 remaining. Switzer returned a punt 65 yards in the second quarter to give North Carolina a 21-point lead. He did it again in the fourth quarter, zig zagging 61 yards to help the Tar Heels fend off a Pitt rally for their fourth straight win. The Panthers drove to the North Carolina 26 with under 2 minutes remaining but the Tar Heels stuffed Pitt running back James Conner on fourthand-1 and escaped. North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams ran for two touchdowns to overcome a shaky day passing and the Tar Heels sacked Pitt’s Tom Savage seven times.

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF NOV. 17 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Joe Licata, BUFF 36-58 497 2. Rakeem Cato, MRSH 33-58 456 3. Aaron Murray, UGA 33-49 415

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 3,860 2. Keith Wenning, BALL 3,488 3. Derek Carr, FRES 3,421

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Trent Murphy, STAN 12.0 2. Marcus Smith, LOU 11.5 3. Four (4) Tied With 10.5

RUSHING 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Kapri Bibbs, CSU 3. Carlos Hyde, OSU

CAR YDS 42 339 38 291 24 246

RUSH YARDS 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Kapri Bibbs, CSU 3. Antonio Andrews, WKU

YDS 1,810 1,439 1,407

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. D’Joun Smith, FAU 7 Anthony Harris, UVA 7 3. Four (4) Tied With 6

RECEIVING 1. Da’Ron Brown, NIU 2. Rob Anderson, TEM 3. J.J. Worton, UCF

REC YDS 8 209 8 184 10 179

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Willie Snead, BALL 3. Mike Evans, TA&M

YDS 1,443 1,296 1,263

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 3. Jordan Stanton, WYO

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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Nov. 17 1.

Alabama (55)

10-0

1,495

Florida State (5)

10-0

1,445

3. Baylor

9-0 1,351 4

10-0

Ohio State

1,343

5. Oregon

9-1 1,210 6

6. Auburn

10-1 1,205 7

7. Clemson

9-1 1,115 8

8. Missouri

9-1 1,067 9

8-2

Texas A&M

956

10. Stanford

8-2 899

11. Oklahoma State

9-1

889

12. South Carolina

8-2

870

13. Michigan State

9-1

749

14. UCLA

8-2 710 13

15. Fresno State

9-0

16. Wisconsin

8-2 559 17

17. UCF

8-1 535 15

18. LSU

7-3 439 18

19. Arizona State

8-2

430

20. Northern Illinois

10-0

426

21. Louisville

9-1 412 19

22. Oklahoma

8-2 318 22

23. USC

8-3 187 NR

24. Ole Miss

7-3

119

25. Duke

8-2 94

572

Dropped From Rankings: Texas 23, Miami (FL) 24, Georgia 25. Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 77, Notre Dame 11, Texas 10, Georgia 5, Cincinnati 1, Nebraska 1.

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WEEK 13 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF NOV. 24

2013 SEASON REVIEW

Nov. 19 - 23

Clint Chelf’s latest career day against Baylor sent another shockwave UCF 6-0 9-1 East through the top of the BCS standings, Louisville 6-1 10-1 Bowling Green 6-1 8-3 and put Oklahoma State within reach Cincinnati 6-1 9-2 Buffalo 6-1 8-3 SMU 4-2 5-5 Ohio 3-4 6-5 of a Big 12 Conference championship Houston 4-3 7-4 Akron 3-4 4-7 in the process. The Oklahoma State Rutgers 2-4 5-5 Kent State 3-5 4-8 quarterback passed for a career-high South Florida 2-4 2-8 Massachusetts 1-6 1-10 Memphis 1-5 3-7 Miami (OH) 0-7 0-11 370 yards and accounted for four Connecticut 1-5 1-9 touchdowns as the No. 10 Cowboys Temple 0-7 1-10 West dismantled the No. 4 Bears 49-17. Northern Illinois 7-0 11-0 ACC Ball State 6-1 9-2 Chelf, who was 19 of 25 passing, has Atlantic Toledo 5-2 7-4 thrown for 703 yards in his last two Florida State 8-0 11-0 Central Michigan 4-3 5-6 games against Baylor -- including last Clemson 7-1 10-1 Eastern Michigan 1-6 2-9 Boston College 4-3 7-4 Western Michigan 1-6 1-10 year’s 41-34 loss in Waco. His latest Syracuse 3-4 5-6 performance came in a win, a crushing Maryland 2-5 6-5 Mountain West one that delighted the record crowd Wake Forest 2-6 4-7 Mountain N.C. State 0-7 3-8 of 60,218 in Boone Pickens Stadium. Utah State 6-1 7-4 Boise State 5-2 7-4 The loss for the Bears almost certainly Coastal Colorado State 4-3 6-6 dooms their national title aspirations, Duke 5-2 9-2 Wyoming 3-4 5-6 Georgia Tech 5-3 7-4 leaving Alabama, Florida State and New Mexico 1-6 3-8 Virginia Tech 4-3 7-4 Air Force 0-7 2-9 Ohio State as the lone remaining unMiami (FL) 4-3 8-3 beatens near the top of the BCS standNorth Carolina 4-3 6-5 West Pittsburgh 3-4 6-5 ings. Bryce Petty was 28 of 48 passing Fresno State 7-0 10-0 Virginia 0-7 2-9 San Diego State 6-1 7-4 for 359 yards for Baylor, which had its San Jose State 4-3 5-6 school-record 13-game winning streak Big 12 UNLV 4-3 6-5 Oklahoma State 7-1 10-1 snapped and hasn’t won in Stillwater Nevada 3-5 4-7 Baylor 6-1 9-1 Hawaii 0-8 0-11 since 1939. American

