College football rankings Week 11
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BYU remained unbeaten after defeating Iowa State 41-27. The No. 11-ranked Cougars improved to 8-0 and are still tied atop the Big 12 standings (5-0) with Cincinnati after overcoming a 14-point deficit in the first half.
During the evening games, No. 8 Georgia Tech suffered a surprise loss to NC State and No. 18 Oklahoma overwhelmed No. 14 Tennessee in a solid road win. And in the nightcap, No. 24 Utah bludgeoned No. 17 Cincinnati 45-14 to cap Saturday's action.
Michigan football beat Purdue in Week 10 on Saturday, Nov. 1, 21-16, but it wasn't pretty. It was maybe Michigan's least clean game of the year despite it ending in victory. Bryce Underwood had two untimely turnovers,
Jeff Sagarin, a sports computer rankings expert, is still refining his system for evaluating college football teams at 77, despite knowing perfection is impossible.
In our weekly grading exercise, Notre Dame gets a C for its ugly win. Below, we hand out seven more grades from Week 10 -- one for every team that started or ended the day with national championship odds of +3000 or better. No. 3 Texas A&M (+950), No. 4 Alabama (+750) and No. 6 Oregon (+1000) were each off.
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Jordan Marshall scores 3 TDs, Michigan tops Purdue in underwhelming performance
It was far from an impressive performance, but it's a third consecutive victory for No. 21 Michigan football following a 21-16 win over Purdue on Saturday night in Ann Arbor. Jordan Marshall was the offense for the Wolverines (7-2,