Week 13 Recap:
This was the last week of the regular season for most teams around the country, which wasn't all that interesting for the National Championship game race. Ohio State won a close game over Michigan, USC demolished Arizona State, and Indiana's waiting for USC to slip up in one of their last two games to see if they get the shot at the championship. As quickly as Texas dropped from the Top 25, they are now back in at #19, though the teams from #21 all the way through #24 (South Carolina, Florida, Tulse, and Oregon) were cut from the Top 25. That allowed San Diego State, Rutgers, and Utah to make an appearance.
The Heisman Watch for this week sees the same two players in the top two spots with Kellen Lewis of Indiana at #1 and Julio Jones from Alabama at #2. Terrelle Pryor fell to the #4 spot after his performance against Michigan while LeSean McCoy rose to the #3 spot. Arrelious Benn returned to the Heisman Watch once again at the #5 spot this week.
Indiana's Justin Carrington won this week's National Defensive Player of the Week award, and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award by default, with seven tackles and an amazing seven interceptions against Purdue. The SEC Defensive Player of the Week award belongs to Arkansas' Adrian Davis, who had a big performance with nine tackles and a sack against LSU last week.
There are some small updates for the projected bowl matchups, with new opponents for Illinois, Tennessee, and Alabama in their respective bowls. The updated bowl projection list:
Champs Sports Bowl - 12/28 - Illinois vs. Boston College
Music City Bowl - 12/31 - Tennessee vs. Ohio
Rose Bowl - 1/1 - Indiana vs. Missouri
Sugar Bowl - 1/1 - Alabama vs. Clemson
Fiesta Bowl - 1/2 - Oklahoma vs. Vanderbilt
BCS National Championship - 1/8 - USC vs. Ohio State
This week's schedule is very light, as nobody has a game this week, but there are still some interesting games out there. Noobs to the Top 25, #23 San Diego State and #24 Rutgers, are facing off to see who will stay in the Top 25 for next week. #9 Pittsburgh and #20 Purdue are facing off for a chance at getting into better bowl games. #11 Arizona and #13 Arizona State face off once more in the annual Duel in the Desert game. #10 Clemson has seen a recent burst in their rank and want to defend that new rank and a slot in a BCS bowl game by beating #25 Utah. Look for a potential loss for USC to UCLA in another big rivalry game this week in the Pac-10.
Since there are no games being played this week. Feel free to get on by Wednesday and get your recruiting in so these next two gameless weeks can be fit into just one week of recruiting.