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Taking a look around the nation, in the Top 25, #1 Ohio State defeated Penn State 35-14. In the upset of the week saw Indiana stun #2 Michigan 49-35. #3 Georgia Tech beat Pitt 45-24. #5 Louisiana-Lafayette squeaked past South Alabama 28-26. #6 Notre Dame handled Toledo 38-17. #7 Virginia Tech doubled up Miami 42-21. Illinois shocked #8 Nebraska 31-28. #10 Florida State embarrassed Boston College 56-3. #11 Army slipped past #21 USC 35-34. SMU upset #12 Cincinnati 31-28 in overtime.

Baylor knocked off #13 Oklahoma 38-27. #14 Alabama beat Mississippi State 28-13. #15 Texas whooped Kansas 41-10. #16 Connecticut defeated Central Florida 38-10. #17 TCU topped Tulsa 41-28. #18 Oregon beat Washington State 52-38. #19 Kansas State dismantled Texas Tech 55-21. #20 Wisconsin escaped one-win Purdue 26-23 in overtime. #23 UCLA topped Arizona 38-21. #24 Marshall defeated Florida Atlantic 38-17. #25 West Virginia beat East Carolina 49-21.

For our readers, JeffHCross, #1 Ohio State improves to 10-0 (7-0 Big Ten) with a 35-14 win over Penn State. Morsdraconis, West Virginia improves to 7-3 (5-2 Big 12) with a 49-21 win over East Carolina. Souljahbill, Southern Miss drops to 6-4 (5-1 C-USA) with a 34-27 loss to Florida International. Jaymo, Arizona State improves to 4-6 (2-5 Pac-12) with a 42-28 win over Colorado. LeeSO, Auburn drops to 5-5 (4-4 SEC) with a 35-0 loss to Georgia. SCClassof93, South Carolina improves to 7-4 (5-4 SEC) with a 35-20 win over Florida. Other teams of interest, Arkansas State improves to 7-2 (5-0 Sun Belt) with a 28-17 win over Georgia State. Florida International improves to 6-4 (4-2 C-USA) with a 34-27 win over Southern Miss. #5 Navy remains 9-0 (7-0 American) with a bye week. Tulsa drops to 4-6 (3-4 American) with a 41-28 loss to #17 TCU.

In Mountain West action, New Mexico beat Air Force 35-21, Boise State topped Colorado State 26-14, San Jose State beat Hawaii 31-14, San Diego State beat Fresno State 33-14, Utah State defeated Miami University 38-14, Utah beat Wyoming 44-24, Northwestern dominated Nevada 49-16 and BYU knocked off UNLV 35-16.

With those results, looking at the current standings, in the Mountain Division, New Mexico (6-0) sits on top, followed by Utah State (5-1), Boise State (4-2), Air Force (3-3), Colorado State (1-5) and finally Wyoming (0-6). In the West Division, San Jose State and San Diego State (both 5-1) share the top spot, followed by both UNLV and Nevada (both 3-3), Hawaii (1-5) and last Fresno State (0-6).

If those standings hold, San Jose State will advance to the MWC championship game over San Diego State by way of the head to head tiebreaker. New Mexico will almost likely advance regardless as they hold the head to head tiebreaker over Utah State. Utah State can only advance if they win out and finish 7-1 while New Mexico loses both of their last two conference games to end up 6-2.

Looking at undefeated teams left, #2 Michigan lost this week, dropping our number of undefeated teams to 4. #1 Ohio State (10-0), #3 Georgia Tech (10-0), #5 Navy (9-0) and #6 Louisiana Lafayette (9-0) all remain with an unblemished record this season.

Turning to a more sadistic watch, who is still winless. There remains 1 team still looking for their first win: UTSA (0-10).

Teams getting their first win this week were: None.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Coaches Poll, Ohio State (37 first place votes) remains #1, Georgia Tech (22 votes) climbs one to #2, Navy (1 vote) climbs one to #3, Louisiana-Lafayette (1 vote) climbs one to #4 and Notre Dame moves up one to #5. Virginia Tech jumps one to #6, Stanford moves up two to #7, Army leaps three to #8, Florida State climbs one to #9 and Michigan drops eight to #10. Alabama climbs three to #11, Texas jumps three to #12, Connecticut moves up three to #13, TCU climbs three to #14 and Oregon jumps three to #15. Indiana enters the poll at #16, Kansas State climbs two to #17, Wisconsin moves up two the #18, Cincinnati drops seven to #19 and Tennessee climbs two to #20. Nebraska plummets thirteen to #21, UCLA moves up one to #22, Oklahoma freefalls ten spots to #23, Marshall remains #24 and West Virginia (304 points) remains #25. Dropping out of the poll this week was USC (from #21). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, New Mexico (291 points) is #26, followed by Ohio (229), Northwestern (149), Ole Miss (86) and Utah State (18) to round out the Top 30.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Media Poll, Ohio State (42 first place votes) remains the #1 team, Georgia Tech (22 votes) climbs one to #2, Navy (1 vote) climbs one to #3, Louisiana-Lafayette moves up one to #4, and Notre Dame climbs one to #5. Virginia Tech jumps one to #6, Stanford climbs two to #7, Florida State jumps two to #8, Michigan drops seven to #9 and Army climbs one to #10. Alabama jumps four to #11, Oregon climbs two to #12, Texas moves up three to #13, Connecticut rises three to #14 and Wisconsin jumps three to #15. TCU leaps four to #16, Kansas State climbs two to #17, Cincinnati drops six to #16, Indiana enters the poll at #19 and Nebraska falls twelve to #20. Marshall climbs one to #21, Tennessee jumps one to #22, Oklahoma falls ten to #23, UCLA remains #24 and New Mexico (321 points) enters the poll at #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were USC (from #21) and Ohio (from #25). Looking at Others Receiving Points, Ohio (313 points) is #26, followed by West Virginia (266), Northwestern (186), Ole Miss (139) and Utah State (115) to round out the Top 30. Other teams getting points this week include: SMU (79) and USC (41).

In the newest BCS rankings: #1 Ohio State (1.000), #2 Georgia Tech (0.995), #3 Navy (0.989), #4 Louisiana-Lafayette (0.980), #5 Notre Dame (0.979), #6 Virginia Tech (0.974), #7 Stanford (0.968), #8 Michigan (0.955), #9 Florida State (0.954) and #10 Army (0.954). Others: #25 West Virginia (0.814).

An updated look at the Heisman race, Notre Dame QB Mike Harper is #1 (LW: #2), Stanford QB Roger Langford is #2 (LW: #1), Georgia Tech QB Phil Terrell is #3 (LW: NR), Ohio State QB Jordan Watkins is #4 (LW: NR) and Indiana QB Jerome Walker is #5 (LW: NR). Falling off the Heisman Watch list were Michigan QB Carl Ginn (LW: #3), USC QB Frank Campbell (LW: #4) and Navy QB Jarrod Brooks (LW: #5).

Looking at the Bowl Picture, 11 teams punched their ticket this week, giving us 51 teams that have reached the 6 win plateau. 7 teams saw their bowl hopes end, leaving 41 teams still having a chance (however small it may be) of getting there, to leave 94 teams total fighting for 68 bowl slots.