College Football 2013 Season

[Ben Kenobi]

Is anyone cheering for Sandusky State vs tOSU?

[Boris Godunov]

Oregon's defense is saving me from an anyeurism.

[Boris Godunov]

I guess 42-14 is acceptable.

[-Jrabbit]

Who put the nickel in Minnesota?

[Ben Kenobi]

[Ben Kenobi]

1. Alabama
2. Baylor
3. Fresno
4. NIU
5. Florida State
6. Miami
7. tOSU
8. Oregon (8)
9. Texas Tech
10.Houston
11.Awbrun
12.Oklahoma St
13.Oklahoma
14.Mizzou
15.UCF
16.Louisville
17.Ball State
18.Michigan State
19.Clemson
20.Michigan
21.Stanford
22.Texas A+M
23.BYU
24.Sakerlina
25.LSU

On the bubble:

1. Virginia Tech
2. Cincinnati
3. Oregon State
4. Arizona
5. Arizona State

Welcome back, LSU and Sakerlina.

Brigham Young is also in the top 25. Good to see them back, but sadly at the expense of Boise. If Fresno loses, they'll drop to 15 behind UCF and everyone else moves up one - bringing NIU to 3!

Who here would love an Oregon/NIU bowl?

[-Jrabbit]

It would be a joke. But it's fun to watch NIU creep into the national consciousness; I have several friends who are alums.

[Ben Kenobi]

It would be a joke. But it's fun to watch NIU creep into the national consciousness; I have several friends who are alums.

They've earned it. Going undefeated is tough.

I would love to see NIU and Fresno get a shot against the big teams if they go undefeated. Fresno + tOSU would be a hoot.

What would make me sad is if they did another 'separate but equal' bowl with Fresno vs NIU like they did for BSU and TCU.

[Guynemer]

UNDEFEATED REPORT

Vaya con Dios: Dust Aggie, Meth Tigers

REMAINING (8)

ACC(2): Florida State (vs. Miami), Miami (at Florida State)
Big 12 (1): Baylor (open date)
B1G (1): Ohio State (at Purdue)
MAC (1): Northern Illinois (at UMass)
MWC (1): Fresno State (vs. Nevada)
Pac-12 (1): Oregon (open date)
SEC (1): Alabama (open date)


One game between undefeated teams, and then a bunch of open dates and the next best thing to open dates.

>95%: NIU, Ohio State
85-95%: Fresno State
70-85%: Florida State
Big underdog: Miami

Other than the loser of FSU-Miami (which is all of us), no one else is gonna go down this week, despite OSU's history of derpitude at Purdue.

[Guynemer]

1. Oregon
1A. Alabama
1B. Florida State
4. Baylor
5. Ohio State
6. Stanford
7. Oklahoma
8. Auburn
9. Clemson
10. Miami

Near (to 10, nowhere near the top 5-7): Missouri, LSU, Louisville, Texas A&M, UCLA, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, South Carolina

[Ben Kenobi]

No Okie State? What did they do to incur your wrath?

[Boris Godunov]

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. FSU
4. Baylor

5. Ohio State
6. Stanford
7. Auburn
8. Oklahoma

9. Clemson (probably overrated)
10. Miami (probably way overrated)

Hovering out there: Oklahoma State (the WVU loss still looks terrible, haven't beaten any good teams), TAMU (best 2-loss team?), Missouri (back down to earth), Fresno State (haven't played anybody of note), NIU (same story), UCLA, UCF, Louisville, LSU (looked awful yesterday against... Furman?)

The Ducks have a week and a half to prepare to go to Stanford for the biggest game of their regular season. I'm optimistic because the Ducks are playing better on both sides of the ball this year while Stanford is playing worse. The Stanford loss last year was also the only time the Oregon offense sputtered, and they were greatly beaten up after the marathon USC game the week before. Given that the Oregon State defense held Stanford to 20 points, and they aren't nearly as good as Oregon's D, I don't see the Furd scoring a ton of points. So I have to hope the offensive struggles yesterday in the first half (the Ducks O made mistake after mistake in the first half, blanked UCLA 28-0 in the second) are out of their system. But that gaffe-filled first half also worries me.

I don't see anyone left in FSU's schedule that leads me to believe they'll lose a game. Miami looked bad today and was lucky to pull out a last-minute victory over Wake. The other teams left in their schedule should be walk-overs. Alabama will face LSU and Auburn, and while those will be stiffer challenges than most for the Tide, I think they will be heavily favored in both games. So of the top 3, I'd say Oregon is the one with the most likely change of losing a game. If they win out, odds are strong they'll jump FSU in the BCS rankings based on SoS and it will finally be Alabama-Oregon in the NCG.

[Ben Kenobi]

I don't see anyone left in FSU's schedule that leads me to believe they'll lose a game. Miami looked bad today and was lucky to pull out a last-minute victory over Wake. The other teams left in their schedule should be walk-overs. Alabama will face LSU and Auburn, and while those will be stiffer challenges than most for the Tide, I think they will be heavily favored in both games. So of the top 3, I'd say Oregon is the one with the most likely change of losing a game. If they win out, odds are strong they'll jump FSU in the BCS rankings based on SoS and it will finally be Alabama-Oregon in the NCG.

Not with Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for Baylor if they run the table. Right now it's Baylor/Alabama then probably tOSU and FSU if nobody loses a game.

[Boris Godunov]

Huh, Oregon jumps to the BCS #2 already:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9890370/no-2-oregon-ducks-pass-florida-state-seminoles-bcs-standings

Well that seals it. As long as Oregon keeps winning, they'll only solidify their #2, as they have the strongest remaining SoS. The Ducks control their own destiny.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The funny thing is that I think Florida State is stronger than Oregon (and could beat Alabama). Though Oregon deserves a NCG win. Although, it'd be great if all 3 were undefeated and FSU destroyed their bowl opponent (as they are doing with everyone) and Alabama v. Oregon is close.

I kind of feel sorry for Miami this Sat... but then again, it's Miami.