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As of 10/3/11, these are the undefeated teams left in Division 1A/FBS college football:
Teams in BCS automatic qualifying conferences:
LOUISIANA STATE 5-0 (190-64) is ranked #1 by the writers and #2 by the coaches.
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Florida #17/18 (4-1)
10/15 at Tennessee (3-1)
10/22 Auburn #15/23 (4-1)
10/29 BYE
11/5 at Alabama #2/3 (5-0)
11/12 Western Kentucky (0-4)
11/19 at Mississippi (2-3)
11/25 Arkansas #10/12 (4-1)
They have four remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records.
OKLAHOMA 4-0 (170-61) ranked #3/1
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Texas (at Dallas) #11/10 (4-0)
10/15 at Kansas (2-2)
10/22 Texas Tech (4-0)
10/29 at Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/5 Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
11/12 BYE
11/19 at Baylor #25/- (3-1)
11/26 Iowa State (3-1)
12/3 at Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
They have five remaining games against ranked teams and another against an undefeated team. The have six remaining games against teams with winning records, 9and none against teams with losing records).
ALABAMA 5-0 (192-42) ranked #2/3
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Vanderbilt (3-1)
10/15 at Mississippi (2-3)
10/22 Tennessee (3-1)
11/5 Louisiana State #1/02 (5-0)
11/12 at Mississippi State (2-3)
11/19 Georgia Southern (4-0)
11/26 at Auburn #15/23 (4-1)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and one against an undefeated team- but that’s an FCS team. They have five games remaining against teams with winning records.
WISCONSIN 5-0 (242-51) ranked #4/5
Their remaining opponents:
10/15 Indiana (1-4)
10/22 at Michigan State #-/20 (4-1)
10/29 at Ohio State (3-2)
11/5 Purdue (2-2)
11/12 at Minnesota (1-4)
11/19 at Illinois #19/16 (5-0)
11/26 Penn State ((4-1)
They have only one remaining game against a ranked team but four against teams with winning records.
STANFORD 4-0 (183-46) ranked #7/4
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Colorado (1-4)
10/15 at Washington State (3-1)
10/22 Washington (4-1)
10/29 at Southern California (4-1)
11/5 at Oregon State (0-4)
11/12 Oregon #9/9 (3-1)
11/19 California (3-1)
11/26 Notre Dame (3-2)
They have only one remaining game against a ranked team but five against teams with winning records.
OKLAHOMA STATE 4-0 (187-110) ranked #6-7
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Kansas (2-2)
10/15 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
10/22 at Missouri (2-2)
10/29 Baylor #25/- (3-1)
11/5 Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/12 at Texas Tech (4-0)
11/18 at Iowa State (3-1)
12/3 Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
They have four remaining games vs. ranked teams, another vs. an undefeated team and six against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records).
CLEMSON 5-0 (174-103) ranked #8/8
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Boston College (1-4)
10/15 at Maryland (2-2)
10/22 North Carolina (4-1)
10/29 at Georgia Tech #13/13 (5-0)
11/5 BYE
11/12 Wake Forest (3-1)
11/19 at North Carolina State (2-3)
11/26 at South Carolina # 18/14 (4-1)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and four against teams with winning records.
TEXAS 4-0 (137-59) ranked #11/10
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Oklahoma (at Dallas) #3/1 (4-0)
10/15 Oklahoma State #6-7 (4-0)
10/22 BYE
10/29 Kansas (2-2)
11/5 Texas Tech (4-0)
11/12 at Missouri (2-2)
11/19 Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/24 at Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
12/3 Baylor #25 (3-1)
They have five remaining games against ranked teams, another against an undefeated team and five against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records.
MICHIGAN 5-0 (186-51) ranked #12/11
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 at Northwestern (2-2)
10/15 at Michigan State #-/20 (4-1)
10/22 BYE
10/29 Purdue (2-2)
11/5 at Iowa (3-1)
11/12 at Illinois #19/16 (5-0)
11/19 Nebraska #14/15 (4-1)
11/26 Ohio State (3-2)
They have three remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records, (and none against a team with a losing record).
GEORGIA TECH 5-0 (258-129) ranked #13/13
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Maryland (2-2)
10/15 at Virginia (3-2)
10/22 at Miami (2-2)
10/29 Clemson #8/8 (5-0)
11/5 BYE
11/10 Virginia Tech #21/17 (4-1)
11/19 at Duke (3-2)
11/26 Georgia (3-2)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records).
ILLINOIS 5-0 (167-87) ranked #19/16
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 at Indiana (1-4)
10/15 Ohio State (3-2)
10/22 at Purdue (2-2)
10/29 at Penn State (4-1)
11/5 BYE
11/12 Michigan #12/11 (5-0)
11/19 Wisconsin #4-5 (5-0)
11/26 at Minnesota (1-4)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and four games against teams with winning records.
KANSAS STATE 4-0 (111-66) ranked #20/21
10/8 Missouri (2-2)
10/15 at Texas Tech (4-0)
10/22 at Kansas (2-2)
10/29 Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
11/5 at Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
11/12 Texas A&M (2-2)
11/19 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
12/3 Iowa State (3-1)
They have three remaining games against ranked teams, one other against an undefeated team and five games against teams with winning records, (and none vs. teams with losing records) left.
