University football ranking: Top-25 in freefall, Week 6

We are now in the same month as the first 2018 College Football Playoff ranking. And October started with – technically – some major changes, but it was more to unmask some pretenders than real BLOOD WEEK CHAOS CARNAGE. I will explain each one below.

Below, we track the impact of each of the top 25 games, both before and after the final scores, with a focus on CFB committee elements, not highlights or fun.

Do not forget the elements that the committee has generally shown rewarded: victory over teams ranked in the top 25 of the final standings, victory over bowl teams, victories on the road, victories among dominants, strangely excusable defeats, being Alabama and not be mid-major. It does not matter the AP ranking of your opponent at kickoff.

All rankings AP, for the moment. Every day Saturday and every Tuesday AND. Final scores in bold.

Games in which the winning team will probably win a high quality victory in the 6th week before the end of the season.

• No. 22 Florida (5-1) 27, No. 5 LSU (5-1) 19"Florida is upset by Georgia and another Kentucky defeat away from the playoffs" is not a thing expected of anyone about this game, but we are there. It sounded like a big surprise, but the Gators were just 3-point outsiders.
• Notre Dame (6-0) 45, No. 24 Virginia Tech (3-2) 23This trip may have been the largest roadblock remaining for Notre Dame's playoffs. Not really.
• No. 19 Texas (5-1), No. 7 Oklahoma (5-1) 45: Everybody's gone to Texas after Week 1, and yet the Longhorns are currently Big 12 favorites in the regular season. (UT and WVU are undefeated in the conference, but WVU has no win against Oklahoma.) Again, this was not really a surprise for BONKERS, because Texas almost always plays the den, and Tom Herman has a very good underdog record. .
• Texas A & M (4-2) 20, No.13 Kentucky (5-1) 14: The Aggies should definitely be ranked. Not at all upset because they were the favorites at home.

Games in which the winner will probably have beaten a correct bowl team. I am rather generous with some of these unclassified teams regarding the odds of winning a bowl.

• No. 2 Georgia (6-0) 41, Vanderbilt (3-3) 13
• No. 3 Ohio State (6-0) 49, Indiana (4-2) 26
• No. 4 Clemson (6-0) 63, Wake Forest (3-3) 3: A road cancellation. Do you remember when we were all very worried about Clemson's QB situation?
• State of Mississippi (4-2) 23, No. 8 Auburn (4-2) 9: We can probably go ahead and consider Auburn as a likely disappointment for the year, but MSU could still stall over a New Year 's match. a home outsider with 3.5 points.
• No. 12 UCF (5-0) 48, SMU (2-4) 20: UCF is the New Year's favorite at this point (even more so now that Boise State has lost again), but hoping that mid-sized teams like SMUs are making bowls is still on the agenda.
• Utah (3-2) 40, No. 14 Stanford (4-2) 21: Yet another deceptive disappointment. Stanford was only favored by 4 and he missed Bryce Love. The takeaway: this puts the hopes of the playoffs of the Pac-12 on a very thin ice.
• No. 15 Michigan (5-1) 42, Maryland (3-2) 21
• No. 17 Miami (5-1) 28, Florida State (3-3) 27: This is not the best result against a team that may not play, but it's much prettier than a defeat.
• Northwestern (2-3) 29, No. 20 State of Michigan (3-2) 19: MSU was a pretty thin team, but now it will not be ranked, so everything is fine.
• No. 21 Colorado (5-0) 28, State of Arizona (3-3) 21: [clears throat as loudly as possible] It may be the Pac-12 South Championship game. [faints]
• No. 23 NC State (5-0) 28, Boston College (4-2) 23: NC State could really make New Year Six.
• State of Iowa (2-3) 48, No.25 State of Oklahoma (4-2) 42: Places opening at the bottom of the ranking, for all those who want it!
• Cincinnati (6-0) 37, Tulane (2-4) 21: Unclassified Bearcats will appear here as long as they remain undefeated.
• State of San Diego (4-1) 19, State of Boise (3-2) 13: The Broncos would also appear here until they lose again, so this will probably be their last appearance.

The committee does not really care about victories over FCS teams, teams with final defeat records, and so on. Some of these outsiders could still play, of course.

• # 1 Alabama (6-0) 65, Arkansas (1-5) 31
• No. 9 West Virginia (5-0) 38, Kansas (2-4) 22
• No. 10 Washington (5-1) 31, UCLA (0-5) 24
• No. 16 Wisconsin (4-1) 41, Nebraska (0-5) 24