Games to Watch: Week 6

[Jim Johnson]

Week 6

1) USF's Game

IDLE: #23 South Florida (5-0, 0-0)

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2) Games involving other schools on USF's schedule.

SAT 10/10  --  12:00pm  --  #36 West Virginia (3-1, 0-0)  @  Syracuse (2-3, 0-1)  --  [big East GOTW | GAMEPLAN]

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  Texas Southern (1-3, 0-1)  @  Rutgers (3-1, 0-1)

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  Connecticut (3-1, 0-0)  @  #34 Pittsburgh (4-1, 1-0)  --  [ABC]

SAT 10/10  --  7:00pm  --  Florida A&M (4-0, 2-0)  @  #11 Miami (3-1, 2-1)  --  [ESPN 360]

SAT 10/10  --  7:00pm  --  Florida International (0-4, 0-1)  @  Western Kentucky (0-3, 0-0)

SAT 10/10  --  7:30pm  --  Southern Miss (3-2, 1-1)  @  Louisville (1-3, 0-1)  --  [ESPNU]

SAT 10/10  --  8:00pm  --  #22 Georgia Tech (4-1, 2-1)  @  Florida State (2-3, 0-2)  --  [ESPN2]

IDLE: Charleston Southern (2-3, 0-0), #8 Cincinnati (5-0, 1-0), Wofford (1-4, 0-2)

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3) Games involving Notre Dame because of its ties to Big East bowl games.

IDLE: #33 Notre Dame (4-1)

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4) Games involving teams two ranked teams and at least one of the teams is ranked higher than the 2nd highest Big East team.

If the highest and 2nd highest teams can move up and up the polls, then there is at least a chance that 2 Big East teams could make the 10 BCS slots.  Big East ranks: #8 Cincinnati, #23 South Florida

THU 10/08  --  9:00pm  --  #21 Nebraska (3-1, 0-0)  @  #24 Missouri (4-0, 0-0)  --  [ESPN]

SAT 10/10  --  12:00pm  --  #32 Boston College (4-1, 2-1)  @  #5 Virginia Tech (4-1, 2-0)  --  [ACC GOTW | GAMEPLAN]

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  #3 Alabama (5-0, 2-0)  @  #20 Mississippi (3-1, 1-1)  --  [CBS]

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  #26 Wisconsin (5-0, 2-0)  @  #9 Ohio State (4-1, 2-0)  --  [ABC]

SAT 10/10  --  8:00pm  --  #1 Florida (4-0, 2-0)  @  #4 Louisiana State (5-0, 3-0)  --  [CBS]

SAT 10/10  --  8:00pm  --  #31 Michigan (4-1, 1-1)  @  #12 Iowa (5-0, 1-0)  --  [ABC]

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5) Games involving a Top 12 non-BCS team, or a Top 16 non-BCS team ranked higher than any BCS conference's highest ranked team.

If no teams from the non-BCS conferences make the BCS, then that would mean 4 at-large slots in the 5 BCS bowls.  This increases the chances for 2 Big East teams to be selected.

Highest ranked non-BCS team: #6 Boise State

Lowest ranked BCS conference's highest ranked team: #9 Ohio State (Big Ten)

      (SEC: #1, Big 12: #2, ACC: #5, Pac 10: #7, Big East #8)

 

IDLE: #6 Boise State (5-0, 1-0)

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6) Other games of interest, including those ranked near USF.

USF is ranked #23.

SAT 10/10  --  12:00pm  --  Eastern Illinois (4-1, 2-1)  @  #14 Penn State (4-1, 1-1)  --  [ESPN Classic]

SAT 10/10  --  12:00pm  --  #17 Auburn (5-0, 2-0)  @  Arkansas (2-2, 0-2)  --  [ESPN]

SAT 10/10  --  12:21pm  --  #28 Georgia (3-2, 2-1)  @  Tennessee  (2-3, 0-2)  --  [sEC GOTW | GAMEPLAN]

SAT 10/10  --  12:30pm  --  #15 Oklahoma State (3-1, 0-0)  @  Texas A & M  (3-1, 0-0)  --  [FSN]

SAT 10/10  --  12:30pm  --  Iowa State (3-2, 0-1)  @  #16 Kansas (4-0, 0-0)  --  [VERSUS]

SAT 10/10  --  12:30pm  --  Kentucky (2-2, 0-2)  @  #25 South Carolina (4-1, 1-1)  --  [GAMEPLAN]

SAT 10/10  --  12:30pm  --  #27 Houston (3-1, 0-1)  @  Mississippi State (2-3, 1-2)  --  [ESPNU]

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  #13 Oregon (4-1, 2-0)  @  UCLA (3-1, 0-1)  --  [ABC]

SAT 10/10  --  3:30pm  --  Baylor (3-1, 0-0)  @  #19 Oklahoma (2-2, 0-0)  --  [ABC]

SAT 10/10  --  6:00pm  --  #30 Utah (3-1, 0-0)  @  Colorado State (3-2, 0-1)  --  [The MTN]

SAT 10/10  --  7:00pm  --  #29 Stanford (4-1, 3-0)  @  Oregon State (3-2, 1-1) --  [FSN]

SAT 10/10  --  7:15pm  --  Colorado (1-3, 0-0)  @  #2 Texas (4-0, 1-0)  --  [ESPN]

SAT 10/10  --  7:30pm  --  #10 TCU (4-0, 0-0)  @  Air Force (3-2, 2-0)  --  [CBS C]

SAT 10/10  --  10:00pm  --  #18 Brigham Young (4-1, 1-0)  @  Nevada-Las Vegas (2-3, 0-1)  --  [The MTN]

SAT 10/10  --  10:00pm  --  #35 Arizona (3-1, 1-0)  @  Washington (2-3, 1-1)  --  [FSN]

IDLE: #7 Southern Cal (4-1, 2-1)

All times are Eastern.  Ranks used are AP rankings.

[DELdaBull]

From what I am seeing we have a real shot to move up to 20. Since might be 6 or 7 when they come here.

Win that game and we should move into the Top 15.

[Guest]

The Pitt-UConn game will be on ESPN in the Tampa Bay area...

[gobulls83]

Not that it really matters, but what's up with Wofford? I thought they were supposed to at least be a <i>good</i> FCS team.

[NCBull]

I like UConn to beat Pitt this weekend.  I think we'll have out hands full with UConn yet again this year...

[E.T.]

See Greg's blog

[Guest]

Quite a few potential upsets could be on tap this week:

A few SEC home teams could pull the upsets -- LSU hosts Florida... Ole Miss faces Alabama... Arkansas gets a visit from Auburn...

The Pac 10 also has some strong home teams looking at upsetes with UCLA facing Oregon and Oregon State playing Stanford...

The Big Ten road teams look better in match-ups with Wisconsin over Ohio State and Michigan over Iowa...

In the ACC, there could are two interesting games.  Can FSU turn their season around at the Doak over Ga Tech? Va Tech has lost 8 ACC games since they moved conferences - 3 of them against BC.

Even BCS-buster TCU travels to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force.  The Falcons are better than the UVa and Clemson teams the Horned Frogs have faced.

That is 10 of the Top 30 teams that could see upsets... USF, which will likely move up a few spots without any upsets, could easily be in the Top 16-18 if enough dominoes fall.

Rooting for underdogs this week can make for some fun football games.

[SRQ]

Nah-na-nanna-na-phtt!  hope they win by 1. . . . . or less

[E.T.]

The Pitt-UConn game will be on ESPN in the Tampa Bay area...

Excellent.