{"id":408,"date":"2015-09-21T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2015-09-28T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:37:35","slug":"ole-miss-new-1-big-12s-tcu-5th-baylor-8th-ou-11th-okla-st-14th-west-virginia-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss New #1; Big 12’s TCU 5th, Baylor 8th, OU 11th, Okla. St. 14th, West Virginia 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alabama and Ole Miss played the game of the week Saturday and the Rebels showed that they might just be the best in the SEC and a strong candidate for one of the Final Four spots in the playoffs at the end of the season.\u00a0 It was an impressive showing in a place that they had not won since 1988 and only the second win in Tuscaloosa in their long-time one-sided rivalry with the Tide. I was very impressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With Michigan State\u2019s win over Oregon eariler, I will keep the Spartans 2nd and drop the Buckeyes down to third.\u00a0\u00a0Ohio was nowhere\u00a0to be seen against a rather mediocre MAC team\u00a0in\u00a0Northern Illinois.\u00a0 Ohio State\u00a0is better than they showed\u00a0but are not the best team in the country, at least not now.\u00a0 They seem to have a problem in finding a quarterback, at least one that they want to call their staring one for the\u00a0season.\u00a0\u00a0This current edition in Columbus is not as good as the team that won it all last year. By years\u2019 end, they should be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Notre Dame running back C.J. Prosise (20) cuts in front of Georgia Tech defensive back Chris Milton (6) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (AP Photo\/Michael Conroy) (Michael Conroy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Notre Dame has lost some fine talent to injury\u00a0yet they continue to win.\u00a0 I like their attitude and their hard nose play against some good teams.\u00a0 A former big time coach says not to overlook the Irish.\u00a0 They will \u201chit you in the face.\u201d\u00a0 Georgia Tech is a very good team they beat Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chris Carson in action against UTSA at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, OK, on Sept. 19, 2015. Photo by Brody Schmidt for the AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For the Big 12 teams, TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma will score against everyone, but all three have issues with their defense. The day they mess up with turnovers and have an off day, they will find it hard to beat another offensive team which the Big 12 is loaded with.\u00a0 Oklahoma<\/strong> State, West Virginia, and now Texas Tech, will all be dangerous on any given Saturday and the Big 12 winner will be lucky to have only one loss.\u00a0 Don\u2019t expect a Big 12 team in the Final Four if one doesn\u2019t emerge undefeated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma\u2019s Zack Sanchez attempts to tackle Tulsa\u2019s Keyarris Garrett while catching a deep pass during the NCAA football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. on Saturday, September 19, 2015. IAN MAULE\/Tulsa World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Out west, UCLA\u2019s win over BYU was close but it was a win.\u00a0 As with the Big 12, the PAC will be a shootout and with Oregon, UCLA, Stanford, USC, Arizona State, Utah, and Arizona State all capable of winning it.\u00a0 I like Oregon and if they don\u2019t stumble another time, they could make the Final Four.\u00a0 The PAC is a deep conference, every bit as good as the others in the Group of Five.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teams that do not impress me currently include Florida State, Clemson, and Georgia.\u00a0 All undefeated, I have issues with all three.\u00a0 Yet, if they keep winning they will be in the mix at the end of the season and Conference championship games to make the Final Four.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Final Four after week three (based on the end of the season and not week 3 ratings)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Ole Miss<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Ohio State<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Notre Dame<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Oregon<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Michigan State (first out)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most impressive team of the week: Ole Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Most disappointing team of the week:\u00a0 Ohio State<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Player of the week:\u00a0 Leonard Fournette, LSU<\/strong><\/p>\n