Ranking of University Football: Top-25 FALLOUT TRACKER, Week 3

After a slight week 2, this weekend should give us a real move in the New Year's race. We have about twice as many games with a good chance of significantly taking into account the selection on Sunday, and that before we added problems.

Below, we followed the impact of each top 25, both before and after the final scores.

Remember the rewards the committee has shown: winning on top 25 teams, winning on teams, winning, winning odd wins, being in Alabama and not being a mid-major. It does not matter the rank of your opponent at the time of sending.

All rankings AP, until the committee starts to release. Final notes in italics.

Matches in which the winning team will likely win a Week 3 victory at the end of the season.

• No. 1 Alabama (3-0) 62, Ole Miss (2-1) 7: A horrible victory over a team likely to end with a winning record. This is the kind of anecdote that the committee chairman would quote on ESPN while praising Bama.
• No. 4 Ohio State (3-0) 40, No. 15 TCU (2-1) 28: Nobody should get real credit on the road, because Jerry World is close to the TCU campus but is likely to be a Buckeye crowd. OSU adds one of the best non-con wins of the year, as the TCU seems to compete with anyone who plays.
• BYU (2-1) 24, No. 6 Wisconsin (2-1) 21: I guess BYU's terrible 2017 was a stroke of luck, huh? Also, not a big Saturday for the Big Ten, with OOC losses by Maryland, Nebraska and Rutgers.
• No. 12 LSU (3-0) 22, No. 7 Auburn (2-1) 21: As always, any of these teams can go from 11-1 to 7-5, but a solid point of recovery is assured for LSU.
• No. 10 Washington (2-1) 21, Utah (2-1) 7: This game was disconcerting, but it's in the books as a two-team win that could very well win a low South in Pac-12.
• No. 24 Oklahoma State (3-0) 44, No. 17 Boise State (2-1) 21: Really awesome W (Boise was actually favored at the time of sending), and the New Year's race returns to its full meaning.

Games in which the winner will probably have beaten a decent bowl team (or better), and I am slightly generous in week 3.

• No. 2 Clemson (3-0) 38, Georgia Southern (2-1) 7: The Eagles seem pretty likely to bowl.
• No. 3 Georgia (3-0) 49, Middle Tennessee (1-2) 7: MTSU has a shot at .500.
• # 5 Oklahoma (3-0) 37, Iowa State (0-2) 27: The UIS is likely to bounce back and make a bowl. Good road.
• No. 8 Notre Dame (3-0) 22, Vanderbilt (2-1) 17: I think Vandy is pretty good!
• No. 16 Mississippi State (3-0) 56, UL Lafayette (1-1) 10: Of course, let's say the Cajun Ragin 'are a bowl team for the moment. S & P + likes them.
• No. 21 Miami (2-1) 49, Toledo (1-1) 24: An impressive victory on the road for the Canes, far enough from home (pretty much until Delaware to New Mexico) and against a good team.
• Texas (2-1) 37, No. 22 USC (1-2) 14: Well, it was a ranked match.
• State of San Diego (2-1) 28, No 23 Arizona State (2-1) 21: Let's say it's a victory over the potential of the South Pac-12 champions. Why not? I think everyone on earth is a potential Pac-12 South champion right now.

The committee does not really care about victories against FCS teams, teams with losing records, and so on.

• No. 9 Stanford (3-0) 30, FCS UC Davis 10
• No. 11 Penn State (3-0) 63, Kent State (1-2) 10
• # 13 Virginia TechThe match against East Carolina was canceled due to the weather, which is not a big loss for the Hokies calendar.
• No. 14 West VirginiaThe match against NC State was also canceled. It would have been a great win for the winner, not that football matters a lot here.
• N ° 18 UCFThe match against UNC was also canceled. In any case, a victory would not have moved the Knights' Needle, as wild as it is, to an important CCA program.
• No. 19 Michigan (2-1) 45, SMU (0-3) 20
• No. 20 Oregon (3-0) 35, San Jose State (0-3) 22
• No. 25 Michigan State (1-1): Quick recovery of Herm Edwards.