College Football: Week5

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BCS Conference Rankings (My own opinion): SEC, Big12, Big10, Pac10, ACC

Big10 jumps up after Oregon's dismantling of Cal, and 4 teams to beat emerging from the Big10. Still a huge gap between Big12 and Big10 though. ACC having a horrible OOC showing against mid-major conferences brings them down even further.

I will admit, I'm getting a little lazy on the mid majors so if I pick something regarding them that's out of whack, that's my excuse.

Atlantic Coast Conference

Season:
Overall: 26-20 Top 25: 5-10 OOC: 19-13 FBS: 18-18 FCS: 8-2
Week 3:
Overall: 5-6 Top 25: 1-3 OOC: 2-3 FBS: 5-6 FCS: 0-0

Saturday, October 3
12:00PM ET #6 Virginia Tech @ Duke
12:00PM ET Clemson @ Maryland
12:00PM ET Virginia @ North Carolina
3:30PM ET Florida State @ Boston College
3:30PM ET North Carolina State @ Wake Forest
8:00PM ET #8 Oklahoma @ #17 Miami (FL)

Notes: Bradford might play, and this team has been outstanding since their loss

Big 12

Season:
Overall: 33-11 Top 25: 2-4 OOC: 32-10 FBS: 24-1 FCS: 9-0
Week 3:
Overall: 9-1 Top 25: 0-1 OOC: 9-1 FBS: 6-1 FCS: 3-0

Saturday, October 3
3:00PM ET Kansas State @ Iowa State
3:30PM ET New Mexico @ Texas Tech
7:00PM ET Kent State @ Baylor

Big East

Season:
Overall: 22-8 Top 25: 1-2 OOC: 21-7 FBS: 14-6 FCS: 8-0
Week 3:
Overall: 5-2 Top 25: 1-0 OOC: 5-2 FBS: 3-2 FCS: 2-0


Thursday, October 1
7:30PM ET Colorado @ West Virginia

Friday, October 2
8:00PM ET Pittsburgh @ Louisville

Saturday, October 3
12:00PM ET South Florida @ Syracuse
1:00PM ET #10 Cincinnati @ Miami (OH)

Big Ten

Season:
Overall: 29-14 Top 25: 2-5 OOC: 24-9 FBS: 23-16 FCS: 6-0
Week 3:
Overall: 5-6 Top 25: 1-3 (all in conference) OOC: 0-1 FBS: 5-6 FCS: 0-0

Saturday, October 3

12:00PM ET #22 Michigan @ Michigan State
12:00PM ET Wisconsin @ Minnesota
12:00PM ET Northwestern @ Purdue
12:05PM ET Arkansas State @ #13 Iowa
3:30PM ET #15 Penn State @ Illinois
7:00PM ET #9 Ohio State @ Indiana

Notes: Just realized I picked almost every away team to win. Wisconsin, and Northwestern are two games I'm still really up in the air about.

Conference USA

Season:
Overall: 22-23 Top 25: 1-8 OOC: 15-17 FBS: 13-23 FCS: 9-0
Week 3:
Overall: 5-6 Top 25: 0-2 OOC: 3-4 FBS: 3-6 FCS: 2-0

Thursday, October 1
8:00PM ET Southern Miss @ UAB

Saturday, October 3
12:00PM ET East Carolina @ Marshall
12:00PM ET Tulane @ Army
3:30PM ET Memphis @ UCF
7:30PM ET Tulsa @ Rice
8:00PM ET Southern Methodist @ #11 TCU
9:05PM ET #12 Houston @ UTEP

Mid-American Conference

Season:
Overall: 17-33 Top 25: 0-7 OOC: 13-28 FBS: 12-31 FCS: 5-2
Week 3:
Overall: 5-7 Top 25: 0-1 OOC: 2-4 FBS: 5-7 FCS: 0-0

Saturday, October 3
12:00PM ET Toledo @ Ball State
1:00PM ET Temple @ Eastern Michigan
3:30PM ET Central Michigan @ Buffalo
3:30PM ET Western Michigan @ Northern Illinois
4:00PM ET Ohio @ Bowling Green

Mountain West Conference

Season:
Overall: 20-12 Top 25: 1-2 OOC: 16-10 FBS: 13-13 FCS: 6-0
Week 3:
Overall: 5-1 Top 25: 0-1 (in conference) OOC: 2-0 FBS: 5-1 FCS: 0-0

Friday, October 2
9:00PM ET Utah State @ #20 Brigham Young

Saturday, October 3
3:30PM ET Air Force @ Navy
3:30PM ET New Mexico @ Texas Tech
4:00PM ET Wyoming @ Florida Atlantic
4:05PM ET UNLV @ Nevada
8:00PM ET Southern Methodist @ #11 TCU
8:00PM ET New Mexico State @ San Diego State
10:30PM ET Colorado State @ Idaho

Notes: This is a game Wyoming can win

Pacific 10

Season:
Overall: 25-13 Top 25: 4-6 OOC: 19-7 FBS: 21-13 FCS: 4-0
Week 3:
Overall: 4-5 Top 25: 2-2 OOC: 0-1 FBS: 4-5 FCS: 0-0

Saturday, October 3
3:30PM ET UCLA @ Stanford
3:30PM ET Washington @ Notre Dame
7:00PM ET Oregon State @ Arizona State
8:00PM ET #7 USC @ #24 California
9:15PM ET Washington State @ #16 Oregon

Notes: I'm really torn about USC Cal. Cal is going to play with a Chip, but USC might do the same after their 1 loss. Could easily go either way.

