Following a huge victory over the LSU Tigers, the Alabama Crimson Tide are one of five college football teams on upset alert in Week 11.
Another week of the 2015 college football season is in the books, and the playoff picture is getting clearer each day.
Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma State picked up huge wins in the most important games of the week – the three contests we didn’t cover in our weekly upset alert piece because the favorites in those games (the Crimson Tide, Tigers, and TCU) were already on full alert. Instead, we focused on four lower-profile games, including Nebraska’s controversial victory over previously undefeated Michigan State and Navy’s big win over Memphis.
This week, there are three matchups featuring ranked opponents, but none are quite the high-profile coin flips we saw a week ago. And, there are several options for traditional upsets, such as seven ranked and favored teams playing on the road Saturday. That includes No. 1 Clemson, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 8 Oklahoma State – though it’s hard to imagine a loss to Syracuse, Illinois or Iowa State.
Other highly ranked teams in danger of falling out of the playoff race with an untimely upset include No. 11 Florida, who travels to South Carolina, No. 6 Baylor, which faces arguably the toughest task of the week against No. 12 Oklahoma, and a No. 2 Alabama squad that must avoid the hangover that comes following a huge SEC West victory over LSU last weekend.
The Crimson Tide will travel to Starkville to face red-hot No. 17 Mississippi State and quarterback Dak Prescott, who is quietly having the best season of his historic career. Despite fielding one of the deepest, most talented, and most productive defenses in the country, Alabama will have its hands full with Prescott and the Bulldogs, and are most certainly on upset alert this week.
But who else should be worried? Let’s take a closer look at five college football teams on upset alert in Week 11.
Note: The point spreads referenced in the pages that follow come via VegasInsider.com and are accurate as of Wednesday November 11, 2015. Rankings refer to a team’s standing in the College Football Playoff committee’s most recent poll.
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