**** OFFICIAL College Football Week 8 Game Thread ****

[DaKCMan AP]

All times EST.

Thursday
8:00 UCF at UAB
9:00 UCLA at Arizona - ESPN

Friday
8:00 #15 West Virginia at Syracuse
8:00 Rutgers at Louisville

Saturday
12:00 #4 Oklahoma State at Missouri - FX
12:00 North Carolina at #7 Clemson - ESPN
12:00 #11 Kansas State at Kansas
12:00 #23 Illinois at Purdue - ESPN2
12:00 Cincinnati at South Florida - ESPN3
12:00 Jacksonville State at Kentucky - ESPNU
12:00 Indiana at Iowa
12:21 #9 Arkansas at Ole Miss - ESPN3
12:30 Wake Forest at Duke - ESPN3
2:00 New Mexico at TCU
3:00 Boston College at #12 Virginia Tech - ESPN3
3:00 Idaho State at BYU
3:30 #20 Auburn at #1 LSU - CBS
3:30 Air Force at #5 Boise State - Versus
3:30 #13 Nebraska at Minnesota - ABC/ESPN2
3:30 #17 Texas A&M at Iowa State - ABC
3:30 #22 Georgia Tech at Miami - ESPN
3:30 Maryland at Florida State - ABC/ESPN2
3:30 Temple at Bowling Green
3:30 NC State at Virginia - ESPNU
3:40 #10 Oregon at Colorado
4:05 Fresno State at Nevada - ESPN3
4:30 Marshall at #19 Houston
7:00 #21 Penn State at Northwestern
7:00 Utah at California
7:00 Army at Vanderbilt - ESPNU
7:00 Tulsa at Rice
7:15 Tennessee at #2 Alabama - ESPN2
7:30 USC at Notre Dame - NBC
8:00 Texas Tech at #3 Oklahoma - ABC
8:00 #6 Wisconsin at #16 Michigan State - ESPN
8:00 #25 Washington at #8 Stanford - ABC
10:30 Oregon State at Washington State


Enjoy the games!

[FD]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

You need a lot to happen. Not having a conf. champ. game really hurts OU. An undefeated Stanford or Clemson and a 1-loss Wisconsin, Oregon, Arkansas, LSU, or Bama would all get to the NC game before a 1-loss OU who doesn't play a conf. champ. game.

Yep. The quality of wins OU can potentially get are high, he's right about that, but when voters compare the 1-loss teams they also look at the loss, and losing at home to Texas Tech is a lot worse than losing on the road to Michigan State, as an example.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Forward Dante

Yep. The quality of wins OU can potentially get are high, he's right about that, but when voters compare the 1-loss teams they also look at the loss, and losing at home to Texas Tech is a lot worse than losing on the road to Michigan State, as an example.

you give voters too much credit. for example, many coaches in the poll don't even complete their own ballot. Those that do often have nothing more than the final score to go on....they don't have the time nor inclination to delve any deeper. As the season progresses all they see is the L count.

[FD]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

you give voters too much credit. for example, many coaches in the poll don't even complete their own ballot. Those that do often have nothing more than the final score to go on....they don't have the time nor inclination to delve any deeper. As the season progresses all they see is the L count.

OU was a 30 point favorite in this one. I think people will notice.