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Kentucky, our Top State last week, followed this week up with another amazing and completely unforeseen SEC victory, demolishing the Florida Gators 38-7 in their last SEC home game and first SEC home win in eons. WKU was off, but Louisville, touting a 7-1 record and #15 ranking, fell at home to the Cal Golden Bears in a disastrous overtime loss. Not good news for the state as a whole, but terrific news for UK fans, who only count a perfect week as one where they win and the Redbirds lose.
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The states of Utah and Iowa took big hits for their CFP chances on Saturday, while the states of Texas and Oregon boosted theirs. Indiana survived Penn State’s last gasp in one of the greatest games of the entire season, capped by one of its greatest catches. All that and more shaped the CFP race for the home stretch. Let’s see what state was on top in Week 11:
Honorable Mention: Wisconsin
Wisconsin has been one of the most lifeless states in the FBS this season, not only losing all their Big Ten games but getting shut out or only scoring once in several of them too. This weekend they shocked the nation, though—or at least the state of Washington. Hosting the Huskies and having to play most of the game with a backup QB, they managed to win 13-10 with only 48 passing yards. Half of those were thrown by their punter on a fake punt too. A miracle in The Badger State, and their first Big Ten win of the season.
The Top State: Indiana
Yet again, the state of Indiana is celebrating improbable victory.
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Penn State threw the Indiana Hoosiers their absolute best punch in Beaver Stadium and had them down 20-24 in the final two minutes. It was game over until it wasn’t, and with the greatest one-foot-in-bounds TD catches of the season, Fernando Mendoza and the Hoosiers are still unbeaten and still on their mission to bring the national championship to the FBS’s historically worst power conference team. It was also IU’s first ever win at Penn State. Notre Dame and Ball State chipped in with victories too, and Purdue only lost to Ohio State by 24! An excellent week on top for the Hoosier State, which has been all Hoosiers all season.
