What We Learned Yesterday

Auburn and Oregon both held serve yesterday to remain atop the polls. Each team avoided the upsets that have been decimating the top ten lately, riding explosive offenses to 50-pt totals against decent conference opposition. Yes USC fans, that is really all you are these days. And two undefeated pretenders, Missouri and Michigan State, lost as expected in tough spots. And so we enter November with three undefeated non BCS teams in Boise State, TCU and Utah and all sorts of questions remaining about who the best teams are in 2010. Every week is an elimination tournament for the national title race while rearranging conference battles. Next week we have the battle for supremacy in the MWC between Utah and TCU with the loser also being bounced from BCS title game consideration and a SEC West showdown between Alabama and LSU that will send the loser packing. You have to love this time of year.