What in the world has happened to BG this season? I do however, want to congratulate Temple. No team deserves a losing streak like that, and I'm happy for the coaches and players, who doubtless worked hard to break the streak.

Aside from the Falcons' loss, the biggest surprise was Kent State's first conference loss. It came to an Ohio team that appears to suffer from multiple personalities. Ohio's 17-7 victory over Kent State put both teams at 4-1 and at the top of the East. For the Bobcats, it's four-straight wins, the first time that has happened in almost a decade. Running back Kalyin McRae rushed for 103 yards for Ohio.

Meanwhile, Western Michigan stayed close in the West with an 18-15 win over Eastern Michigan. WMU came back from a 12-point deficit to do it, with Ameer Ismail's defensive play again lifting the Broncos. The linebacker had five tackles for a loss.

Toledo picked up its first MAC win, 35-20 over Akron, and Ball State held off the tough-luck Miami Redhawks, 20-17.

--Zach Baker

Mountain West

Air Force's last chance to win the West was grounded by BYU's aerial attack. Ironic, isn't it?

Beck now has the sixth best QB rating in the nation — and second in completion percentage to Hawaii's Colt Brennan — after his fourth straight game with at least three touchdown passes. The Cougar defense also stuffed Air Force's option run by holding them to under 200 yards and fewer than four yards per attempt.

BYU is now two games ahead of everyone else. The conference is all but won, but they have to go through a lot of other teams with two losses.

Like Wyoming. The Cowboys fell off the pace with a 26-3 setback at TCU. The disappointing Horned Frogs finally notched their first conference win. Beyond the two two interceptions, TCU's Jeff Ballard had a rather spiffy game passing with 10-of-16 for 238 yards and Lonta Hobbs ran in two 1-yard touchdowns.

And Utah. The U. of U stayed in the hunt for second after a routine 45-23 win over UNLV, who is staying in the hunt for last place (and winning that battle). Utah QB Brett Ratliff had as many incompletions as he did touchdowns (four), not including the one he ran in. Three of Brent Casteel's five catches were in the end zone. As for UNLV, well, Rocky Hinds is still a pretty cool name for a quarterback.

And also New Mexico. The Lobos were down nine at struggling Colorado State after the Rams busted through with 19 straight points in the second and third quarters. But Kenny Byrd's 33-yard field goal gave UNM the 20-19 victory.