The Blue Workhorse

Oklahoma won impressively yet again, and it was just enough to bump them past Texas and into the Big XII championship game. With a win, they appear to be destined for the national championship against the winner of the SEC championship game. Too bad Texas can’t replace Missouri in the championship game. Now that would make for an entertaining championship weekend.

Another week means another re-evaluation, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 13. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

My selections last week were pretty good. I only missed two games. Of course, I did miss the big one. I thought Texas Tech would at least put on a better showing in Norman.

This week, however, I’ve got all the winners with a couple of unexpected upsets during Rivalry Week:

(all rankings from are from The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25)
#3 Oklahoma at #12 Oklahoma State

There will be Bedlam in Stillwater this year. This year’s rivalry game may have the most riding on it in the history of the series. Oklahoma comes into the game with the apparent advantage and fast track in the Big XII South. With a win, the Sooners should be have the advantage in the BCS standings and, therefore, win the tiebreaker between themselves, Texas, and Texas Tech.

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The college basketball season started last week, but it gets going full speed today with ESPN’s first annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, which technically started last night when Memphis took down UMass 80-58 in a game that started at midnight (Eastern Time at least).
To get you into the groove of college basketball (even in the [...]

Week 5 was a week of upsets with six of the AP’s Top 25 falling victim.

Week 6, however, was relatively tame. Only three teams fell, and none were major national contenders.

The major story of Week 6 came out of Nashville as Vanderbilt came back to defeat Auburn and get their first win as a ranked team in over half a century.

Another week means another re-evalution, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 6. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

* Last week, every single position in the Top 25 saw a new name beside it. This week, the top 11 remain the same except for USC and Texas Tech switching spots.
* With a 4-1 record, Michigan State bounds into the Top 25 at #18. Also moving into the Top 25 for the first time is North Carolina after their 38-12 win over Connecticut. Both teams have an opportunity to prove their new rankings with games against tough opponents: MSU heads to 5-0 Northwestern while UNC hosts 4-1 Notre Dame.

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The 7-11 PM (EST) time slot on Saturday had the best collection of games on national television since the midday (3:30-7) slot on September 16, 2006 when #3 Auburn won a 7-3 battle with #6 LSU, #12 Louisville blew out #17 Miami, #11 Michigan put it on Brady Quinn and the #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and #18 Oregon scored in the last minute to beat #15 Oklahoma.

That September day was a great day to be a college football fan. Along with these four games, there were 3 other games that featured matchups of two teams in the top 25. While there were only two top 25 battles this weekend, both games (LSU/Auburn & Wake Forest/Florida St) were featured in the evening along with a big-time Pac-10/SEC battle between Arizona State and Georgia.

The favorites won in each of those games, but East Carolina and Oregon weren’t as lucky as both were upset.

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