College Football Week 5 Scores: Clemson and 3 Most Shocking Blowouts

Week 5 of the college football season was full of surprises—and not just of the unranked vs. ranked upset variety.

Blowouts were the order of the day on Saturday, from those administered by juggernauts to the Blind Sisters of the Poor, to decent teams running away from other decent teams.

These three squads, however, really opened eyes and slacked jaws with the way they performed (honorable mention to Pittsburgh over South Florida).

Clemson

So Clemson ended Auburn's 17-game win streak, and people barely batted an eye. Then the Tigers took out a good, if not hobbled, Florida State team, and everyone brushed it aside on account of E.J. Manuel.

People will find reasons to discount what Tajh Boyd and company did to Virginia Tech on Saturday, too, but not without significant doubt. The 13th-ranked Tigers walloped the 11th-ranked Hokies, 23-3. It was Va Tech's worst home loss in six years, since Miami came in a had its way, 27-7.

I'm certainly not one to give credit to Logan Thomas, either, but eventually we'll all just have to admit that you have to be pretty good to beat everyone you play, even if those teams have significant flaws. This is college football—everyone has flaws.

But when you're talking about doing that to a Frank Beamer-coached ball club in Blacksburg, a school so accustomed to owning the ACC, you can't help but give Clemson props for what they did.

Alabama

We all knew Florida was going to lose to Alabama, even though the game was in The Swamp. The third-ranked Crimson Tide are just too talented, particularly on defense, and too well-coached under Nick Saban and Kirby Smart to let any team (other than LSU) by their guard.

Then, the 12th-ranked Gators came out firing, speedy athletes like Jeff Demps, Deonte Thompson and Chris Rainey giving 'Bama's big boys fits.

A 14-point quarter here, a 14-point quarter there, an injury to John Brantley and...voila! A 38-10 road stomping for the Tide to tape to their resume. A 181-yard, two-touchdown day by Heisman contender Trent Richardson will do that for a team's hopes in an SEC road game.

Wisconsin

Like Florida with Alabama, nobody expected No. 8 Nebraska to nail down its first-ever Big Ten win at Camp Randall Stadium against No. 7 Wisconsin.

But nobody thought Big Red would have its corn so easily husked in a 48-17 shellacking. Russell Wilson was once again a posing picture of efficiency through the air, with Montee Ball duplicating his brilliance on the ground.

The Badgers looked every bit the part of a BCS National Champion, down to a solid defensive performance shutting down the dynamic Taylor Martinez.

Wisconsin is easily the leaders of the Big Ten's Leaders, with a bruising run to New Orleans firmly in sight.

Pittsburgh

 Lest we forget to give kudos to those unranked teams who pulled off surprisingly lopsided decisions earlier in the week, I give you Pitt.

The Panthers pulverized 16th-ranked South Florida, 44-17, thanks to Ray Graham's 226-yard, two-touchdown rushing day. The Bulls were helpless to do much of another to stop Todd Graham's team at Heinz Field.

Two lost fumbles didn't exactly help either.

Folks were right about ready to hand the Big East to either USF or West Virginia, but don't count out Pitt, even after a 15-12 loss to Notre Dame and a shocking blown-lead loss to Iowa. The Panthers have some fight in them and will scratch and claw their way to some wins this season.

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