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Brian Kelly's first season at LSU opened with a loss to Florida State on a blocked PAT in New Orleans. Now, the Bayou Bengals are headed to Atlanta to face Georgia in the SEC Championship game. Suffice it to say, no one saw that coming.
LSU was a 13-10 survivor at Arkansas on Saturday while Georgia was a 45-19 winner in the Bulldog fight at Mississippi State.
Clemson now knows it will face North Carolina in the ACC Championship game in Charlotte after the Tar Heels managed a 36-34 triumph at Wake Forest. Clemson had the Atlantic secured, even before its 31-16 win at Louisville on Saturday.
TCU reserved a spot in the Big 12 Championship game with a 17-10 win at Texas while Kansas State moved into sole possession of 2nd with a 31-3 smackdown of Baylor in Waco.
Meanwhile, the PAC-12 and B1G got a little messier.
Oregon lost 37-34 at home to Washington and saw its 23-game home winning streak, and 8-game over-all winning streak, come to an end.
In one of the last games to end on Saturday, UCLA was a stunning 34-28 loser in Pasadena at the hands of Arizona.
In the B1G, Ohio State and Michigan were both easy winners and are still on a collision course to determine the East side of the ledger when they meet in Columbus on the 26th.The Buckeyes spanked Indiana 56-14 in Columbus and the Wolverines slapped around Nebraska 34-3 in Ann Arbor.
The west side story of the B1G is quite a different matter after Illinois lost 31-24 at home to Purdue. The Illini and Boilermakers are now tied with Iowa and Minnesota at 4-3.
In the battle for the Group Of Five's automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl game, UCF went to Tulane and knocked off the Green Wave 38-31. But the Knights can't cash that check just yet as they now find themselves tied atop the American Conference with the Green Wave and Cincinnati with records of 8-2 over-all and 5-1 in league play. UCF does, however, own the tie-breaker over both and only needs to beat Navy and USF over the final two weeks.
Elsewhere,
- Vanderbilt ended a 26-game SEC losing streak with a 24-21 upset win at Kentucky,
- UConn reached bowl eligibility by upsetting Liberty 36-33 at home,
- Texas A&M won't be bowl eligible after a 13-10 loss at Auburn dropped the Aggies to 3-7.
- Mohamed Ibrahim rushed for 178 yards in Minnesota's 31-3 win over Northwestern for his 18th straight 100-yard game.
- NC State was a 21-20 loser at Boston College as a 20-point favorite,
- Coastal Carolina rallied to a 26-23 win over Southern Miss without Grayson McCall at QB.
- Virginia Tech lost a 7th straight game for the first time since 1951 as Brent Pry's first season as a head coach has been an utter disaster.
- On the other hand, Mike Elko's first year at Duke is going swimmingly. The Blue Devils beat Virginia Tech 24-7 on Saturday to improve to 7-3, and are 2nd in the ACC Coastal.
- Syracuse continued its slide with a fourth straight loss after starting 6-0. The Orange were crushed 38-3 at home by a Florida State team that is 2nd in the ACC Atlantic.
- UTSA romped to a 51-7 win over Louisiana Tech to get to 6-0 in Conference USA as the Roadrunners look destined to repeat as hosts of the CUSA Championship game.
- Fresno State is still the MWC West leader after a 37-30 win at UNLV on Friday, while Boise State and Wyoming will meet next week in Laramie in what will likely determine the MWC Mountain. The Broncos bucked Nevada 41-3 in Reno while the Cowboys got away with a 14-13 win at Colorado State.
- Ohio and Toledo appear to be on a collision course for the MAC title game. The Bobcats won 37-21 at Miami (O) on Tuesday while the Rockets defeated Ball State 28-21 on the same night.
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There will be 119 FBS vs. FCS matchups this season with App State, Army and Marshall each playing two such games, and 116 other FBS schools playing one apiece.
New Mexico State was a 51-14 winner over Lamar this week. The final FBS-FCS matchups occur on November 19 with Austin Peay at Alabama, Utah Tech at BYU, ETSU at Mississippi State, and North Alabama at Memphis.
The FBS is 107-8 vs. the FCS this year, and 1,681-148 (.919) since we began tracking this in 2003.
Here are the FCS wins in 2022:
September 2: William & Mary 41, Charlotte 24
September 3: Delaware14, Navy 7
September 10: Weber State 35, Utah State 7
September 10: Incarnate Word 55, Nevada 41
September 10: Holy Cross 37, Buffalo 31
September 10: Eastern Kentucky 59, Bowling Green 57 (7 OT's)
September 17: Southern Illinois 31, Northwestern 24
September 24: Sacramento State 41, Colorado State 10
CLEMSON - Won 38 straight home games. Had 14-game over-all winning streak end at Notre Dame two weeks ago.
Last: Won 31-16 at Louisville on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Hosts Miami (FLA) on Saturday, November 19.
MICHIGAN - Won 12 straight conference games.
Last: Won 34-3 at home over Nebraska on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Hosts Illinois on Saturday, November 19.
GEORGIA - Won 10 straight true road games.
Last: Won 45-19 at Mississippi State on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Visits Kentucky on Saturday, November 19.
AKRON - Lost 9 straight over-all, and 12 straight conference games.
Last: Lost 34-28 at home to Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, November 8.
Next: Visits Buffalo on Saturday, November 19.
MASSACHUSETTS - Lost 13 straight to FBS schools, and 23 straight road games.
Last: Lost 35-33 at Arkansas State on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Visits Texas A&M on Saturday, November 19.
NORTHWESTERN - Lost 7 straight at home.
Last: Lost 31-3 at Minnesota on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Visits Purdue on Saturday, November 19.
VANDERBILT - Had lost 26 straight conference games.
Last: Won 24-21 at Kentucky on Saturday, November 12.
Next: Hosts Florida on Saturday, November 19.