Andy

BCS standings being used as the Top 25 the rest of the year. Top 25 games --------------------------- (1) Florida at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, ESPN) Tennessee at (2) Alabama (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Texas at Missouri (8 pm, ABC - Regional) (4) Boise State at Hawaii (11 pm, ESPN 360) Louisville at (5) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPNU) (6) Iowa at Michigan State (7 pm, BTN) Oregon State at (7) USC (8 pm, ABC - Regional) (8) TCU at (16) BYU (7:30 pm, Versus) Auburn at (9) LSU (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Clemson at (10) Miami (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) (11) Oregon at Washington (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) (12) Georgia Tech at Virginia (12 pm, Raycom Sports) (13) Penn State at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) (15) Oklahoma State at Baylor (12:30 pm, Versus) SMU at (17) Houston (7:30 pm, CBS College) Air Force at (18) Utah (4 pm, Versus) Minnesota at (19) Ohio State (12 pm, ESPN) South Florida at (20) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ESPN 360) UCLA at (22) Arizona (6:30 pm, Fox Sports Arizona) UConn at (23) West Virginia (12 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at (24) South Carolina (7 pm, ESPNU) Oklahoma at (25) Kansas (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) Games of interest ---------------------------- Florida State at North Carolina (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Arkansas at Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network) Indiana at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN) Illinois at Purdue (12 pm, ESPN2) Iowa State at Nebraska (12:30 pm, FSN/CSN) Northern Illinois at Miami (OH) (1 pm) Ball State at Eastern Michigan (1 pm) Maryland at Duke (1:30 pm, ESPN 360) Buffalo at Western Michigan (2 pm) Louisiana Tech at Utah State (3 pm, ESPN 360) Boston College at Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) UL Monroe at Kentucky (7 pm, Sun Sports) Other nationally available games ------------------------------------------ Tulsa at UTEP (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN) Rutgers at Army (8 pm Friday, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Bowling Green (12 pm, ESPN 360) Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN 360) Wake Forest at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College) Akron at Syracuse (3:30 pm, ESPN 360) North Texas at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN 360) Idaho at Nevada (4 pm, ESPN 360) Arizona State at Stanford (10:15 pm, FSN/CSN) Fresno State at New Mexico State (10:15 pm, ESPNU) Non I-A games of interest --------------------------------- Colgate at Holy Cross (1 pm) Northern Iowa at South Dakota State (3 pm) Youngstown State at Southern Illinois (4 pm) UC Davis at Portland State (4 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Prairie View at Southern (8 pm Thursday, ESPNU) North Alabama at Valdosta State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

FWIW, I saw a projection that had them 6 in the BCS. That's what they are at. Behind Boise and Cincy, who I think they'll jump if they keep winning. If they win out they need help to jump one of the big three. Are the rankings out? Where'd you see them?

If by not too bad, you mean really damn good I agree. When the Panthers traded up to get Jeff Otah last year I thought they were getting Flacco at first and got really excited. He is really good.

FWIW, I saw a projection that had them 6 in the BCS.

Panthers win 28-21 after a 16-play (one pass) drive bleeds the clock to almost nothing before scoring. One more crappy team left in October to hopefully go back to .500.

Anderson throws the game-sealing pick in Pittsburgh, then shoves a Steeler for no apparent reason. Good guy, that Anderson.

Stewart dominating this drive. If Jake had just turned around and handed the ball off more this game we'd be blowing the Bucs out.

Jake Delhomme is the worst QB in the NFL. Others may put up worse numbers, but only Jake has the constant pick-6 guillotine hanging over his fans' heads.

I can't decide if I'm more pissed at him or at the Giants' defense for bombing so badly that I will probably get negative points from them. (And I looked for another D to play this week, there wasn't anyone worth crap available.)

Jake just threw a pick. We're 30 yards away from a tie game.

Tampa takes the kickoff back. That's how bad teams lose.

It's Tampa, so take it with the salt necessary, but Williams and Stewart are starting to get back into a groove. Stewart just reeled off a 26-yard scoring run to give the Panthers a 21-7 lead.

Carolina picks off Josh Johnson to open the 3rd, convert a 4th and 1 from the 3 and score to go up 14-7.

Giants get a big stop there at the end of the half. ETA: And they screw that up.

The latter, but Bama has been better than Florida this year and it's really not that close to this point.

The Browns don't deserve a player as good as Cribbs. He's awesome.

They've tried twice but Jake misfired. jake sucks. Thanks, I didn't already know that.

Uh, so the Saints are pretty good.

Jonathan Stewart gives it back at the 2.

Panthers recover a fumble in Tampa territory!

They've tried twice but Jake misfired.

Browns have apparently decided to go with Josh Cribbs at QB because Anderson's been on the bench an entire drive. Cribbs throws a pick because he's not a QB. The Browns are stupid.

Allow me to rephrase. If we win and the pollsters deem it lopsided enough to not take votes away, ND will be back in the polls. if ball state wins there's no way they'd be ranked.What on Earth are you talking about?

Allow me to rephrase. If we win and the pollsters deem it lopsided enough to not take votes away, ND will be back in the polls.

1 Alabama (39) 7-0 1447 2 Florida (20) 6-0 1434 3 Texas 6-0 1365 4 USC 5-1 1213 5 Cincinnati 6-0 1163 6 Boise State 6-0 1156 7 Iowa 7-0 1092 8 Miami (FL) 5-1 1056 9 LSU 5-1 1014 10 TCU 6-0 1001 11 Georgia Tech 6-1 861 12 Oregon 5-1 849 13 Penn State 6-1 753 14 Oklahoma State 5-1 690 15 Virginia Tech 5-2 684 16 Brigham Young 6-1 601 17 Houston 5-1 478 18 Ohio State 5-2 373 19 Utah 5-1 350 20 Pittsburgh 6-1 330 21 Texas Tech 5-2 286 22 West Virginia 5-1 205 23 South Carolina 5-2 159 24 Kansas 5-1 120 25 Oklahoma 3-3 117 ND dropped one spot to 26 and will be back in the polls next week if they win because Kansas and Oklahoma play each other. The first BCS rankings come out around 4 pm so I'll use those for next week's thread.