Welcome to this week's edition of college football Top 10 series trivia, where there are some first ever meetings mixed in with some old rivalries.
After blanking two of their three opponents, the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide will host the Florida Atlantic Owls. This will be their first ever meeting.
The other SEC West team in the top two, the #2 LSU Tigers, will visit the Auburn Tigers in Jordan-Hare Stadium. LSU leads the series 25-20-1.LSU is 11-12 against Auburn since 1981, but is also 10-7 against their fellow Tigers since 1995. They first met in 1901, when Auburn blanked LSU 28-0. Their highest scoring game was a 30-28 Auburn victory in 1992. And let us not forget the Earthquake Game in 1988, when Auburn led 6-0 with less than two minutes left in the game, only to lose 7-6 on a touchdown pass from Tommy Hodson to Eddie Fuller. The crowd's reaction to the touchdown registered on a seismograph on campus. The last time LSU shut out Auburn was 6-0 in 1935. The last time Auburn shut out LSU was 3-0 in 1924. Their only tie was 7-7 in 1941.
The #3 Oregon Ducks will host the #22 Arizona Wildcats in Eugene. The Ducks lead the series 23-14 and are 15-3 since 1994. They first met in 1937 when Arizona won 20-6. The highest scoring game in the series came in 2005, with Oregon winning 55-45. The Ducks have scored at least 44 points in this series for four straight games. There is only one shutout in the series: a 21-0 Oregon victory in 1964.
In the game of the week, after also shutting out their last two opponents, the #4 Florida State Seminoles will take on the #10 Clemson Tigers in Tallahassee. Florida State leads the series 17-8, but Clemson is 6-3 against the Seminoles since 2003. They first met in 1970, with the Seminoles winning easily 38-13. The highest scoring game in the series was a 48-31 Florida State victory in 2002. The last time Florida State shut out Clemson was 48-0 in 1998. Clemson has never shut out Florida State.
The Vanderbilt Commodores will go between the hedges in Athens to face the #5 Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia owns the series 52-18-2, including five straights wins over Vandy. In fact, Vanderbilt has only beaten Georgia five times since 1961. They first met in 1893 at Vanderbilt, where the Commodores blanked the Bullldogs 35-0. The highest scoring game in the series happened when the Bulldogs dominated the Commodores 62-35 in 1984. The last time Georgia shut out Vanderbilt was 43-0 in 2010. The last time Vanderbilt shut out Georgia was 21-0 in 1961. Their last tie was 13-13 in 1985.
The #6 Oklahoma Sooners will host the #15 Kansas State Wildcats in Norman. Oklahoma dominates the series 71-17-4, with the Sooners going 8-1 since 2000. They first met in 1908, with Oklahoma winning easily 33-4. The highest scoring game in the series happened in 1971, when Oklahoma spanked the Wildcats 75-28. In fact, Oklahoma has owned Kansas State to the point where the Sooners shut out the Wildcats 23 times in the series. The last time Oklahoma shut out Kansas State was 63-0 in 1974. The last time Kansas State shut out Oklahoma was 14-0 in 1933. Their last tie was 6-6 in 1936.
One of the SEC's newest additions, the Missouri Tigers, will travel to Columbia to face the #7 South Carolina Gamecocks. They have only met two other times, the Hall of Fame Bowl in 1979 and the Independence Bowl in 2005. Missouri won both matches. There are no shutouts or ties in the series.
The #8 West Virginia Mountaineers will host the Maryland Terrapins in Morgantown. West Virginia leads the series 25-21-2, with the Mountaineers winning the last six games against the Terrapins. They first met in 1919 and West Virginia shut out Maryland 27-0. The highest scoring games in the series (there is a tie) were both Mountaineer victories, 55-24 in 1988 and 42-37 in 1993. The last time West Virginia shut out Maryland was 13-0 in 1996. The last time Maryland shut out West Virginia was 33-0 in 1999. Both of their ties happened in consecutive years: 6-6 in 1944 and 13-13 in 1945.
Fresh off their big win over the now #13 USC Trojans, the #9 Stanford Cardinal will invade Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies. Washington leads the series 40-38-4, but the Cardinal are 6-1 against the Huskies since 2004. They first met in 1893, with Stanford shutting out Washington 40-0. The highest scoring game in the series came last year when Stanford nailed the Huskies 65-21. The last time Stanford shut out Washington was 41-0 in 2010. The last time Washington shut out Stanford was 34-0 in 1985. Their last tie was 7-7 in 1955.
Since the #10 Clemson Tigers were covered already, let's add one more storied rivalry. This could be second Game of the Week. The #11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish will host the #18 Michigan Wolverines in South Bend. Michigan leads the series 23-15-1 and is 5-1 since 2006. They first met in 1887 and the visiting Michigan team won 8-0. They met periodically between 1898 and 1943. They didn't play each other again until 1978 and it has now become an annual matchup. The highest scoring game in the series happened in 2009, when the Wolverines won 38-34. The last time Michigan shut out Notre Dame was 38-0 in 2007. Notre Dame has never shut out Michigan. Their only tie was 17-17 in 1992.
Here are some historical scores for this week's Top 25 matchups that were played on this day:
1953 UCLA 41 - Oregon State 0
1976 Maryland 24 - West Virginia 3
1982 Notre Dame 23 - Michigan 17
1982 West Virginia 19 - Maryland 18
1993 West Virginia 42 - Maryland 37
1993 Auburn 34 - LSU 10
1999 Maryland 33 - West Virginia 0
1999 Auburn 41 - LSU 7
2004 West Virginia 19 - Maryland 16
2004 Auburn 10 - LSU 9
2010 West Virginia 31 - Maryland 17
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