The networks actually scheduled all of the Power 5 games to end before midnight on Saturday. So we have an early look at how shaken up the conference races got. Plus, we have our first teams officially being taken out of conference title contention.
Remember that any talk of records and being undefeated strictly refers to conference records.
ACC Wheel of Destiny
Florida State (4-0)
W: BC, Clemson, VT, Syracuse
UNC (3-0)
W: Pitt, Syracuse, Miami
Duke (2-0)
W: Clemson, NC State
Louisville (3-1)
W: Georgia Tech, BC, NC State
L: Pitt
Georgia Tech (2-1)
W: Wake Forest, Miami
L: Louisville
Virginia Tech (2-1)
W: Pitt, WF
L: FSU
Clemson (2-2)
W: Syracuse, WF
L: Duke, FSU
Pitt (1-2)
W: Louisville
L: UNC, VT
NC State (1-2)
W: uva
L: Louisville, Duke
Boston College (1-2)
W: uva
L: FSU, Louisville
Miami (0-2)
L: GT, UNC
uva (0-2)
L: NC State, BC
Wake Forest (0-3)
L: GT, Clemson, VT
Syracuse (0-3)
L: Clemson, UNC, FSU
With Louisville's loss, the ACC doesn't have to worry about more than 2 undefeated teams at the end of the season, either in conference record or overall. Duke has to play both UNC and FSU, which will guarantee at least one of those three dropping from the undefeated ranks. Now, there's still plenty of time for typical #goacc chaos if the top teams start losing and we get a logjam of 1 or 2 loss teams.
SEC
East
Controls destiny:
-Georgia (4-0)
W: USCe, Kentucky, Vandy
-Florida (3-1)
W: Tennessee, Vandy, South Carolina
L: Kentucky
-Missouri (2-1)
W: Vandy, Kentucky
Needs help:
-Tennessee (2-1) needs a Florida loss.
W: South Carolina
L: Florida
-Kentucky (2-2) needs losses by Georgia (3), Missouri (2), and Florida.
W: Vandy, Florida
L: Georgia, Missouri
-South Carolina (1-3) needs losses by Georgia (3) and Tennessee (2).
L: Georgia, Tennessee, Florida
Out of contention:
-Vanderbilt (0-4)
L: Kentucky, Missouri, Florida, Georgia
Vandy can't possibly come out ahead in any tiebreaking scenarios. Since they've already lost to Georgia, they won't come out ahead in a two way tie -- although that scenario is impossible because a 4-4 Georgia record would mean that Florida gets a 4th win. That's two teams that beat Vandy.
West
Controls destiny:
-Alabama (4-0)
W: Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Arkansas
Needs help:
-Ole Miss (2-1) needs 2 Alabama losses.
W: LSU, Arkansas
L: Alabama
-LSU (3-1) needs an Ole Miss loss.
W: Arkansas, Auburn
L: Ole Miss
-Texas A&M (2-2) needs 3 Alabama losses.
W: Auburn, Arkansas
L: Alabama
Just start winning:
-Auburn (0-3)
L: Texas A&M, LSU
-Mississippi State (0-2)
L: Alabama
Out of contention:
-Arkansas (0-4)
L: LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Alabama
Like Vandy in the East, Arkansas is on the wrong end of too many tiebreakers to have a chance. For Alabama to end at 4-4, LSU would gain a 4th win, and again we have two teams that beat Arkansas.
Big Ten
East
Controls destiny:
-Michigan (4-0)
W: Rutgers, Indiana
-Ohio State (3-0)
W: Indiana, Maryland
-Penn State (3-0) has cross-divisional wins.
Needs help:
-Maryland (2-2) needs 3 OSU losses, plus additional losses by Michigan and PSU.
W: Michigan State, Indiana
L: Ohio State
-Rutgers (2-2) needs 3 Michigan losses, plus additional losses by OSU and PSU.
W: Michigan State
L: Michigan
Just start winning:
-Indiana (0-3)
L: Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan
-Michigan State (0-3)
L: Maryland, Rutgers
West
Controls destiny:
-Iowa (3-1)
W: Purdue, Wisconsin
-Northwestern (1-2)
W: Minnesota
-Nebraska (1-2)
W: Illinois
L: Minnesota
Needs help:
-Wisconsin (2-1) needs an Iowa loss.
W: Purdue
L: Iowa
-Minnesota (1-2) needs a Northwestern loss.
W: Nebraska
L: Northwestern
-Purdue (1-3) needs losses by Wisconsin (3) and Iowa (3).
W: Illinois
L: Wisconsin, Iowa
Just start winning:
-Illinois (1-3)
L: Purdue, Nebraska
Drive for 325: Once again, Iowa's average goes down. And if there are any non-offensive scores, my calculations are actually benefitting the offense. Iowa actually needs to average 30 points in their remaining games to hit the benchmark.
After 7 games:
Total points / Benchmark: 146 / 175
Points per game: 20.86
Big 12
Oklahoma (3-0)
W: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Texas
Iowa State (3-1)
W: Oklahoma State, TCU, Cincinnati
L: Oklahoma
West Virginia (2-1)
W: Texas Tech, TCU
L: Houston
Texas (2-1)
W: Baylor, Kansas
L: Oklahoma
Oklahoma State (2-1)
W: Kansas State, Kansas
L: Iowa State
Kansas State (2-1)
W: UCF, Texas Tech
L: OK State
Kansas (2-2)
W: BYU, UCF
L: Texas, Oklahoma State
Texas Tech (2-2)
W: Houston, Baylor
L: WVU, Kansas State
TCU (2-2)
W: Houston, BYU
L: WVU, Iowa State
BYU (1-2)
W: Cincinnati
L: Kansas, TCU
Baylor (1-2)
W: UCF
L: Texas, Texas Tech
Houston (1-2)
W: WVU
L: TCU, Texas Tech
Cincinnati (0-2)
L: Oklahoma, Iowa State
UCF (0-3)
L: Kansas State, Baylor, Kansas
Pac-12
USC (4-0) - Big Ten
W: Stanford, Arizona State, Colorado, Arizona
Washington (3-0) - Big Ten
W: Cal, Arizona, Oregon
Oregon State (3-1) - Pac-2
W: Utah, Cal, UCLA
L: Washington State
Oregon (2-1) - Big Ten
W: Colorado, Stanford
L: Washington
Utah (2-1) - Big 12
W: UCLA, Cal
L: Oregon State
Arizona (2-2) - Big 12
W: Stanford, Washington State
L: Washington, USC
UCLA (1-2) - Big Ten
W: Washington State
L: Utah, Oregon State
Washington State (1-2) - Pac-2
W: Oregon State
L: UCLA, Arizona
Cal (1-3) - ACC
W: Arizona State
L: Washington, Oregon State, Utah
Stanford (1-3) - ACC
W: Colorado
L: USC, Arizona, Oregon
Colorado (1-3) - Big 12
W: Arizona State
L: Oregon, USC, Stanford
Arizona State (0-3) - Big 12
L: USC, Cal, Colorado
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