Texas Oklahoma Kansas State Texas Tech West Virginia TCU Iowa State Kansas

6-1 7-3 6-2 9-2 4-4 6-5 4-4 7-4 2-6 4-7 2-6 4-7 1-7 2-9 1-7 3-8

Mid-American

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Pac-12

Ka’Deem Carey ran for 206 yards and four touchdowns while becoming Arizona’s all-time leading rusher, and the Wildcats pulled off a monumental upset by taking advantage of numerous Oregon miscues, shocking the fifthBig Ten ranked Ducks 42-16. The Wildcats Legends South Michigan State 7-0 10-1 turned the tables on the fast-paced Arizona State 7-1 9-2 Nebraska 5-2 8-3 USC 6-2 9-3 Ducks, eschewing the normal slow-itIowa 4-3 7-4 UCLA 5-3 8-3 Minnesota 4-3 8-3 down routine most teams play against Arizona 4-4 7-4 Michigan 3-4 7-4 them by keeping their foot on the Colorado 1-7 4-7 Northwestern 0-7 4-7 Utah 1-7 4-7 throttle. With Carey bursting through the line to punish defenders and B.J. Leaders SEC Ohio State 7-0 11-0 Denker dinking and dashing with a vaEast Wisconsin 6-1 9-2 riety of fakes, the Wildcats jumped Missouri 6-1 10-1 Penn State 3-4 6-5 South Carolina 6-2 9-2 out to a quick 14-0 lead and kept going Indiana 2-5 4-7 Georgia 5-3 7-4 Illinois 1-6 4-7 for their first win over a top-five team Vanderbilt 4-4 7-4 Purdue 0-7 1-10 Florida 3-5 4-7 since knocking off No. 2 Oregon in Tennessee 1-6 4-7 2007. Oregon gave the Wildcats plenty Conference USA Kentucky 0-7 2-9 East of help with three turnovers and turnEast Carolina 6-1 9-2 ing it over twice more on downs to West Marshall 6-1 8-3 Alabama 7-0 11-0 end its national title hopes and, posMiddle Tennessee 5-2 7-4 Auburn 6-1 10-1 Florida Atlantic 3-4 5-6 sibly, its four-year run of BCS bowls. LSU 4-3 8-3 UAB 1-6 2-9 Fla. International 1-6 1-10 Southern Miss 0-7 0-11

West

Rice UTSA Tulane North Texas Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTEP

6-1 8-3 5-2 6-5 5-2 7-4 5-2 7-4 3-4 4-7 2-5 3-8 1-6 2-9

Independents

North

Stanford 7-2 9-2 Oregon 6-2 9-2 Washington 4-4 7-4 Oregon State 4-4 6-5 Washington State 4-4 6-5 California 0-9 1-11

Texas A&M Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas

Sun Belt

La.-Lafayette 5-0 8-2 Arkansas State 5-1 7-4 Louisiana-Monroe 3-3 5-6 Western Kentucky 3-3 7-4 Troy 3-3 5-6 South Alabama 2-3 4-6 Texas State 2-4 6-5 Georgia State 0-6 0-11

Notre Dame — 8-3 Old Dominion — 8-4 BYU — 7-4 Navy — 7-4 Army — 3-7 Idaho — 1-10 - BOWL ELIGIBLE New Mexico State — 1-10 - BOWL INELIGIBLE

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4-3 8-3 3-4 7-4 2-5 5-6 0-7 3-8

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FBS RESULTS - WEEK 13 #1 Alabama 49, Chattanooga 0 #2 Florida State 80, Idaho 14 #3 Ohio State 42, Indiana 14 #7 Clemson 52, Citadel 6 #8 Missouri 24, #24 Ole Miss 10 #9 Stanford 63, California 13 #10 Okla. State 49, #4 Baylor 17 #11 S.Carolina 70, C.Carolina 10 #13 Mich. St. 30, Northwestern 6 #15 Fresno St. 69, New Mexico 28 #16 Northern Ill. 35, Toledo 17 #17 Ariz. State 38, #14 UCLA 33 #18 UCF 41, Rutgers 17 #19 Wisconsin 20, #25 Minn. 7 #20 Okla. 41, Kansas State 31 #21 Louisville 24, Memphis 17 #22 LSU 34, #12 Texas A&M 10 #23 USC 47, Colorado 29 Arizona 42, #5 Oregon 16 Ark. State 35, Georgia State 33

Boston College 29, Maryland 26 Bowling Green 58, E. Mich. 7 Buffalo 44, Miami (OH) 7 Central Michigan 37, UMass 0 Cincinnati 24, Houston 17 Connecticut 28, Temple 21 Duke 28, Wake Forest 21 East Carolina 42, N.C. State 28 Florida Atlantic 55, N.M. State 10 Georgia 59, Kentucky 17 Georgia Southern 26, Florida 20 Georgia Tech 66, Alabama A&M 7 Illinois 20, Purdue 16 Iowa 24, Michigan 21 Iowa State 34, Kansas 0 Kent State 44, Ohio 13 Marshall 48, Fla. International 10 Miami (FL) 45, Virginia 26 Middle Tenn. 42, So. Miss 21 Miss. State 24, Arkansas 17 (OT)

