10. 51-0, now there's your style points – It's tough to find any fault with Boise St.'s 51-0 win over Fresno St. The Broncos scored whenever and however they wanted after a sluggish first quarter and pitched the first shutout against Fresno St. since 1998. They also did it wearing orange uniforms on the blue turf instead of the blue. Just one more notch in the argument that Boise really is that good.
9. Forcing Cal into a Bad Cal game at Cal – Cal has had odd Jekyll and Hyde tendencies all season long. At home, the Bears had been world beaters with four blowouts wins and a close loss to Oregon that is the Ducks only close game of the season. On the road, Cal had been awful with just one win over terrible Washington St. and a series of ugly blowouts. Playing at home, many though Cal would at least keep it close against Stanford. Then the game started and Stanford hit Cal in the mouth. Cal suddenly forgot where they where and bad Cal appeared on the way to an ugly blowout. Well Done Stanford.
8. 31 points in the first quarter – Central Florida was a heavy favorite against Tulane, but nobody could have foreseen the anger the Golden Knights would play with after losing to Southern Miss. Poor Tulane was in the way of a 31-0 outburst to start the game and the outcome was never in doubt after that. Central Florida would score 61 in the game.
7. Oklahoma finally showing up for a road game – The Sooners had not been good in road games, even in victory. There were the losses to Texas A&M and Missouri and the close call at Cincinnati. This problem had persisted for two seasons. Then the Sooners got to play the Baylor defense on the road and the attack finally worked the way its supposed to away from home. Just in time for the big road trip to Stillwater to play Oklahoma St.
6. A rare shutout – Missouri's surge onto the national scene the last few seasons has been fueled by offense and creatively winning a wide variety of shootouts behind a quick strike spread passing game. Now, as the offense slips a little, the defense has finally reached a level near where the offenses of 2007-8 were. The road shutout of Iowa St. over the weekend was just the largest benchmark yet of Missouri's defensive turnaround.
5. First 10 win season – Nevada had never won 10-games in an FBS season (they did so in the FCS, then 1-AA, ranks). That is they hadn't until Saturday when the Wolfpack got its 10th win this season. Now its one game against Boise St. with everything on the line.
4. Leshore – Mikail Leshore of Illinois is now the Big Ten leader in rushing after setting a school record with 330 yards rushing against Northwestern. It was a stunning performance on a major stage and his team is now bowl eligible for the first time since 2007.
3. Not giving up on the season – Colorado had every reason to pack it in two weeks ago. They were 3-6 with the coach fired and his second choice quarterback and son leading the team. Things looked dire headed to play a .500 Iowa St. team, a decent Kansas St. team and Nebraska. Improbably, the Buffaloes have gotten it together and sit one more upset from bowl eligibility. Good job Colorado for continuing to fight.
2. The Spurrier of old – All of a sudden, Steve Spurrier has South Carolina looking like his old Florida teams. For the first time under Spurrier, South Carolina went out and hung a number on offense against an over matched foe. 69 points is impressive no matter the opponent (ok the opposition needs to have 11 warm bodies at least).
1. Wisconsin offense – The Wisconsin offense is humming on all cylinders. In fact, over the last couple of weeks, it looks like it is on the same level as the attacks at Auburn and Oregon. They might do it differently, but the Badgers can score with anyone now. Anyone who questions that can ask Michigan, whose run defense hasn't been awful, just drug down by the infirmary known as the secondary this season.
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