College Football Top 25, Michigan Teams Face Ranked Opponents

Sunday, October 6, 2019

The Top 5 in this week’s College Football Rankings remain virtually the same. Michigan and Michigan State make moves in the standings, good and bad.

Michigan State Spartans

In their biggest test of the season, Michigan State headed to Columbus to take on the 4th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The Spartans fumbled twice in the first five minutes of the game, but their defense rose to the occasion and held the Buckeyes to just a field goal in the open quarter.

The Ohio State offense began to cook in the second quarter as they scored three touchdowns and added another field goal. Michigan State responded quickly to the first Buckeye touchdown. However, Ohio States abundance of talent quickly wore down the Spartans on both sides of the ball.

After leading 27-10 at halftime, Ohio State added a fourth-quarter touchdown to make the final score 34-10. The defeat dropped Michigan State out of the Top 25, Ohio State tied Georgia for the #3 ranking.

It does not get any easier for the Spartans as they face #8 Wisconsin on the road in Madison, followed by an off week, then #10 Penn State visits on October 26th.

Michigan

In a game that may have defined Michigan’s season to date, the Wolverines needed a win over the 14th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes on homecoming to prevent becoming irrelevant in the Big 10 title race.

Michigan scored 10 points in the first seven minutes of the first quarter then held on with a tenacious defense, only allowing a second-quarter field goal to the Hawkeyes.

The 10-3 win was not pretty, but it was a win and it raised the Wolverines to the 16th rank in this week’s poll. Next week Michigan travels to Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini in what should be an easy win heading into a tough two weeks against ranked opponents #10 Penn State and #9 Notre Dame.

The AP Top 25 Rankings

Updated Oct 6, 2019

RANK	TEAM	TREND	POINTS		NEXT GAME
1	Alabama (32) 5-0	—	1503		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	@  Texas A&M
2	Clemson (15) 5-0	—	1433		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	vs  Florida St.
3	Georgia (3) 5-0	—	1393		Sat, Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm	vs  South Carolina
3	Ohio St. (3) 6-0	1	1393		Fri, Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm	@  Northwestern
5	LSU (2) 5-0	—	1352		Sat, Oct 12 @ 8:00 pm	vs  Florida
6	Oklahoma 5-0	—	1268		Sat, Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm	vs  Texas
7	Florida 6-0	3	1163		Sat, Oct 12 @ 8:00 pm	@  LSU
8	Wisconsin 5-0	—	1105		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	vs  Michigan St.
9	Notre Dame 4-1	—	1046		Sat, Oct 12 @ 7:30 pm	vs  USC
10	Penn St. 5-0	2	958		Sat, Oct 12 @ 7:30 pm	@  Iowa
11	Texas 4-1	—	947		Sat, Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm	vs  Oklahoma
12	Auburn 5-1	5	920		Sat, Oct 19 – TBA	@  Arkansas
13	Oregon 4-1	—	828		Fri, Oct 11 @ 10:00 pm	vs  Colorado
14	Boise St. 5-0	2	654		Sat, Oct 12 @ 10:15 pm	vs  Hawaii
15	Utah 4-1	2	624		Sat, Oct 12 @ 8:00 pm	@  Oregon St.
16	Michigan 4-1	3	618		Sat, Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm	@  Illinois
17	Iowa 4-1	3	454		Sat, Oct 12 @ 7:30 pm	vs  Penn St.
18	Arizona St. 4-1	2	388		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	vs  Washington St.
19	Wake Forest 5-0	3	380		Sat, Oct 12 @ 7:30 pm	vs  Louisville
20	Virginia 4-1	3	353		Fri, Oct 11 @ 8:00 pm	@  Miami (Fla.)
21	SMU 6-0	3	285		Sat, Oct 19 – TBA	vs  Temple
22	Baylor 5-0	10	260		Sat, Oct 12 @ 4:00 pm	vs  Texas Tech
23	Memphis 5-0	5	189		Sat, Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm	@  Temple
24	Texas A&M 3-2	1	165		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	vs  Alabama
25	Cincinnati 4-1	—	118		Sat, Oct 12 @ 3:30 pm	@  Houston

Courtesy of CBS Sports