LSU Upsets Alabama, TCU Levels Utah, and Stanford Slams Arizona by Ed Bagley Copyright 2010 Ed Bagley Louisiana State, any 12th-ranked, 6.5-point underdog at home against 5th-ranked Alabama, turned the actual tables on the Crimson Tide, winning 24-21, along with vaulting to always be able to 5th location in the AP Leading 25 Poll this week. The key SEC match-up left LSU in sole possession of 2nd location in the West Division using a 5-1 mark. Auburn still leads the SEC West using a perfect 6-0 record. Coach Les Miles as quickly as again attempted the dangerous play that will worked wonders for the underdog Tigers. on any 4th-and-1 play within the final quarter, DeAngelo Peterson scampered 23 yards on the reverse to create Steven Ridley's go-ahead, 1-yard plunge. Miles had beat Florida earlier within the season on the fake area aim that create a new winning TD to conquer the Gators, 33-29. This earn over Alabama was particularly notable pertaining to LSU as the Tigers had to come from behind twice in the 2nd half for you to prevail. In a new battle involving a pair of some other highly-ranked teams, 4th-ranked TCU traveled to always be able to Utah as well as leveled the particular Utes, 47-7, in a laugher. both teams had been unbeaten and so the Utes loss ruined their perfect season as well as sent them plummeting within the AP Poll via 6th in order to 15th place. The TCU-Utah face-off marked the first moment this season either of these teams get had to play a ranked team. so is TCU (now 10-0) that excellent or possibly Utah (8-1) that will bad? Clearly, Utah can be overrated; the jury is actually still out on how good TCU is because associated with their particular easy schedule. TCU quarterback Andy Dalton threw for any career-high 355 yards as well as 3 touchdowns because the Horned Frogs outgained the actual Utes 328 yards to always be able to 72 yards enroute into a 23-zip halftime lead. Utah QB Jordan Wynn had three turnovers as well as the Ute offense could do nothing against TCU's defense, which in turn started in ranked 1st nationally in scoring protection and also total defense. With Utah's loss, you could find only 4 unbeaten teams left - Auburn along with TCU are generally 10-0, Oregon is actually 9-0 and Boise State can be 8-0. In yet another game regarding ranked opponents, Stanford hosted Arizona along with took along the Wildcats using authority, 42-17. The Actual 19th-ranked Cardinal had been beat through the 13thranked Wildcats 43-38 annually ago when they began celebrating also early. Your issue pertaining to Arizona this coming year had been no-one in Palo Alto forgot. Stanford's Andrew Luck, who many regard because the very best QB inside the Pac-10, threw with regard to 293 yards and a new pair of touchdown passes. Stepfan Taylor rushed pertaining to 4 TDs. Luck outplayed Arizona QB Nick Foles. Luck ended up being 23-for-32 (71%); Foles had been 28for-48 (58%). Luck features completed 75% associated with his passes within his last 4 games.
And the actual defense? Arizona arrived leading the actual Pac-10 inside sacks along with 27. Stanford did not stop trying the sack for the Wildcats. Stanford is currently 8-1 and Arizona 7-2. Arizona coach Mike Stoops said it best: "They outexecuted us, outplayed us, outphysicaled us, (and) outcoached us. We just got beat by a far better team today." Amen, Mike, amen. A final game associated with ranked opponents located 17th-ranked Arkansas about the highway in 18th-ranked South Carolina. The Particular Razorbacks (7-2) led 24-10 at the half and also by no means looked back, winning 41-20, and also providing your Gamecocks (6-3) his or her worst loss in your own home throughout 5 years. South Carolina was obviously a 4.5-point favorite in the game, thus credit Arkansas by getting an upset. Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett passed with regard to 303 yards and Knile Davis scored 3 times about the ground. South Carolina now remains tied using Florida for that SEC East Division title using a 4-3 record. Besides Alabama and also South Carolina, 4 other ranked teams were upset. The upset winners included Texas A&M in your personal home more than 11th-ranked Oklahoma 33-19, Texas Tech in your home over 14th-ranked Missouri 24-17, Clemson at home more than 23rdranked North Carolina State in a squeaker 14-13, and North Carolina around the road more than 24th-ranked Florida State inside another squeaker, 37-35. It offers now turn out in order to be distinct that will Oklahoma (7-2) and Missouri (also 7-2) are not as good as numerous followers thought. Oklahoma had a few narrow early season wins whilst likely undefeated prior to losing to Missouri and also now Texas A&M. the Sooners beat Iowa State through 7, Air Force simply by 3, Cincinnati simply by 2, and also Texas (now 4-5) through 8. Missouri had better margins just before losing in order to Nebraska as well as now Texas Tech. Six some other ranked teams coasted to always be able to no much less than 20-point victories. The really good wins included top-ranked Oregon blasting Washington 53-16, 2nd-ranked Boise State burying Hawaii 42-7, 3rd-ranked Auburn making use of AA Chattanooga pertaining to highway kill in a 62-24 romp (the Tigers led 48-14 in the half), 7th-ranked Wisconsin beating Purdue 34-13, 16th ranked Michigan State whipping Minnesota 31-8, along with 25th-ranked Nevada stomping the mud hole into Idaho, 63-17. Three some other ranked teams had a lot less impressive wins. They Will included 15th-ranked Iowa around the highway more than 110th-ranked Indiana 18-13, 20th-ranked Virginia Tech in your own home more than 67th-ranked Georgia Tech 28-21, as well as 9th-ranked Nebraska - around the street along with inside a struggle - more than 45th-ranked Iowa State, 31-30, inside overtime. Nebraska wins big then barely wins. Simply how strong would always be the Cornhuskers? I will let you understand following your bowl games.
No. 8 Ohio State and also No. 21 Mississippi State had been idle this week. By winning, LSU, Stanford, Michigan State and also Oklahoma State almost all climbed in the AP Poll, as well as Alabama, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma as well as Missouri most lost significant ground. Baylor, North Carolina State along with Florida State were most pushed out with the Leading 25 to create room for newcomers Texas A&M (6-3) in 23rd, along with Central Florida (7-2) in 25th, and also returning Florida (6-3) with 24th. The lowest ranked team along with eight wins - Nevada (8-1) - has been ranked 21st. All other people do certainly not require to apply.