Navy 58, San Jose State 52 (3OT) Nebraska 23, Penn State 20 (OT) North Carolina 80, Old Dom. 20 Notre Dame 23, BYU 13 Pittsburgh 17, Syracuse 16 Rice 37, UAB 34 (OT) SDSU 34, Boise State 31 (OT) SMU 16, South Florida 6 South Alabama 36, La.-Monroe 14 Tulane 45, UTEP 3 Tulsa 24, Louisiana Tech 14 UNLV 41, Air Force 21 UTSA 21, North Texas 13 Utah State 13, Colorado State 0 Vanderbilt 14, Tennessee 10 Washington 69, Oregon State 27 Washington State 49, Utah 37 Western Ky. 38, Texas State 7 Wyoming 59, Hawaii 56 (OT)

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WEEK 13

Taylor Kelly’s impressive first half and his defense’s two big late stands against No. 14 UCLA at the Rose Bowl led to the Sun Devils being crowned Pac-12 South champions for the first time on Saturday. Kelly passed for 225 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 99 yards and another score, and No. 17 Arizona State hung on in the fourth quarter to clinch the division title with a 38-33 victory. Marion Grice had 95 yards rushing and 72 yards receiving for the surging Sun Devils, who will face the vaunted Stanford Cardinal in the league title game in two weeks. If Arizona State beats Arizona in the Territorial Cup game next week, the Sun Devils will host Stanford -- a possibility almost nobody anticipated just a couple of weeks ago. Jaelen Strong had six catches for 91 yards and a score, but Arizona State blew most of a 22-point halftime lead over the Bruins. The Sun Devils scored just three points in the second half, but their Photo courtesy of Arizona State Media Relations defense held UCLA scoreless on its final two drives to wrap up their sixth consecutive victory. Kevin Ellison ran for two touchdowns, Jerick McKinnon had a huge score late and four-touchdown underdog Georgia Southern stunned Florida, 26-20, without completing a pass. No lower-division team had ever beaten the Gators, who won their previous seven games against Football Championship Subdivision teams by an average of 45 points. So this was a shocker, even though Florida (4-7) lost its sixth consecutive game and secured its first losing season since 1979. Georgia Southern (7-4) ran for 429 yards -- all of the team’s offense and the most against Florida since Nebraska rolled up 524 in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. McKinnon finished with 125 yards rushing, including a 14-yard touchdown with 2:57 remaining. Ellison added 118 yards on the ground, scoring on runs of 45 and 1. Photo courtesy of Frank Fortune, Georgia Southern Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF NOV. 24 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 27-37 527 2. Sean Schroeder, HAW 37-50 499 3. Brett Smith, WYO 29-48 498

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Sean Mannion, ORST 4,089 2. Derek Carr, FRES 3,948 3. Connor Halliday, WSU 3,905

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Trent Murphy, STAN 13.0 2. Marcus Smith, LOU 12.5 3. Shaquil Barrett, CSU 12.0

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Andre Williams, BC 32 263 2. Keenan Reynolds, NAVY 36 240 3. Tim Cornett, UNLV 36 220

RUSH YARDS 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Antonio Andrews, WKU 3. Bishop Sankey, UW

YDS 2,073 1,611 1,575

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Anthony Harris, UVA 8 2. Lorenzo Doss, TULANE 7 D’Joun Smith, FAU 7

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Tyler Lockett, KSU 12 278 2. Davante Adams, FRES 9 246 3. Chris Gant, HAW 8 174

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Mike Evans, TA&M 3. Allen Robinson, PSU

YDS 1,560 1,314 1,310

TOTAL TACKLES TT 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 149 2. Tyler Matakevich, TEMP 129 3. Jeremiah George, ISU 126

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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Nov. 24 1.

Alabama (56)

11-0

1,496

Florida State (4)

11-0

1,444

Ohio State

11-0

1,375

4. Auburn

10-1 1,294 6

5. Missouri

10-1 1,202 8

6. Clemson

10-1 1,196 7

10-1

Oklahoma State

1,177 11

8. Stanford

9-2 1,002 10

9. Baylor

9-1 976 3

10. South Carolina

9-2

960

11. Michigan State

10-1

929

12. Oregon

9-2 731

13. Arizona State

9-2

14. Wisconsin

9-2 684 16

15. LSU

8-3 642 18

16. Fresno State

10-0

17. UCF

9-1 588 17

18. Northern Illinois

11-0

470

19. Texas A&M

8-3

429

20. Oklahoma

9-2 386 22

21. Louisville

10-1 383 21

22. UCLA

8-3 300 14

23. USC

9-3 262 23

24. Duke

9-2 135 25

25. Notre Dame

8-3

690

619

5 19

Dropped From Rankings: Ole Miss 24. Others Receiving Votes: Georgia 15, Cincinnati 10, Texas 10, Ole Miss 7, Arizona 6, Nebraska 6, Minnesota 5, East Carolina 1, North Dakota State 1, Vanderbilt 1.

