Highlights, Lowlights, and Outcomes — Plus the New Playoff Rankings From School Soccer Week #13

This was an attention-grabbing weekend with a lot of key losses, which means not solely was there a shakeup within the polls, but it surely led to some new choices to be made by the Playoff Committee – which implies some curious choices had been to be made.

Some large names suffered losses whereas a lot of beforehand under-considered colleges preserve successful, which implies the arbitrary conclusions and head-scratching placements proceed till the ultimate playoff seeding takes place. All this implies it was one other enjoyable weekend of video games.

• The Cardinals performed the Cardinal, and the coaches in Kentucky needed to be garnishing their bourbon with Tums tablets Sunday. After taking a 14-point lead within the 4th, Louisville allowed Stanford to not solely tie issues however gave them the ball within the closing moments. A go out of bounds with one tick remaining drew a private foul, after which they noticed Louisville leap offsides, so Stanford gained on the 52-yard discipline purpose following 20 yards of penalties assessed with one second on the clock.

• Travis Hunter turned the odds-on Heisman favourite as he turned the primary participant to file an interception and a landing in the identical sport for the third time in a season.

• Tulane is showing as a legit ballot denizen as they smoked a robust Navy crew to earn its ninth straight victory.

• Zach Zabrowski for the Central Missouri Mules had a monster sport on the stat sheet, finishing 40 of 46 passes for 569 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to dashing for 3 extra scores.

• NC State is the college that made a last-minute voting swap to permit enlargement this season. Consequently, first-year member SMU has the within monitor to make the finals, one thing the Wolfpack has by no means skilled in seven a long time. 

• Central Connecticut gained on a 2-point conversion that didn’t precisely go in keeping with the way it was drawn up within the playbook.

A DOINKED PASS OFF A LINEMAN’S HEAD AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WINS WITH THE 2 POINT CONVERSION IN DOUBLE OT!! pic.twitter.com/hqOa7HSdRg

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) November 16, 2024

Oregon 16 – Wisconsin 13

The highest-ranked squad didn’t appear to be themselves on the highway. The step by step bettering Badgers gave them a handful, because the Geese didn’t get the lead till a discipline purpose was made with lower than three minutes to play. Oregon didn’t have a TD till 4th quarter, and QB Dillon Gabriel went for 218 and an interception with no TDs – solely the second time he has achieved so.

Georgia 31  – Tennessee 17

The Volunteers broke their first-half curse and jumped out to an early lead, however the Bulldogs knotted issues at halftime after which shut out Tennessee within the second half. Carson Beck settled himself and went with out an interception for a change. He threw for 347 yards with 2 TDs to deliver them again from the bubble this week.

Kansas 17 – BYU 13

The Jayhawks have defied favorable projections many of the season as BYU has been one of many surprises, with the Cougars taking part in into an early first-round bye place. Then the groups switched jerseys, it appeared. BYU made 4 journeys within the Pink Zone and solely netted two discipline targets, together with a final drive stalling on the 15-yard line.

South Carolina 34  – Mizzou 30

In a wild, enjoyable sport, two evenly matched colleges went to the wire with 4 lead adjustments within the 4th. The Tigers took their final lead with a 34-yard go at simply over a minute remaining, however the Gamecocks drove the sphere to win with 15 seconds to spare. QB Lenoris Sellers has an enormous sport with 353 yards passing and 5 touchdowns tossed. 

Clemson 24 – Pitt 20

After a shocking begin to the season, Pitt now misplaced its third straight. After going forward on a discipline purpose with about 1:30 remaining, Clemson hoped to drive for the tying kick. As an alternative, 20 seconds later, QB Cade Klubnik ripped off a 50-yard landing run. The win retains Clemson within the working for the ACC title sport and a playoff berth because of this.

Florida 27 – LSU 16

The Gators are a resurgent crew behind blue-chip QB D.J. Lagway as LSU dropped their third straight and dropped out of postseason rivalry. Arguments between coach Brian Kelly and a few of his gamers broke out, the frustration coming because the Tigers held ball possession at practically a 42/18 minute ratio.

The Playoff Bracket Positions

Prime Seeds (Receiving a Bye)

1. Oregon

2. Texas

3. Miami

4. Boise State

Seeded Matchups

12. BYU at 5. Ohio State

11. Georgia at 6. Penn State

10. Ole Miss at 7. Indiana

9. Alabama at 8. Notre Dame

[Key Games Week #13:  Indiana @ Ohio State / Army @ Notre Dame / BYU @ Arizona State ]

The AP Prime-25

1. Oregon

2. Ohio State

3. Texas

4. Penn State 

5. Indiana 

6. Notre Dame

7. Alabama 

8. Georgia

9. Ole Miss

10. Tennessee

11. Miami

12. Boise State

13. Smu

14. BYU

15. Texas A&M

16. Colorado

17. Clemson

18. Military

19. South Carolina

20. Tulane

21. Arizona State

22. Iowa State 

23. UNLV

24. Illinois

25. Washington State