7 college showdowns to shape season
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Seven games, 14 ranked teams, one beautiful day of football. Since The Associated Press media poll started ranking the top 25 teams in 1989, there has never been a day when more ranked teams squared off.
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The pairings for "BracketBusters," ESPN's concept of giving mid-major schools more exposure -- were announced this week. Fourteen games will be televised over the weekend of Feb. 16-17.
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The status-seekers in menÂs college basketball juggle national exposure, money and the disadvantage of playing top-ranked opponents on the road in the hope of scoring an upset and getting a boost in March.
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While Georgia vs. Auburn is the marquee, must-watch game, we&#39;re looking elsewhere for this week&#39;s best opportunities. We found four, including Oklahoma, which may not let up on poor Nebraska until reaching triple digits.
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Two of the biggest games of the season are on this weekend&#39;s SEC slate. Unbeaten Auburn visits unbeaten Tennessee and defending national champ LSU visits unbeaten Georgia.
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In one of college football&#39;s most important games of the year, delayed four nights because of Hurricane Frances, the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes will meet the fourth-ranked Florida
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There&#39;s baseball&#39;s postseason, basketball&#39;s preseason, boxing&#39;s never-ending season, and the NFL in full swing. Every fourth year, there&#39;s a presidential race coming down the homestretch too.
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From the weekly media and coaches polls to the preseason rankings in a bevy of magazines to the annual end-of-season debate about the Bowl Championship Series, no sport is tied to polling as much as college football.
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After a maddening and unpredictable season, Ohio State and LSU almost inexplicably emerged as the top two teams in the BCS and will play for the title Monday night.
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If the Trojans outlast Michigan and Florida for the right to play in the national title game, the deciding factor will be U.S.C.Âs aggressive scheduling.
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When it happens, somehow it will change. It will change by making the remainder of the season more meaningful, extending the dreams of a BCS bowl
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The first skirmish in what could be a prolonged battle among Bowl Championship Series participants and organizers is developing over a tentative plan to string out the games over a week beginning in 2007.
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Avoid a rematch. Stronger schedule. Conference champion. Those were the main reasons cited Monday by many poll voters for jumping Florida over Michigan on their final ballots, setting up a Gators-Buckeyes matchup in the BCS national title game Jan. 8.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A-and-M and Kansas State are no longer in the Top 25. But the perennial powers are hoping experience gained this season can return them near the top of the league -- and the nation.
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College football&#39;s goofy formula for selecting the finalists for the national championship game on Jan. 4 is clicking about as well as the University of Washington&#39;s offense, right?
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Clemson and Iowa face potential turning points less than a month into the season.
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Points: A Big East doubleheader bookends Thanksgiving Day. The Huskies look to make themselves more attractive to bowl scouts, and Rutgers hopes to end a once-promising campaign on a high note.