Upset Special
Nine teams in the top 25 fell this week, including three of the top five. Mizzou at #6 benefits huge as it looks to me that it should be:

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Missouri
4. LSU
5. Texas

The rest is too crazy to predict, but Texas Tech could easily move up as well, but I'd say USF and Penn State might jump them. Looks like the Jayhawks will only get to move up one spot.

Rooting For Nebraska
Do you think Mizzou fans were rooting for Nebraska last night? They should have been -- the weak schedule talk is going to really annoy them. Illinois is at 2-2 now and this three game stretch could really take the life out of the Nebraska as Tech and Mizzou can put up those spirit-crushing type scores. Unless OSU proves to be solid, the only challenging games on the 2008 regular season schedule will be @Texas and Kansas.

2009 Non-Con Alert
Looks like Duke might be a nice little challenge by the time they show up in Lawrence next year. The Blue Devils wasted Virginia 31-3 yesterday and are now 3-1. They have a win over Navy (beat #16 Wake Forest) and their lone loss was to a 5-0 Northwestern squad (20-24).

This Year's Kansas?
Boy, that term annoys me. But if you qualify it as a team that has a chance to come from nowhere and chase undefeated ... you may want to throw 5-0 Northwestern (6-6 in 2007) into the mix. They get a solid Michigan State squad after a bye next week, but really the tough part of the schedule happens at the end of the year. Maybe throw Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Vandy into the group as well (all at 4-0). Other undefeated teams:

Penn State 5-0
Mizzou 4-0
Oklahoma 4-0
Oklahoma State 4-0
Texas 4-0
Texas Tech 4-0
South Florida 5-0
UCONN 5-0
Alabama 5-0
LSU 4-0
Ball State 5-0
Utah 5-0
BYU 4-0
Boise State 3-0