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Game of the week
Alabama 14, LSU 10 - The ’Bama defense is as good as or better than any in college football right now. The offense? Not so much. But playing at home, with running back Mark Ingram making his Heisman push, will have the Tide rolling along for another week, as a showdown with Florida in the SEC championship game looks more and more like reality.
Other Top 25 action
No. 1 Florida vs. Vanderbilt With 18 straight wins, Florida is on the longest winning streak in program history and the longest active streak in the nation. It is the longest winning streak by an SEC team since Auburn won 20 in a row from 1993-94.
No. 2 Texas vs. UCF Longhorns QB Colt McCoy improved his career record to 40-7 and passed Peyton Manning (39-6 at Tennessee) for second on the NCAA all-time victories list. McCoy is now just two victories away from tying Georgia’s David Greene for all-time wins.
No. 4 Cincinnati vs. Connecticut The Bearcats are off to their best start since 1954. This is the third time in school history they have started a season 8-0 (1951, 1954). The Huskies have lost both games since the death of Jasper Howard.
No. 5 Boise State at Louisiana Tech Broncos take their act on the road tonight in Shreveport.
No. 6 TCU at San Diego State TCU has outscored its opponents, 123-13, in the last three games, allowing just one touchdown in that stretch.
No. 7 Oregon at Stanford Ducks have a seven-game winning streak going against Stanford.
No. 8 Iowa vs.
No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest First time teams have met since ACC title game in 2006.
No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 15 Ohio State Lions host 300th game at Beaver Stadium; winner keeps Rose Bowl hopes alive.
No. 12 Southern Cal at Arizona State Loss last week at Oregon was first time Trojans have been beaten by more than a touchdown since 2001.
No. 13 Houston at Tulsa Houston grabbed a 70-30 win last year at home; a year earlier, the Hurricane had a 56-7 victory.
No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse Panthers are 7-1 for first time since Dan Marino led team in 1982.
No. 16 Miami vs. Virginia Hurricanes have 53 freshmen and sophomores, only 38 juniors and seniors; UVA has played 14 freshmen this season.
No. 17 Utah vs. New Mexico Utah is 2-2 against New Mexico when the Utes are ranked.
No. 18 Oklahoma State at Iowa State Cowboys lead the nation in fewest sacks allowed; they allow a half-sack per game.
No. 19 Notre Dame vs. Navy
Notre Dame and Navy play for the 83d consecutive year, the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in the country.
No. 20 Oklahoma at Nebraska Nebraska looks to end Sooners’ four-game win streak in series.
No. 21 Arizona vs. Washington State Wildcats are the only Pac-10 team with five regular-season games remaining; everybody else has four.
No. 23 California vs. Oregon State Cal has outscored opponents, 56-10, in the first quarter over the last three games.
No. 24 Wisconsin at Indiana Last week’s 37-0 win over Purdue marked Badgers’ first shutout of a Big Ten opponent since beating Indiana, 59-0, on Oct. 16, 1999.
No. 25 BYU at Wyoming A victory would give quarterback Max Hall 28 career wins, only one behind Ty Detmer, who tops the BYU list.
