The 5 Biggest Winners and Losers of Week 11 of the College Football season
Week 11 of the College Football season was one of the best weekends of the year as we had marquee matchups and some stunning upsets. The weekend of chaos came at a perfect time right after the College Football Playoff Committee released their rankings as there is now more questions than answers.
We are less than a month away from the Conference Championships and its impossible to say which two teams will play in each game for certain. Five teams won big on Week 11 while five teams are stuck wondering what could've been.
Winner - Ole Miss Rebels
This weekend was a must win for Ole Miss as a loss would've given them their third loss of the season. Things started as poorly as possible as Jaxson Dart threw an interception and ended up in the locker room with an ankle injury. Austin Simmons came into the game and looked like a veteran for Ole Miss taking the offense down the field to tie the game with a touchdown.
Jaxson Dart returned to the game and the offense gave Georgia fits all night putting up 28 points. The defense was stellar for Ole Miss all night as the pass rush dominated Georgia's front sacking Carson Beck four times, forcing four fumbles recovering two, and intercepting him once.
The Rebels will now take a massive leap in the College Football Playoff rankings after knocking off 3rd ranked Georgia. Left on the Rebels schedule are the Florida Gators who may be without quarterback DJ Lagway and Mississippi State meaning the Rebels have a clear path to the College Football Playoff.
Loser - Georgia Bulldogs
This week the College Football Playoff committee released their rankings with the Georgia Bulldogs ranked third. The team that showed up on Saturday didn't look anywhere close to the third best team or even a typical Kirby Smart team.
The Ole Miss Rebels gashed the Bulldogs play after play picking up massive plays in the passing game without Tre Harris. The defense even allowed a Freshman quarterback to come into the game and drive down the field for a touchdown.
The offense however remains the biggest issue for this team and the reason they won't win a National Championship. The run game was non-existent as they picked up just 1.8 yards per carry on 33 carries. The passing game wasn't much better picking up just 186 yards as its clear Georgia doesn't have that game changing player like Brock Bowers or Ladd McConkey. Along with the interception, the Bulldogs put the ball on the ground four times losing two fumbles a clear recipe for disaster.
This team now has a massive matchup against Tennessee next weekend and a loss would put Georgia in all likelihood out of the race for the Playoff which would make two straight years they've missed the Playoff.