New #1

Missouri Tigers
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For the 3rd week in a row the #1 team in the nation has been dethroned. This time it was Oklahoma who was crushed in the 4th quarter 16-6 to end up losing to the #11 Missouri Tigers 36-27. Oklahoma is probably one of the most overrated top teams in the nation and Missouri beating them really was not a very big upset. Congrats to Missouri though because it was still a big win for their program and for the first time since 1960 they are 7-0

However Auburn will now take over as #1. They have the best record in the best conference in the country but many think that Auburn should not have vaulted up this many spots. People argue that Oregon is unstoppable and should have been bumped into the #1 spot but they dont take into account how much stronger the SEC is than the Pac-10. Considering how competitive the SEC it is still very possible that Auburn will lose a game anyways. But any team in the SEC West could compete with the top teams in the Pac-10. If you matched the top SEC teams up against the top Pac-10 teams on the other hand I would be surprised if the Pac-10 could beat more than one of the SEC teams. So just how good is Oregon? Well the answer is they are pretty darn good but they are slighty overhyped. True their offense scores a nation high 55.1 point per game but that is factoring in games where they just ruthlessly ran up the score against cupcake teams New Mexico 72-0 and Portland State 69-0. Oregon has only played one top 15 team while SEC leader Auburn has played three.

Boise State must be disappointed that for the 3rd time a #1 team has fallen they have just remained at #3. The problem for Boise State is that they do not play in a BCS conference and their strength of schedule is much weaker than that of a BCS school so even if they go undefeated they may not play for a national championship. That being said Boise State is still undefeated and still blowing teams out.

 All of this brings up the question should there be playoffs?

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