College Football - Week 7 (Oct. 16th)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(1) Ohio State at (18) Wisconsin (7 pm, ESPN)

(3) Boise State at San Jose State (8 pm, ESPN3)

BYU at (4) TCU (4 pm, Versus)

Texas at (5) Nebraska (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Iowa State at (6) Oklahoma (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

(12) Arkansas at (7) Auburn (3:30 pm, CBS)

Ole Miss at (8) Alabama (9 pm, ESPN2)

McNeese State at (9) LSU (7 pm, ESPN3)

(10) South Carolina at Kentucky (6 pm, ESPN2)

(11) Utah at Wyoming (6 pm, The Mountain)

Illinois at (13) Michigan State (12 pm, BTN)

(15) Iowa at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Boston College at (16) Florida State (12 pm, ESPN)

(17) Arizona at Washington State (7:30 pm, Versus)

(19) Nevada at Hawaii (11:30 pm, ESPN3)

(20) Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (7 pm)

(21) Missouri at Texas A&M (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

Mississippi State at (22) Florida (7 pm, ESPNU)

(23) Air Force at San Diego State (8 pm, CBS College)

(24) Oregon State at Washington (10:15 pm, ESPN)

South Florida at (25) West Virginia (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

 

Games of interest

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Kansas State at Kansas (7:30 pm Thursday, FSN/CSN)

 

Cincinnati at Louisville (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Minnesota at Purdue (12 pm, ESPN2)

Arkansas State at Indiana (12 pm, ESPNU)

Eastern Michigan at Ball State (1 pm)

Miami at Duke (1 pm, ESPN3)

Western Michigan at Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC)

Buffalo at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm)

California at USC (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Idaho at Louisiana Tech (4 pm, ESPN3)

UL Monroe at Western Kentucky (5 pm)

Baylor at Colorado (7 pm, FCS Central)

 

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

Central Florida at Marshall (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN)

 

NC State at East Carolina (12 pm, CBS College)

Vanderbilt at Georgia (12 pm, SEC Network)

SMU at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College)

Wake Forest at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

 

 

ESPN3 games

Miami (OH) at Central Michigan (12 pm)

Maryland at Clemson (12 pm)

Pittsburgh at Syracuse (12 pm)

Army at Rutgers (2 pm)

Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech (3:30 pm)

North Carolina at Virginia (6 pm)

Florida International at North Texas (7:30 pm)

 

I-AA games of interest

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Holy Cross at Dartmouth (1:30 pm)

South Dakota State at Southern Illinois (3 pm)

Northern Iowa at South Dakota (5 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Elizabeth City at Virginia State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

 

Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern (1:30 pm, ESPN3)

Edited October 13, 2010 by Andy

[Derwood]

OSU doesn't deserve to be #1, but if they beat Wisconsin in Madison, I'll change my mind.

 

Great timing for PSU's bye week. They need to figure [expletive] out

[tfarks]

Go Wisconsin.

[BigSlick]

OSU doesn't deserve to be #1, but if they beat Wisconsin in Madison, I'll change my mind.

 

Great timing for PSU's bye week. They need to figure [expletive] out

I think preseason rankings are stupid and only by virtue of that does OSU have the number 1 spot, but I'm still curious to hear who you think should be #1, Oregon?

 

I also think its stupid that Alabama dropped 7 spots after a loss like that.

[Guest]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

[CubColtPacer]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

 

Not likely at all. There likely won't be a ton of 2 loss teams in the poll next week and Illinois is well behind several 2 loss teams in the national perception even with a win against MSU.

[Magnetic Curses]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

 

Not likely at all. There likely won't be a ton of 2 loss teams in the poll next week and Illinois is well behind several 2 loss teams in the national perception even with a win against MSU.

 

however, it is possible that illinois could win out. if they did that, they could find themselves in a decent bowl game. like the cap one or the outback. that would be out of this world.

 

i would fire zook at that point and make koenning or petrino the head coach.

[javy knows my name]

Go Wisconsin.

