So let’s see what we have this weekend.

Ohio State at Michigan. Wasn’t it only two years ago that the Buckeyes were No. 1 and Michigan No. 2 - in the country? Ohio State won that game and went on to the BCS title game against LSU, while Michigan took the consolation prize and went to the Rose Bowl. Both the Buckeyes and Wolverines lost, but that is a different Big Ten chapter.

Tomorrow’s game means . . . absolutely nothing. Ohio State clinched the Big Ten title last week with its overtime win over Iowa and will be headed to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 13 seasons.

Michigan has lost six out of seven, is dealing with more issues off the field than on the field, and is in danger of missing the postseason for the second consecutive season.

Let’s move down to the Southeastern Conference, where Florida and Alabama are locked in as division champions and will meet in Atlanta next month. Still, it’s Rivalry Week, and it is the SEC, and we have . . .

Florida International at Florida.

Chattanooga at Alabama.

Oops. What is this about? It’s one thing for Florida to go against Florida State in a traditional nonconference rivalry, but FIU?

Alabama still must deal with Auburn next week, but scheduling Cupcake U 1 and Cupcake U 2 in November is not the way to do things. Keep those games in September, and if the SEC office needs to make sure that its heavyweights don’t do any heavy lifting, schedule the bottom-feeders of the conference for the Gators and Tide in November.

The SEC people will tell you the league is so tough that nothing is guaranteed, which is why some teams need a break. Then again, maybe it was a television issue, since TV can make anything happen (if you doubt that, consider that Monmouth and St. Peters started their basketball game Tuesday at 6 a.m. as part of ESPN’s 24-hour marathon).

Do you think wins by the Gators and Tide will earn them any style points this week? Do you think that Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Alabama running back Mark Ingram will win more Heisman votes with big efforts against that level of competition?

How about the Atlantic Coast Conference?

Well, that’s not going to work, either. Georgia Tech has already clinched the Coastal Division and isn’t even playing this week. The Yellow Jackets finish their regular season next week against Georgia.

Clemson is the leader of the Atlantic Division and is facing 3-7 Virginia in Death Valley. If the Tigers win, they clinch the crown. But that is not even the Game of the Day.

Let’s try the Big East.

Pittsburgh at West Virginia is the annual Back Yard Brawl, which isn’t bad. But the leaders are Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, and they won’t meet until December. Cincinnati is facing Illinois this week. Yawn.

The Big 12?

Sorry. Texas vs. Kansas would be great in basketball, but that won’t happen until Feb. 8. Nebraska, which looks as if it’s going to be the Big 12 North leader, is meeting Kansas State. Sorry, that doesn’t work, either.

The Pac-10?

California at Stanford is a Big Game, only not in terms of the Pac-10 race. If Oregon beats Arizona this week and Oregon State beats Washington State, the Civil War, as it’s called (and it’s often uncivil) between Oregon and Oregon State Dec. 3 will decide who goes to the Rose Bowl.

USC is off this week, but will play UCLA next week to decide who goes to . . . the Emerald Bowl?

What about Notre Dame? Surely, the Irish can create some excitement. Well, maybe. But it is mostly negative, as they stagger home to South Bend with a 6-4 record and a meeting with Connecticut, which doesn’t mean much other than it could determine the fate of embattled Irish coach Charlie Weis.

So basically, in Rivalry Week, we have nothing. Even The Game, Harvard at Yale, is not the biggest game, standings-wise, in the Ivy League. The Crimson can tie for the title only if last-place Cornell beats unbeaten Penn.

We do have six unbeaten teams and more BCS arguments, which is getting old.

Alabama, Florida, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State are all unbeaten. We could end the season with five unbeaten teams and only two slots for the championship game. Which doesn’t seem to make anyone happy.

“There needs to be a playoff,’’ said Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, who could have the best team in the country, though we’ll never find out. “It’s ridiculous.’’

Yes it is, but that’s the system we have. We also have Rivalry Week upon us and not a decent rivalry game in sight.