Below The Beltway

The Scarlet Knights were underdogs going into today’s game against the Mountaineers and, as it turns out, there was a good reason for it:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -No. 6 West Virginia kept its BCS hopes alive with yet another win over Rutgers.
Steve Slaton ran for three touchdowns and quarterback Pat White rushed for 156 yards and [...]

Ohio State remained at No. 1 in both the Associated Press poll, with Boston College at No. 2:
NEW YORK (AP) — Be careful, Boston College.
The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that’s been more of a burden than a reward recently. The second-ranked team in The Associated [...]

And beats the No. 2 team in the country:
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 18 — Once again, it was a football Thursday night at Rutgers Stadium, with a sellout crowd and a national television audience watching. Facing one of the country’s highest-ranked teams, Rutgers longed for an upset victory to give definition to its season and serve [...]

After two unfortunate losses in a row, Rutgers returned to the win column against Syracuse today:
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Ray Rice ran for 196 yards and three touchdowns and Rutgers ended a two-game losing streak with a 38-14 victory over Syracuse on Saturday.
Rice scored on TD runs of 7, 1 and 2 yards for the [...]

The Ohio State Buckeyes continued to roll through the Big Ten last night, beating previously undefeated Purdue 23-7:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -Ohio State’s defense shoved the Buckeyes into the national championship picture on Saturday night.
The fourth-ranked Buckeyes shut down one of the nation’s highest-scoring teams in a 23-7 win over No. 23 Purdue. The Boilermakers [...]

Unfortunately, the Scarlet Knights didn’t have a good week this week, losing to unranked Maryland and, most probably, falling pretty far in the polls when they come out tomorrow:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -Rutgers doesn’t handle being in the top 10 very well. For the second straight year, the Scarlet Knights were upset after climbing that high [...]

Nobody really thought the Norfolk State Spartans were much of an opponent for the Scarlet Knights, and, in the end, they were right:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -No. 13 Rutgers produced the biggest second quarter in the school history, and all it needed was 11 plays and 91 seconds to amass 277 yards and score 42 [...]

It happened during last Friday’s game against Navy:
The play came late in the game, when Rutgers expanded its lead over Navy to a comfortable level after a tight three quarters. The play came late in the game, when Rutgers expanded its lead over Navy to a comfortable level after a tight three quarters.
Navy’s Reggie Campbell [...]

This week’s Associated Press and USA Today College Football polls are out, and, while there’s been little change at the top from last week, there have been some changes.
First, in the Associated Press poll:
NEW YORK (AP) — LSU is closing in on Southern California in the AP Top 25, and Appalachian State is getting [...]

Rutgers 41, Navy 24
In the end, it wasn’t even as close as the final score might indicate:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ray Rice became the career rushing leader at No. 15 Rutgers, and still had to share the spotlight with his defense.
Rice rushed for 175 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Scarlet Knights defense intercepted [...]