2007 College Football Week No. 9 (week of 10/27/07)

[Sonny]

10-25 Thu. Boston College @ Virginia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN
10-25 Thu. Air Force @ New Mexico 9:00 p.m. Versus

10-26 Fri. Boise State @ Fresno State 9:00 p.m. ESPN2

10-27 Sat. Colorado @ Texas Tech Noon ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. West Virginia @ Rutgers Noon ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Michigan State @ Iowa Noon ESPN2
10-27 Sat. Ball State @ Illinois Noon BigTen (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Northwestern @ Purdue Noon BigTen (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Indiana @ Wisconsin Noon BigTen (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. North Carolina @ Wake Forest Noon LFS/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Pittsburgh @ Louisville Noon GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Mississippi State @ Kentucky Noon LFS/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Delaware @ Navy 1:00 p.m. CSTV
10-27 Sat. UNLV @ Wyoming 2:00 p.m. The Mtn
10-27 Sat. Southern California @ Oregon 3:00 p.m. FSN
10-27 Sat. Louisiana Tech @ Utah State 3:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville) 3:30 p.m. CBS
10-27 Sat. Clemson @ Maryland 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. South Florida @ UConn 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Nebraska @ Texas 3:30 p.m. ABC/GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Minnesota @ Michigan 3:30 p.m. ESPN Classic
10-27 Sat. Virginia @ N.C. State 4:30 p.m. ESPNU
10-27 Sat. Rice @ Marshall 4:30 p.m. CSTV
10-27 Sat. Idaho @ Nevada 5:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. Utah @ Colorado State 5:30 p.m. The Mtn
10-27 Sat. Ohio @ Bowling Green 6:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. UCLA @ Washington State 6:30 p.m. FSN
10-27 Sat. Kansas @ Texas A&M 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
10-27 Sat. Duke @ Florida State 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
10-27 Sat. Troy @ Arkansas State 7:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
10-27 Sat. South Carolina @ Tennessee 7:45 p.m. ESPN
10-27 Sat. Ohio State @ Penn State 8:00 p.m. ABC
10-27 Sat. BYU @ San Diego State 9:30 p.m. The Mtn
10-27 Sat. Cal @ Arizona State 10:00 p.m. FSN

10-28 Sun. UCF @ Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. ESPN

[Sonny]

BCS Standings

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. LSU
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. Virginia Tech
9. Kansas
10. South Florida
11. Florida
12. USC
13. Missouri
14. Kentucky
15. Virginia
16. South Carolina
17. Hawaii
18. Georgia
19. Texas
20. Michigan
21. California
22. Auburn
23. Connecticut
24. Alabama
25. Penn State

[Sonny]

AP Top 25

1. Ohio State (57) 8-0 1,612
2. Boston College (2) 7-0 1,494
3. LSU (5) 7-1 1,479
4. Oklahoma 7-1 1,421
5. Oregon 6-1 1,355
6. West Virginia 6-1 1,228
7. Arizona State (1) 7-0 1,156
8. Virginia Tech 6-1 1,111
9. USC 6-1 1,107
9. Florida 5-2 1,107
11. South Florida 6-1 980
12. Kansas 7-0 960
13. Missouri 6-1 925
14. Kentucky 6-2 719
15. South Carolina 6-2 649
16. Hawaii 7-0 573
17. Texas 5-2 497
18. California 5-2 444
19. Michigan 6-2 401
20. Georgia 5-2 394
21. Virginia 7-1 315
22. Alabama 6-2 263
23. Auburn 5-3 248
24. Penn State 6-2 209
25. Rutgers 5-2 174

Others Receiving Votes
UCLA 77, Boise State 72, Wake Forest 50, Connecticut 26, Clemson 21, Wisconsin 17, Air Force 11, Brigham Young 6, Texas Tech 6, TROY 4, Tennessee 3, Fresno State 3, Oklahoma State 3, Kansas State 2, Purdue 1, Cincinnati 1, Texas A&M 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Tennessee 20, Texas Tech 22, Cincinnati 23, Kansas State 25.

[Sonny]

USA Today Poll

1. Ohio State (58 ) 8-0 1,498
2. Boston College (2) 7-0 1,412
3. LSU 7-1 1,319
4. Oklahoma 7-1 1,306
5. Oregon 6-1 1,225
6. West Virginia 6-1 1,134
7. Arizona State 7-0 1,089
8. USC 6-1 1,060
9. Virginia Tech 6-1 1,052
10. Kansas 7-0 911
11. Florida 5-2 906
12. South Florida 6-1 813
13. Missouri 6-1 790
14. Hawaii 7-0 617
15. Kentucky 6-2 604
16. Texas 5-2 527
17. South Carolina 6-2 474
18. Virginia 7-1 466
19. Georgia 5-2 402
20. California 5-2 397
21. Michigan 6-2 325
22. Penn State 6-2 294
23. Auburn 5-3 179
24. Alabama 6-2 177
25. Wisconsin 6-2 105

Others Receiving Votes
Boise State 103, Rutgers 96, Connecticut 75, Purdue 37, Texas Tech 28, UCLA 21, Clemson 17, Cincinnati 10, Texas A&M 6, Wake Forest 5, Fresno State 5, Brigham Young 4, Kansas State 3, Maryland 3, Oklahoma State 2, Vanderbilt 2, Illinois 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Texas Tech 21, Tennessee 22, Cincinnati 23.

