Pitt moves up a couple notches after upsetting #10 South Florida and Michigan tumbles after getting embarrassed by Illinois.
2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6 |
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| Opponent | Last Game | Next | Comments | ||
| 1. |  |
Southern Cal Trojans (3-1) |
W, 44-10 – #23 Oregon | vs. Arizona State (10/11) | Frank : USC got back on track with a convincing win over Oregon, but I am still honestly surprised they lost to Oregon State the week before. I don’t see USC losing another game this year (and unfortunately that includes againt us), but I also never saw them losing to Oregon State either. |
| 2. |  |
Michigan State Spartans (5-1) |
W, 16-13 – Iowa | @ Northwestern (10/11) | Frank: If the Spartans had an even average quarterback, they would be a real threat in the Big 10 this year, but Brian Hoyer is really inaccurate and it is going to cost them a game or two pretty soon. |
| 3. |  |
North CarolinaTar Heels (3-1) |
W, 38-12 – #24 UConn | vs. Notre Dame (10/11) | Frank: Pretty nice win for UNC with T.J. Yates out. UNC is playing very opportunistic defense right now – they are allowing yards but are getting turnovers when they need them. This will be a pretty tough game this weekend. |
| 4. |  |
Pittsburgh Panthers (4-1) |
W, 26-21 – #10 South Florida | @ Navy (10/18) | Frank: Was pretty surprised to see Pitt upset South Florida. I wasn’t 100% sold that South Florida was a top 10 team, but if they got past Pitt, they very likely would have been undefeated this year. Pitt is looking a lot better than they were a few weeks ago and will be a tough game with their potent running game. |
| 5. |  |
Boston College Eagles (4-1) |
W, 38-31 – NC State | vs. #18 Virginia Tech | Frank: The Eagles beat their former coach this weekend to improve to 4-1 on the season and are playing pretty good football. In fact, I wish my Philadelphia Eagles were 4-1 and playing good football right now but I digress… |
| 6. |  |
Purdue Boilermakers (2-3) |
L, 6-20 – #6 Penn State | @ #12 Ohio State | Frank: I was hoping Purdue could pull the upset over Penn State this past weekend, but they couldn’t do much against the Lion defense. |
| 7. |  |
Stanford Cardinal (3-3) |
L, 21-28 – Notre Dame | vs. Arizona (10/11) | Frank: Stanford shut down our running game a lot better than I thought they would, but Clausen tore them up through the air. If not for some conservative play calling in the 4th, this game would not have been nearly as close as the final score showed. |
| 8. |  |
Michigan Wolverines (2-3) |
L, 20-45 – Illinois | vs. Toledo (10/11) | Frank: I thought Michigan might be turning the corner after their come from behind win against Wisconsin. I thought wrong. Michigan looked really bad against Illinois after jumping out to a big lead. Looks like it might be a long season in Ann Arbor after all. Isn’t that a shame? |
| 9. |  |
Navy Midshipmen (3-2) |
W, 33-27 – Air Force | vs. #24 Pitt (10/18) | Frank: Nice win over Air Force sets up a very interesting matchup with Pitt next weekend. |
| 10. |  |
Syracuse Orangemen (1-4) |
L, 24-34 – Pittsburgh | @ West Virginia (10/11) | Frank: Pretty sure this team isn’t going to win another game. Also pretty sure Greg Robinson will be looking for a new job this fall. |
| 11. |  |
San Diego State Aztecs (1-3) |
L, 7-41 – TCU | vs. Air Force (10/11) | Frank: Still wondering why we didn’t throw the ball all over the field on these guys. |
| 12. |  |
Washington Huskies (0-4) |
L, 14-48 – Arizona | vs. Oregon State (10/18) | Frank: Could Washington beat San Diego State right now? Not with the team I saw get blown out by Arizona. Some thought Washington could be a dangerous team this year but right now the only thng they are a danger too is the collective blood pressure of Husky fans. |
It looks like the right time for that extra incentive, a “Ranked Team.” The “competitive trash talking” incentive worked last week, hopefully, we will correct a few things and this new incentive will work this week.
Gooooooooooooo Irish!