College football grades: Texas gets ‘A-‘ for rivalry win, Ohio State earns ‘F’ on Week 14 report card

Ohio State again lost to Michigan, but the most impactful result happened in the Atlantic Coast Conference in another memorable college football weekend.

No. 6 Miami’s 42-38 loss to Syracuse opened the door for a three-loss Southeastern Conference team (Alabama, Ole Miss or South Carolina) to sneak into the College Football Playoff and threatens to make the ACC a one-bid league. No. 9 SMU (11-1) could be the only ACC team that makes the field if it beats No. 12 Clemson, which is coming off a loss to South Carolina, in next Saturday’s ACC Championship. 

The two-loss Hurricanes are currently without a win over a team ranked in the CFP top 25 and have gotten a lot of benefit from the committee over how potent Cam Ward and the rest of the offense has been. Miami’s title odds plummeted from +2600 after last week’s win over Wake Forest to +35000 now, behind teams like Colorado, BYU and UNLV. 

That dropped Miami out of our grades group — we only grade teams with national title odds of +4000 or better — but there was plenty of other action worth weighing in on. Below are how the title contenders fared in the final regular season week before conference championships. 

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Grade: A  | Title odds: +350

Poor Washington’s offensive line had no chance against Oregon’s stout defensive front as the Ducks manhandled the Huskies for 10 sacks and 16 tackles for loss in a dominant 49-21 victory. No. 1 Oregon completed the…


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Author : John Talty

Publish date : 2024-12-01 13:25:00

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