\nOhio State<\/b> left the ranks of the unbeaten today. Let’s see how Ohio State’s opponents did, get some commentary on the Big 10 race, review the Top 12, and finally the Bottom 5. Buckeye opponent’s records after the 10th week, 69-59. After 8 weeks of conference play, Ohio State<\/b> and Michigan<\/b> each suffered their first conference loss and will play for the Big 10 championship next weekend. Congratulations to Michigan State<\/b>, Iowa<\/b>, and Northwestern<\/b> who became bowl eligible. For the first time since 1959 both Ohio State<\/b> and Michigan<\/b> lost before their rivalry game. This weekend, 10 of the 11 Big 10 teams are now eligible for bowl play. The Big 10 is so tough, it’s tough to make it through conference play undefeated. \nThese are the undefeated survivors; give them credit for standing tall when others are losing games they should win: Kansas<\/b> and Hawaii<\/b>. The Warriors thumped Fresno State and the Jayhawks outscored the Cowboys. Utah State<\/b> and Florida International<\/b> maintained their perfect records with zero wins between them this year. \nMy Special Bottom 5 rankings: (Why bottom 5? If you finish there you should be relegated to I-AA) <\/p>\n \nIn the coming week I’ll post an Michigan\/OSU<\/b> preview, a game review of Michigan\/OSU<\/b>, and a Weekend Update Sports edition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And then there were two Ohio State left the ranks of the unbeaten today. Let’s see how Ohio State’s opponents did, get some commentary on the Big 10 race, review the Top 12, and finally the Bottom 5. OSU Opponent Watch Youngstown State (7-4) – Played Western Illinois at home, won 31-24. Conclusion: Expected Win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOSU Opponent Watch<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/p>\nQuick Hits from Around College Football<\/h2>\n
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\nProjected BCS Top 5: LSU<\/b>, Oregon<\/b>, Kansas<\/b>, Oklahoma<\/b>, and West Virginia<\/b>.
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\nGame of the week? Central Michigan<\/b> beat Western Michigan<\/b> 34-31. The teams combined to score 48 points in the final stanza.
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\nMismatch of the week? Virginia<\/b> humiliated Miami<\/b> 48-0 in their final game in the Orange Bowl stadium.
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\nMy Special Top 12 rankings: (Why Top 12? That’s where you need to be to get into BCS contention.) <\/p>\n\n
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