...and that's why they play the game!

Going into Saturday there were 21 undefeated BCS teams. After a crazy afternoon of college football, that number has significantly dwindled. 5 of the top 10 teams in the country fell, the most since October of 2003. 7 previously undefeated teams fell. The top25 is sure to look different on Sunday!

ACC
#12 Boston College beat Massachusetts
#13 Clemson upset @ Georgia Tech

Big12
Missouri -BYE-
Kansas -BYE-
#3 Oklahoma upset @ Colorado
#7 Texas upset v Kansas State

Big East
UConn v Akron
#10 Rutgers upset v Maryland
#24 Cincy won @ San Diego State
#18 USF beat #5 WVU

Big 10
Michigan State lost @ #9 Wisconsin
#8 Ohio State won @ Minnesota
#9 Wisconsin won v Michigan State
Purdue won v Notre Dame

Pac 10
#23 Arizona State won @ Stanford
#6 Cal won @ #11 Oregon
#11 Oregon lost v #6 Cal
#1 USC won @ Washington

SEC
#4 Florida lost v Auburn
#14 Kentucky won v Florida Atlantic
#2 LSU won @ Tulane



The 14 Current Undefeated BCS teams

ACC
Boston College

Big12
Missouri
Kansas

Big East
UConn
Cincy
USF

Big 10
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Purdue

Pac 10
Arizona State
Cal
USC

SEC
Kentucky
LSU

Weekend TV

Notre Dame @ Purdue Noon ESPN
LSU @ Tulane Noon ESPN2
Mississippi State @ South Carolina 12:30 p.m. LFS/GP (Ch. 780)

Clemson @ Georgia Tech 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 777)
Maryland @ Rutgers 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 778)
Kansas State @ Texas 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 779)
California @ Oregon 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 780)
Michigan State @ Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN (reverse mirror)

Florida State vs. Alabama (Jax, Fla) 5:00 p.m. CBS

Southern California @ Washington 8:00 p.m. ABC
Auburn @ Florida 8:00 p.m. ESPN

USF knocks off WVU, 21 BCS undefeated teams left

With their stellar defensive effort against the explosive Mountaineer attack, USF has moved into the driver's seat in the Big East. Another big test comes in 2 weeks when they travel to play Rutgers in what could now be a battle of top10 teams.

Remaining undefeated BCS teams going into the weekend and their opponent (picks in red):

ACC
#12 Boston College v Massachusetts
#13 Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Big12
Missouri -BYE-
Kansas -BYE-
#3 Oklahoma @ Colorado
#7 Texas v Kansas State

Big East
UConn v Akron
#10 Rutgers v Maryland
#24 Cincy @ San Diego State
#18 USF beat #5 WVU

Big 10
Michigan State @ #9 Wisconsin
#8 Ohio State @ Minnesota
#9 Wisconsin v Michigan State
Purdue v Notre Dame

Pac 10
#23 Arizona State @ Stanford
#6 Cal @ #11 Oregon
#11 Oregon v #6 Cal
#1 USC @ Washington

SEC
#4 Florida v Auburn
#14 Kentucky v Florida Atlantic
#2 LSU @ Tulane

4 undefeated teams squareoff this weekend with Michigan State going to Wisconsin and Cal traveling up to Oregon. I look for there to still be 18 undefeated BCS teams at the end of the weekend

Week 4 Poll

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Oklahoma
4. WVU
5. UF
6. BC
7. Cal
8. Wisc
9. tOSU
10. Rutgers
11. Oregon
12. Clemson
13. Texas
14. Kentucky
15. South Florida
16. South Carolina
17. UGA
18. VaTech
19. Alabama
20. Cincinnati
    
21. Nebraska
22. Miami (Fl)
23. Michigan
24. Penn State
25. Florida State
    

Quick Thoughts from the Weekend

• Nebraska might not be as good as we thought after they need a dropped TD to hold on against...Ball State
• UF is really good, but the young team might not be ready to go on the road in the SEC and win a really big game
• Is Miami (and thus Oklahoma) that good, or is Texas A&M really that bad?
• USC won't be tested until late October
• October 6th will decide the National Title contender to play USC
  
• OU/Texas in the Red River Shootout
• UF @ LSU
  
• The best QB in the nation plays on the east coast, and its not Brian Brohm. Time for Matt Ryan and BC to start getting a lot more attention

Top Weekend TV Games, 9/22/07

Georgia Tech @ Virginia Noon ESPNU
Clemson @ N.C. State Noon LFS/GP (Ch. 777)
Florida @ Ole Miss 12:30 p.m. LFS/GP (Ch. 781)

