Week 8 College Football

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1: Alabama (7-0)
2: Iowa (7-0)
3: Florida (6-0)
3: Texas (6-0)
5: Cincinnati (6-0)
6: Texas Christian (6-0)
7: Boise State (6-0)
8: Georgia Tech (6-1)
9: Pittsburgh (6-1)
10: Penn State (6-1)
11: Brigham Young (6-1)
12: Central Michigan (6-1)
13: Idaho (6-1)
14: Southern Cal (5-1)
15: Oregon (5-1)
16: Miami (FL) (5-1)
17: Louisiana State (5-1)
18: Oklahoma State (5-1)
19: West Virginia (5-1)
19: Kansas (5-1)
21: South Florida (5-1)
22: Utah (5-1)
23: Houston (5-1)
24: Virginia Tech (5-2)
25: Ohio State (5-2)
26: South Carolina (5-2)
27: Texas Tech (5-2)
28: Boston College (5-2)
29: Auburn (5-2)
30: Michigan (5-2)
31: Wisconsin (5-2)
32: Notre Dame (4-2)
33: Arizona (4-2)
34: Oregon State (4-2)
35: California (4-2)
36: Nebraska (4-2)
37: Mississippi (4-2)
38: Missouri (4-2)
39: Oklahoma (3-3)
40: Arkansas (3-3)

Honorable Mention: Ohio (5-2), Navy (5-2), Connecticut (4-2), Rutgers (4-2), Temple (4-2), Troy (4-2), Louisiana-Monroe (4-2), Louisiana-Lafayette (4-2).

This weeks games are quite difficult to pick (as usual) so I'm going to use a BCS conspiracy spin on all these (least confident first):
#6 Texas Christian over #11 Brigham Young... game of the week for sure, and I bet you're thinking the BCS conspiracy would have BYU winning. You're wrong. The BCS is okay with a non-auto qualifying school in one of their games. They only want 1 of them, and they are actually looking forward to the controversy of an undefeated Boise State team getting jumped by an undefeated and more deserving TCU team.
#2 Iowa over Michigan State... the BCS would love to see an undefeated Big 10 team in Pasadena whether it be for the Rose Bowl or the Championship.
#15 Oregon over Washington... the BCS needs USC's upcoming opponents to stay strong so USC's strength of schedule goes way up (even though it's top 10 already) and they are a solid lock for the Rose Bowl.
#10 Penn State over #30 Michigan... Let's say Iowa goes undefeated. They might be in the Championship. So, the BCS needs the other Big 10 school to be more traditional. None of this spread offense crap in the Rose Bowl, damn it!
#39 Oklahoma over #19 Kansas... the BCS needs Oklahoma to do win. Heaven forbid a Big 12 North team actually earn a spot in one of their games (Kansas' '07 Orange Bowl was a FLUKE!). Also, we need to be shown why Kansas cannot and will not win more than 7 games every year... because 2 out of 4 years they play the murders row of Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech. The same goes for Iowa State (but on opposite years).
#16 Miami (FL) over Clemson... the BCS needs the return of the U. And they would not mind two legitamate ACC teams (include either Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech).
#9 Pittsburgh over #21 South Florida... the BCS can't have the Big East playing round robin upset time all season, someone needs to stand out for several weeks. They'll make sure it comes down to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
#17 Louisiana State over #29 Auburn... beyond the night game in Baton Rouge, the BCS like the idea of strongly considering breaking their 2 teams per conference rule... why not surprise everyone by letting LSU in with Alabama and Florida.
#8 Georgia Tech over Virginia... Virginia's been coming on, but a BCS triple option team? What better way to show how out of date the BCS is? (NOTE: I love the triple option, and I picked Georgia Tech to win the ACC so this not a problem for me.)
#3 Texas over #38 Missouri... my heart is telling me to pick the upset, there is no way the Tigers start 0-3 in the conference. Unfortunately, I cannot justify that pick rationally, I cannot remember when we actually beat Texas (ever), and the BCS (and the Big 12) need Texas to cruise into the title game to make up for last year's ridiculousness.

Last Week: 7-3 (44 pts.)
Season: 46-24 (279 pts., 85th percentile)