CF 2007: The Upset Disease is Contagious

After another day of upsets in college football on Saturday, it is safe to say that NO team is a safe bet to make it to the BCS Championship Game in January. The LSU Tigers and California Golden Bears, ranked #1 and #2 respectively, were both upset on Saturday. The Tigers lost in triple overtime to the Kentucky Wildcats 43-37, while the Golden Bears lost to the Oregon State Beavers 31-28. This comes a week after the USC Trojans first home loss since 2001 at home to Stanford 24-23. Moreover, this comes after the craziness of Week 5 in college football when seven of the top thirteen teams were defeated, including Florida, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Texas, Oregon, and Rutgers.
So far in the year of 2007, the top 25 rankings have changed more drastically in the early part of the year than I can remember. Yes, every year has its upsets. But, these losses were for teams such as Michigan, Louisville, Wisconsin, and Texas, which were all preseason ranked inside the top 10 and were also part of the preseason discussion at making a serious BCS run. But, I cannot remember such an amazing story such as Appalachian State shocking Michigan, who has the most wins of all time in college football. Wisconsin is now ranked outside the Top 25 and it's embarrassing to think they were a top five team. Besides, Louisville's won against Cincinnati last night, but they had not showed up to play all season until last night. Finally, Texas and Mr. McCoy = OVERRATED, who recorded their first 0-2 Big XII conference start in 51 years.
Nevertheless, Ohio State, South Florida, Boston College, Arizona State, Kansas, and Hawaii all remained unbeaten this week. But considering the way teams have been upset left and right, I know this will probably not stay for long. Could this be the year we see a two loss team in the BCS Championship game? (And possibly no unbeatens) Who knows. All I know is that on any given Saturday, the unexpected can happen. So, Ohio State, South Florida, Boston College and others, watch out this weekend. Your date could be due.