We’re in the middle weeks of the season. Most teams have
played half their games and we‘re getting a better feel for how things are
shaking out.
Only a dozen teams remain undefeated and three of them are
in the Big East where they will play each other in the second half of the
season. While these three teams
(Louisville, Rutgers and Cincinnati) should remain undefeated this weekend,
there are others that may not be so lucky.
And again there are five games that pit ranked teams against
one another :
2/2/2/2 Oregon (6-0) @ NR/24/24/NR Arizona State (5-1).
3/4/3/3 Florida (6-0) hosting the #9/8/7/7 South Carolina
(6-1).
4/3/4/5 Kansas State (6-0) @ 17/15//15/13 West Virginia
(5-1).
6/6/6/6 LSU (6-1) @ 20/19/19/19 Texas A&M (5-1).
18/20/21/17 Texas Tech (5-1) @ NR/21/22/23 TCU (5-1).
Here’s the full slate of teams ranked by the various panels.
(This week’s rankings from the AP,
Coaches’, Harris Interactive, BCS (Projected). Rankings given last week appear
in parentheses. NR = Not Rated. Numbers
in parentheses after the team’s name are the records.)
1/1/1/1 (1/1/1/1) Alabama (6-0) The Crimson Tide hit the
road to play the Tennessee Volunteers (3-3). They Volunteered to be win #7.
2/2/2/2 (2/2/2/2) Oregon (6-0) The Ducks will be on the road
to play the NR/24/24/NR Arizona State Sun Devils (5-1) on Thursday night. Too
many weapons on the side of the Ducks.
3/4/3/3 (4/6/6/5) Florida (6-0) The Gators will host the #9/8/7/7
South Carolina Gamecocks (6-1). The Gators haven’t looked like a complete team
yet and the Gamecocks have. SC wins this
one.
4/3/4/5 (6/5/5/7) Kansas State (6-0) The Wildcats are on the
road against the #17/15//15/13 West Virginia Mountaineers (5-1). Points will be
scored in this one. Last team with the ball wins.
5/5/5/4 (7/7/7/4) Notre Dame (6-0) The Fighting Irish will
host the BYU Cougars (4-3). Irish win regardless of who is the quarterback this
week.
6/6/6/6 (9/8/8/8) LSU (6-1) The Tigers play on the road
against the #20/19/19/19 Texas A&M Aggies (5-1). Do the Tigers have enough
defense to stop the Aggies? Or will they have to try and outscore them? If the
answer to the first question is “No” then I don’t think they can keep up.
7/NR//NR/NR (8/NR/NR/NR) Ohio State (7-0) The Buckeyes host
the Perdue Boilermakers (3-3). Ohio State should win this one if they don’t
screw it up.
8/11/10/8 (10/14/12/10) Oregon State (5-0) The Beavers host
the Utes of Utah (2-4). Beavers win.
9/8/7/7 (3/3/3/3) South Carolina (6-1) The Gamecocks will
head to the Swamp to face the #3/4/3/3 Florida Gators (6-0). Gamecocks will
win.
10/7/9/9 (13/10/13/15) Oklahoma (4-1) The Sooners host the Kansas
Jayhawks (1-5). Sooners beat the Kansas Jayhawks like a drum.
11/9/11/10 (11/9/10/13) Southern California (5-1) The
Trojans host the Colorado Buffaloes (1-5). Ho hum. Trojans easily beat
Colorado. Almost everybody does.
12/10/8/14 (12/11/9/11) Florida State (6-1) The Seminoles
will head to Miami to play the Hurricanes (4-3). This one is difficult to
predict. It should be a win for Florida State, but Miami is capable of pulling
off an upset…when they play like they want to win.
13/12/12/11 (14/12/11/9) Georgia (5-1) The Bulldogs play on
the road against the Kentucky Wildcats (1-6). Another SEC mismatch. Georgia
wins big.
14/13/13/18 (16/13/14/16) Clemson (5-1) The Tigers will host
the Virginia Tech Hokies (4-3). Not a good year for the Hokies. The Tigers will
beat up on them in this one.
15/16/14/12 (19/18/17/17) Mississippi State (6-0) The
Bulldogs will host the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (4-2). It should be
Mississippi State.
16/14/16/15 (18/16/18/18) Louisville (6-0) The Cardinals will
host the South Florida Bulls (2-4). Cardinals win.
17/15//15/13 (5/4/4/6) West Virginia (5-1) The Mountaineers
host the #4/3/4/5 Kansas State Wildcats (6-0). Points. Lots of Points. The team
that gets the most wins.
18/20/21/17 (NR/NR/NR/NR) Texas Tech (5-1) The Red Raiders
will go on the road to play the # NR/21/22/23 TCU Horned Frogs (5-1). It’s nice to have some depth in the QB slot,
but can the TCU defense stop the Red Raiders? Should be fun to watch.
19/17/17/16 20/19/19/19) Rutgers (6-0) The Scarlet Knights
will travel to play the Temple Owls (3-2). Temple’s first year back in the Big
East. Rutgers is on a mission. It won’t be high scoring…or pretty...if you’re a
Temple fan. Rutgers’ defense is just too strong.
20/19/19/19 (22/21/23/NR) Texas A&M (5-1) The Aggies
will play host to the #6/6/6/6 LSU Tigers (6-1). A&M could pull of an upset
in this one.
21/18/18/20 (21/20/20/21) Cincinnati (5-0) The Bearcats will
play at the home of the Toledo Rockets (6-1). Munchie Legaux and company better keep their heads
in the game. This could be a trap for Cincinnati if they do not.
22/23/20/21 (17/17/16/14) Stanford (4-2) The Cardinal will
hit the road to play the California Golden Bears (3-4). The Cardinal will—should-win
this one.
23/25/NR/NR (25/NR/NR/NR) Michigan (4-2) The Wolverines will
host the Michigan State Spartans (4-3). Rivalry! Tough to pick. Go with the
home team.
24/22/23/22 (24/22/22/23) Boise State (5-1) The Broncos host
the UNLV Rebels (1-6). Blue carpet. It clashes with the Rebel uniforms. The
Broncos win.
25/NR/NR/NR (NR/NR/NR/NR) Ohio (7-0) The Bobcats have the
week off.
NR/21/22/23 (NR/23/21/20) TCU (5-1) The Horned Frogs will
host the #18/20/21/17 Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-1). Should be entertaining if Trevone Boykin
plays as he did last weekend, people will start saying, “Casey Pachall? Who’s
he?”
NR/24/24/NR (NR/NR/NR/NR) Arizona State (5-1) The Sun Devils
will host the #2/2/2/2 (2/2/2/2) Oregon Ducks (6-0) on Thursday night. Ducks
make the Sun Devils quack up.
NR/NR/NR/24 (NR/25/25/24) Iowa State (4-2) The Cyclones will
play on the road against the Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-2). The Cyclones should
be able to win this one.
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