2007 College Football Week No. 8 (week of 10/20/07)

[Sonny]

10-18 Thu. USF @ Rutgers 7:30 p.m. ESPN

10-18 Thu. Utah @ TCU 8:00 p.m. Versus

10-19 Fri. Northwestern @ Eastern Michigan 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
10-19 Fri. Louisville @ UConn 8:00 p.m. ESPN

10-20 Sat. Penn State @ Indiana Noon ESPN or ESPN2
10-20 Sat. Iowa @ Purdue Noon ESPN or ESPN2
10-20 Sat. Central Michigan @ Clemson Noon ESPNU
10-20 Sat. North Dakota State @ Minnesota Noon BigTen (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Northern Illinois @ Wisconsin Noon BigTen (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Army @ Georgia Tech Noon LFS/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh Noon GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Miami, Ohio @ Temple Noon GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Big XII Game TBA 12:30 p.m. FSN
10-20 Sat. Big XII Game TBA 12:30 p.m. FSN Regional
10-20 Sat. Big XII Game TBA 12:30 p.m. Versus
10-20 Sat. Wake Forest @ Navy 1:00 p.m. CSTV
10-20 Sat. Wyoming @ Air Force 2:00 p.m. The Mtn
10-20 Sat. Florida/Kentucky or Tennessee/Alabama 3:30 p.m. CBS
10-20 Sat. California @ UCLA 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Big XII Game TBA 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Miami,Fla/Florida State or Virginia/MD 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Michigan State @ Ohio State 3:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN2 (reverse mirror)
10-20 Sat. Southern California @ Notre Dame 3:30 p.m. NBC
10-20 Sat. Mississippi State @ West Virginia 3:30 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Buffalo @ Syracuse 4:00 p.m. ESPNU
10-20 Sat. N.C. State @ East Carolina 4:30 p.m. CSTV
10-20 Sat. Big XII Game TBA 5:30 p.m. ESPN
10-20 Sat. Eastern Washington @ BYU 5:30 p.m. The Mtn
10-20 Sat. Stanford @ Arizona 7:00 p.m. FSN Regional
10-20 Sat. Boise State @ Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Ohio @ Toledo 7:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. Oregon @ Washington 7:30 p.m. FSN Regional
10-20 Sat. Michigan/Illinois or Miami,Fla/FSU 8:00 p.m. ABC
10-20 Sat. Michigan/Illinois or Virginia/Maryland 8:00 p.m. ESPN2
10-20 Sat. Tulane @ SMU 8:00 p.m. FSN Regional
10-20 Sat. Idaho @ New Mexico State 8:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-20 Sat. New Mexico @ San Diego State 8:30 p.m. CSTV
10-20 Sat. Auburn @ LSU 9:15 p.m. ESPN

10-21 Sun. Southern Miss @ Marshall 8:00 p.m. ESPN

[Sonny]

AP Top 25
1. Ohio State (50) 7-0 1,599
2. South Florida (11) 6-0 1,503
3. Boston College (1) 7-0 1,448
4. Oklahoma (1) 6-1 1,399
5. LSU (1) 6-1 1,331
6. South Carolina 6-1 1,247
7. Oregon 5-1 1,177
8. Kentucky 6-1 1,098
9. West Virginia 5-1 1,090
10. California 5-1 1,065
11. Virginia Tech 6-1 951
12. Arizona State (1) 7-0 948
13. USC 5-1 932
14. Florida 4-2 865
15. Kansas 6-0 664
15. Missouri 5-1 664
17. Hawaii 7-0 551
18. Auburn 5-2 488
19. Texas 5-2 348
20. Tennessee 4-2 339
21. Georgia 5-2 279
22. Texas Tech 6-1 241
23. Cincinnati 6-1 194
24. Michigan 5-2 189
25. Kansas State 4-2 107

Others Receiving Votes
Penn State 95, Virginia 85, Illinois 75, Boise State 37, Alabama 27, Wake Forest 18, Wisconsin 18, Rutgers 18, Clemson 9, Connecticut 7, Florida State 6, Maryland 6, Air Force 4, Brigham Young 2, Troy 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Illinois 18, Wisconsin 19, Florida State 21.

USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (56) 7-0 1,495
2. Boston College (1) 7-0 1,383
3. South Florida (3) 6-0 1,320
4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,288
5. LSU 6-1 1,173
6. Oregon 5-1 1,077
7. West Virginia 5-1 1,007
8. South Carolina 6-1 997
9. California 5-1 983
9. USC 5-1 983
11. Virginia Tech 6-1 982
12. Arizona State 7-0 936
13. Kentucky 6-1 874
14. Florida 4-2 726
15. Kansas 6-0 705
16. Hawaii 7-0 558
17. Missouri 5-1 519
18. Texas 5-2 396
19. Auburn 5-2 372
20. Georgia 5-2 282
21. Texas Tech 6-1 232
22. Tennessee 4-2 193
23. Cincinnati 6-1 192
24. Virginia 6-1 184
25. Penn State 5-2 128

Others Receiving Votes
Michigan 127, Wisconsin 82, Boise State 61, Illinois 59, Kansas State 42, Rutgers 25, Purdue 19, Florida State 16, Maryland 15, Alabama 13, Wake Forest 12, Louisville 9, Clemson 9, Brigham Young 8, Michigan State 8, Connecticut 7, Fresno State 2, Wyoming 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Wisconsin 15, Illinois 19, Florida State 21, Purdue 24.

[FLAK]

I think i just saw a pig flying outside my bedroom window, USF is in the top 3....

[scooter]

kinda weird to see an undefeated hawaii team drop in the rankings this week. If they run the table, anyone think they get a BCS bowl bid?

[Timbalaned]

I think i just saw a pig flying outside my bedroom window, USF is in the top 3....

It is even more nuts to see them at the #2 spot in the BCS. Can't believe it

[FLALAX]

What is even more nutz is that USF received 11 first place votes. Go Bulls!

[Zamboni_Driver]

If you were about to acquire a company and your employee brought you 5 options with following criteria -

Option.........W/L Over Market Leaders
A................ 3/1
B.................2/0 (but took huge loss non-market leader)
C................. 2/0
D................. 0/0
E................. 0/0

Then imagine that employee told you to buy E! Wouldn't you fire that person? I think the BCS needs to increase the value of strength of schedule....if anyone has the official strength of schedule rating for the top 5, I'd love to see it...

Here are the BCS Top 5 by my comparison-

Ohio State (7-0) -
W/L...Team....................Current Record
W.....Youngstown St.......[5-2](D1-AA)
W.....Akron....................3-4
W.....Washington............2-4
W.....Northwestern.........4-3
W.....Minnesota..............1-6
W.....Purdue..................5-2
W.....Kent State.............3-4
-......Michigan State........5-2
-......Penn State.............5-2
-......Wisconsin...............5-2
-......Illinois....................5-2
-......#25 Michigan..........5-2

Wins vs BCS Top 25: 0
Winning Percentage of D1A Teams Played: 44%
Winning Percentage of D1A Teams to Play: 71%


USF (6-0) -
W.....Elon......................[4-2](D1-AA)
W.....#17 Auburn............5-2
W.....UNC.......................2-5
W.....#9 W. Virginia.........5-1
W.....Florida Atlantic.........3-3
W.....Central Florida.........3-3
-......Rutgers...................4-2
-......UCONN....................5-1
-......#23 Cincinnati..........6-1
-.......Syracuse................1-6
-.......Louisville................4-3
-.......Pittsburgh...............2-4

Wins vs BCS Top 25: 2
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams Played: 56%
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams to Play: 56%

