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2013 BCS Standings – Week 8
The release of the first BCS standings didn’t cause a huge deal of surprise, as Alabama lead the top 25 obviously. Florida State being above Oregon might be surprising to some, but considering their strength of schedule and most recent win over Clemson, it pretty much makes sense to make them the strongest of the undefeated teams behind Alabama, while Ohio State and Missouri trail behind, not looking likely to finish among the top 2.
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2013 College Football Rankings – Week 8
The upper echelon of the Top 25 remained mostly unchanged, but Florida State moved up to #3, following Oregon and the almost consensus number one team Alabama, while below Ohio State all hell broke loose, with Missouri, Baylor and Auburn being the big risers in the AP Poll, while LSU, Texas A&M, Clemson and South Carolina took huge hits, falling far away from their previous positions.
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Auburn Tigers – Ruining the Season for Johnny Manziel
Two losses to teams from the same state, in the same stadium, with a similar score. Texas A&M won’t be going anywhere significant this season apparently, as Johnny Manziel couldn’t overcome a bad defense and porous offensive line, while Auburn surprisingly find themselves as the second best team in the division.
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Oregon Ducks – Mariota Doesn’t Let Turnovers Bring Him Down
Despite being 40-point favorites in their home game against Washington State, Oregon made it less than easy for themselves through second quarter turnovers, including two fumbles by Marcus Mariota, who is a good enough player to put mistakes like that behind them and get the Ducks rolling again en route to another impressive offensive display and remaining perfect so far this season.
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BCS Standings – Weekend Of Upsets and Fallen Ranked Teams
In one of the craziest weekend of college football we’ve had in a long time, nine teams in the top 25 lost, including four undefeated teams in Clemson, Louisville, Houston and UCLA, leaving us with only Florida State, Miami, Texas Tech, Baylor, Ohio State, Northern Illinois, Fresno State, Oregon, Missouri and Alabama without a loss this season in what should give the first BCS standings a proper shakeup.
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Ole Miss Rebels – Handing the SEC West to Alabama
If there was any chance to see anyone stopping Alabama on their way to another SEC championship game, Ole Miss handed LSU their second loss of the season and made it quite clear that the Crimson Tide aren’t going to have anyone get in their way this season, at least until the conference champions game.
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Florida State Seminoles – Jameis Winston Breaks the Curse
All the years of struggling to win in Death Valley are gone. Florida State punched their biggest rivals in the mouth on the first play, and never looked back, while Jameis Winston upgraded himself from freshman sensation to a leading Heisman trophy candidate, not to mention the Seminoles showing just how deserving they are to be in the contention for the national title.
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ACC – Florida State vs Clemson Predictions
For the last four years, the game between Florida State and Clemson decided who goes to the ACC championship game from the Atlantic Division, only this time, with both teams still undefeated and ranked in the top 5, it might have huge implications on the BCS picture and even the national championship game.
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Pac-12: UCLA vs Stanford Predictions
Two schools that met twice last season are heading in different directions, as UCLA are still undefeated and potentially with a chance to shake up the conference picture and the BCS scenario, while Stanford are coming off their first loss of the season, hoping to keep their big hopes alive.
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SEC – Florida vs Missouri Predictions
Despite being out of the race pretty much in the SEC East, Florida still have one of the best defenses in the nation, against a Missouri team that’s still undefeated, one of the most surprising in College Football not to mention a top 10 offense so far this year.