Michigan @ Penn State 3:30 p.m. ABC
South Carolina @ LSU 3:30 p.m. CBS
Michigan State @ Notre Dame 3:30 p.m. NBC
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 3:30 p.m. FSN
Maryland @ Wake Forest 3:30 p.m. ESPNU

Kentucky @ Arkansas 6:00 p.m. ESPN2
Arizona @ California 6:00 p.m. Versus

Georgia @ Alabama 7:45 p.m. ESPN
Iowa @ Wisconsin 8:00 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 780)
Washington State @ Southern California 8:00 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. 781)

What I'm Watching 9/15/07

Mississippi State @ Auburn 12:30 p.m. LFS/GP (Ch. 780)
Iowa @ Iowa State 1:30 p.m. Versus

Notre Dame @ Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC
Tennessee @ Florida 3:30 p.m. CBS
Ohio State @ Washington 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Arkansas @ Alabama 6:45 p.m. ESPN
Louisville @ Kentucky 7:30 p.m. ESPN Classic
Southern California @ Nebraska 8:00 p.m. ABC
Boston College @ Georgia Tech 8:00 p.m. ESPN2

Hawaii @ UNLV 9:30 p.m. The Mtn
Florida State @ Colorado 10:00 p.m. ESPN
New Mexico @ Arizona 10:00 p.m. FSN Regional

LSU is an 800lbs gorilla...

The LSU Tigers absolutely destroyed formerly 9th ranked Virginia Tech in Tiger Stadium last Saturday, setting off the media on a great debate about who the best team in the country is. The best sound clip of the week is on this subject, and comes to us from the Paul Finebaum show. Listen here...

I'm not quite ready to hand LSU the BCS title, but if I were to vote this week:

1 LSU
2 Southern Cal
3 Oklahoma
4 Florida
5 West Virginia
6 Georgia Tech
7 Wisconsin
8 Texas
9 Ohio State
10 Louisville
11 Nebraska
12 UCLA
13 Cal
14 Boston College
15 Penn State
16 Arkansas
17 Rutgers
18 Virginia Tech
19 South Florida
20 Clemson
21 Georgia
22 Tennessee
23 Texas A&M
24 Auburn
25 TCU

What to Watch Week 2

Games this week look a little more exciting than last week's somewhat light slate of top matchups. Michigan losing last week takes some of the shine off of their game against Oregon, but I'll still be tuning in to see if the Wolverines can turn things around. These are my picks for top games of the week on the tube

Miami, Fla. @ Oklahoma Noon ABC
Nebraska @ Wake Forest Noon ESPN

Oregon @ Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC
Boise State @ Washington 3:30 p.m. FSN Regional

South Carolina @ Georgia 5:45 p.m. ESPN2
Notre Dame @ Penn State 6:00 p.m. ESPN
BYU @ UCLA 6:30 p.m. Versus
TCU @ Texas 7:00 p.m. FSN

USF @ Auburn 9:00 p.m. ESPN2
Virginia Tech @ LSU 9:15 p.m. ESPN

Thoughts on Week 1

The season just started, and we've already eliminated a team from the national title chase. Sorry, Michigan, but you're done. Of course, everyone knows UM lost to Appalachian State in the Big House in week 1, so no need to get into that.

Who impressed?
Oklahoma, the Big 3 of the Big East (UL, RU, WVU), Georgia, Boise State, Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, and LSU. USC crushed Idaho and the game was never in doubt, but they just didn't look as impressive as they have in previous seasons. We'll really see how good USC is when they play Nebraska on the 15th.

Who looked bad?
Notre Dame got destroyed by GT
Texas squeaked by Arkansas State
Lloyd Carr and the entire Michigan team (except Mike Hart) losing to Appalachian State is just inexcusable
Lou Holtz (please bring back Trev Alberts, ESPN)

What to Watch?

So it is the first Saturday of college football and after a weak opening slate, there are some good match ups later in the day. Here are the games I'm looking forward to watching on the East Coast (full listing here):

East Carolina @ Virginia Tech Noon ESPN
Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver) Noon FSN

Wake Forest @ Boston College 3:30 p.m. ABC
Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame 3:30 p.m. NBC

Oklahoma State @ Georgia 6:45 p.m. ESPN2
North Texas @ Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. FSN
Kansas State @ Auburn 7:45 p.m. ESPN
Tennessee @ Cal 8:00 p.m. ABC