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WEEK 14 FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF DEC. 1

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Nov. 26 - 30

Chris Davis returned a missed fieldgoal attempt more than 100 yards for UCF 7-0 10-1 East a touchdown on the final play to lift Louisville 6-1 10-1 Bowling Green 7-1 9-3 No. 4 Auburn to a 34-28 victory over Cincinnati 6-1 9-2 Buffalo 6-2 8-4 Houston 5-3 8-4 No. 1 Alabama in the Iron Bowl, upendOhio 4-4 7-5 SMU 4-3 5-6 Akron 4-4 5-7 ing the two-time defending national Rutgers 2-5 5-6 Kent State 3-5 4-8 champions’ BCS hopes and preserving Connecticut 2-5 2-9 Massachusetts 1-7 1-11 South Florida 2-5 2-9 Miami (OH) 0-8 0-12 the Tigers’ own. Davis caught the ball Memphis 1-6 3-8 about 9 yards deep in the end zone afTemple 1-7 2-10 West ter freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard Northern Illinois 8-0 12-0 ACC attempt fell short. He then sprinted Ball State 7-1 10-2 Atlantic Toledo 5-3 7-5 down the left sideline and cut back Florida State 8-0 12-0 Central Michigan 5-3 6-6 with nothing but teammates around Clemson 7-1 10-2 Eastern Michigan 1-7 2-10 Syracuse 4-4 6-6 Western Michigan 1-7 1-11 him in a second straight hard-to-fathBoston College 4-4 7-5 om finish for the Tigers. Auburn put it Maryland 3-5 7-5 Mountain West away just when overtime seemed on Wake Forest 2-6 4-8 Mountain N.C. State 0-8 3-9 tap. The public address announcer in Utah State 7-1 8-4 Boise State 6-2 8-4 the stadium had already declared the Coastal Colorado State 5-3 7-6 game 28-28 at the end of regulation. Duke 6-2 10-2 Wyoming 3-5 5-7 But Alabama got 1 second restored Virginia Tech 5-3 8-4 New Mexico 1-7 3-9 Miami (FL) 5-3 9-3 Air Force 0-8 2-10 and one more play after a review of Georgia Tech 5-3 7-5 T.J. Yeldon’s run to the Auburn 39. North Carolina 4-4 6-6 West Pittsburgh 3-5 6-6 That gave Crimson Tide coach Nick SaFresno State 7-1 10-1 Virginia 0-8 2-10 San Diego State 6-2 7-5 ban a chance to try the long field goal San Jose State 5-3 6-6 -- and now he probably wished he nevBig 12 UNLV 5-3 7-5 er did, given the stunning result. The Oklahoma State 7-1 10-1 Nevada 3-5 4-8 Baylor 7-1 10-1 Hawaii 0-8 1-11 entire field looked like a sea of orange Texas 7-1 8-3 shakers as the celebration continued Oklahoma 6-2 9-2 Pac-12 Kansas State 5-4 7-5 long after the climactic finale of one North Texas Tech 4-5 7-5 of the biggest Iron Bowls in the bitter Stanford 7-2 10-2 West Virginia 2-7 4-8 Oregon 7-2 10-2 rivalry’s 78-year history. Iowa State 2-7 3-9 American

TCU Kansas

Legends

2-7 4-8 1-8 3-9

Big Ten

Michigan State 8-0 11-1 Iowa 5-3 8-4 Nebraska 5-3 8-4 Minnesota 4-4 8-4 Michigan 3-5 7-5 Northwestern 1-7 5-7

Mid-American

Washington 5-4 8-4 Oregon State 4-5 6-6 Washington State 4-5 6-6 California 0-9 1-11

South

Arizona State UCLA USC Arizona Utah Colorado

8-1 10-2 6-3 9-3 6-3 9-4 4-5 7-5 2-7 5-7 1-8 4-8

Leaders

SEC Ohio State 8-0 12-0 East Wisconsin 6-2 9-3 Missouri 7-1 11-1 Penn State 4-4 7-5 South Carolina 6-2 10-2 Indiana 3-5 5-7 Georgia 5-3 8-4 Illinois 1-7 4-8 Vanderbilt 4-4 8-4 Purdue 0-8 1-11 Florida 3-5 4-8 Tennessee 2-6 5-7 Conference USA Kentucky 0-8 2-10 East

Marshall 7-1 9-3 West East Carolina 6-2 9-3 Auburn 7-1 11-1 Middle Tennessee 6-2 8-4 Alabama 7-1 11-1 Florida Atlantic 4-4 6-6 LSU 5-3 9-3 UAB 1-7 2-10 Texas A&M 4-4 8-4 Fla. International 1-7 1-11 Mississippi State 3-5 6-6 Southern Miss 1-7 1-11 Ole Miss 3-5 7-5 Arkansas 0-8 3-9

West

Rice 7-1 9-3 Sun Belt UTSA 6-2 7-5 La.-Lafayette 5-1 8-3 North Texas 6-2 8-4 Arkansas State 5-2 7-5 Tulane 5-3 7-5 Troy 4-3 6-6 Louisiana Tech 3-5 4-8 Western Kentucky 4-3 8-4 Tulsa 2-6 3-9 Louisiana-Monroe 4-3 6-6 UTEP 1-7 2-10 South Alabama 3-3 5-6 Texas State 2-5 6-6 Independents Georgia State 0-7 0-12 BYU — 8-4 Notre Dame — 8-4 Old Dominion — 8-4 Navy — 7-4 Army — 3-8 New Mexico State — 2-10 - BOWL ELIGIBLE Idaho — 1-11 - BOWL INELIGIBLE

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South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw threw for one touchdown and rushed for another to lead 10thranked South Carolina to its record fifth straight over No. 6 Clemson, 3117. Gamecock players rushed to the student section in celebration of the unprecedented win. Shaw moved to 26-5 all-time as a starter and ended his career a perfect 17-0 at home in the sweetest way possible. The Tigers had never lost five consecutive games to their rival in a series that began in 1896 -- which they still lead 65-42-4. The loss also left record-setting Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd 0-for-4 against the Gamecocks. TOP: Photo courtesy of Todd J. Van Emst, Auburn Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of South Carolina Athletics

