G’s Evaluation or Was This Near Miss Week?

Welcome back, college football fans. I have to apologize for shrinkflating the football portion of the GCR the last couple of weeks. To be truthful, JoJo is off at college working on really hard and indecipherable math, and I have been under the weather on top of working to make sure the basketball version is working properly. All is better now and we are back.

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It seems that each season, there is one week that is upset week when it just seems to be contagious. We haven’t really had one of those this year, but this weekend was pretty close. There were some straight upsets like Clemson over Louisville (-6.5), Navy over South Florida (-10.5), Tulsa over Oregon St (-2.5), Virginia over Duke (-6.5), Oklahoma over Alabama (-6.5), Texas St over Southern Miss (-6.5), Nevada over San Jose St (-9.5), FIU over Liberty (-2.5), Sam Houston over Delaware (-9.5), and Jacksonville St over Kennesaw St (-3.5). 10 upsets may seem like a lot, but it is in the plus/minus of a normal week.

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What would have tipped this past week into a full-fledged upset week is if some of the near misses had come through. For games with Vegas odds more than 10 points, Texas A&M (-18.5) beat South Carolina 31-30 – after a 27-point comeback – Michigan (-12.5) edged Northwestern 24-22, Kansas St (-19.5) took down Oklahoma St 14-6, Arizona (-11.5) beat Cincinnati 30-24, Arizona St (-11.5) beat West Virginia 25-23. New Mexico (-14.5) beat Colorado St 20-17, Georgia Tech (-16.5) came back to beat Boston College 36-34, and Tulane (-17.5) beat FAU 35-24. Those 8 games put a scare into the better teams.

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Congratulations to the four teams, three of which are from the MAC, who became bowl-eligible this weekend: C Michigan, LSU, Toledo, and W Michigan. That brings the total to 64 when 82 are needed to fill the bowls. New wait-until-next-year-participation-stickers are now available for the 13 teams who picked up the dreaded 7th loss and will be watching rather than playing football in December. They are Air Force, Akron, Florida, Michigan St, New Mexico St, San Jose St, South Carolina, UAB, UCLA, ULM, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. That brings the total to 34 eliminated teams. With two weeks to go, 98 of the 136 FBS teams are in one bucket or the other, leaving 38 who are either 5 wins or 6 losses. We should know a lot more after this week’s play.

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That’s it for today. Thank you for your patience as we’ve transitioned into a multisport platform. Thank you, as well, for reading – especially for sharing with others. With that, it is our pleasure to share with you the Week 12 top 265 from Indiana to Northwestern St, JoJo and G.

