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UCLA Bruins – Not Used to Being Perfect This Late
Beginning their Pac-12 schedule put UCLA to their toughest test so far this season, but Jim Mora has been slowly building this program to aim for bigger goals than barely making it into the conference championship game. With the one-man show that is Brett Hundley right now, it wn’t be the most they’ll be satisfied with for once.
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2013 College Football Season – Week 5 Rankings
Once again, not a lot of motion in the upper side of the top 25, with Georgia being a three-spot movers up the AP Poll after beating LSU, remaining behind undefeated Stanford, Ohio State, Clemson, Oregon and Alabama, who kept on their winning ways, while Arizona State and Maryland are newcomers to the rankings this week. The biggest drop was experienced by Oklahoma State after losing to West Virginia, free falling 10 spots.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Braxton Miller Makes it an Easy Decision
Even though Braxton Miller isn’t the best passing quarterback in NCAA football, he’s good enough on his feet and in putting the ball in the air to be the obvious choice for Ohio State as they dispatched a team that just might be the biggest obstacle they could have had of finishing with an undefeated record for a second straight year.
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Washington Huskies – Bishop Sankey Can’t Be Stopped Right Now
Something very good is happening in Husky stadium over the last couple of years, with a lot of the credit going to the emergence of Bishop Sankey at running back, who is on pace of having an even bigger season than his Sophomore year, as it doesn’t seem like Steve Sarkisian is planning on giving him some easy games inside the rough Pac-12 schedule.
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Texas A&M Aggies – Not Only About Johnny Manziel
Once in a while, teams like the Texas A&M Aggies like to show that they’re more than just a one-team player, turning to other aspects of their game and not just rely on the skills of Johnny Manziel.
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Alabama Crimson Tide – Still Playing Defense in the Changing SEC
While the conference seems to have turned into quarterback shootouts one after the other, Alabama are heading in a different direction, relying on what might be the best defense in the nation to shut out their opponents and make up for their offense, led by a sluggish A.J. McCarron, being a lot less impressive than it was last season.
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Oklahoma Sooners – Blake Bell Was the Answer All Along
After being used as a third-down / goalline situation guy, Blake Bell is proving that his place is starting for Oklahoma, and making that change for Bob Stoops is helping him put the Sooners back on the top of the Big 12, and maybe even be considered by some as national championship contenders.
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Georgia Bulldogs – Aaron Murray, the Best Quarterback in the Nation
All the questions about Aaron Murray and his ability to lead Georgia to big wins have disappeared, as he put in another clutch performance to give the Bulldogs another big victory over a ranked opponent, cementing the team’s place as the best in the SEC East, and his place as the best quarterback in College Football.
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West Virginia Mountaineers – At Least They Ruin Championship Hopes For Others
In comparison to last season, the expectations from West Virginia were humble and modest at best. The change at quarterback, bringing in Clint Trickett to start for the first time this season, didn’t offer one big deal of a change, but it was part of a whole much better and responsive performance than before, resulting in the first loss of the season for Oklahoma State.
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College Football – Undefeated Teams Falling Before BCS Standings
We’re only a week away from the beginning of the BCS standings affecting our lives once more, as nine undefeated teams lost their perfect status, among them being LSU, Ole Miss and Oklahoma State, with Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State getting big wins over ranked teams to improve their status before the really important rankings come out.