Besides us, of course. LSU does as well, with wins over Bama and Ole Miss. Bama has lost to both top 10 teams they played. UGA has one top 10 win. I don't think anyone else in the SEC does. Who outside of the SEC?
Which teams have 2 top 10 wins this season?
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Base on my calculations, below is every Top 10 win with the ranking of the team beat:
- Florida vs Utah (7)
- Ohio State vs Notre Dame (5)
- Marshall vs Notre Dame (8)
- App State vs Texas A&M (6)
- BYU vs Baylor (9)
- Texas A&M vs Arkansas (3)
- Kansas State vs Oklahoma (6)
- Ole Miss vs Kentucky (7)
- Clemson vs NC State (10)
- Michigan vs Penn State (10)
- Tennessee vs Alabama (3)
- TCU vs Oklahoma State (8)
- Utah vs So Cal (7)
- LSU vs Ole Miss (7)
- Oregon vs UCLA (9)
- Kansas State vs Oklahoma State (9)
- Louisville vs Wake Forest (10)
- Georgia vs Tennessee (1)
- LSU vs Alabama (6)
- Notre Dame vs Clemson (4)
- Washington vs Oregon (6)
- South Carolina vs Tennessee (5)
- Oregon vs Utah (10)
- South Carolina vs Clemson (8)
- Michigan vs Ohio State (2)
- Oregon State vs Oregon (9)
- Texas A&M vs LSU (5)
Based on the above, 6 teams nationally have multiple Top 10 wins this season.
Texas A&M - 2
Kansas State - 2
Michigan - 2
LSU - 2
Oregon - 2
South Carolina - 2
Texas A&M - 2
Kansas State - 2
Michigan - 2
LSU - 2
Oregon - 2
South Carolina - 2
A better way to put it is who has two better wins than Carolina now that the regular season is over? Sure, A&M beat Arkansas when they were top ten, but that was along time ago. The Hogs were overrated.
I’d say Michigan’s are pretty good. Penn State, though boring, is solid. Beating OSU in the Horseshoe is impressive as well. They dominated that game.
Ours are right there with them, though I’d still say Clemson is overrated too. They win, and it’s on the road. But I never felt Clemson was worthy of their ranking. If ACC would drop they nuts, they would’ve had 3-4 losses this season.
I’d go Michigan, then us. But ours certainly shook things up and happened back to back weeks. That’s huge.
Yeah, being able to do it back-to-back weeks with no buffer or recovery time is an extra level of difficulty.
Also, worth noting that both of the teams we beat, are still currently ranked in the top 10.
Totally agree. So, let's take a look. The teams' final regular season rankings are now included:
- Florida vs Utah (7) 12th
- Ohio State vs Notre Dame (5) 19th
- Marshall vs Notre Dame (8) 19th
- App State vs Texas A&M (6) Not Ranked
- BYU vs Baylor (9) Not Ranked
- Texas A&M vs Arkansas (3) Not Ranked
- Kansas State vs Oklahoma (6) Not Ranked
- Ole Miss vs Kentucky (7) Not Ranked
- Clemson vs NC State (10) Not Ranked
- Michigan vs Penn State (10) 8th
- Tennessee vs Alabama (3) 6th
- TCU vs Oklahoma State (8) Not Ranked
- Utah vs So Cal (7) 4th
- LSU vs Ole Miss (7) Not Ranked
- Oregon vs UCLA (9) 17th
- Kansas State vs Oklahoma State (9) Not Ranked
- Louisville vs Wake Forest (10) Not Ranked
- Georgia vs Tennessee (1) 7th
- LSU vs Alabama (6) 6th
- Notre Dame vs Clemson (4) 10th
- Washington vs Oregon (6) 15th
- South Carolina vs Tennessee (5) 7th
- Oregon vs Utah (10) 12th
- South Carolina vs Clemson (8) 10th
- Michigan vs Ohio State (2) 5th
- Oregon State vs Oregon (9) 15th
- Texas A&M vs LSU (5) 11th
Our Gamecocks beat #7 Tennessee and #10 Clemson.
Michigan beat Penn State on Oct 15 and didn't play another ranked opponent until Nov 26 when they beat Ohio State. (6 weeks between wins)
We beat UT and Clemson on back to back weekends. (1 wk between wins)
Michigan beat Penn State in Ann Arbor going in as 7 pt favorite.
We beat UT in Columbia going in as a 22 pt underdog.
Michigan beat OSU in Columbus going in as an 8 pt underdog.
We beat Clemson at Death Valley going in as a 14 pt underdog.
Michigan has been ranked in the Top 5-10 all year long.
We cracked the Top 25 after our 4 game winning streak, then fell out after the Mizzou and UF debacles. We are now ranked 20th.
So, who now has the best showing vs ranked opponents this year? Gamecocks, of course!
This. There's a very good chance that Tennessee and Clemson will wind up in the top 10 in the FINAL rankings (even though I will be pulling hard for one of them not to). That is much more relevant, in my opinion, for assessing what was truly a quality win than basing it on rankings at the time of the game.