Week 5 Recap

Week 5 finally brought the upsets and craziness that was expected of this season. Whether this is a precursor to another season like last year, or just an aberration remains to be seen.

Here are some of the top stories from week 5.


Ranked Teams Losing


Nine teams ranked in the top 25 lost this week. Some were amazing upsets, and some were outcomes we expected. Here's the nine ranked schools that lost.

• No. 1 USC - The Trojans once again choked against a non-ranked PAC-10 team that has no where near the talent as Pete Carroll's bunch. This year it was Oregon St.'s turn. The Beavers pulled off the stunning upset on Thursday night, forcing me to stay up and watch. Man was I dragging ass the next day at work.
• No. 3 Georgia - The Dawgs did the unthinkable and lost during one of their black-out games. 'Bama has it's fans all riled up and clamoring about a national title. I thought it was nearly impossible for the Bulldogs to lose a "black-out" game.
• No 4. Florida - Lets' move on.
• No. 9 Wisconsin - The Badgers squandered a huge lead in the Big House. RichRod's bunch may have got the win they were looking for.
• No. 16 Wake Forest - Frankly, I'm more surprised that Wake lost to Navy than I am about USC losing to Oregon St. I didn't think the Midshipmen had a chance to stay on the field with the Demon Deacons. I guess that just shows the real power of the ACC.
• No. 20 Clemson - Speaking of ACC power. The Tigers pulled a Clemson and were upset by Maryland.
• No. 23 East Carolina - The Pirates are no longer the feel good story of the year. That's back-to-back losses after their 3-0 start.
• No. 24 TCU - I hope the Horned Frogs enjoyed their stay in the top 25. We all knew TCU was over matched vs. Oklahoma.

The SEC West is GOOOOODDD!!!!


If the SEC is the best conference in the country, than the SEC West is easily the best division in the nation. Coming into the season, the East took all the headlines. Now it seems, the West has the goods in the conference. Alabama obliterated Georgia and are currently ranked number 2 in the nation. Ole Miss pulled off the stunning upset of Florida at the Swamp. LSU is ranked third in the nation. And Auburn, ranked 13th nationally, beat Tennessee. The Vols aren't that good, but they're still an SEC East team. There's still plenty of football to play and I still believe an SEC East team will win the conference. However, right now the West is the best.




Still Unbeaten



There are still 18 teams in the nation with dreams of that perfect season. Some have better chances than others of coming closer to accomplishing that feat. Here are the 18 teams that are still playing perfect football.

1. Alabama 5-0
2. Ball St. 5-0
3. Boise St. 3-0
4. BYU 4-0
5. Connecticut 5-0
6. Kentucky 4-0
7. LSU 4-0
8. Missouri 4-0
9. Northwestern 5-0
10. Penn St. 5-0
11. Oklahoma 4-0
12. Oklahoma St. 4-0
13. South Florida 5-0
14. Texas 4-0
15. Texas Tech 4-0
16. Tulsa 4-0
17. Utah 5-0
18. Vanderbilt 4-0