[Derwood]

OSU doesn't deserve to be #1, but if they beat Wisconsin in Madison, I'll change my mind.

 

Great timing for PSU's bye week. They need to figure [expletive] out

I think preseason rankings are stupid and only by virtue of that does OSU have the number 1 spot, but I'm still curious to hear who you think should be #1, Oregon?

 

I also think its stupid that Alabama dropped 7 spots after a loss like that.

 

I don't have a better #1, really, but OSU's best win was a home game against a two-loss Miami team. Their strength of schedule is in the 90's or so. I suppose Nebraska, Oregon, even Oklahoma have better resumes at this point

[bukie]

According to Sagarin ratings, this is the order of quality of Big Ten teams:

 

Ohio State

Michigan State

Iowa

Wisconsin

Michigan

Illinois

Northwestern

Purdue

Penn State

Indiana

Minnesota

 

Also, Nebraska would be atop the Big Ten (because they'll be in the conference next year), and Illinois would be atop the Big East (just because the thought of this is funny)

[da bears]

this is a huge, huge game for mizzou. frankly, i think its a must win.

[Butterscup1679666578]

this is a huge, huge game for mizzou. frankly, i think its a must win.

 

with OU, @Nebraska and @Tech coming up, it's absolutely a must win. We need to go 2-2 at the absolute worst during this stretch.

[BigSlick]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

hey now pump the breaks

 

we wont beat MSU

[Guest]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

hey now pump the breaks

 

we wont beat MSU

Sure, it's an awful big if.

[BigSlick]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

hey now pump the breaks

 

we wont beat MSU

Sure, it's an awful big if.

i fondly remember watching Illinois - MSU my freshman year, very hungover, first year of the Zook era and we won on a last second FG, our first conference win in like 2 years

[TruffleShuffle]

if there is ever a good time to play MSU it's the week after they play michigan. they like having letdowns then.

[NewUserName]

Does Illinois get ranked if we win at MSU?

hey now pump the breaks

 

we wont beat MSU

Sure, it's an awful big if.

i fondly remember watching Illinois - MSU my freshman year, very hungover, first year of the Zook era and we won on a last second FG, our first conference win in like 2 years

 

I remember going to a Ill/MSU game in the 80s sometime where a referee died on the field and I think Morten Anderson made a 60+ yard fg(this may be faulty memory or a different game though)

[Tracer Bullet]

There's a not-insignificant chance that there are more Broncos fans in the stadium this week than Irish fans. I'm so glad 7-4-1 will be just a 1-year disaster. Thanks again Dr. White!!

[SouthSideRyan]

There's a not-insignificant chance that there are more Broncos fans in the stadium this week than Irish fans.

 

What makes you say this? And what does 7-4-1 have to do with it?

[dew1679666265]

I think preseason rankings are stupid and only by virtue of that does OSU have the number 1 spot, but I'm still curious to hear who you think should be #1, Oregon?

 

I wouldn't complain about Boise, Oregon, OSU 1-2-3. Boise has the best resume so far, but I don't really have a problem with OSU first.

[Tracer Bullet]

In reality, I think some of the WMU allotment came back. But living up here an hour from K-zoo, there are several Western Michigan undergrads eager to have a reason to pay to go see the ND game day experience. I don't think they'll really outnumber ND fans.

 

Swarbrick had trouble nailing down the last 2 opponents in this year's schedule, which turned out to be W Michigan and Tulsa, because White had this 7-4-1 thing implemented for this year before he got fired. I'm not wild about playing 2 buy games like WMU and Tulsa in the same season. Future schedules look to be moving back to 6-5-1 or 6-4-2, which tends to result in much better opponents (like Miami, Texas, and Oklahoma).

[OleMissCub]

Julio Jones out with a broken hand. Hotty Toddy :-) I still have some hope.....

[Tracer Bullet]

Greg Little (and others) deemed permanently ineligible by NCAA. Schadenfreude in full effect.