South-Eastern Conference

Season:
Overall: 16-5 Top 25: 1-3 OOC: 13-2 FBS: 13-5 FCS: 4-0
Week 3:
Overall: 8-4 Top 25: 0-5 (all In Conference) OOC: 4-0 FBS: 8-4 FCS: 0-0

Saturday, October 3
12:21PM ET #3 Alabama @ Kentucky
3:30PM ET #4 LSU @ #18 Georgia
7:00PM ET #21 Mississippi @ Vanderbilt
7:00PM ET South Carolina State @ South Carolina
7:30PM ET #25 Georgia Tech @ Mississippi State
7:30PM ET Texas A&M vs. Arkansas
7:45PM ET Auburn @ Tennessee

Notes: I only picked Georgia because of home field advantage. Both teams have the ability to win.

Sun Belt
Season:
Overall: 11-22
(Eliminated from previewing)

Western Athletic Conference

Season:
Overall: 15-17 Top 25: 1-6 OOC: 13-15 FBS: 10-16 FCS: 5-1
Week 3:
Overall: 5-2 Top 25: 0-1 OOC: 5-2 FBS: 3-2 FCS: 2-0

Wednesday, September 30
8:00PM ET Hawaii @ Louisiana Tech

Friday, October 2
9:00PM ET Utah State @ #20 Brigham Young

Saturday, October 3
4:05PM ET UNLV @ Nevada
8:00PM ET UC Davis @ #5 Boise State
10:30PM ET Colorado State @ Idaho
 
Game of the week

Fuck College GameDay. They decide a team that got demolished against a mid major gets the nod for it? To me it's between two games. Cal vs USC and LSU vs Georgia. Because Cal crapped out last week against Oregon, it's time for some SEC love.

3:30PM ET #4 LSU @ #18 Georgia

Quarterbacks: Jordan Jefferson comes in with a respectable 61% Completion rate, but has an amazing 7:1 TD/INT ratio. Not bad considering they have a fairly balanced offense. Joe Cox also has a 60% completion rate but has a 9:5 TD/INT ratio. Jefferson is more mobile, and has been used in rushing attempts. Cox is purely a pocket passer.

Georgia RBs vs LSU defensive front 7: Georgia has a mediocre rushing attack with Richard Samuel leading the pack. They average about 112 yards per game. Fortunately for them, LSU ranks 9th in the SEC in rushing defense allowing 134 YPG

LSU RBs vs Georgia defensive front 7: Keiland Williams and Charles Scott take the majority of the snaps for LSU. Together, they're averaging just under 5 YPR. The committee will be needed to keep them fresh as Georgia has an amazing line. They're 6th in the SEC at stopping the run but average 20 YPG less than LSU. This will make the need for LSU to have an air game more important.

Georgia's passing game vs LSU's defense: As stated earlier, Cox is slightly INT heavy compared to Jefferson. The line has only allowed 5 sacks as well. The secondary will have to compensate for LSU's lackluster pass rushing ability.

LSU's passing game vs Georgia defense: LSU will have to rely on the short pass and have their playmakers get the extra yardage, as this is a decent group of defensive players on the Bulldogs side. They don't get many sacks or interceptsions, but they tend to contain fairly well.

Outlook: On paper, LSU is the better team. However being at Athens as well as Florida looming in one week and a somewhat struggling Tiger team, I gotta go with the Bulldogs.
 
shawndavid said:
USF has beat ranked opponents that last few weeks or so and we can't crack the top 25 at 4-0...

Lame.
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You've beaten one ranked opponent who was overrated to begin with and have beaten teams that marching bands could beat. Beat Cincinatti and you'll be ranked.

9/05 Wofford 1-0 (0-0) W 40-7
9/12 @ Western Kentucky 2-0 (0-0) W 35-13
9/19 Charleston Southern 3-0 (0-0) W 59-0
9/26 @ No. 18 Florida State 4-0 (0-0) W 17-7
 
I remember the good ole days when you said Michigan wouldn't beat MSU. :fly: Although in full disclosure, I said that we wouldn't beat anyone...
 
fly said:
I remember the good ole days when you said Michigan wouldn't beat MSU. :fly: Although in full disclosure, I said that we wouldn't beat anyone...
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Yeah MSU's recent slide has made me rescind my comment about no way in hell Michigan beats MSU. MSU still might pull it off, but they've done nothing to prove it to me recently
 
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