Headline: Improving Rams Host Rejuvenated Packers in Week 7
The Green Bay Packers, fresh off their Week 6 National Television beat down of the Houston Texans look to keep their roll going as they head to St. Louis to take on Jeff Fisher’s Rams – a team that has looked better on both sides of the ball so far this season. The question ahead of this game is – which Packers team will show up?
The Washington Huskies are set to travel down to the desert this weekend to take on the Arizona Wildcats. Both teams have been ranked at one point this season, but both find themselves now needing a victory at 3-3 on the year.
If offense is what you covet from college football, this is the game for you. The Baylor Bears are set to pay a visit to the 25th-ranked Texas Longhorns in what should be one of the highest-scoring battles all weekend.
The Oregon State Beavers went into BYU last week without their quarterback and came out looking as good as they’ve looked all season. OSU has been one of the biggest surprises in all of college football this season, and the Utah Utes will try and surprise the nation with an upset victory in Corvallis this Saturday.
Mississippi State (6-0) is the 12th ranked team in the nation, but are they for real? They have yet to play a ranked team, but that will soon change as after this non-conference game they play 3 ranked teams in a row including top-ranked Alabama.
Cincinnati (5-0) has yet to lose this season and they have one of the best defenses in the nation, ranking 10th, only giving up an average of 14.4 ppg.
Georgia (5-1) is coming off a bye week and they are coming off their first loss of the season, which put their BCS hopes in jeopardy.
Oklahoma (4-1) has won 2 straight after losing their only game of the season and after this game against Kansas (1-5) host 5th ranked Notre Dame and then hit the road to play 24th ranked Iowa State.
Florida State (6-1) got over their shocking upset at the hands of North Carolina State with a blowout win in their last game and now they face a Miami (4-3) team that may be without their starting QB.
Don’t look now but Kansas State is ranked third in the nation, with a chance to improve their positioning big time if they can win on the road on Saturday.
Things have been pretty bad for the Colorado football program…and they are about to get much worse. This is the first game of a brutal stretch of game.
The second half of the Chase to this season’s Sprint Cup title kicks off this week at Kansas Speedway with the running of the Hollywood Casino 400. Sunday afternoon’s race is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally ESPN.
Headline: 49ers Look to Hold Off Surging Seahawks for Division Lead
The San Francisco 49ers, fresh off one of their worst defeats in the last two seasons look to rebound against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 7 – a team that is not only tied with the 49ers for first in the NFC West but is also coming off an impressive win against the juggernaut Patriots.
The No. 1 seeded Alabama Crimson Tide are set to travel to Tennessee to defend their ranking in the first weekend where the BCS is officially a part of college football. Neyland Stadium isn’t exactly the home-field advantage it once was when the Volunteers were steamrolling opponents left and right, so unless they can shock the nation, Alabama’s title hopes should be well and alive after week eight.
The SEC has seen shakeups near the top of the BCS all season—with the exception of No. 1 Alabama—and with the No. 2 Gators hosting the seventh-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks, football fans will have another great matchup in store for them this Saturday.
Despite their 6-1 record, the LSU Tigers have had an up-and-down season to this point. They’ve looked good at times and lethargic at others, but the BCS still liked their strength of schedule, placing them at No. 7 in the inaugural ranking of the season.
