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Friday, October 30
8:00 PM ET West Virginia at South Florida - This is put up or shut up for the Bulls against this rival. Take South Florida.

Saturday, October 31
12:00 PM ET Rutgers at Connecticut - Tragedy continues at UConn. Take Rutgers.
12:21 PM ET Mississippi at Auburn - Not easy to win in this stadium, but Ole Miss could pull it off. Take Auburn.
1:00 PM ET Southern Miss at Houston - Rested and ready to win. Take Houston.
2:00 PM ET Western Michigan at Kent State - Look up in the air for all those TDs! Take Western Michigan.
3:30 PM ET Georgia vs. Florida* (at Jacksonville, FL) - Georgia needs this but can they win? Florida wins ugly with four turnovers last week so they should turn that around. Take Florida.
3:30 PM ET Miami (FL) at Wake Forest - Heartbreaker last week with Clemson now they face a top ten running team on the road. Take Miami.
3:30 PM ET California at Arizona State - I give up on AZ State and take the Bears.
3:30 PM ET Central Michigan at Boston College - BC's loss to Notre Dame sad but they should bounce back here. Take BC.
3:30 PM ET Iowa State at Texas A&M - A&M has a pretty mascot. Take A&M and the Collie.
3:30 PM ET Duke at Virginia - Virginia needs this home victory if they are to be in the ACC hunt. Take Virginia.
3:30 PM ET Temple at Navy - Can't deny the midshipmen here. Take Navy.
7:00 PM ET Louisiana-Monroe at Troy - Had to flip a coin as no information on the flu in the area. Take Troy.
7:45 PM ET South Carolina at Tennessee - I thought Tennessee was done last week, this should just about seal it. Take South Carolina.
8:00 PM ET Texas at Oklahoma State - Confidence is now building at Texas. Take the Longhorns.
8:00 PM ET USC at Oregon - Oooohhhh! USC can't win in Oregon! Upset!! It's all about the QB. Take Oregon.
8:00 PM ET Michigan State at Minnesota - Do the Spartans rebound and make something of this season? Take Michigan State.

But again, strength of schedule that is rehashed each week is diluted and that is the major fault of the BCS computer rankings including Sagarin. We can talk all we want about numerical and statistical theory relative to event selection and timing but in football, the likelyhood of a particular outcome is not equal each for attempt. Play OU with a healthy Sam Bradford versus a crippled team. Take Tim Tebow off Florida and see what happens. The computers cannot adjust properly for that and nothing attempts (except my rankings) to assess a team at the moment of the game and hold that through the schedule. (And I point to my ranking OU at 4-3 in the top 25).

There is no question the Big 12 has fallen off the rapid pace set by the SEC. The Big 10 and PAC 10 had fallen a few years ago. We won't even talk about the ACC or Big East. If you look at the SEC today, they are solid in running and have excellent defenses. Beyond that it's gravy. The two things every coach wants to be a winner. The ability to run the ball and to totally stop the opposition. The SEC has that moniker well in hand.