[bukie]

Sagarin's top 25 (first time this year all teams are connected):

College Football 2010 through games of October 9 Saturday            
HOME ADVANTAGE=  3.91           RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 30 |  ELO_CHESS   
  1  Oregon               A  =  92.22    6   0   70.33(  39)    1   0  |    2   0  |   91.17    4 
  2  TCU                  A  =  90.79    6   0   68.85(  56)    0   0  |    1   0  |   91.64    2 
  3  Boise State          A  =  90.71    5   0   72.15(  28)    0   0  |    2   0  |   93.33    1 
  4  Stanford             A  =  90.39    5   1   74.69(  14)    0   1  |    1   1  |   88.94    7 
  5  LSU                  A  =  87.56    6   0   73.56(  20)    0   0  |    2   0  |   88.09    8 
  6  Nebraska             A  =  87.50    5   0   67.01(  76)    0   0  |    0   0  |   87.60   10 
  7  Arizona              A  =  87.30    4   1   74.63(  16)    1   0  |    2   1  |   87.24   11 
  8  Alabama              A  =  87.13    5   1   72.25(  27)    0   0  |    2   1  |   83.37   17 
  9  California           A  =  86.46    3   2   75.99(  12)    0   1  |    0   2  |   83.85   16 
 10  Florida State        A  =  86.29    5   1   69.50(  45)    0   0  |    0   1  |   83.15   19 
 11  Oregon State         A  =  86.17    3   2   85.02(   1)    1   2  |    2   2  |   89.74    6 
 12  Oklahoma             A  =  85.80    5   0   74.66(  15)    1   0  |    2   0  |   91.47    3 
 13  South Carolina       A  =  85.48    4   1   72.71(  24)    1   0  |    1   1  |   84.07   15 
 14  Nevada               A  =  85.10    6   0   67.00(  78)    1   0  |    1   0  |   86.78   12 
 15  Ohio State           A  =  85.08    6   0   63.45( 117)    0   0  |    0   0  |   82.27   23 
 16  Missouri             A  =  84.92    5   0   66.53(  84)    0   0  |    0   0  |   84.41   14 
 17  Auburn               A  =  84.80    6   0   67.17(  74)    0   0  |    1   0  |   87.62    9 
 18  Michigan State       A  =  83.09    6   0   65.15(  95)    0   0  |    2   0  |   90.12    5 
 19  Virginia Tech        A  =  82.74    4   2   72.84(  23)    0   1  |    1   1  |   81.72   24 
 20  Arizona State        A  =  82.18    3   3   77.90(   6)    0   1  |    0   3  |   79.47   29 
 21  Iowa                 A  =  81.58    4   1   64.08( 111)    0   1  |    0   1  |   79.25   31 
 22  NC State             A  =  81.19    5   1   69.37(  49)    0   0  |    0   1  |   79.33   30 
 23  Utah                 A  =  80.41    5   0   61.47( 136)    0   0  |    0   0  |   78.34   34 
 24  Arkansas             A  =  80.35    4   1   68.15(  66)    0   1  |    0   1  |   76.97   39 
 25  Wisconsin            A  =  80.01    5   1   63.59( 116)    0   0  |    1   1  |   82.33   22 

The rankings on the far right are the ones submitted to the BCS (they don't factor point spread in at all, while his normal rankings do somewhat).

[SouthSideRyan]

In reality, I think some of the WMU allotment came back. But living up here an hour from K-zoo, there are several Western Michigan undergrads eager to have a reason to pay to go see the ND game day experience. I don't think they'll really outnumber ND fans.

 

Swarbrick had trouble nailing down the last 2 opponents in this year's schedule, which turned out to be W Michigan and Tulsa, because White had this 7-4-1 thing implemented for this year before he got fired. I'm not wild about playing 2 buy games like WMU and Tulsa in the same season. Future schedules look to be moving back to 6-5-1 or 6-4-2, which tends to result in much better opponents (like Miami, Texas, and Oklahoma).

 

I think a lot of schools had trouble getting their 12th game though, multiple Big 10 schools have wound up playing at MAC schools because everyone was scrambling at once to fill their schedules with only a couple dates to choose from.