Two more teams go by the wayside. Longshot BYU and the final Big Ten hopeful Michigan State went down, in two completely different fashions. Sparty was outplayed from the get-go and got creamed at home by someone still on this list. BYU went on the road at their rival and, well, anyone reading this probably knows how the story goes, as it's been going on three years in a row. They outplay Utah for more than half the game and give up the ghost in the second half. They were a stretch anyway.
Alabama
Clemson (at Florida State)
Florida
Florida State (Clemson)
Georgia
Kansas State (at Oklahoma)
LSU (at Auburn)
Notre Dame (Michigan)
Oklahoma (hosting Kansas State)
Oregon
South
Carolina (Missouri)
Stanford
TCU
Texas
USC
West Virginia
I leave USC on the list, even with the loss, because they can still beat Oregon twice or Oregon once while beating Stanford in the Pac 12 Title game. I don't believe the ACC loser survives. I am also not sure the Oklahoma-Kansas State loser can survive the loss without a conference championship game, since other "losers" have a chance to go 12-1, where Big 12 champ could only be 11-1...
UCLA is trying to play their way onto this list, but I think playing a freshman QB will eventually cost them a close game or one on the road. Three weeks in, half of the teams are eliminated from contention. The regular season is a playoff...
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