FBS RESULTS - WEEK 14 #2 Florida State 37, Florida 7 #3 Ohio State 42, Michigan 41 #4 Auburn 34, #1 Alabama 28 #5 Missouri 28, #21 Texas A&M 21 #8 Stan. 27, #25 Notre Dame 20 #9 Baylor 41, TCU 38 #10 S.C. 31, #6 Clemson 17 #11 Mich. State 14, Minnesota 3 #12 Arizona State 58, Arizona 21 #13 Oregon 36, Oregon State 35 #14 No. Ill. 33, Western Mich. 14 #17 LSU 31, Arkansas 27 #19 UCF 23, South Florida 20 #22 UCLA 35, #23 USC 14 #24 Duke 27, North Carolina 25 Akron 31, Toledo 29 BYU 28, Nevada 23 Ball State 55, Miami (OH) 14 Boise State 45, New Mexico 17 Bowling Green 24, Buffalo 7

Central Mich. 42, E. Mich. 10 Colorado State 58, Air Force 13 Connecticut 28, Rutgers 17 Florida Atlantic 21, FIU 6 Georgia 41, Ga. Tech 34 (2OT) Hawaii 49, Army 42 Houston 34, SMU 0 Indiana 56, Purdue 36 Iowa 38, Nebraska 17 Iowa St. 52, West Virginia 44 (OT) Kansas State 31, Kansas 10 La.-Monroe 31, La.-Lafayette 28 Marshall 59, East Carolina 28 Maryland 41, N.C. State 21 Miami (FL) 41, Pittsburgh 31 Middle Tennessee 48, UTEP 17 Miss. State 17, Ole Miss 10 (OT) New Mexico State 24, Idaho 16 North Texas 42, Tulsa 10 Northwestern 37, Illinois 34

Ohio 51, Massachusetts 23 Penn State 31, #15 Wisconsin 24 Rice 17, Tulane 13 San Jose St. 62, #16 Fresno St. 52 South Ala. 38, Georgia State 17 Southern Miss 62, UAB 27 Syracuse 34, Boston College 31 Temple 41, Memphis 21 Tennessee 27, Kentucky 14 Texas 41, Texas Tech 16 Troy 42, Texas State 28 UNLV 45, San Diego State 19 UTSA 30, Louisiana Tech 10 Utah 24, Colorado 17 Utah State 35, Wyoming 7 Vanderbilt 23, Wake Forest 21 Virginia Tech 16, Virginia 6 Washington 27, Wash. State 17 Western Ky. 34, Arkansas State 31

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Nov. 26 - 30

WEEK 14

Derek Carr finally ran into a quarterback who could match his prolific production. That’s all it took to end Fresno State’s bid for a BCS berth. David Fales threw for a school-record 547 yards and six touchdowns in an entertaining showdown with Carr and San Jose State spoiled the 16thranked Bulldogs’ perfect season with a 62-52 victory Friday. Fales was every bit as good as the more-heralded Carr, matching his six first-half touchdown passes in a near perfect performance that made the Spartans bowl eligible with their first win over a ranked opponent since 2000. Carr threw for 519 yards and six touchdowns, but also had a fourth-quarter interception for the Bulldogs. Davante Adams caught 13 passes for 264 yards and three scores. The loss ended Fresno State’s chances to beat out Northern Illinois for a spot in a prestigious BCS game. The Huskies are the only undefeated team from a non-automatic qualifying conference. The 110th game between Ohio State and Michigan might have been the most thrilling, a back-and-forth affair that came down to one final play. The Wolverines went for the win -- and the Buckeyes stayed undefeated. Tyvis Powell intercepted Devin Gardner’s 2-point conversion pass with 32 seconds left and No. 3 Ohio State held on for a 42-41 victory. Gardner threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Devin Funchess to make it 42-41, but instead of kicking for the tie and possibly pushing the game to overtime, Wolverines coach Brady Hoke asked his players if they wanted to go for it and got a unanimous response. Gardner tried to zip a pass to Drew Dileo into traffic near the goal line, but Powell came up with it and the quarterback was left lying on his back with his arms extended to his side, the back of his helmet resting on the cold turf. TOP: Photo courtesy of Terrell Lloyd, San Jose State Athletics BOTTOM: Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletics

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF DEC. 1 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. David Fales, SJSU 37-45 547 2. Derek Carr, FRES 38-50 519 3. Danny Etling, PUR 33-49 485

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 4,462 2. Sean Mannion, ORST 4,403 3. David Fales, SJSU 4,189

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Trent Murphy, STAN 13.0 2. Marcus Smith, LOU 12.5 3. Three (3) Tied With 12.0

RUSHING 1. Jordan Lynch, NIU 2. Brandin Byrd, UNT 3. Carlos Hyde, OSU

CAR YDS 27 321 26 251 27 226

RUSH YARDS 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Bishop Sankey, WASH 3. Jordan Lynch, NIU

YDS 2,102 1,775 1,755

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Anthony Harris, UVA 8 2. Lorenzo Doss, TULN 7 D’Joun Smith, FAU 7

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Davante Adams, FRES 13 264 2. Mario Alford, WVU 8 215 3. Kelvin Benjamin, FSU 9 212

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Davante Adams, FRES 3. Allen Robinson, PSU

YDS 1,670 1,477 1,432

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Tyler Matakevich, TEM 3. Three (3) Tied With

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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Dec. 1 1.

