Teams with 1st Loss Week 13:
Oregon
Northwestern
Kent State
Nevada
Teams with 2nd Loss Week 13
Toledo
Maryland
Utah
Teams with 1st Win Week 13:
Utah State
Stanford
Penn State
Maximum number of Undefeated Teams at the End of the Regular Season:
10: BYU, Coastal Carolina, Alabama, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Marshall, Ohio State, San Jose State, Washington/USC/Colorado, and Buffalo/Western Michigan
Percent of Undefeateds with 1st Loss:
Week 1: 6.5% (5 of 77)
Week 2: 18.1% (13 of 72)
Week 3: 13.6% (8 of 59)
Week 4: 33.33% (17 of 51)
Week 5: 35.3% (12 of 34)
Week 6: 22.7% (5 of 22)
Week 7: 7.5% (5 of 67) -Added 50 teams to list.
Week 8: 24.2% (15 of 62)
Week 9: 12.8% (6 of 47)
Week 10: 31.7% (13 of 41)
Week 11: 21.4% (6 of 28)
Week 12: 22.7% (5 of 22)
Week 13: 23.5% (4 of 17)
Week 13 Thoughts:
-Not a good week for the Big Ten's playoff bowl hopes. Northwestern lost in a surprise to Michigan State. Ohio State saw its 2nd gamed canceled (one more and absent a rule change or deciding to forfeit a game) and the Buckeyes will not be eligible for the Big Ten championship despite their place in the standings. If the Buckeyes aren't eligible, Indiana is almost certainly going after their win vs. Maryland this week (although Indiana has now lost their starting quarterback).
-Notre Dame beat North Carlina which ups the odds they go into the ACC Championship undefeated by a lot. Very real chance of 2 ACC teams in the playoff bowls if Clemson beats Notre Dame in championship.
-Not directly involved with any of these lists, but a quick shout out to Iowa State. They beat Texas and are more likely than not to be going to the Big 12 Championship.
-Oregon losing the Civil War to Oregon State is a very bad things for the PAC-12. There are other undefeateds, but Oregon was the highest and gaining ground would be helped a lot by having multiple undefeated ranked teams play each other.
-In the Group of 5 NY6 bowl bid, we see little change this week, but the Mountain West is now down to just San Jose State undefeated. I think that is their only shot this year.
Week 14 Thoughts:
1-loss Texas A&M @ Auburn: This is Texas A&M best chance to lose a game. They don't have many left and are a strong playoff bowl contender if they win out.
1-loss Liberty @ undefeated Coastal Carolina: Two of the biggest surprises of the season. They have 1 last second loss between them. Liberty is competing to end their newly fermented FBS status with their best season by a long shot. Coastal Carolina is still in contention for the NY6 with some help.
Undefeated Ohio State @ Michigan State: Playing this game at all might actually be a bigger deal than winning for the Buckeyes. Fail to play and by existing Big Ten rules, the Buckeyes won't be eligible for the Big Ten Championship.
Remaining Undefeated Teams: ACC: 1, American: 1, Big Ten: 1, Conference USA: 1, MAC: 2, Mountain West: 1, PAC-12: 3, SEC: 1, Sun Belt: 1, independents: 1, total: 13
Cincinnati
Marshall
Brigham Young
Alabama
Notre Dame
Coastal Carolina
Ohio State
Southern California
Colorado
Washington
Buffalo
Western Michigan
San Jose State
One-Loss Teams: ACC: 2, American: 1, Big Ten: 3, Conference USA: 1, MAC: 5, Mountain West: 3, PAC-12: 3, SEC: 2, Sun Belt: 1, independents: 1, total: 22
Tulsa
Clemson
Miami (FL)
Indiana
Wisconsin
Florida Atlantic
Liberty
Miami (OH)
Ohio
Ball State
Central Michigan
Boise State
Fresno State
Washington State
Arizona State
Florida
Texas A&M
Louisiana-Lafayette
Oregon
Northwestern
Kent State
Remaining Winless Teams: Big 12: 1, Big Ten: 0, Conference USA: 1, MAC: 4, Mountain West: 2, PAC-12: 4, SEC: 1, Sun Belt: 1, independents: 1, total: 15
Kansas
Florida International
Massachusetts
Akron
Bowling Green
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
New Mexico
UNLV
California
Arizona State
Arizona
Utah
Vanderbilt
Louisiana-Monroe