RankTeamConfWinLossPFPAScore
1IndianaB1011043.311.68.66
2Ohio StB1010037.57.58.61
3Texas TechB1210142.612.38.38
4Notre DameND8238.518.47.98
5BYUB129134.117.87.86
6Southern CalB108238.221.77.81
7UtahB128241.115.67.78
8OregonB109139.013.77.74
9James MadisonSUN9137.116.27.47
10Texas A&MSEC10037.123.67.26
11GeorgiaSEC9133.618.87.21
12Miami FLACC8233.714.27.18
13MichiganB108227.717.77.15
14VirginiaACC9233.721.27.15
15IllinoisB107332.223.96.85
16AlabamaSEC8231.617.86.80
17Old DominionSUN7332.021.16.70
18OklahomaSEC8228.314.86.68
19North TexasAAC9145.324.16.54
20Georgia TechACC9136.024.26.52
21Arizona StB127324.723.66.49
22LouisvilleACC7331.521.56.49
23ArizonaB127332.720.36.40
24MississippiSEC10137.220.26.38
25WashingtonB107334.319.36.34
26HoustonB128229.522.16.28
27Wake ForestACC7323.819.56.23
28TulaneAAC8228.026.06.22
29SMUACC7332.220.46.21
30IowaB106428.714.96.10
31VanderbiltSEC8238.322.26.08
32Iowa StB126427.121.56.02
33CincinnatiB127334.422.75.96
34PittsburghACC7337.223.35.93
35South FloridaAAC7341.625.95.92
36NebraskaB107332.519.95.92
37TCUB126430.726.55.91
38TexasSEC7327.618.35.90
39San Diego StMWC8225.412.55.81
40MemphisAAC8336.222.05.67
41NC StACC5529.931.65.67
42East CarolinaAAC7333.618.35.66
43Southern MissSUN7330.525.95.62
44TennesseeSEC7343.428.95.53
45DukeACC5533.429.65.53
46ClemsonACC5527.122.15.48
47MissouriSEC7334.919.95.45
48Kansas StB125528.225.55.42
49Florida StACC5536.420.35.39
50Boise StMWC6429.623.35.38
51Washington StPAC5520.721.05.33
52MinnesotaB106422.723.65.33
53NavyAAC8232.927.95.32
54Penn StB104630.421.15.22
55Kennesaw StUSA7326.022.55.18
56LSUSEC6423.619.35.14
57TroySUN6424.325.05.11
58Coastal CarSUN6425.729.75.10
59KansasB125530.225.25.08
60UNLVMWC8236.631.05.07
61Ga SouthernSUN5530.034.65.02
62NorthwesternB105521.919.64.93
63CaliforniaACC6425.025.24.86
64MarshallSUN5532.631.34.82
65AuburnSEC4623.920.44.81
66New MexicoMWC7329.225.04.81
67BaylorB125533.231.94.78
68ToledoMAC6432.013.44.75
69UCONNIND8335.924.14.74
70RutgersB105529.930.04.66
71HawaiiMWC7330.523.74.66
72UCLAB103719.432.44.61
73W KentuckyUSA8231.323.14.60
74Fresno StMWC7325.919.94.60
75ArmyAAC5422.322.04.57
76KentuckySEC5525.923.14.57
77UCFB124625.422.84.56
78W MichiganMAC6421.818.44.56
79Texas StSUN4635.332.74.55
80ColoradoB123722.030.04.52
81OhioMAC6427.123.54.50
82Mississippi StSEC5631.528.44.49
83WisconsinB103712.023.24.47
84West VirginiaB124723.729.24.43
85Missouri StUSA7324.125.74.43
86LA TechUSA5525.619.84.35
87Arkansas StSUN5523.326.54.30
88MarylandB104623.423.54.26
89Utah StMWC5532.929.74.22
90UTSAAAC5532.330.44.21
91LouisianaSUN4626.130.34.18
92StanfordACC3717.529.14.11
93FloridaSEC3720.823.64.10
94Jacksonville StUSA7330.426.04.09
95C MichiganMAC6425.523.54.06
96South CarolinaSEC3720.723.03.97
97App StSUN4624.930.43.92
98SyracuseACC3722.331.53.88
99Virginia TechACC3723.330.13.82
100Miami OHMAC5523.121.93.75
101TempleAAC5529.626.73.74
102FIUUSA5526.829.63.69
103North CarolinaACC4618.722.03.65
104Michigan StB103724.031.13.60
105PurdueB102920.229.63.59
106ArkansasSEC2834.132.33.57
107DelawareUSA5528.230.73.57
108LibertyUSA4623.723.63.45
109RiceAAC5521.127.93.45
110South AlabamaSUN3725.028.13.36
111FAUAAC4630.634.63.29
112Air ForceMWC3731.332.33.26
113BuffaloMAC5524.221.43.26
114UABAAC3726.838.73.11
115WyomingMWC4617.820.63.10
116Oregon StPAC2919.129.23.01
117Kent StMAC4620.434.43.00
118E MichiganMAC4724.429.62.91
119ULMSUN3715.832.22.86
120New Mexico StUSA3720.126.92.83
121Bowling GreenMAC3718.525.82.79
122North Dakota StMVFC11040.412.12.76
123TulsaAAC3722.829.12.65
124Ball StMAC4615.727.52.65
125San Jose StMWC3724.032.42.64
126Colorado StMWC2818.027.92.61
127N IllinoisMAC3715.522.22.55
128AkronMAC4722.528.52.46
129HarvardIvy9040.715.12.42
130Oklahoma StB121914.336.32.40
131Boston CollegeACC11024.634.62.36
132NevadaMWC2818.128.12.36
133TarletonUAC10145.216.12.27
134LehighPatriot11033.112.32.26
135Georgia StSUN1920.839.62.26
136Sam HoustonUSA2818.036.72.16
137UTEPUSA2821.827.02.07
138Montana StBig Sky9238.816.21.92
139MercerSoCon9141.719.71.78
140YaleIVY7227.916.01.63
141MontanaBig Sky11042.022.81.61
142Middle TennesseeUSA1920.733.01.58
143North DakotaMVFC7435.118.81.53