Florida State (58) 12-0

1,498

Ohio State

12-0

1,418

Auburn (2)

11-1

1,387

4. Alabama

11-1 1,294 1

5. Missouri

11-1 1,281 5

10-1

Oklahoma State

1,197

7. Stanford

10-2 1,067 8

10-2

South Carolina

1,066 10

9. Baylor

10-1 1,020 9

10. Michigan State

11-1

1,002 11

11. Arizona State

10-2

843

12. Oregon

10-2 815 12

13. Clemson

10-2 813

14. LSU

9-3 690 15

15. UCF

10-1 621 17

16. Northern Illinois

12-0

17. UCLA

9-3 510 22

18. Oklahoma

9-2 503 20

19. Louisville

10-1 482 21

20. Duke

10-2 348 24

21. Wisconsin

9-3 299 14

22. Texas A&M

8-4

23. Texas

8-3 156 NR

24. Fresno State

10-1

25. Georgia

8-4 111 NR

596

186

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Dropped From Rankings: USC 23, Notre Dame 25. Others Receiving Votes: Cincinnati 45, USC 28, Notre Dame 26, Miami (FL) 26, Iowa 23, Vanderbilt 16, Washington 6, Minnesota 2, North Dakota State 1.

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Dec. 5 - 7

FBS CONFERENCE STANDINGS AS OF DEC. 8

Matt Johnson threw four of his career-high five touchdown passes in the UCF 8-0 11-1 East first half and Bowling Green routed Louisville 7-1 11-1 Bowling Green 7-1 10-3 No. 14 Northern Illinois 47-27 on FriCincinnati 6-2 9-3 Buffalo 6-2 8-4 Houston 5-3 8-4 Ohio 4-4 7-5 day night for the Mid-American ConSMU 4-4 5-7 Akron 4-4 5-7 ference title, ending the Huskies’ shot Connecticut 3-5 3-9 Kent State 3-5 4-8 at playing in a marquee bowl game. Rutgers 3-5 6-6 Massachusetts 1-7 1-11 South Florida 2-6 2-10 Miami (OH) 0-8 0-12 The Falcons won a MAC title for the Temple 1-7 2-10 first time since 1992 -- just months afMemphis 1-7 3-9 West ter Johnson was born. Jordan Lynch Northern Illinois 8-0 12-1 ACC Ball State 7-1 10-2 ran for 126 yards and two TDs for the Atlantic Toledo 5-3 7-5 Huskies to break his own single-season Florida State 8-0 13-0 Central Michigan 5-3 6-6 record for yards rushing by a quarterClemson 7-1 10-2 Eastern Michigan 1-7 2-10 Syracuse 4-4 6-6 Western Michigan 1-7 1-11 back in major college football, but he Boston College 4-4 7-5 didn’t take advantage of an opportuniMaryland 3-5 7-5 Mountain West ty to impress Heisman Trophy voters. Wake Forest 2-6 4-8 Mountain N.C. State 0-8 3-9 Lynch was 21 of 40 for 219 yards with Utah State 7-1 8-5 Boise State 6-2 8-4 a TD and two interceptions, including Coastal Colorado State 5-3 7-6 one in the fourth quarter that set up Duke 6-2 10-3 Wyoming 3-5 5-7 Virginia Tech 5-3 8-4 Johnson’s fifth TD that put Bowling New Mexico 1-7 3-9 Miami (FL) 5-3 9-3 Air Force 0-8 2-10 Green up 40-20. After Lynch threw an Georgia Tech 5-3 7-5 incomplete pass to turn the ball over North Carolina 4-4 6-6 West Pittsburgh 3-5 6-6 on downs on the ensuing drive, he was Fresno State 7-1 11-1 Virginia 0-8 2-10 San Diego State 6-2 7-5 taunted by Falcons fans: “No more San Jose State 5-3 6-6 Heisman! No more Heisman!” On this Big 12 UNLV 5-3 7-5 Baylor 8-1 11-1 night, the best QB played for Bowling Photo courtesy of Bowling Green State Athletics Nevada 3-5 4-8 Oklahoma 7-2 10-2 Hawaii 0-8 1-11 Green. Johnson was 21 of 27 for a caTexas 7-2 8-4 reer-high 393 yards, connected with Oklahoma State 7-2 10-2 Pac-12 Kansas State 5-4 7-5 five teammates for scores and didn’t North Texas Tech 4-5 7-5 throw an interception. Stanford 7-2 11-2 TCU 2-7 4-8 American

West Virginia Iowa State Kansas

Mid-American

2-7 4-8 2-7 3-9 1-8 3-9

Big Ten

Oregon 7-2 10-2 Washington 5-4 8-4 Led by quarterback Blake Bell’s reOregon State 4-5 6-6 Washington State 4-5 6-6 markable performance in a relief role, California 0-9 1-11 the No. 18 Sooners continued their

