College Football Week 3:

This was the week following Monster Saturday, but it featured some nice games in its own right.  The Michigan State-Notre Dame ending was the most exciting so far this year, UMass was the latest threat from a FCS team, and the first top 10 loss of the year:

-Notre Dame is not quite there: Brian Kelly cannot bring instant revival to ND, but people are probably not too happy with a 1-2 start.

-Oregon is really good against FCS teams: They have outscored their FCS opponents 141-0 in two games.

-Ryan Mallet reestablished his Heisman Candidacy: against a tough Georgia team, Mallet threw for 380 yards and 3 TD's without a pick.

-Virginia Tech is able to win: They outplayed both of their first two opponents, including FCS James Madison, they pulled away from Ruffin McNeil and East Carolina.

-Fortune still favors the bold: MSU faked a game tying field goal to defeat the Irish, the best game this year. Earning Sparty a spot in the top 25.

-Boise State has some competition in the WAC: it isn't the PAC-10 (or even Mountain West for that matter), but the WAC has two other teams who Boise can lose to, Nevada and Fresno State.

-The SEC is still the class of College Football: #1 Bama, #9 Florida, #10 Arkansas, #12 South Carolina, #15 LSU, #17 Auburn...need I say more?  Okay, all these teams are undefeated.  Unfortunately they have to play each other, the SEC is going to be fun to watch, happy birthday to CBS, who once again will show a bulk of SEC conference games.  (Iowa's loss and Wisconsin's escape dwindle the five-ranked-teams Big-10 chances to ever have the same dominance of the SEC)

In Conclusion: 1/5 of the way through the season, no team has predestination in the BCS or anywhere else, nor is anyone else eliminated, since conference play has yet to really stand up and walk.