There is plenty to cover in the world of college football after a weekend of deafening explosions atop the national polls. The two top-ranked teams in the BCS, Kansas State and Oregon, both went down. Notre Dame, which hasn’t won anything of note in two decades, suddenly has only a beat-up, fading USC team standing between it and a shot at the crystal football. And after one whole week of doubt and dismay, God’s Conference is right back in play.
It was a weekend in which Ohio State moved to 11-0 with a gritty overtime win at Wisconsin. The Buckeyes have been a fairly amazing story- a probation-shacked team coming off its worst season in nearly a quarter-century with glaring weaknesses all over the roster, now standing just one win away from a perfect season. They’ve struggled to put away Cal, UAB and Indiana, they’ve looked horrendous defensively at times, but they’ve got one of the nation’s best coaches and one of its most dynamic players and the air of a team on a crusade.
Champions were made and unmade all over America last weekend. No fewer than five teams (including Ohio State) clinched division titles. Three teams- K-State, Oregon and Central Florida- flubbed similar chances. Others- Rutgers, Utah State, Georgia Tech- took massive strides toward title hardware with clutch victories.
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