Boston College (7-0) -
W.....Wake Forest.............4-2
W.....NC State..................1-5
W.....Georgia Tech............4-3
W.....Army.......................3-4
W.....UMASS....................[5-1] (D1-AA)
W.....Bowling Green..........3-3
W.....Notre Dame..............1-6
-......#11 Virginia Tech......6-1
-......Florida State..............4-2
-......Maryland...................4-2
-......Clemson....................4-2
-......Miami-FL....................4-3

Wins vs BCS Top 25: 0
Winning percentage of D1-A Teams Played: 41%
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams to Play: 69%

LSU (6-1)-
W.....Miss State..................4-3
W.....#11 Virginia Tech.......6-1
W.....M. Tenn State.............2-5
W.....#6 South Carolina.......6-1
W.....Tulane.......................1-5
W.....#15 Florida................4-2
L.......#7 Kentucky.............6-1
-.......#17 Auburn...............5-2
-.......Alabama...................5-2
-.......La. Tech....................2-4
-.......Ole Miss....................2-5
-.......Arkansas..................3-3

Wins vs BCS Top 25: 3 (Loss to #7)
Winning Percentage to D1-A Teams Played: 62%
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams to Play: 52%

Oklahoma (6-1)-
W.....N. Texas....................1-5
W.....Miami-FL....................4-3
W.....Utah State.................0-6
W.....Tulsa.........................4-2
L......Colorado....................4-3
W.....#22 Texas.................5-2
W.....#16 Missouri..............5-1
-.......Iowa State.................1-6
-.......Texas A&M.................5-2
-.......Baylor.......................3-4
-.......#24 Texas Tech.........6-1
-.......Oklahoma State.........4-3

Wins vs Top 25 BCS Teams: 2 (1 Lose outside BCS
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams Played: 51%
Winning Percentage of D1-A Teams to Play: 54%

[Dan Wishengrad]

What a wacky, wacky season.

Too bad college football games don't end at intermission -- if they did my Huskies would be undefeated with two ties, against Ohio St and USC. Unfortunately U-Dub has been outscored something like 698-3 in the third and fourth quarters.

Maybe Coach Willingham needs to work on a better halftime speech, or better yet maybe he should start suiting up to play? He could certainly do a better job stopping the opponents' running game than the eleven guys on defense he has been sending out there...

[Danny Hogan]

I think i just saw a pig flying outside my bedroom window, USF is in the top 3....

It is even more nuts to see them at the #2 spot in the BCS. Can't believe it

thank god that is over.

[Sonny]

Great game last night. USF certainly has some playmakers. Ray Rice is a beast for Rutgers.

I love Thursday night college football on ESPN. Can't wait for next week's game in Blacksburg.

[Beta]

thank god that is over.

It was just a matter of time before USF took a loss with a sicknasty Big East schedule.

[Vols2]

Couldn't agree more...

I think i just saw a pig flying outside my bedroom window, USF is in the top 3....

It is even more nuts to see them at the #2 spot in the BCS. Can't believe it

thank god that is over.

[FLAK]

Couldn't agree more...

I think i just saw a pig flying outside my bedroom window, USF is in the top 3....

It is even more nuts to see them at the #2 spot in the BCS. Can't believe it

thank god that is over.

Even though I root for another Florida team, I have to admit I wanted USF to go all the way just because if they went undefeated and didnt make the NC or if they won it, it might spark some change in the system.

It just seemed like it would have been the perfect ending to this college football season..

[Dan Wishengrad]

Personally, I'm rooting for there to be no undefeated teams reamining after Dec. 1st, and for "the mother of all battles" to ensue over who the BCS selects to play for the national title. The only time that the BCS selection has been without much controversy has been when there were two undefeated teams from the BCS conferences that clearly were the only two worthy choices. And in those years what did we really even need the BCS for, anyway?

Here again is another cry for a true national playoff in D1 football. Yes, it would be very difficult to institute but please don't argue that is would be impossible. Four teams, six teams, eight teams or more -- any playoff system would be better and more fair than what we have now.

[Beta]

Minnesota is getting beat by North Dakota State...lotta time left but geez.