TUCFC: 2012 Week 13

Baylor managed to hold on to the TUCFC title this week with an exciting 52-45 win over Texas Tech in overtime. Baylor will close out their regular season next week against Oklahoma State.

The real story of the week was Notre Dame. If Notre Dame, Alabama, and Georgia all won, which they did, it would lock up the BCS finalists to Notre Dame and the winner of the SEC championship game between Alabama and Georgia. But critical here was Notre Dame, because if they lost it would have thrown the entire BCS picture into total chaos. As it is we will now get Notre Dame versus the SEC champ and that will make most everyone happy. Oregon didn't win the Pac 12 and Kansas State took a beating from a team that currently sits at 6-5 just barely bowl eligible. Stanford has two losses and Florida lost to Georgia. In the end it is all working out very neatly this year for the BCS.

This is the week for conference championship games and a few other stragglers. Personally I think these teams currently play too many regular season games, and if we are ever going to get to a 16 team playoff we'll need to get that worked out.

There is one question that needs to be thought about. If Ohio State were eligible would they be the school with first dibs to play Notre Dame in the BCS championship? I would have to say I believe they would be. The Big 10 was bad this year, but in the latest UCFC Power Ratings, Ohio State sits above Alabama and Georgia because they played a tougher schedule. Alabama has one impressive win over LSU, that's it. The only other top ten team they faced all year was Texas A&M and they lost that game at home. Just as the Big 10 was down so was the SEC. Arkansas, Auburn, and Tennessee all had very disappointing seasons, and one of the big improved teams Vanderbilt who went 5-3 in Conference lost to Northwestern of the Big 10.



Games to Watch

Northern Illinois (11-1) at Kent State (11-1)
     Just think if Kent State didn't have that one loss, against Kentucky, they may be in the conversation for a BCS bowl.  As it is they will be playing for the MAC crown.

Alabama (11-1) at Georgia (11-1)
     When Georgia took a beating from South Carolina who would have imagined they would have a chance to play for the a right to get into the BCS championship game.  Go DAWGS!!



TUCFC Power Ratings
I find it interesting how far Alabama has fallen back over these last few weeks, all due to the fact that they have played lousy teams.  I'm curious to see if the SEC champ can jump up to the number 2 spot, or if Stanford wins if they will take it. 

Rank	Team	Record	WP	WDiffP	LP	LDiffP	Power
1	Notre Dame	12-0	1,454.188	1,087.100	0.000	0.000	2,541.288
2	Florida	11-1	1,292.625	1,044.638	5.500	35.000	2,296.763
3	Oregon	11-1	1,230.563	1,071.125	18.406	53.313	2,229.969
4	Stanford	10-2	1,479.875	1,027.250	92.219	251.250	2,163.656
5	Ohio State	12-0	1,059.688	798.163	0.000	0.000	1,857.850
6	Alabama	11-1	899.531	931.938	9.219	21.188	1,801.063
7	Louisiana State	10-2	948.250	788.450	10.750	32.500	1,693.450
8	Georgia	11-1	892.875	865.813	8.219	57.688	1,692.781
9	Kansas State	10-1	1,012.031	901.925	79.688	257.250	1,577.019
10	South Carolina	10-2	864.188	777.688	11.438	60.500	1,569.938