TEXAS TECH 4-0 (189-91) unranked
10/8 Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
10/15 Kansas State #20/21(4-0)
10/22 at Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
10/29 Iowa State (3-1)
11/5 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
11/12 Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
11/19 at Missouri (2-2)
11/26 Baylor #25 (3-1)
They have five games remaining against ranked teams, six against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records.)
Teams in non-automatic qualifying conferences
BOISE STATE 4-0 (146-67) ranked #5/6
Their remaining opponents:
10/7 at Fresno State (2-3)
10/15 at Colorado State (3-2)
10/22 Air Force (3-1)
11/5 at UNLV (1-3)
11/12 Texas Christian (3-2)
11/19 at San Diego State (3-1)
11/26 Wyoming (3-1)
12/3 New Mexico (0-5)
They have no remaining games against ranked teams but five games against teams with winning records.
HOUSTON 5-0 (227-133) unranked
10/8 East Carolina (1-3)
10/15 BYE
10/22 Marshall (2-3)
10/27 Rice (1-3)
11/5 at UAB (0-4)
11/10 at Tulane (2-3)
11/19 Southern Methodist (4-1)
11/26 at Tulsa (2-3)
They have no games against ranked teams and only one against a team with a winning record remaining.
Comment: This is an era of SEC dominance and even if they have tough schedules, it’s hard not to believe that the winner of the Alabama-LSU game on November 5th will be undefeated and playing for the national title at the end of the season. The Big 12/10 looks a bit like three years ago where they have four unbeaten teams that may take turns knocking each other off. Oklahoma appears to be the class of them but I’m not really sold on them as a possible national champions after years of post season failures and a couple of down years. Oklahoma State is one of several teams that just don’t seem to have a good enough defense to make it all the way to the final game. (I’d put the two ACC teams, Clemson and Georgia Tech, in the same group.) Texas hasn’t really played anybody yet so it’s hard to say that they are “back“. We will see this week against Oklahoma in the only match-up of unbeaten teams. Michigan may sneak up on people but I don’t see them beating Wisconsin in the first ever Big Ten title game. Texas Tech, Illinois and Kansas State are pretenders. I also don’t think this is a year when we’ll get a “BCS buster” into the national title game. I think the Alabama/LSU winner will play either Wisconsin or Stanford for all the marbles
Teams in BCS automatic qualifying conferences:
LOUISIANA STATE 5-0 (190-64) is ranked #1 by the writers and #2 by the coaches.
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Florida #17/18 (4-1)
10/15 at Tennessee (3-1)
10/22 Auburn #15/23 (4-1)
10/29 BYE
11/5 at Alabama #2/3 (5-0)
11/12 Western Kentucky (0-4)
11/19 at Mississippi (2-3)
11/25 Arkansas #10/12 (4-1)
They have four remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records.
OKLAHOMA 4-0 (170-61) ranked #3/1
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Texas (at Dallas) #11/10 (4-0)
10/15 at Kansas (2-2)
10/22 Texas Tech (4-0)
10/29 at Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/5 Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
11/12 BYE
11/19 at Baylor #25/- (3-1)
11/26 Iowa State (3-1)
12/3 at Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
They have five remaining games against ranked teams and another against an undefeated team. The have six remaining games against teams with winning records, 9and none against teams with losing records).
ALABAMA 5-0 (192-42) ranked #2/3
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Vanderbilt (3-1)
10/15 at Mississippi (2-3)
10/22 Tennessee (3-1)
11/5 Louisiana State #1/02 (5-0)
11/12 at Mississippi State (2-3)
11/19 Georgia Southern (4-0)
11/26 at Auburn #15/23 (4-1)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and one against an undefeated team- but that’s an FCS team. They have five games remaining against teams with winning records.
WISCONSIN 5-0 (242-51) ranked #4/5
Their remaining opponents:
10/15 Indiana (1-4)
10/22 at Michigan State #-/20 (4-1)
10/29 at Ohio State (3-2)
11/5 Purdue (2-2)
11/12 at Minnesota (1-4)
11/19 at Illinois #19/16 (5-0)
11/26 Penn State ((4-1)
They have only one remaining game against a ranked team but four against teams with winning records.
STANFORD 4-0 (183-46) ranked #7/4
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Colorado (1-4)
10/15 at Washington State (3-1)
10/22 Washington (4-1)
10/29 at Southern California (4-1)
11/5 at Oregon State (0-4)
11/12 Oregon #9/9 (3-1)
11/19 California (3-1)
11/26 Notre Dame (3-2)
They have only one remaining game against a ranked team but five against teams with winning records.
OKLAHOMA STATE 4-0 (187-110) ranked #6-7
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Kansas (2-2)
10/15 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
10/22 at Missouri (2-2)
10/29 Baylor #25/- (3-1)
11/5 Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/12 at Texas Tech (4-0)
11/18 at Iowa State (3-1)
12/3 Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
They have four remaining games vs. ranked teams, another vs. an undefeated team and six against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records).
