Now, just because Ohio State only has one loss, does not mean they are an elite team. Their loss was at home to the weakest USC team we have seen in the Pete Carroll era. Their wins have come in the Big 10 and against other weak competition. Again, HelmetNation does not buy the hype surrounding Ohio State and the Big 10 and they will not be ranked higher than 15.
HelmetNation was also excited to see the Midshipmen of Navy beat Notre Dame. Why was Navy, who doesn’t have near the athletes, able to beat Notre Dame? Because they have heart and great coaching! Something Notre Dame lacks in both respects. When will Coach Nuimatalolo get the respect he deserves as one of the best coaches in the country? More importantly, when will the TV and BCS people stop kissing Notre Dame’s ass? Do you realize that if they had won out and only had 2 losses, they would very likely have been in a BCS bowl game? That is simply a travesty that should never occur! Thank goodness Navy put an end to that possible fiasco!
Lastly, we just want to salute the Nebraska Cornhusker defense! The Husker offense is seriously troubled right now and just can’t produce. But the Blackshirt defense is a magical one to behold. They almost single-handedly beat the Sooners with 5 interceptions. Despite continual decent field position for OU, the Blackshirts were able to hold the Sooners out of the end zone despite OU running 87 plays.
After a great weekend of football here is the Week 11 HelmetNation Top 25.
1) Florida – The SEC East is all sewn up and the Gators have punched their ticket to the SEC Championship game against Alabama. All us will be details. Up next: @ South Carolina
2) Alabama – The SEC West is all sewn up and the Crimson Tide have punched their ticket to the SEC Championship game against Florida. All else will be details. Up next: @ Mississippi State
3) Texas – Longhorns are sitting pretty for the National Championship game. One of the SEC teams will be out and the Longhorns in after the SEC Championship game. Smoked UCF. Up next: @ Baylor
4) TCU – The BCS finally caught up with HelmetNation and now has TCU #4 as well. They obliterated SDSU on the way to matching up with Utah, their only loss from last season. The game will be in Fort Worth and well worth watching. Up next: vs. #8 Utah
5) Boise St. – The Broncos needed late scores to top Louisiana Tech. Interesting matchup this weekend. Up next: vs. Idaho
6) Georgia Tech – The YellowJackets had to rally to avoid the upset by beating Wake Forest in OT. Still the best team in the ACC. Up next: @ Duke
7) Cincinnati – Took Connecticut’s best shot and avoided the upset by 2 points. Pike and Collaros equal QB controversy on an undefeated team. Not out of the woods yet as they have two tough teams in the last 3 games of the season including this week. Up next: vs. West Virginia
8) Utah – Freshman QB Jordan Wynn looked great against possibly the worst team in the nation in New Mexico. He better grow up fast cause the #4 Horned Frogs are next. Up next: @ #4 TCU
9) Pittsburgh – Lit up Syracuse and has quietly put together a great season. Look for them to continue Notre Dame’s slide and speed up the Irish search for a new coach. Up next: vs. Notre Dame
10) Oregon – Duck players just couldn’t handle the success of ripping USC and lost a shootout to solid Stanford squad. Up next: vs. Arizona State
11) LSU – Just couldn’t make enough plays to pull off the victory at Alabama. Losing Jefferson @ QB didn’t help. Up next: Louisiana Tech
12) Houston – Winning crazy shootouts seems to be Houston’s thing. Their defense certainly isn’t winning games for them. Up next: @ UCF
13) USC – Clearly, this is not the typical dominant Trojan squad we are used to. We said it last week and are saying it again this week. Pulled out 14-9 squeaker over the Sun Devils with only 1 offensive TD. Up next: vs. Stanford
14) Miami – Crushed a weak Virginia squad. Remaining schedule seems manageable. Up next: @ North Carolina
15) Arizona – The Wildcats dismantled a pitiful Washington State team. Will now take on Cal who will be without RB Jahvid Best. Up next: @ California
16) Ohio State – Terelle Pryor is a better QB than he is getting credit for. Tressel, let the kid play! You are shackling him! Beat Penn State in Happy Valley further reinforcing the Big 10’s mediocrity in our opinion. Look for them to pound the Hawkeyes. Up next: vs. Iowa
17) Oklahoma State – Did what they should do to Iowa State in crushing them. This Cowboy team is hard to put your finger on. Up next: vs. #22 Texas Tech
18) Wisconsin – Held off feisty Indiana team by running out the clock with four minutes remaining. Up next: vs. Michigan
19) Stanford – Toby Gerhardt is a BEAST and the Cardinal is starting to round into shape. Can they handle last weekend’s success and go on the road to beat USC? Up next: @ #13 USC
20) Virginia Tech – Ryan Williams ran roughshod over the Pirates of East Carolina to the tune of 179 yards. Up next: @ Maryland
21) South Florida – DNP. Don’t look now but the Bulls roller coaster continues. One week you expect them to win and they lose. The next week the opposite happens. Which USF team will show this week? Up next: @ Rutgers
22) Texas Tech – DNP. Who will start at QB for the Red Raiders? Will it matter? Can they hang with the Cowboys in Stillwater? Up next: @ #17 Oklahoma State
23) Brigham Young – Lit up Wyoming for 52 while not allowing the Pokes from Laramie to score. Lucky for them their next opponent sucks too! Up next: @ New Mexico
24) Penn State – Lost at home to Ohio State. I bet the Nittany Lions think Pryor is a pretty good QB. Up next: vs. Indiana
25) Iowa – We told you didn’t we? We have said all along that Iowa is a paper tiger! Look for the Hawkeyes to get run by Ohio State and remove any doubt whatsoever. Up next: @ #16 Ohio State
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