144DartmouthIVY7226.219.81.34
145Rhode IslandCoastal9231.520.01.32
146PresbyterianPioneer9234.915.41.29
147Tennessee TechBSOV10142.017.71.29
148Alabama StSWAC8240.722.31.26
149CharlotteAAC1916.937.41.21
150Austin PeayUAC7434.325.71.21
151Jackson StSWAC8234.618.11.18
152Steph F AustinSouthland9233.215.41.16
153MonmouthCoastal9241.527.51.16
154New HampshireCoastal7426.120.81.12
155St ThomasPioneer7433.116.71.11
156S UtahUAC6533.529.21.10
157PennIVY5428.228.81.10
158Illinois StMVFC8332.726.31.06
159DrakePioneer7327.016.41.03
160South Dakota StMVFC7426.920.30.99
161VillanovaCoastal8230.323.90.96
162San DiegoPioneer7427.225.80.84
163West GeorgiaUAC8325.521.20.84
164Abilene ChrUAC7426.625.50.83
165Rio GrandeSouthland8340.219.30.81
166Sacred HeartFCSIND8330.325.50.80
167LamarSouthland8323.021.80.78
168UC DavisBig Sky7331.229.70.76
169SoutheasternSouthland8332.917.00.72
170Youngstown StMVFC7436.329.80.72
171Sacramento StBig Sky7434.425.80.67
172PrincetonIVY3622.425.20.65
173DaytonPioneer6426.417.70.61
174E Tennessee StSoCon6532.929.10.60
175Idaho StBig Sky5632.628.30.58
176Prairie ViewSWAC8329.316.60.58
177South DakotaMVFC8425.027.20.56
178BrownIVY4525.626.90.48
179S IllinoisMVFC6536.428.50.39
180C ConnecticutNortheast7426.622.10.38
181Delaware StMEAC8333.622.40.38
182ChattanoogaSoCon5629.632.80.38
183N ArizonaBig Sky7432.029.70.38
184CornellIVY4522.025.70.38
185Gardner WebbBSOV7427.829.80.36
186Stony BrookCoastal5627.425.50.34
187William & MaryCoastal7430.325.50.34
188IdahoBig Sky4726.025.50.32
189UMASSMAC01010.537.60.28
190Holy CrossPatriot2918.526.40.22
191MaristPioneer5622.523.00.20
192NC CentralMEAC7433.826.70.20
193Long IslandNortheast5615.719.00.19
194South Carolina StMEAC8332.127.20.16
195W CarolinaSoCon6537.736.00.16
196ButlerPioneer5622.525.80.15
197FurmanSoCon6525.729.70.13
198LafayettePatriot8333.727.50.08
199Grambling StSWAC7423.825.90.06
200DuquesneNortheast6529.226.00.06
201ElonCoastal5626.425.50.05
202WoffordSoCon5621.717.60.03
203GeorgetownPatriot6522.425.30.02
204Cal PolyBig Sky3826.131.30.00
205MaineCoastal6523.923.5-0.03
206C ArkansasUAC3824.233.9-0.06
207Indiana StMVFC3821.540.4-0.06
208CitadelSoCon4720.026.7-0.08
209Incarnate WordSouthland4725.226.9-0.09
210MerrimackFCSIND3819.924.3-0.09
211Morehead StPioneer6522.231.0-0.12
212MercyhurstNortheast5617.923.8-0.12
213RichmondPatriot6521.422.8-0.16
214LindenwoodBSOV5624.328.3-0.18
215ColumbiaIVY1814.129.7-0.21
216ColgatePatriot4727.532.1-0.23
217E WashingtonBig Sky5622.529.0-0.24
218Charleston SoBSOV4717.525.6-0.26
219BethuneSWAC5628.932.5-0.26
220TowsonCoastal5626.024.5-0.27
221StonehillNortheast3814.624.3-0.31
222E KentuckyUAC4718.125.6-0.36
223SEMOBSOV4724.130.1-0.36
224New HavenNortheast5527.928.6-0.37
225N IowaMVFC3815.926.0-0.39
226Texas SouthernSWAC5526.025.0-0.45
227Alcorn StSWAC5624.522.8-0.48
228BucknellPatriot5626.733.7-0.53
229Utah TechUAC2916.529.0-0.55
230N ColoradoBig Sky3819.929.8-0.55
231Morgan StMEAC4724.226.0-0.55
232N AlabamaUAC2924.539.5-0.58
233NichollsSouthland4717.523.7-0.68
234StetsonPioneer3819.838.8-0.70
235HowardMEAC4717.625.5-0.71
236Weber StBig Sky3820.839.3-0.72
237E IllinoisBSOV3819.126.7-0.75
238Ark Pine BluffSWAC4725.032.4-0.76
239Alabama A&MSWAC4724.934.3-0.78
240Florida A&MSWAC5522.633.3-0.82
241Tennessee MartinBSOV6521.024.3-0.82
242ValparaisoPioneer2920.436.4-0.83
243DavidsonPioneer2918.539.4-0.86
244WagnerNortheast5616.424.5-0.91
245East TexasSouthland3826.640.5-0.98
246Mississippi ValleySWAC1917.937.4-1.00
247CampbellCoastal2924.135.9-1.01
248McNeeseSouthland4723.726.1-1.04
249Robert MorrisNortheast3815.025.4-1.08
250BryantCoastal3822.029.9-1.11
251AlbanyCoastal11015.533.0-1.15
252W IllinoisBSOV3822.535.7-1.20
253VMISoCon11016.836.6-1.27
254Portland StBig Sky11016.544.4-1.32
255Tennessee StBSOV2913.528.4-1.35
256Norfolk StMEAC11021.534.8-1.45
257SouthernSWAC11017.736.9-1.47
258HamptonCoastal2918.636.5-1.49
259FordhamPatriot11015.033.6-1.50
260Houston ChrSouthland2917.530.2-1.67
261SamfordSoCon11015.937.0-1.69
262North Carolina A&TCoastal2920.842.5-1.70
263Murray StMVFC01117.940.5-1.73
264St FrancisNortheast01010.529.9-2.00
265Northwestern StSouthland11010.239.7-2.05