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Cal rises to #2, USC falls
Posted by Eric | October 7, 2007 at 2:56 pm | In Ranks/Predictions | 3 Comments
Despite the bye week, Cal has risen to #2 in all polls (AP, USA Today/Coaches, Harris) after USC’s meltdown loss to Stanford yesterday. The Bears are maintaining a narrow margin of only a few points over #3 Ohio State (who beat then-#23 Purdue pretty convincingly) in all of the polls.
In other news around the conference, UCLA was humiliated by a horrible Notre Dame squad and Arizona State escaped with a close victory over Washington State.
What does this all mean? Cal will be in the national championship game in January if the Bears keep winning — and the results of weekend give me confidence that success on the road there is becoming a likely reality. USC showed vulnerability in a stunning loss to a terrible team, while UCLA and Arizona State (two of the tough road games ahead) both appear very beatable. Even if Cal suffers a loss in the difficult remainder of the season, the hopes of a BCS game for the Bears are looking bright.
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Yea. Unfortunately for UCLA, both of their top two quarterbacks are now injured, so they had to play a walk-on freshman. And it appears their freshman is worse than ND’s.
1. Comment by Steve — October 7, 2007 @ 5:02 pm #
I love that picture of Robert Jordan jumping over the Tennessee defender. And I love that it’s the title picture here–#2 and somebody seemingly kneeling.
2. Comment by Calfan — October 7, 2007 @ 5:22 pm #
Bruce Feldman now is predicting Cal vs. LSU in the BCS Championship game, and USC vs. Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. I never thought I’d see that listing any time soon…
Schlabach also has Cal in the Rose Bowl (vs. Illinois) and USC vs. Oklahoma in the Fiesta.
3. Comment by Steve — October 9, 2007 @ 5:05 pm #