Cooper’s take, October 17
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Game of the week, Oct 24
Watch: Conner Weigman (No. 2 in FBS in passing touchdowns) vs. Devon Dampier (1,412 passing yards, 15 TD)
Our ratings give Utah a 68% chance. Houston leads the series 5–0. Share
Week 7 finals, Top 25
All scoresRivalry watch: Floyd of Rosedale, Oct 24: Iowa at Minnesota; our ratings give Iowa a 62% chance.
BYU +10.5 covered; over 47.5
Tennessee +7.5 covered; under 50.5
LSU −17.5 covered; under 56.5
Oklahoma State +4 covered; over 62.5
Ohio State −3 covered; under 49.5
Ole Miss −4 covered; under 57.5
What changed this week
Full pollsClimbed in the AP poll
- ▲6 BYU to No. 2
- ▲6 Houston to No. 14
- ▲4 Wake Forest to No. 17
In and out
- New Florida at No. 20
- New Arizona at No. 25
- Out Mississippi State was No. 16
- Out Oklahoma State was No. 18
Our Elo ratings
- +44 South Carolina after its last game
- +39 Arkansas after its last game
- −46 Minnesota after its last game
- −39 Vanderbilt after its last game
- 6 FBS teams still unbeaten
On this date
History
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Crushes Richmond, II To O; Tennessee Topples Crimson Tide FRONT WALL OF VOLS PRODUCES 12–0 DECISION KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 49, Tennessee derailed Alabama, high riding Red Elephants fon. times in the shadow of the gosl “a, day and put together two sustained drives to dump the Rose Bon, champions from the unbea+o, ranks, 1910, before a canaci,a crowd of 20, DOC. 1t was the first defeat for Coao, Frank Thomas team in a regular. season game since Georgia turned the trick in 1914. 1t ended a IA. game winning streak. For Coach Bob Neyland of the Vols it was ~. Seth straight regular = season viz. tory, which started before he went into the Army in 1910. The Vols were a determined chin and would not be denied, desni,o entering the game as the under. dog. Harry Gilmer, the Tides grea, passer, put on an exhibition thai, had the partisan crowd on edse out the Vols stopped the aerial cas-. cades when it had to. Three time, in the last quarter, Gilmer passed his team inside the Vols 10, bp, to no avail. Neyland’s crew, with Bob Lund a substitute tailback in a starring role. drove As yards to a tally in the second period and then stopped an Alabama drive in the third No. Rod at the 80 and drove back 60 yards for a second touchdown. Lund scored both touchdowns on short plunges, the first after he had accounted for most of ts yardage and the clincher after Wal Slater, Tennessee’s captain, had engineered the effort to within inches of the goal. Lund replaced Slater and scored in one play. The vastly superior line play Of the Vols spelled the difference highlands big forward wall out, charged and outfought the South eastern conference champions after the first period, and refused to yield at critical moments after that. The second teams came out for the second period with Tennessees Billy Gold and Lund sparkling a ground attack 80 yards to midfield Until that point, Tennessee lad not made a first down. After te punt exchange, the Vols moved Il yards to score with Lund account ing for most of the yardage, carry. ing and passing. He and Gold alternated for two first downs to the tide Il. Lurd then plunged nine yards and pass ed to Bill Hillman at the eight
From the numbers
- Miami is the only FBS team that has scored 30 or more in every game this season.Share
- Cincinnati came back from 21 points down to beat Miami (OH) 35–31, the biggest comeback in FBS this season.Share
- Utah has won 12 straight, the longest active winning streak in FBS.Share
- Indiana hasn’t won at Michigan since 1967 (22 visits since).Share
Computed from every game through Oct 18 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.
Big days, week 7
PlayersPassing
Michael Hawkins Jr.25 of 33, 464 yards, 3 TDWest Virginia vs. Cincinnati
- J.C. French Cincinnati22 of 30, 389 yards, 3 TD
- Conner Weigman Houston24 of 33, 343 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Torrance Burgess Jr.24 carries, 224 yards, 4 TDTexas State vs. Colorado State
- Cale Hellums Army25 carries, 195 yards, 5 TD
- Tyler Hughes Wyoming12 carries, 183 yards, 4 TD
Receiving
Umari Hatcher13 catches, 224 yards, 1 TDSyracuse vs. Louisville
- Que’Sean Brown Virginia Tech6 catches, 182 yards, 1 TD
- Malachi Toney Miami11 catches, 154 yards, 2 TD
Defense
Jordan Castell9 tackles, 2 INT, 1 TDKentucky at Oklahoma
- Jayland McGlothen San José State5 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss
- Dylan Lee San José State12 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss
Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
