Monday, November 05, 2007

The Undefeated (post week 10)

Here we are a couple of weeks from the end of the regular season (some conferences have a championship game) and there are three teams that remain undefeated. (Rankings given are for the AP Writers’, Coaches and BCS Polls.)

#1 Ohio State has a perfect 10-0 record and is 6-0 in the Big Ten. They have Illinois (at home) and Michigan (on the road) remaining on their schedule.

#5/5/4 Kansas is 9-0 with a 5-0 Big 12 record. They have Oklahoma State (on the road), Iowa State and Missouri (both at home) remaining before the Big 12 Championship game which will probably be against Oklahoma.

#14/12/16 Hawaii has an 8-0 record, 5-0 in the WAC. They play Fresno State (home), Nevada (away), Boise State (home) and non-conference Washington (home). The Boise State (currently 8-1, 5-0) game is the one to watch as it will likely determine the WAC championship.

Even if Kansas and Hawaii run the table, unless there are some major flops by LSU and Oregon, one or both could be left out of the National Title game despite having undefeated seasons. Kansas has the best shot of making it to THE game should it win out over both Missouri and Oklahoma. Hawaii? Sorry, the WAC is just too weak a conference right now to me the staging ground for a national title. Ask Boise State about that.

Should neither Kansas nor Hawaii make the BCS National Title game, and should all three win out including their respective bowl games, it is possible that come the end of January there will still be three undefeated teams.

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