And then there were eight...

When Saturday started, there were 10 undefeated teams. All ten were favored, and nine were favored by double digits. There are now 8 undefeated teams. Wisconsin went down in an absolutely wild game that was decided by a last second Hail Mary in East Lansing. Oklahoma went down at home to 29 point underdog Texas Tech. All in all, the undefeateds went 7-3 ATS yesterday, a very respectable showing.

With Oklahoma and Wisconsin both falling yesterday, teams like Boise State and Stanford take a huge step up in the rankings to be released later today. There are currently three teams that seem to control their own destiny:
LSU: In case you haven't heard, LSU and Alabama play at Bryant-Denny on November 5th. The winner will be the undisputed #1 team in the country and will need only to win the SEC Championship to secure their spot in the BCS National Championship.
Alabama: See above.
Oklahoma State: It is possible that Oklahoma's loss actually HURTS the Cowboys. A win over Oklahoma in the season finale will certainly carry alot of weight, but not near as much as it would have if both teams were unbeaten. OK State, should it remain undefeated, would seem to jump a one loss SEC team in the NC.

That leaves Stanford, Boise, Clemson and Kansas State on the outside looking in. If Kansas State were to win out(wins over Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M) maybe they would have a case that they deserve to be in the NC. Even with that dominant win over Kansas yesterday, I don't think too many of us are betting on them to be playing in the last game of the season.

Stanford played it's first ranked opponent yesterday and destroyed them. They did with a very pedestrian Andrew Luck game also. Stanford set a school record for rushing yards with almost 500 yards on the ground. Stanford has three tough games remaining: @USC, hosting Oregon and hosting Notre Dame. The BCS backers have to be praying that Stanford suffers a loss, because it would be quite a shame to leave out college football's biggest individual star from the game's biggest stage.

Boise State is doing what they always do. Although not overly impressive against Air Force yesterday, they still won by two scores. Boise's toughest game left on the schedule is a home game against TCU. Chris Petersen and crew will need help to reach the NC, and many would even argue that a one loss Oklahoma, Bama/LSU, OKState or Stanford would deserve in over Boise. They also do crack cocaine. Go Broncos.

Am I the only one who keeps waiting for the inevitable Clemson meltdown? Dabo and the boys seem intent on not letting that happen. Clemson travels to Georgia Tech and ends the season @South Carolina. If Clemson runs the table, it will have five wins over ranked opponents, maybe six depending on the ACC Championship. I don't think there is a quarterback in the country playing better than Tajh Boyd right now.

So there are still seven teams in play for the National Championship(No, I am not counting undefeated Houston). The BCS better be hoping and praying that some of the above teams stumble and we don't end the season with multiple unbeaten teams. I personally am rooting for as many undefeateds as possible. The only way to fix the BCS, it seems, is to consistently show how stupid it is. So as much as I love the upsets and the shocking games that make college football what it is, I will spend the rest of the season rooting for the favorites.

It is the only way to expose the BCS for what it actually is, an absolute travesty to the game of college football.