It was not a particularly eventful week in terms of college football upsets. No top-5 SRS teams lost, and only two top-10 SRS teams lost — and both lost to very good teams. Iowa ranked 7th in the SRS last week, and lost on the road to Penn State, who ranked 11th in the week 8 ratings. The annual Florida/Georgia game in Jacksonville featured two top 10 teams, with then-#3 Georgia defeating then-#8 Florida.

Other top teams to lose: #13 Washington, #15 Texas A&M, #16 Purdue, #21 Texas Tech, #22 Missouri, #23 Wisconsin, and #26 Texas. The Longhorns may have been 26th in the SRS, but with a 6-1 record and wins over USC, TCU, and Oklahoma, the Longhorns entered week 8 6th in the AP rankings. A loss to Oklahoma State (hi Doug!) in Stillwater now puts the Big 12 playoff picture into chaos. Next week, West Virginia travels to Austin in a matchup of two of the top teams in the conference.

Alabama was off this week, which opened the way for Georgia and Clemson to be the dominant teams of the week. Both teams demolished teams from Florida: the Bulldogs defeated a pretty good Florida team by 19, while Clemson crushed a bad Seminoles team by 49 points. West Virginia, Arizona, and Utah round out the top 5 teams of the week in terms of single game SRS ratings.

And below are the updated SRS ratings through 9 weeks. Clemson and Oklahoma are in the top 5, but the rest of the top 8 is all SEC and Big 10 teams. In fact, the SEC and Big 10 have 9 of the top 12 teams so far this year, with West Virginia joining Clemson and Oklahoma to round out the top 12:

One thing propping up the Big 10 is Minnesota’s win over Fresno State. The Mountain West doesn’t get a lot of mainstream attention, but Fresno State is 8-1 this year. The Big 10 also has wins over Boston College, Texas, and Iowa State, with Michigan’s 24-17 loss to Notre Dame being the most notable conference loss.