WOW! If you are a fan of college football, or just college sports in general, then you had an absolutely incredible weekend that can be summed up in two words - upsets galore! Four of the top seven teams in the nation lost, and with only one week left to go in the regular season, the predictions for who will play in the national championship are entirely up in the air.
This week at least, it appears that the top three teams will all be from the same division of the same conference, something that to my knowledge as never happened before (and won't last beyond next weekend as two of them play each other). Expect LSU to be #1, Alabama to be #2, and for Arkansas to be #3, all representing the SEC Western Division. It is likely that at least one of these teams will play in the national championship (possibly two), but there are some obstacles in the way. LSU and Arkansas have to play each other, and then the winner of that game has to take on a surging University of Georgia Bulldog team that has been playing very well as of late. I think it will also be hard for voters to keep Alabama in that #2 slot (or #1 if LSU loses) since the Tide aren't even on track to play in their own conference championship game. It seems likely that Virginia Tech will be #4 after this weekend, so if the Hokies can win out, they will have a shot to surprise the nation and make the BCS Championship game.
So you may be asking yourself how all of this came about. It started with #7 Clemson losing to N.C. State, then USC beat #4 Oregon, followed by #5 Oklahoma losing to #22 Baylor. Of course, all of these games came after Friday night's loss by Oklahoma State.
It looks like the end of the college football season is going to be very exciting, as the next two weeks will tell the tale of who will make it to the game where the national championship trophy awaits
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