New Brackets, Week 13 Schedule (11/18/08)

NEW BRACKETS

Perfect Health (2)
Alabama, Texas Tech

Alive and Kicking (8)
Utah, Boise St., Ball St., Texas, Oklahoma, Penn St., Florida, USC

Life Support (8)
BYU, Oklahoma St., Missouri, Georgia, Ohio St., Michigan St., Pittsburgh, Cincinnati

My Ranking of 18 teams
1. Alabama - unbeaten
2. Texas Tech - unbeaten
3. Texas - only loss to No. 2
4. Oklahoma - only loss to No. 3
5. USC - only loss on the road to 3-loss Oregon St.
6. Penn St. - only loss on the road to 4-loss Iowa
7. Florida - only loss at home to 4-loss Mississippi
8. Utah - unbeaten
9. Boise St. - unbeaten
10. Ball St. - unbeaten
11. Oklahoma St. - two losses to No. 2 and No. 3
12. Georgia - two losses to No. 1 and No. 7
13. Ohio St. - two losses to No. 5 and No. 6
14. Missouri - two losses to No. 3 and No. 11
15. Cincinnati - two losses to No. 4 and 3-loss UCONN
16. Michigan St. - two losses to No. 13 and 4-loss CAL
17. BYU - only loss on the road to 2-loss TCU
18. Pittsburgh - two losses to 5-loss Bowling Green and 5-loss Rutgers

Schedule
Ball St. at Central Michigan, 7 p.m., Wednesday
Michigan at Ohio St., Noon, Saturday
Citadel at Florida, 1:30 p.m., Saturday
Michigan St. at Penn St., 3:30 p.m., Saturday
Boise St. at Nevada, 4 p.m., Saturday
BYU at Utah, 6 p.m., Saturday
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7 p.m., Saturday
Texas Tech at Oklahoma, 8 p.m., Saturday

Thoughts
Four huge games this week, including my No. 2 Texas Tech heading to Norman to meet the No. 4 Sooners. An Oklahoma win would leave only Alabama as an unbeaten from the BCS conferences. The Crimson Tide still have Auburn and the SEC title game looming.

Utah can help cement its place in the BCS with a home win over BYU. A loss and Boise St. could take advantage and make the BCS.

Michigan St.-Penn St. and Pittsburgh-Cincinnati have more conference implications than national, but the Nittany Lions could stay in the hunt with a win.

New Brackets, Week 12 schedule (11/11/08)

NEW BRACKETS

Perfect Health (2)
Alabama, Texas Tech

Alive and Kicking (8)
Utah, Boise St., Ball St., Texas, Oklahoma, Penn St., Florida, USC

Life Support (11)
BYU, Tulsa, Oklahoma St., Missouri, Georgia, Ohio St., Michigan St., Florida St., North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati

WEEK 12 SCHEDULE
Ball St. at Miami (Oh.), 7 p.m., Tuesday
Indiana at Penn St., 12 p.m. Saturday
Ohio St. at Illinois, 12 p.m., Saturday
Texas at Kansas, 12:30 p.m., Saturday
Georgia at Auburn, 12:30 p.m., Saturday
South Carolina at Florida, 3:30 p.m., Saturday
BYU at Air Force, 3:30 p.m., Saturday
North Carolina at Maryland, 3:30 p.m., Saturday
Boise St. at Idaho, 5 p.m., Saturday
Missouri at Iowa St., 6:30 p.m., Saturday
USC at Stanford, 7 p.m., Saturday
Mississippi St. at Alabama, 7:45 p.m., Saturday
Boston College at Florida St., 8 p.m., Saturday
Oklahoma St. at Colorado, 8 p.m., Saturday
Cincinnati at Louisville, 8 p.m., Saturday
Utah at San Diego St., 8 p.m., Saturday
Tulsa at Houston, 8 p.m., Saturday

MY RANKING OF 21 ELIGIBLE TEAMS
1. Alabama
2. Texas Tech
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida
6. USC
7. Penn St.
8. Utah
9. Boise St.
10. Ball St.
11. Georgia
12. Oklahoma St.
13. Ohio St.
14. Missouri
15. Cincinnati
16. Michigan St.
17. BYU
18. Florida St.
19. North Carolina
20. Pittsburgh
21. Tulsa

Interesting week this week. Four of the 21 teams (Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Michigan St., Pittsburgh) are off, and the other 17 teams all play teams out of the bracket. The question becomes, how many of the 17 can take care of business? Of the 17, 13 play on the road.

New Brackets, Week 11 schedule (11/6/08)

NEW BRACKETS

Perfect Health (3)
Alabama, Penn St., Texas Tech

Alive and Kicking (8)
Utah, Boise St., Ball St., Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Florida, USC

Life Support (18)
TCU, BYU, Tulsa, Missouri, Georgia, LSU, California, Ohio St., Northwestern, Michigan St., Minnesota, Maryland, Florida St., North Carolina, Georgia Tech, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati

SCHEDULE
Northern Illinois at Ball St., 8 p.m., Wednesday
Maryland at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m., Thursday
TCU at Utah, 8 p.m., Thursday
Purdue at Michigan St., Noon, Saturday
Ohio St. at Northwestern, Noon, Saturday
Michigan at Minnesota, Noon, Saturday
Louisville at Pittsburgh, Noon, Saturday
Georgia Tech at North Carolina, Noon, Saturday
Baylor at Texas, Noon, Saturday
Georgia at Kentucky, 12:30 p.m., Saturday
San Diego St. at BYU, 2 p.m., Saturday
Utah St. at Boise St., 2 p.m., Saturday
Alabama at LSU, 3:30 p.m., Saturday
Penn St. at Iowa, 3:30 p.m., Saturday
Oklahoma at Texas A&M, 3:30, Saturday
Clemson at Florida St., 3:30 p.m., Saturday
Cincinnati at West Virginia, 7 p.m., Saturday
Kansas St. at Missouri, 7 p.m., Saturday
Florida at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m., Saturday
Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., Saturday
California at USC, 8 p.m. Saturday

Seven games this week feature two of the 29 teams still remaining. All but one team is in action as Tulsa has the week off. Three of the games are true elimination games as Georgia Tech against North Carolina, Ohio St. against Northwestern and Cincinnati at West Virginia all feature teams in the Life Support bracket.

If I had to rank the teams, here's how I would do it.

1. Alabama
2. Texas Tech
3. Penn St.
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6. Oklahoma St.
7. Florida
8. USC
9. Utah
10. Boise St.
11. Ball St.
12. Georgia
13. Ohio St.
14. Missouri
15. TCU
16. BYU
17. LSU
18. Maryland
19. California
20. Michigan St.
21. Northwestern
22. Minnesota
23. Cincinnati
24. Florida St.
25. North Carolina
26. Georgia Tech
27. Pittsburgh
28. West Virginia
29. Tulsa