mastery of the rival Cowboys with a 33-24 win on Saturday. The level of disappointment was higher than most for the Cowboys, whose hopes of a second Big 12 championship and BCS bowl game berth in three years were lost after Bell found Jalen Saunders Leaders SEC Ohio State 8-0 12-1 for a 7-yard touchdown with 19 secEast Wisconsin 6-2 9-3 onds remaining. Bell began Saturday Missouri 7-1 11-2 Penn State 4-4 7-5 South Carolina 6-2 10-2 as Oklahoma’s third option at quarterIndiana 3-5 5-7 Georgia 5-3 8-4 Illinois 1-7 4-8 back after starting eight games earliVanderbilt 4-4 8-4 Purdue 0-8 1-11 Florida 3-5 4-8 er this season. He ended the game by Tennessee 2-6 5-7 leading the Sooners on a game-winning Conference USA Kentucky 0-8 2-10 East 66-yard drive in the closing minutes, Marshall 7-1 9-4 going 5 of 8 for 57 yards on the drive West East Carolina 6-2 9-3 Auburn 7-1 12-1 and finishing 10-of-16 passing for 140 Middle Tennessee 6-2 8-4 Alabama 7-1 11-1 Florida Atlantic 4-4 6-6 yards in relief of Knight and backup LSU 5-3 9-3 UAB 1-7 2-10 quarterback Kendal Thompson. Texas A&M 4-4 8-4 Fla. International 1-7 1-11 Legends

Michigan State 8-0 12-1 Iowa 5-3 8-4 Nebraska 5-3 8-4 Minnesota 4-4 8-4 Michigan 3-5 7-5 Northwestern 1-7 5-7

Southern Miss

West

1-7

1-11

South

Arizona State UCLA USC Arizona Utah Colorado

8-1 10-3 6-3 9-3 6-3 9-4 4-5 7-5 2-7 5-7 1-8 4-8

Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas

3-5 6-6 3-5 7-5 0-8 3-9

Rice 7-1 10-3 Sun Belt UTSA 6-2 7-5 La.-Lafayette 5-2 8-4 North Texas 6-2 8-4 Arkansas State 5-2 7-5 Tulane 5-3 7-5 Western Kentucky 4-3 8-4 Louisiana Tech 3-5 4-8 Louisiana-Monroe 4-3 6-6 Tulsa 2-6 3-9 South Alabama 4-3 6-6 UTEP 1-7 2-10 Troy 4-3 6-6 Texas State 2-5 6-6 Independents Georgia State 0-7 0-12 BYU — 8-4 Notre Dame — 8-4 Old Dominion — 8-4 Navy — 7-4 Army — 3-8 - BOWL ELIGIBLE New Mexico State — 2-10 - BOWL INELIGIBLE Idaho — 1-11

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#1 Florida State 45, #20 Duke 7 #3 Auburn 59, #5 Missouri 42 #7 Stanford 38, #11 Ariz. State 14 #9 Baylor 30, #25 Texas 10 #10 Mich. St. 34, #2 Ohio St. 24 #16 UCF 17, SMU 13 #17 Okla. 33, #6 Okla. State 24 #19 Louisville 31, Cincy 24 (OT) #23 Fresno St. 24, Utah State 17 Bowling Green 47, #14 NIU 27 Connecticut 45, Memphis 10 Rice 41, Marshall 24 Rutgers 31, South Florida 6 South Ala. 30, La.-Lafayette 8

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Photo courtesy of Michigan State Athletics

Photo courtesy of Cary Edmondson, USA TODAY Sports

WEEK 15

No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a seven-point third-quarter deficit by scoring the final 17 points Saturday night to upset No. 2 Ohio State 34-24 and deny the Buckeyes a chance to play in the VIZIO BCS National Championship game. Ohio State came into the game with the nation’s longest winning streak (24), had not lost under Meyer in two seasons and had one of the nation’s most productive offenses and underrated defenses. Michigan State scored the first 17 points. Then the nation’s stingiest defense gave up the next 24 points. For Michigan State, it was a milestone night. It won its 12th game for the first time in school history, completed a perfect conference season and extended its own winning streak to nine -- something it had not done since starting 1966 at 9-0. Most important, the players got to hold the roses for the first time since 1987 and the celebration began even before the final seconds ticked off the clock.

In a season defined by overcoming long odds, Utah State came up just short in the inaugural Mountain West championship game. Third-string quarterback Craig Harrison threw an interception deep in Fresno State territory in the final minute and the Aggies lost the title game, 24-17, to the 24th-ranked Bulldogs on Saturday night. Few expected the Aggies to make it that far after they started the season 3-4 and lost star quarterback Chuckie Keaton and four other offensive starters to season-ending injuries. But with a dominating defense that held Derek Carr and the high-powered Fresno State offense in check, Utah State won the Mountain Division by winning the final five regular-season games and nearly overcame a 24-7 fourth-quarter deficit in the championship game. With Carr providing enough offense by throwing for 404 yards and three touchdowns, the Bulldogs earned their first outright conference title since winning the Big West in 1989.

2013 FBS NATIONAL STATISTIC LEADERS - AS OF DEC. 8 Weekly Top Performances PASSING C-AT YDS 1. Casey Cochran, CONN 36-54 461 2. Derek Carr, FRES 36-53 404 3. Matt Johnson, BGSU 21-27 393

Offensive Leaders PASS YARDS YDS 1. Derek Carr, FRES 4,866 2. Sean Mannion, ORST 4,403 3. David Fales, SJSU 4,189

Defensive Leaders SACKS SACK 1. Trent Murphy, STAN 14.0 2. Marcus Smith, LOU 12.5 3. Four (4) Tied With 12.0

RUSHING CAR YDS 1. Tre Mason, AUB 46 304 2. Desmond Roland, OKST 21 144 3. Braxton Miller, OSU 21 142

RUSH YARDS 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Jordan Lynch, NIU 3. Bishop Sankey, WASH

YDS 2,102 1,881 1,775

INTERCEPTIONS INT 1. Anthony Harris, UVA 8 2. Lorenzo Doss, TULANE 7 D’Joun Smith, FAU 7

RECEIVING REC YDS 1. Geremy Davis, CONN 15 207 2. Davante Adams, FRES 9 168 3. Ronnie Moore, BGSU 4 145 Ronald Butler, USU 5 145

RECEIVE YARDS 1. Brandin Cooks, ORST 2. Davante Adams, FRES 3. Allen Robinson, PSU

YDS 1,670 1,645 1,432

TOTAL TACKLES 1. Keith Smith, SJSU 2. Jake Doughty, USU 3. Tyler Matakevich, TEM

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TT 159 140 137

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-25 RANKINGS as of Dec. 8 1.

