Other than a 24-20 loss at Missouri in the middle of September, the Sun Devils were extremely tough to beat early in the season. After posting convincing victories against Northern Arizona (63-6), Illinois (45-14), Utah (37-7), California (27-17) and Colorado […]

The Golden Bears split their first two games with a 31-24 loss to Nevada and a 50-31 win over FCS foe Southern Utah. Then the losses began to pile up as the Golden Bears dropped three straight, though they did […]

Arizona bolted out of the gate in 2012 with wins in the first three games, including a 59-38 throttling of Oklahoma State, a team that reached as high as No. 18 in the national polls. Growing pains were bound to […]

Several key players decided to transfer before the 2012 season, while a handful of notable recruits decommitted. Despite the turmoil, Penn State got off to a surprising 5-2 start. Both of those losses came in the first two games, and […]

Half of the team’s wins were by seven points or less, including overtime victories against Purdue and Wisconsin. The Buckeyes were successful largely because they could run the ball and stop opponents from doing the same. They ranked 10th nationally […]

To their credit, the Boilermakers managed to regroup with three straight wins over Iowa (27-24), Illinois (20-17) and Indiana (56-35) to become bowl eligible. However, they were paired up with Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on New […]

Whereas the previous two seasons Wisconsin made it to the Rose Bowl by virtue of winning the conference, this time an 8-5 record and a third-place finish were enough to secure a spot in Pasadena because Penn State and Ohio […]

Nebraska carried a six-game winning streak into the Big Ten Championship against Wisconsin, a team the Huskers had already beaten earlier in the season. However, the rematch was about as lopsided as title games get, as the Badgers muscled their […]

Included among their 10 wins were two against SEC bowl teams (Vanderbilt, Mississippi State). However, only a few key plays separated Northwestern from an undefeated season. The three losses came on the road against Penn State, Nebraska and Michigan, and […]

Its bowl hopes were squashed with a particularly one-sided 42-17 setback to Michigan in the next-to-last game of the regular season. It marked the first time in 11 years that Iowa failed to become bowl eligible, and that has become […]