On a bye week this week, so lets get right to it.

Taking a look around the nation, in the Top 25, #1 Ohio State cakewalked past Wisconsin 52-7, upping their win streak to 46 games. #2 West Virginia slipped past Oklahoma State 51-45 in overtime. #3 Michigan manhandled Illinois 49-13. #4 Florida State smoked Wake Forest 42-17. #5 UCLA survived Washington 35-31. In the game of the week, #6 Ole Miss topped #18 Alabama 40-34 in overtime. #7 South Carolina beat San Jose State 31-20. In the upset of the week, Arizona State stunned #8 Virginia Tech 30-21. #9 Oklahoma outlasted Toledo 34-27.

#10 TCU got by SMU 42-30. #12 Florida defeated Kentucky 34-21. Texas Tech knocked off #13 Oregon 42-35. #14 Miami violated Notre Dame 62-3. #15 Kansas State escaped BYU 38-35. Arizona upset #16 Stanford 45-42. #17 Cincinnati defeated Tulsa 23-7. #19 Georgia survived NC State 31-27. #20 USC topped California 42-30. Tennessee shocked #22 Connecticut 42-27. Auburn knocked off #23 Arkansas State 22-16. Nevada stunned #24 New Mexico 37-10, likely ending any hopes of a return BCS appearance by the Lobos. #25 Georgia Tech doubled up Syracuse 42-21.

For our readers, JeffHCross, #1 Ohio State improves to 4-0 (1-0 Big Ten) with a 52-7 laugher over Wisconsin. Morsdraconis, #2 West Virginia improves to 4-0 (2-0 Big 12) with a 51-45 overtime win over Oklahoma State. Souljahbill, Southern Miss remains 1-1 (0-0 C-USA) with a bye week. Jaymo, Arizona State improves to 1-3 (0-1 Pac-12) with a 30-21 upset of #8 Virginia Tech. LeeSO, Auburn improves to 3-1 (1-1 SEC) with a 22-16 upset of #23 Arkansas State. SCClassof93, #7 South Carolina improves to 5-0 (3-0 SEC) with a 31-20 win over San Jose State. Other teams of interest, Arkansas State drops to 3-1 (0-0 Sun Belt) with a 22-16 loss to Auburn. Florida International drops to 0-4 (0-1 C-USA) with a 37-21 loss to Montana. Navy improves to 1-2 (1-2 American) with a 37-34 overtime win over Central Florida. Tulsa drops to 1-3 (1-1 American) with a 23-7 loss to #17 Cincinnati.

In Mountain West action, Nevada shocked New Mexico 37-10, Fresno State blanked Colorado State 14-0, UNLV routed Wyoming 41-14, Air Force toppled San Diego State 27-22 and #7 South Carolina beat San Jose State 31-20.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Coaches Poll, Ohio State (34 first place votes) remains #1, West Virginia (25 votes) remains #2, Michigan (1 vote) remains #3, Florida State (1 vote) remains #4 and UCLA remains #5. Ole Miss remains #6, South Carolina remains #7, Oklahoma climbs one to #8, TCU jumps one to #9 and Texas moves up one to #10. Florida climbs one to #11, Miami jumps two to #12, Kansas State rises two to #13, Cincinnati leaps three to #14 and Georgia vaults four to #15. USC jumps four to #16, Baylor climbs four to #17, Virginia Tech drops ten to #18, Georgia Tech leaps six to #19 and Alabama (despite two straight losses and three losses on the season) drops only two to #20. Fresno State enters the poll at #21, Stanford drops six to #22, Oregon falls ten to #23, Washington enters the poll at #24 and Michigan State (179 points) enters the poll at #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Connecticut (from #22), Arkansas State (from #23) and New Mexico (from #24). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Tennessee (163 points) is #26, followed by Ohio (147), Connecticut (128), Arkansas State (127) and Indiana (101) to round out the Top 30. Other teams getting points this week include Clemson (57), Auburn (52) and Temple (30).

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Media Poll, Florida State (37 first place votes) remains #1, Ohio State (27 votes) remains #2, West Virginia (1 vote) remains #3, Michigan remains #4 and Ole Miss remains #5. UCLA remains #6, South Carolina climbs one to #7, Texas jumps one to #8, Oklahoma moves up one to #9 and TCU jumps one to #10. Florida moves up one to #11, Kansas State rises one to #12, Miami jumps one to #13, Cincinnati leaps three to #14 and Georgia vaults four to #15. USC leaps five to #16, Virginia Tech drops ten to #17, Baylor enters the poll at #18, Alabama drops three to #19 and Georgia Tech jumps five to #20. Ohio climbs three to #21, Washington drops two to #22, Michigan State enters the poll at #23, Clemson enters the poll at #24 and Oregon (120 points) plummets ten to #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Stanford (from #18), Arkansas State (from #22) and Connecticut (from #23). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Stanford (116 points) is #26, followed by Arkansas State (101), Fresno State (77), Tennessee (64) and Auburn (33) to round out the Top 30.

A look at the Heisman race, Ohio State QB Jordan Watkins is #1 (LW: #1), UCLA QB Randy McNair is #2 (LW: #5), Florida QB Joseph Brown is #3 (LW: #2), Michigan QB Brian Brewster is #4 (LW: NR) and South Carolina QB Jared Stevens is #5 (LW: #3). Falling off the Heisman Watch List this week was Texas QB Justin Jones (LW: #4).