Wrap Up: 2012 Week 7

When I was a kid I always thought that if you were undefeated, no matter who you played, you should be ranked ahead of any team with a loss. Nowadays I'm not such an absolutist, but I still believe that undefeated teams should be treated with a certain level of respect. We currently have quite a few undefeated teams and past the halfway mark one has to wonder if they can go all the way and even get into the BCS picture. Here are the current undefeated teams in Division I football and their current BCS rankings.

Alabama 6-0 (1)
     Right now Alabama is the team to beat in college football.  They will remain number one until another team can beat them.
Florida 6-0 (2)
     Florida surprised quite a few by being in this position when the BCS ranking first hit, but the computer models love Florida. 
Oregon 6-0 (3)
     Florida and Alabama will have to meet at some point.  If Oregon can stay undefeated they will be playing for the national championship.
Kansas State 6-0 (4)
     No one is taking Kansas State seriously in part because they are in the Big 12, but remember they beat Oklahoma early on and next week face West Virginia.  If they win that one as well people will start thinking of them as a legitimate number four.
Notre Dame (6-0) (5)
     Notre Dame has been down for so long it is hard to really think of them as a top ten team, but so far their defense seems to be as good as West Virginia's offense.  They still have a tough schedule ahead and I still think if they are undefeated at the end of the season they will have a very good shot at falling into the BCS title game.
Oregon State (5-0) (8)
     I'm so happy these guys keep winning and in fact they seem better every week.  Their schedule is such that they could very well be undefeated going into the Oregon game.
Mississippi State (6-0) (12)
     Mississippi State isn't getting a whole lotta love because of who they've beaten, but in two weeks head to Alabama and then we'll know just how good they are.
Rutgers (6-0) (15)
     Let's face it no one is paying any attention to the Big East so it's no surprise these guys aren't getting any love. 
Louisville (6-0) (16)
     What I just said about Rutgers. 
Cincinnati (5-0) (21)
     Another Big East team.  They play 6-1 Toledo this week so we'll see how that helps or hurts Cincinnati. 
Ohio State (7-0) (NA)
     Ohio State is ineligible for a Bowl so they can't make the BCS rankings.  Because of that and the Big 10 being so bad this year they aren't getting much attention, except to think how good they are going to be under Urban Meyer.
Ohio (7-0)  (NR)
     I think if you are 7-0 then you should at least be ranked in the BCS standings.  If the Big East teams can get in there then why not Ohio who beat a Penn State team that now doesn't look all that bad. 



Games I'll be watching this week.

Oregon (6-0) at Arizona State (5-1)
     It's a road game that trips up Oregon every year.  Could this be the game?

South Carolina (6-1) at Florida (6-0)
     At this point Florida just has to win out and then beat Alabama in the SEC championship game.

Texas Tech (5-1) at Texas Christian (5-1)
     This should be an exciting TUCFC game.

Louisiana-Monroe (4-2) at Western Kentucky (5-1)
     After ULM almost pulled off back to back upsets over SEC teams I figured they would plow through the Sun Belt, but Western has beaten an SEC team as well so this should be a real battle. 

Kansas State (6-0) at West Virginia (5-1)
     Their win over Oklahoma came too early in the season for anyone to notice.  They now have a chance to pick up a big win with a much more captive audience.