Week six of the 2018 College season saw UCF make it 18 wins on the bounce with a comfortable 48-20 win over SMU. They must be close to breaking into the top 10. The top 25 ranked teams had a mixed week with 8 of them losing, although 3 of them were facing other top-ranked teams. Of the five that lost to unranked teams, the biggest surprises were probably Stanford losing 40-21 at home to Utah and Auburn going down 23-9 at Miss State. Both can kiss their faint playoff hopes goodbye now. At this stage it’s looking like 4 from 5 of the following, however as we well know there is usually a crazy week mid-season which throws things into chaos.<\/p>\n
Alabama 65, Arkansas 31<\/strong><\/p>\n Georgia 41, Vanderbilt 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Ohio State 49, Indiana 26<\/strong><\/p>\n Clemson 63, Wake Forest 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Notre Dame 45, Virginia Tech 23<\/strong><\/p>\n The best win here was Notre Dame who really impressed winning on the road at VT (not an easy task). They are all 6-0<\/p>\n Ole Miss 70, Louisiana Monroe 21<\/strong>– Ole Miss may not be having a vintage season but they can still take care of one of the weaker Sun Belt teams. It was 63-7 in the third when they finally took their foot off the gas.<\/p>\n Georgia Tech 66, Louisville 31<\/strong> \u2013 GT racked up 60+ points for the second consecutive week, this time against a conference rival. The Yellow Jackets had 542 yards rushing led by TaQuon Marshall who\u00a0ran for 175 yards and two scores.<\/p>\n South Florida 58, Massachusetts 42<\/strong> Crazy game with 100 points and over 1000 yards of offence. Shame only 7988 people turned up to watch it. USF is 5-0 and very much in the running for an at-large spot in the New Year Bowl games.<\/p>\n Texas 48, Oklahoma 45<\/strong> \u2013 A Red River Showdown to remember as the Longhorns took down then-No 7 Oklahoma with a FG in the last minute.<\/p>\n Florida 27, LSU 19 <\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>– The Gators came out on top in what was largely a defensive slugfest. This was a crucial win for Florida and they join LSU on 5-1 in the SEC. The victory was Sealed Inside the last two minutes thanks to a pick six by\u00a0Brad Stewart. Former star QB Tim Tebow became the sixth player to receive the school’s ring of honour at the game<\/p>\n Northwestern 29, Michigan State 19\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0 The Wildcats picked up an excellent road win thanks to a solid second half performance. They gave Michigan quite a game last week and look to be on the up, however given there were 1-3 including a loss to MAC side Akron this was a surprise.<\/p>\n North Carolina State 28, Boston College 23\u00a0 <\/strong>– NC State move to 5-0 with a clearer cut win that the score would suggest. They led 28-3 late in the 3rd before easing off.<\/p>\n Cincinnati 37, Tulane 21\u00a0 <\/strong>–\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 The Bearcats moved to\u00a06-0 for the first time since 2012<\/p>\n Washington State 56, Oregon State 37\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Nice comeback win on the road for the Cougars.\u00a0Gardner Minshew threw for 430 yards & 5 TDs. They move to 5-1<\/p>\n Colorado 28, Arizona State 21<\/strong>\u00a0– The Buffaloes are 5-0 and currently control the PAC -12 South. Big test next week though at USC. Win that and they are for real.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Washington 31, UCLA 24<\/strong>\u00a0– A win is a win but the Huskies struggled against the pass and nearly let 0-5 UCLA back into the game twice in the fourth.\u00a0 Must do better if they are to get back in the playoff hunt.<\/p>\n BUFF 34, CMU 24\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Nice Bounce back after their mauling by Army last week The Bulls are now 5-1 and close to Bowl eligible<\/p>\n WIS 41, NEB 24 –<\/strong>\u00a0The Badgers hopes of a Big -10 Conference Final place took a boost thanks largely to the efforts of\u00a0Jonathan Taylor who ran for 221 yards and three scores, including an 88-yarder which is a a career-best. The Scott Frost era in Nebraska continues its slow start – they are 0-5 and look like missing out on a Bowl game for the second season running.<\/p>\n UTAH 40, STAN 21\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>– Huge road win against then No 14 Stanford. Keeps their hopes alive in the PAC -12 South.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IOWA 48, MINN 31 <\/strong>– Important road win for the Hawkeyes following last weeks loss at tome to Wisconsin at 4-1 they are still very much alive in the Big 10<\/p>\n MEM 55, UCONN 14 <\/strong>– Morale boosting win which was needed following last weeks shocker against Tulane. Helped by 4 turnovers and a solid 378 yards on the ground. Up next UCF.<\/p>\n Miami 28, Florida State 27\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0– Tremendous come from behind win for Miami after the struggling Seminoles looked like they were going to get a shock victory. To be fair it should have been slightly easier but\u00a0Bubba Baxa somehow managed to miss a 28 yd Field goal late in the 4th.<\/p>\n Texas A&M 20, Kentucky 14 (OT)<\/strong>\u00a0– not a major shock but still a first defeat for Kentucky. Jimbo Fishers A&M dominated in both yardage and clock time and wouldn’t have needed OT but for a late fumble which was returned for the tying score.<\/p>\n Mississippi State 23, Auburn 9 <\/strong>–\u00a0Auburn’s second SEC loss will knock them out of the top 10 and probably has ended any playoff hopes they had.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Pittsburgh 44, Syracuse 37 (OT)<\/strong>\u00a0– After starting 4-0 and pushing Clemson all the way last week Syracuse now find themselves 4-2.<\/p>\n Image Evgenii Matrosov\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Week six of the 2018 College season saw UCF make it 18 wins on the bounce with a comfortable 48-20 win over SMU. They must be close to breaking into the top 10. 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Is it Basketball?<\/h2>\n
Game of the day<\/h2>\n
Performance of the day<\/h2>\n
Upset of the day<\/h2>\n
Moving on up<\/h2>\n
A bit disappointing<\/h2>\n
Back on track<\/h2>\n
Keeping it close<\/h2>\n
Back down to earth<\/h2>\n