# Week 6 FBS: Who remains undefeated?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [October 6, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786 "2011-10-06T14:36:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/1 "2011-10-06T14:36:44Z")

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From [http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/scoreboard](http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/scoreboard) here are the games involving teams yet to be defeated:

```auto

  Friday October 7, 2011  
 
 (5) Boise St. (4-0, Road: 1-0) 9:00pm    
 Fresno St. (2-3, Home: 1-1) ET  
 
  Saturday October 8, 2011  
 
 Maryland (2-2, Conf: 1-0) 12:00pm    
 (13) Georgia Tech (5-0, Conf: 2-0) ET  
 
 (3) Oklahoma (4-0, Conf: 1-0) 12:00pm    
 (11) Texas (4-0, Conf: 1-0) ET  
 
 (19) Illinois (5-0, Conf: 1-0) 2:30pm    
 Indiana (1-4, Conf: 0-1) ET 
 
 Boston Coll. (1-4, Conf: 0-2) 3:00pm    
 (8) Clemson (5-0, Conf: 2-0) ET  
 
 Missouri (2-2, Conf: 0-1) 3:30pm    
 (20) Kansas St. (4-0, Conf: 1-0) ET  
 
 Kansas (2-2, Conf: 0-1) 3:30pm    
 (6) Oklahoma St. (4-0, Conf: 1-0) ET  
 
 (17) Florida (4-1, Conf: 2-1) 3:30pm    
 (1) LSU (5-0, Conf: 2-0) ET  
 
 (12) Michigan (5-0, Conf: 1-0) 7:00pm   
 Northwestern (2-2, Conf: 0-1) ET        
 
 Vanderbilt (3-1, Conf: 1-1) 7:00pm    
 (2) Alabama (5-0, Conf: 2-0) ET 
 
 East Carolina (1-3, Conf: 1-0) 7:00pm    
 Houston (5-0, Conf: 1-0) ET  
 
 (24) Texas A&M (2-2, Conf: 0-1) 7:00pm    
 Texas Tech (4-0, Conf: 1-0) ET 
 
 Colorado (1-4, Conf: 0-1) 7:30pm    
 (7) Stanford (4-0, Conf: 2-0) ET 

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Inactive  

Wisconsin (4) 1-0 5-0  
 
Last updated Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 1:52 am EDT

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Multiple choice public poll (on the way)

Who stays undefeated?

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### Author: ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/2 "2011-10-06T15:18:58Z")

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All but UT, probably.

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/3 "2011-10-06T15:22:46Z")

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> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#):
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> All but UT, probably.

Assume that’s true and toss in the inactive Wisconsin. Would a playoff among these teams constitute a reasonable selection of a real National Champion?

If not, which team(s) would have to be there?

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### Author: ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/4 "2011-10-07T00:11:01Z")

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I voted for everyone but Texas and Texas Tech. And I expect the vast majority of these games won’t even be close.

Someone has to lose Texas/Oklahoma. And Texas Tech has a comparable opponent in A&M. I suppose LSU is at least playing a solid team in Florida… but the way LSU has been playing I expect LSU to dominate.

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### Author: ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/5 "2011-10-07T00:29:08Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> Assume that’s true and toss in the inactive Wisconsin. Would a playoff among these teams constitute a reasonable selection of a real National Champion?
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> If not, which team(s) would have to be there?

I think it is **way** too early to tell. Too many teams still haven’t played much (or at all) against quality opponents. And there are 24 1-loss AQ teams. I don’t think we have enough info yet to say which ones like Oregon (lost to LSU) or Arkansas (lost to Alabama) are great but had an off day vs another great team and which are merely good. I expect both of those to finish in the top 10 at the end of the year. I doubt most of the undefeated teams will finish in the top 10.

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### Author: ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/6 "2011-10-07T01:53:52Z")

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My alma mater is due for a big let down. Ga Tech is going to lose to Maryland.

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-6-fbs-who-remains-undefeated/598786/7 "2011-10-07T14:23:31Z")

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From all appearances here, it would seem that Texas is going to thrash OU!
