Week 8 wrapup

It was a pretty standard week with the top teams surviving. That doesn't mean the games weren't good or even close. Florida, Alabama, and Iowa were all down to the wire, but all that's going to matter at the end of the year is that they did win. Lets take a look at the teams that are no longer active and playing meaningful games:
-Kansas is out now, they aren't going to bounce back from two losses.
-Miami is a tough call because they already have 3 really nice wins. But they don't have any games left to make some noise. Even if they win the ACC Coastal the Atlantic has nothing to offer. They also aren't going to have a chance to play either of the teams ahead of them. Miami is probably out of the running now.
-Virginia Tech didn't even play but on that same note they're probably out now. Nebraska and Miami took big hits and now they are really lacking a signature win to go with those two losses. Oh yeah, and Iowa, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Cincinnati are all one game closer to the undefeated season. VA Tech would need all to lose 2 games. Unlikely. Out.
-Wait, why did I have Missouri still active. Yikes.

Missouri
Virginia Tech
Miami
Kansas

That's probably it for this week. Most teams that were expected to win in fact did. That's bad news for Boise St and TCU, but we are down to only 16 teams playing meaningful football. Here's the games that are no longer important:
Missouri @ Colorado
Missouri v Baylor
Missouri @ Kansas St
Missouri v Iowa St
Missouri v Kansas
Kansas @ Texas Tech
Kansas @ Kansas St
Kansas v Nebraska
Virginia Tech v North Carolina
Virginia Tech v East Carolina
Virginia Tech @ Maryland
Virginia Tech v North Carolina St
Virginia Tech @ Virginia
Miami @ Wake Forest
Miami v Virginia
Miami @ North Carolina
Miami v Duke
Miami @ South Florida

Just 18 more games don't matter.

Idaho, a fan favorite managed to paste Nevada's defense for 45 points but still managed to lose by 25 points. It takes a little wind out of the sails of the showdown in Boise but what a turnaround.