Final bye week (and week of the regular season) before the CCGs.

Time for another look around the nation. Starting in the Top 25, #2 TCU punches their ticket to the national title game, doubling up #4 Oklahoma 48-24. And #7 Texas smokes West Virginia 42-21.

For our readers, souljahbill, #22 Southern Miss ends the regular season 10-2 (7-1 C-USA). Jaymo, Arizona State ends their season 5-7 (4-5 Pac-12). Mors, West Virginia drops to 3-9 (3-6 Big 12) with a 42-21 loss to #7 Texas. Jeff, Ohio State ends the regular season 8-4 (5-4 Big Ten). Other teams of interest, Arkansas State improves to 8-4 (5-2 Sun Belt) with a 31-17 win over Louisiana-Lafayette.

The C-USA Conference Championship Game will be Marshall (7-4. 7-1) vs. Tulsa (8-4 (6-2) in Huntington, West Virginia.

Looking at undefeated teams left, nobody lost this week, our number of undefeated teams remains at 2. Just #1 Notre Dame (12-0) and #2 TCU (12-0) remain with an unblemished record this season.

Turning to a more sadistic watch, who is still winless. Memphis wraps up another winless season at 0-12.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 polls, in the Coaches Poll, Notre Dame (36 first place votes) remains #1, TCU (25 votes) remains #2, Nebraska remains #3, Oregon moves up one to #4, Georgia climbs one to #5. Texas, Iowa and Rutgers all climb one to #6, #7 and #8, Oklahoma drops five to #9 and Stanford remains #10. NC State, Michigan State, Boise State, Alabama and Miami all remain #11 through #15. Wisconsin, Clemson, Texas A&M, Auburn and Mississippi all remain #16 through #20. San Diego State, Southern Miss, Ohio State, Northern Illinois and North Carolina all remain #21 through #25. No one dropped out this week. Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Maryland (228 votes) is #26, followed by Ole Miss (188), SMU (148), Ohio (120) and USC (68). Vanderbilt (28) is also receiving votes.

In the Media poll, TCU (45 first place votes) remains #1, Notre Dame (20 votes) remains #2, Nebraska remains #3, Oregon and Texas jump one to #4 and #5. Georgia and Rutgers both jump one to #6 and #7, Oklahoma drops four to #8, Iowa climbs one to #9 while Michigan State drops one to #10. Stanford, NC State, Alabama, Boise State and Miami all remain #11 through #15. Wisconsin, Clemson, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and San Diego State all remain #16 through #20. Auburn, Southern Miss, Northern Illinois, Ohio State and North Carolina all remain #21 through #25. No one dropped out this week, Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Ole Miss (269) is #26, followed by Maryland (230), Nevada (153), USC (153) and Ohio (126) to round out the Top 30. SMU (76) and Vanderbilt (76) are also receiving votes.

Looking at the new BCS standings: #1 Notre Dame (.997), #2 TCU (.997), #3 Nebraska (.989), #4 Oregon (.984), #5 Georgia (.976), #6 Texas (.973), #7 Iowa (.962), #8 Oklahoma (.957), #9 Rutgers (.954) and #10 Michigan State (.945).

Taking a look at the newest bowl projections, if they hold out, it's a trip to the New Orleans Bowl for Tulsa fans, to take on 8-4 Cincinnati from the Big East. #22Southern Miss is now projected to visit the TicketCity Bowl and face off with Northwestern (7-5). #23 Ohio State (8-4) would make a trip to the Insight Bowl to take on Oklahoma State (6-6)

Looking at the BCS bowl projections, in the Rose Bowl, #3 Nebraska matches up with #4 Oregon. The Sugar Bowl features #5 Georgia vs. #10 Stanford. The Orange Bowl has #11 NC State vs. #7 Iowa. The Fiesta Bowl, #6 Oklahoma takes on #13 Boise State. And in the national championship game, #2 TCU takes on #1 Notre Dame.