Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-3) vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-3, 4-2 ACC)
Wake Forest’s sophomore QB Tanner Price took his lumps last year as a first-year starter, but the trial by fire seems to be paying off in 2011.
Wake Forest’s sophomore QB Tanner Price took his lumps last year as a first-year starter, but the trial by fire seems to be paying off in 2011.
Houston is looking to finally get to the playoffs after many near misses, and so far this season they are on the right path.
Regardless of records or importance, there is no NFL rivalry quite like when the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers get together on the gridiron.
The Bulldogs have an eye-popping vacancy on their team this week that would be crippling were they to play a conference foe or another considerable team.
Kansas State (7-1) fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with last week’s blowout loss to Oklahoma.
The big question for this game is which Texas Tech (5-3) team will show up? The one that scored 41 points to snap Oklahoma’s 39-game home winning streak a couple weeks ago or the one that totally fell flat last week in only scoring 7 points in a blowout loss at home to a .500 Iowa State team?
Oklahoma (7-1) got over their shocking home defeat to Texas Tech a couple weeks back to lay a serious beat down on an undefeated Kansas State team on the road last week.
As is so common with the football programs of the Academies, expect this game between Army and Air Force to be a ground-oriented affair. Army has the top rushing attack in the FBS, and the Falcons are right behind with the third-best run game.
The New York Giants and the New England Patriots square-off this Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium in battle of two teams trying to stay on top in their division. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
The 4-3 New York Jets will try and close the gap in the AFC East when they travel to Ralph Wilson Stadium to take on the surprising 5-2 Buffalo Bills this Sunday afternoon. The kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast regionally on CBS.
Detroit, Minnesota, Carolina and Jacksonville are all on byes this week so make sure to make the necessary roster adjustments.
The Seattle Seahawks head to Dallas on Sunday to take on a Cowboys team that was beaten and humiliated last week.
UFC 138 comes our way this weekend and despite the lack of obvious star power, there are some fights with some serious implications on the card. The winners of Leben/Munoz and Pickett/Barao could be in line for title shots in their divisions.
The Green Bay Packers have sliced through the competition this season. Their last win against Minnesota was the closest any team has come (6 points) although that is a misleading statistic as the Vikings had to score 10 straight in the fourth quarter to close the gap.
The Houston Cougars are still perfect, slowly climbing that BCS ladder. They are still a long shot to make it to one of the big games but it would be interesting to see if a top defense like that played in the SEC could stop this Cougars attack.
Newcastle United surprisingly sit at third in the table, and they look to continue their run of play at home against a lowly Everton side that just can’t seem to get things going this season.