Florida State (56) 13-0

1,496

Auburn (4)

1,444

12-1

3. Alabama

11-1 1,376 4

12-1

Michigan State

1,278 10

5. Stanford

11-2 1,217 7

6. Baylor

11-1 1,185 9

Ohio State

12-1

1,130

South Carolina

10-2

1,099

9. Missouri

11-2 1,066 5

10. Oregon

10-2 880 12

11. Oklahoma

10-2 878 18

12. Clemson

10-2 848 13

13. Oklahoma State

10-2

14. LSU

9-3 726 14

15. UCF

11-1 629 15

16. Arizona State

10-3

17. UCLA

9-3 544 17

18. Louisville

11-1 525 19

19. Wisconsin

9-3 383 21

20. Texas A&M

8-4

282

21. Fresno State

11-1

227

22. Duke

10-3 201 20

23. Georgia

8-4 196 25

24. Northern Illinois

12-1

144

25. Notre Dame

8-4

797

614

Dropped From Rankings: Texas 23. Others Receiving Votes: USC 74, Iowa 48, Miami (FL) 47, Vanderbilt 25, Texas 22, Cincinnati 11, Bowling Green 10, Washington 9, Rice 7, North Dakota State 4, Minnesota 2.

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Washington State vs. Colorado State Saturday, Dec. 21 ~ Albuquerque, N.M. 2 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 20 Fresno State vs. No. 25 USC Saturday, Dec. 21 ~ Las Vegas, Nev. 3:30 p.m. ET ~ ABC

Tulane vs. La.-Lafayette Saturday, Dec. 21 ~ New Orleans, La. 9 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

East Carolina vs. Ohio Monday, Dec. 23 ~ St. Petersburg, Fla. 2 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green Thursday, Dec. 26 ~ Detroit, Mich. 6 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Utah State vs. No. 23 Northern Illinois Thursday, Dec. 26 ~ San Diego, Calif. 9:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Marshall vs. Maryland Friday, Dec. 27 ~ Annapolis, Md. 2:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Syracuse vs. Minnesota Friday, Dec. 27 ~ Houston, Texas 6 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

BYU vs. Washington Friday, Dec. 27 ~ San Francisco, Calif. 9:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Rutgers vs. Notre Dame Saturday, Dec. 28 ~ Bronx, N.Y. Noon ET ~ ESPN

Cincinnati vs. North Carolina Saturday, Dec. 28 ~ Charlotte, N.C. 3:20 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Miami (FL) vs. No. 18 Louisville Saturday, Dec. 28 ~ Orlanda, Fla. 6:45 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Michigan vs. Kansas State Saturday, Dec. 28 ~ Tempe, Ariz. 10:15 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Middle Tennessee vs. Navy Monday, Dec. 30 ~ Fort Worth, Texas 11:45 a.m. ET ~ ESPN

Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech Monday, Dec. 30 ~ Nashville, Tenn. 3:15 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 10 Oregon vs. Texas Monday, Dec. 30 ~ San Antonio, Texas 6:45 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

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Buffalo vs. San Diego State Saturday, Dec. 21 ~ Boise, Idaho 5:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Boise State vs. Oregon State Tuesday, Dec. 24 ~ Honolulu, Hawaii 8 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

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No. 14 Arizona State vs. Texas Tech Monday, Dec. 30 ~ San Diego, Calif. 10:15 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Arizona vs. Boston College Tuesday, Dec. 31 ~ Shreveport, La. 12:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Virginia Tech vs. No. 17 UCLA Tuesday, Dec. 31 ~ El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. ET ~ CBS

Rice vs. Mississippi State Tuesday, Dec. 31 ~ Memphis, Tenn. 4 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 24 Duke vs. No. 21 Texas A&M Tuesday, Dec. 31 ~ Atlanta, Ga. 8 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Nebraska vs. No. 22 Georgia Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Jacksonville, Fla. Noon ET ~ ESPN2

UNLV vs. North Texas Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Dallas, Texas Noon ET ~ ESPNU

No. 19 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 South Carolina Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. ET ~ ABC

Iowa vs. No. 16 LSU Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 13 Oklahoma State vs. No. 8 Missouri Friday, Jan. 3 ~ Arlington, Texas 7:30 p.m. ET ~ FOX

Vanderbilt vs. Houston Saturday, Jan. 4 ~ Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

Arkansas State vs. Ball State Sunday, Jan. 5 ~ Mobile, Ala. 9 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 4 Michigan State Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Alabama Thursday, Jan. 2 ~ New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

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No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 7 Ohio State Friday, Jan. 3 ~ Miami, Fla. 8:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 15 UCF vs. No. 6 Baylor Wednesday, Jan. 1 ~ Glendale, Ariz. 8:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn Monday, Jan. 6 ~ Pasadena, Calif. 8:30 p.m. ET ~ ESPN

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