College Football: Week 6

This week in college football went mostly to plan, unless you're a fan of Northwestern, Georgia, USC, or Oklahoma. Southern California lost to Washington 17-12 Thursday night, the Trojans had more total yards than Washington, but were only 1-13 on third down and had 3 turnovers. At this point I'm guessing USC is out of the playoff picture but could still ruin another teams chances, they play at Notre Dame next week, and are home against Utah on October 24th. Georgia just seems to be doing what they do every year, lose 2-4 games and never really emerge as a contender. To make matters worse for Georgia, their star running back Nick Chubb is probably out for the year after a gruesome knee injury Saturday. The future is slightly brighter for Northwestern and Oklahoma, both of whom only have one loss and still have an outside chance at a playoff birth assuming they win out. Northwestern still has a solid team and will play my Hawkeyes next week, but have a relatively easy schedule after that. Oklahoma has a tough schedule ahead of them, they have a three game stretch of at Baylor (ranked 2nd), TCU (ranked 3rd), and at Oklahoma State (ranked 16th), as well as tough games versus Kansas State and Texas Tech. However if Oklahoma were to get through the season with only one loss they would be in good position for a playoff spot.

Enough with the teams that lost, now for the teams that impressed, first lets start with Michigan. The Wolverines absolutely dominated a Northwestern team who many though was well matched with Michigan. Michigan has looked outstanding the past couple of weeks and could really solidify themselves with a win against rival Michigan State next week. Utah looked decent against California, however they forced 6 turnovers and only came away with a 6 point win. LSU is ranked 6th in the country, but I believe at some point running Leonard Fournette will fail them, possibly against Florida this week. Clemson looks good and has already won its toughest game of the year, I have no trouble seeing the Tigers winning out this year and making it to the playoff. And for the 6th straight week, Ohio State and Michigan State survive, but do not impress.