Non-BCS tracker

Well, the playing field isn't level. There are a lot more bad non-BCS teams than there are bad BCS teams. However, there are some non-BCS schools that, despite the lack of money, talent, and fan support, compete very well with some of the big boys. So I thought I'd start a little segment tracking the progress of these non-BCS accomplishments called: Moral Victories, Actual Victories, and You Can't Do Thats. There are a lot of less-than-stellar performances by non-BCS teams, but the ones that go in the "You Can't Do That" section are those performances by decent non-BCS teams, or things that NO non-BCS team should ever do, no matter what the state of the program is.

Moral Victories:
Eastern Michigan, a lower level MAC team, took Northwestern down to the wire, tying the game late in the second half. Northwestern needed a field goal with 6 seconds left to take the lead and win the home game.
Western Michigan never quite got the score tied against Indiana, but they are another MAC team that gave the Big Ten a scare in Hoosierville this weekend.
Fresno State went into Camp Randall and took Wisconsin to 2 OTs before falling on an underthrown should-have-been-TD-turned-interception.
East Carolina played at West Virginia and kept the score close before giving up two TDs in the second half and falling 35-20.
Wyoming held Texas to 6 points through 29.5 minutes and led 10-6 JUST before halftime.
Air Force went to Minnesota to open their new stadium and play the first on-campus game there in over 50 years. They fell just one TD short after a late fumble sealed their fate.
Bowling Green forced Mizzou to score two late TDs to take the lead and win. Even with the home victory, Mizzou dropped from the rankings.
Florida International played Bama tough the first half, going into the break only trailing by 6. They knocked several Alabama players out of the game on legitimate, legal, but bone-crunching hits.
UNLV made a comeback against Oregon State, taking the lead in the final minutes before falling on a last-second field goal.
The thing that stands out is: most of these games are happening on the road. Only Wyoming and UNLV were fortunate enough to get home games against their BCS opponents.

Actual Victories:
Houston taking out Oklahoma State. Anybody figure out how Houston wins by 10 AT OK State and is ranked behind them? Preseason rankings have got to go!
Hawaii laid a "neutral site" beatdown on Washington State, leading 35-0 at one point.
TCU led at Virginia 30-0 before two LATE TDs by Virginia made it 30-14.
Toledo blasted Colorado and was clearly the superior team in the game.
Central Michigan had some last minute heroics to beat Sparty in East Lansing.
Louisiana-Lafayette beat K-State. I guess that 5-year extension on Bill Snyder's contract came a week early. Although I don't know what the administration saw that was impressive enough to warrant the extension in their week 1 21-17 win over I-AA Massachusetts. It was less impressive than what Ron Prince got fired for.

You Can't Do Thats:
Army lost big at home to Duke, who had just been defeated at home by I-AA Richmond. You can't do that.
Colorado State recovered a fumbled snap one play before I-AA Weber State would have kicked a game-winning field goal in the final minutes. You can't do that.
Ball State fell to their I-AA opponent, New Hampshire. I know they are a good I-AA team, but wasn't Ball State complaining how they deserved a chance at the BCS last season? You can't do that.
Rice lost by 45 to Texas Tech. Rice was supposed to be one of the better non-BCS schools this season. You can't do that.
New Mexico State only beat I-AA Prairie View A&M by 3 points. You can't do that.