CLEMSON 5-0 (174-103) ranked #8/8
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Boston College (1-4)
10/15 at Maryland (2-2)
10/22 North Carolina (4-1)
10/29 at Georgia Tech #13/13 (5-0)
11/5 BYE
11/12 Wake Forest (3-1)
11/19 at North Carolina State (2-3)
11/26 at South Carolina # 18/14 (4-1)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and four against teams with winning records.
TEXAS 4-0 (137-59) ranked #11/10
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Oklahoma (at Dallas) #3/1 (4-0)
10/15 Oklahoma State #6-7 (4-0)
10/22 BYE
10/29 Kansas (2-2)
11/5 Texas Tech (4-0)
11/12 at Missouri (2-2)
11/19 Kansas State #20/21 (4-0)
11/24 at Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
12/3 Baylor #25 (3-1)
They have five remaining games against ranked teams, another against an undefeated team and five against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records.
MICHIGAN 5-0 (186-51) ranked #12/11
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 at Northwestern (2-2)
10/15 at Michigan State #-/20 (4-1)
10/22 BYE
10/29 Purdue (2-2)
11/5 at Iowa (3-1)
11/12 at Illinois #19/16 (5-0)
11/19 Nebraska #14/15 (4-1)
11/26 Ohio State (3-2)
They have three remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records, (and none against a team with a losing record).
GEORGIA TECH 5-0 (258-129) ranked #13/13
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 Maryland (2-2)
10/15 at Virginia (3-2)
10/22 at Miami (2-2)
10/29 Clemson #8/8 (5-0)
11/5 BYE
11/10 Virginia Tech #21/17 (4-1)
11/19 at Duke (3-2)
11/26 Georgia (3-2)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and five against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records).
ILLINOIS 5-0 (167-87) ranked #19/16
Their remaining opponents:
10/8 at Indiana (1-4)
10/15 Ohio State (3-2)
10/22 at Purdue (2-2)
10/29 at Penn State (4-1)
11/5 BYE
11/12 Michigan #12/11 (5-0)
11/19 Wisconsin #4-5 (5-0)
11/26 at Minnesota (1-4)
They have two remaining games against ranked teams and four games against teams with winning records.
KANSAS STATE 4-0 (111-66) ranked #20/21
10/8 Missouri (2-2)
10/15 at Texas Tech (4-0)
10/22 at Kansas (2-2)
10/29 Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
11/5 at Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
11/12 Texas A&M (2-2)
11/19 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
12/3 Iowa State (3-1)
They have three remaining games against ranked teams, one other against an undefeated team and five games against teams with winning records, (and none vs. teams with losing records) left.
TEXAS TECH 4-0 (189-91) unranked
10/8 Texas A&M #24/25 (2-2)
10/15 Kansas State #20/21(4-0)
10/22 at Oklahoma #3/1 (4-0)
10/29 Iowa State (3-1)
11/5 at Texas #11/10 (4-0)
11/12 Oklahoma State #6/7 (4-0)
11/19 at Missouri (2-2)
11/26 Baylor #25 (3-1)
They have five games remaining against ranked teams, six against teams with winning records, (and none against teams with losing records.)
Teams in non-automatic qualifying conferences
BOISE STATE 4-0 (146-67) ranked #5/6
Their remaining opponents:
10/7 at Fresno State (2-3)
10/15 at Colorado State (3-2)
10/22 Air Force (3-1)
11/5 at UNLV (1-3)
11/12 Texas Christian (3-2)
11/19 at San Diego State (3-1)
11/26 Wyoming (3-1)
12/3 New Mexico (0-5)
They have no remaining games against ranked teams but five games against teams with winning records.
HOUSTON 5-0 (227-133) unranked
10/8 East Carolina (1-3)
10/15 BYE
10/22 Marshall (2-3)
10/27 Rice (1-3)
11/5 at UAB (0-4)
11/10 at Tulane (2-3)
11/19 Southern Methodist (4-1)
11/26 at Tulsa (2-3)
They have no games against ranked teams and only one against a team with a winning record remaining.
Comment: This is an era of SEC dominance and even if they have tough schedules, it’s hard not to believe that the winner of the Alabama-LSU game on November 5th will be undefeated and playing for the national title at the end of the season. The Big 12/10 looks a bit like three years ago where they have four unbeaten teams that may take turns knocking each other off. Oklahoma appears to be the class of them but I’m not really sold on them as a possible national champions after years of post season failures and a couple of down years. Oklahoma State is one of several teams that just don’t seem to have a good enough defense to make it all the way to the final game. (I’d put the two ACC teams, Clemson and Georgia Tech, in the same group.) Texas hasn’t really played anybody yet so it’s hard to say that they are “back“. We will see this week against Oklahoma in the only match-up of unbeaten teams. Michigan may sneak up on people but I don’t see them beating Wisconsin in the first ever Big Ten title game. Texas Tech, Illinois and Kansas State are pretenders. I also don’t think this is a year when we’ll get a “BCS buster” into the national title game. I think the Alabama/LSU winner will play either Wisconsin or Stanford for all the marbles