2023 Week 6 wrap up

We are now far enough into the season where those fortunate teams who have not lost nor had a bye are now bowl eligible.

Remember that any talk of records and being undefeated strictly refers to conference records.

ACC Wheel of Destiny
Louisville (3-0)
   W:  Georgia Tech, BC, NC State
Florida State (3-0)
   W:  BC, Clemson, VT
UNC (2-0)
   W:  Pitt, Syracuse
Duke (1-0)
   W:  Clemson
Georgia Tech (2-1)
   W:  Wake Forest, Miami
   L:  Louisville
Clemson (2-2)
   W:  Syracuse, WF
   L:  Duke, FSU
VT (1-1)
   W:  Pitt
   L:  FSU
NC State (1-1)
   W:  uva
   L:  Louisville
Boston College (1-2)
   W:  uva
   L:  FSU, Louisville
Miami (0-1)
   L: GT
Wake Forest (0-2)
   L: GT, Clemson
Syracuse (0-2)
   L:  Clemson, UNC
Pitt (0-2)
   L:  UNC, VT
uva (0-2)
   L:  NC State, BC

Looking at the four undefeated teams in conference play, the only remaining match-ups of those teams all involve Duke, who ends up playing all three of the other undefeated teams.  This means that if Duke ends the season undefeated, they will be the only team to do so in the ACC.  Still plenty of time for ACC chaos within the new format.

SEC
East
Controls destiny:
-Georgia (3-0)
   W:  USCe, Kentucky
-Missouri (1-1)
   W:  Vandy

Needs help:
-Kentucky (2-1) needs two Georgia losses.
   W:  Vandy, Florida
   L:  Georgia
-Florida (2-1) needs a Kentucky loss.
   W:  Tennessee, Vandy
   L:  Kentucky
-Tennessee (1-1) needs a Florida loss.
   W:  South Carolina
   L:  Florida
-South Carolina (1-2) needs losses by Georgia (3) and Tennessee (2).
   L:  Georgia, Tennessee

Just start winning:
-Vanderbilt (0-3)
   L:  Kentucky, Missouri, Florida

West
Controls destiny:
-Alabama (3-0)
   W:  Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M

Needs help:
-Texas A&M (2-1) needs 2 Alabama losses.
   W:  Auburn, Arkansas
   L:  Alabama
-Ole Miss (2-1) needs 2 Alabama losses.
   W:  LSU, Arkansas
   L:  Alabama
-LSU (2-1) needs an Ole Miss loss.
   W:  Arkansas
   L:  Ole Miss

Just start winning:
-Auburn (0-2)
   L:  Texas A&M
-Mississippi State (0-2)
   L:  Alabama
-Arkansas (0-3)
   L:  LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss

Big Ten
East
Controls destiny:
-Penn State (3-0) has cross-divisional wins.
-Michigan (3-0)
   W:  Rutgers
-Ohio State (2-0)
   W:  Indiana, Maryland

Needs help:
-Maryland (2-1) needs 2 Ohio State losses.
   W:  Michigan State, Indiana
   L:  Ohio State

Just start winning:
-Rutgers (1-2)
   L:  Michigan
-Indiana (0-2)
   L:  Ohio State, Maryland
-Michigan State (0-2)
   L:  Maryland

West
Controls destiny:
-Wisconsin (2-0)
   W:  Purdue
-Iowa (2-1)
   W:  Purdue

Needs help:
-Northwestern (1-2) needs an additional loss by Wisconsin.
   W:  Minnesota
-Nebraska (1-2) needs an additional loss by Wisconsin.
   W:  Illinois
   L:  Minnesota
-Minnesota (1-2) needs a Northwestern loss, plus an additional loss by Wisconsin.
   W:  Nebraska
   L:  Northwestern
-Purdue (1-2) needs losses by Wisconsin (3) and Iowa (2).
   W:  Illinois
   L:  Wisconsin, Iowa

Just start winning:
-Illinois (0-3)
   L:  Purdue, Nebraska

Drive for 325:  Iowa's average is actually going down.  Also keep in mind that I'm just looking at their total number of points, which will include defensive and special teams scores.

After 6 games:
Total points / Benchmark: 131 / 150
Points per game:  21.8

Big 12
Oklahoma (3-0)
   W:  Cincinnati, Iowa State, Texas
West Virginia (2-0)
   W:  Texas Tech, TCU
Texas (2-1)
   W:  Baylor, Kansas
   L:  Oklahoma
Kansas (2-1)
   W:  BYU, UCF
   L:  Texas
Texas Tech (2-1)
   W:  Houston, Baylor
   L:  WVU
Iowa State (2-1)
   W:  Oklahoma State, TCU
   L:  Oklahoma
Kansas State (1-1)
   W:  UCF
   L:  OK State
BYU (1-1)
   W:  Cincinnati
   L:  Kansas
Oklahoma State (1-1)
   W:  Kansas State
   L:  Iowa State
TCU (1-2)
   W:  Houston
   L:  WVU, Iowa State
Baylor (1-2)
   W:  UCF
   L:  Texas, Texas Tech
Cincinnati (0-1)
   L:  Oklahoma
Houston (0-2)
   L:  TCU, Texas Tech
UCF (0-3)
   L:  Kansas State, Baylor, Kansas

Oklahoma and WVU do play each other later this season, keeping the door open for several current 1-loss teams.

Pac-12
USC (4-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Stanford, Arizona State, Colorado, Arizona
Washington (2-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Cal, Arizona
Oregon (2-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Colorado, Stanford
Oregon State (2-1) - Pac-2
   W:  Utah, Cal
   L:  Washington State
UCLA (1-1) - Big Ten
   W:  Washington State
   L:  Utah
Washington State (1-1) - Pac-2
   W:  Oregon State
   L:  UCLA
Utah (1-1) - Big 12
   W:  UCLA
   L:  Oregon State
Cal (1-2) - ACC
   W:  Arizona State
   L:  Washington, Oregon State
Colorado (1-2) - Big 12
   W:  Arizona State
   L:  Oregon, USC
Arizona (1-2) - Big 12
   W:  Stanford
   L:  Washington, USC
Arizona State (0-3) - Big 12
   L:  USC, Cal, Colorado
Stanford (0-3) - ACC
   L:  USC, Arizona, Oregon

All three remaining undefeated teams are all scheduled to play each other.