[More Cowbell]

Go BC.

[Dan Wishengrad]

The BCS standings don't look too bad, although this doesn't mean I have become a fan by any means.

If either ASU or Oregon run the table on their remaining schedules (and they still have to play each other and USC), one of these Pac-10 teams has a decent shot to make the title game. The real UCLA showed up again on Saturday, and too bad for the Golden Bears. A couple weeks ago Cal was up to #2 and dreaming of a national championship opportunity, now they are in danger of falling completely out of the BCS standings with another conference loss. USC seems to have righted their ship with the dominating shutout at South Bend. The Pac-10 is still up for grabs and pretty darn competitive from top to bottom.

That big BC-VT game on Thursday will have huge BCS implications, and should be a dandy.

Can somebody please explain how/why South Carolina is still as high as they are on the BCS list with a second loss this week, and against weak and unranked Vandy???

[Beta]

Can somebody please explain how/why South Carolina is still as high as they are on the BCS list with a second loss this week, and against weak and unranked Vandy???

Vandy is 4-3, losing to UGA, Alabama and Auburn. They've never been a pushover..they just often fall short. South Carolina is ranked 15 in the AP and 16 in the BCS with losses to LSU and Vandy.

South Florida lost to unranked Rutgers and they're still BCS top 10.

Also, Arizona State will be playing it's first ranked team of the season (Cal) in its 8th game...so we'll see how they handle that with a #4 ranked.

[Dan Wishengrad]

Good points, Joe... I didn't realize Vandy was that good this year.

ASU is pretty good, but they will have trouble with Cal and no way can they play with Oregon unless the Ducks self-destruct with a bunch of turnovers. The interesting match-up will be USC's great defense against Oregon's even greater offense later in the season. THAT will be a really interesting matchup.

Ty Willingham starting to take alot of criticism up here in Seattle, which I think is both understandable and also a little unfair. The Huskies are only 5-6 plays per game away from being decent, and we're still not as talented as the teams in the top half of the Pac-10. Still, I've seen us play USC, Ohio State, ASU, UCLA and Oregon already and despite getting beaten in all these games we're not THAT far away. I hope we give Coach W at least another full season to right the ship.

Alot of folks are angry that he tried an on-side kick against the Ducks on Saturday and gave them a short field when the game was still up for grabs. But I think we should have tried it every time LOL Oregon was chewing up yards so easily against the Huskies' "defense" that I don't really think it mattered WHERE they started their drives. Only way to beat em was to keep the ball away from their offense.

For those who haven't seen him play yet, our Frosh QB Jake Locker is really something special, he should be a strong Heisman contender in a couple years.

[Beta]

Ty Willingham starting to take alot of criticism up here in Seattle...

For what he is doing with the program there...they should be kissing the ground he walks on.

[Dan Wishengrad]

Ty Willingham starting to take alot of criticism up here in Seattle...

For what he is doing with the program there...they should be kissing the ground he walks on.

I agree, but considering we used to be known as a "football school", the prospects of yet another losing season and no bowl appearance has the natives restless. At least we are a "basketball school" now and there's big hopes for Husky hoops in 2007-08.

By the way (and not that it matters), I believe that UW is the only DI program with African-American Head Coaches in both football and basketball...

[Ken Lovic]

don't forget the U and their coaches

[TheBearcatHimself]

Vandy is 4-3, losing to UGA, Alabama and Auburn. They've never been a pushover..they just often fall short. South Carolina is ranked 15 in the AP and 16 in the BCS with losses to LSU and Vandy.

Vanderbilt has been building off their success for the last couple years (success being relative) and has built a solid team top to bottom, they are certainly to be feared, and remember we are a week removed from Georgia feeling the need to dance on the Vandy "V" at midfield after they barely pulled out the win

Ohio State, Boston College, and Arizona State are all operating under a thorough campaign of deception through smoke and mirrors, I can't recall a time when the remaining undefeateds just seem so defeatable. I think all three teams have a very good chance to lose this weekend....you know what, I'm just gonna go ahead and call my shot here, all three will lose this weekend to Penn State, VA Tech, and Cal respectively

put it on the board...make fun of me if I'm wrong

[Beta]

put it on the board...make fun of me if I'm wrong

For this football season, that's not a bet that is particularly that crazy.

The top three are playing....

(1) Ohio State @ (25) Penn State
(2) BC @ (8) VT
(21) Cal @ (3) Arizona State

[Dan Wishengrad]

Which, if it comes to pass, would leave Kansas and Hawaii as the lone undefeated teams remaining. What are the odds, though, that we'll see the Jayhawks and the Rainbow Warriors playing for the mythical national title? LOL I'd say the odds would be.... NOT!

[Sonny]

Great finish last night Blacksburg. Here is BC's game winning drive in case you missed it......

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