College Football - Week 7 - Only 10 Undefeated Teams Remain - Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU All Lose

College football's 7th week started with 15 teams leftorder) include Alabama, Penn State, Texas, Boise
undefeated and ended with only 10 as No. 1 Oklahoma,State, Texas Tech, Utah, BYU, Ball State, Oklahoma
No. 3 Missouri, No. 4 Louisiana State, No. 13 VanderbiltState and Tulsa.
and No. 20 Auburn all were upset.If you look at the Sagarin Ratings for schedule
Some fans would point out that you could hardly callstrength this is how the 10 unbeaten teams are ranked
the Oklahoma and LSU losses as upsets since the No.from best schedule strength to worst:
1 Sooners were playing No. 5 Texas Longhorns andAlabama (38th), Texas (43rd), Utah (72nd), Penn State
the No. 4 LSU Tigers were playing the No. 11 Florida(74th), Oklahoma State (94th), Texas Tech (105th), Ball
Gators.State (107th), Boise State (111th), Brigham Young (121st)
The Texas-Oklahoma contest was a shoot out thatand Tulsa (141st). This would go a long way in
Longhorn Coach Mack Brown called "one of theexplaining why some of these teams are unbeaten.
greatest football games I've ever seen." Texas wasThere are 119 Division 1-A schools so you can imagine
behind by 11 points twice in the first half and by 8 in thehow tough the teams were that played the last 5 of
3rd quarter before winning 45-35 at home.these unbeaten teams.
Longhorn Chris Ogbannaya, a senior making hisTulsa plays absolutely no one worth talking about and
second start, rushed 15 times for 127 yards, none morecould go unbeaten if they beat 3-3 Arkansas. Tulsa's
important than his 62-yard gain on a play headedlast victory was over a 1-6 Southern Methodist team
nowhere that helped put Texas on top to stay.and the Golden Hurricane (that's Tulsa) won 37-31.
Texas' junior quarterback Colt McCoy went 28-of-35Brigham Young thankfully faces off against Utah in the
for 277 yards with 1 TD pass and no turnovers.last game of the year for both schools. Boise State
Oklahoma's sophomore quarterback Sam Bradfordpretty much gets a free ride until Fresno State. Ball
was not to be outdone, going 28-of-39 for 387 yardsState really faces nobody.
and 5 TDs. Bradford found Jordan Shipley for 11Alabama, Texas, Penn State, Oklahoma State and
passes, 112 yards and a TD. Shipley also had anTexas Tech will earn their way by facing far tougher
electrifying 96-yard return for a TD.competition.
No. 3 Missouri is not as good as its pre-game 5-0Alabama, Virginia Tech, South Florida and Pittsburgh
record warrants and No. 17 Oklahoma State proved itwere all idle this week.
by traveling to Missouri and beating the Tigers atOther notable performances merit some attention.
home, 28-23, pushing its unbeaten record to 6-0. ThePenn State's Nittany Lions traveled to Wisconsin and
loss was the first for Missouri.beat the Badgers at home 48-7. It is not easy to beat
No. 11 Florida just took it to No. 4 LSU, leading 20-3 atWisconsin at home, and for Joe Paterno's team to rip
the half and finishing off the Tigers 51-21 at home. Wethe Badgers apart was impressive.
no longer need to guess which team is better.Michigan is really underwhelming this year, losing again
No. 13 Vanderbilt's little 15-minute brush with fame isat home in the Big House to Toledo 13-10. The loss
over as the Commodores traveled to unrankedmarked the first time in its storied history that Michigan
Mississippi State and promptly lost 17-14 to the Bulldogs.has lost to a Mid-American Conference team. Toledo
Mississippi raised its record to 2-4 with the win overcame into the contest with a 1-4 mark and an earlier
Vanderbilt. There are no words to describe the No. 20loss to Florida International.
Auburn Tigers who lost at home to unrankedOregon State has to be the nastiest 3-3 team in the
Arkansas 25-22. Auburn fell right out of the AP Topnation. The Beavers thumped Washington State 66-13,
25 Poll with a thud.topped Hawaii 45-7, upset Southern Cal 27-21, and is in
Between Missouri, Louisiana State and Auburn, it wasno mood to explain its losses to Stanford, Penn State
not a good week to be the Tigers. Kudos to Texas,and Utah (all on the road). They travel to Washington
Florida and Oklahoma State which defended theirthis week and I would not want to be a Husky when
rankings.they arrive.
Among the other top 13 ranked teams which wonAfter such a great start to its season, East Carolina
were No. 6 Penn State on the road over Wisconsinnow looks very average, losing again on the road to
48-7, No. 7 Texas Tech at home over Nebraska 37-31Virginia 35-20.
in overtime, No. 8 Southern California at home 28-0The new AP Top 25 Poll has the top 10 in this
over Arizona State, No. 9 BYU at home 21-3 overorder-Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma, Florida,
New Mexico, No, 10 Georgia at home 26-14 overSouthern Cal, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Brigham
Tennessee, No. 12 Ohio State at home 16-2 overYoung and Georgia.
Purdue, and No. 14 Utah on the road 40-7 overSome games of interest this week include No. 12 Ohio
Wyoming.State at No. 20 Michigan State, No. 13 LSU at
Also No. 15 Boise State on the road 24-7 overunranked but dangerous South Carolina, No. 22
Southern Mississippi, No. 16 Kansas at home 30-14Vanderbilt at No. 10 Georgia (the Commodores may
over Colorado, No. 21 Wake Forest at home 12-7 overlose their ranking), No. 16 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma
Clemson (another Tiger team), No. 22 North Carolina at(beware, Jayhawks), No. 11 Missouri at No. 1 Texas,
home 29-24 over Notre Dame, No. 23 Michigan Stateunranked Michigan at No. 3 Penn State (Joe Paterno's
on the road 37-20 over unbeaten and unrankedeyes get bigger and bigger every week, only
Northwestern, and No. 25 Ball State on the road 24-7exceeded by his appetite for victories), and Hawaii at
over 1-AA Western Kentucky.No. 15 Boise State (could the Warriors do the
The 10 remaining unbeaten teams (in no particularimpossible?).