It was an interesting week. Nobody got their own individual game recap - partly because few of the games were truly that interesting, and partly because after my PC ate my BC-Virginia Tech writeup, I realized even that game wasn't really worth it's own article. In fact, I'm not even going to do a lead-in this week, since there were a number of games that qualified as worth more than a blurb, but not as much as a long ramble.

Ohio State, West Virginia, Michigan, and Hawaii all beat up on unranked or barely ranked teams, to the tune of a 39-12 average final. Kansas, Missouri, Auburn, and Texas struggled more than they probably should have against unranked teams, but still came out victorious. So which games were deemed worthy of some description? Let's see:

• Boston College ended the curse of the No. 2 rank, as Matt Ryan brought his team back from the dead after a pretty terrible game, scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes to snatch a 14-10 victory against Virginia Tech. Everyone is hyping how this is a huge boost for his Heisman hopes, but he didn't really play very well. Those two drives are more indicative of a good game than a great player.
• Fifth ranked Oregon continued their charge to the top of the rankings, using 230 total yards from QB Dennis Dixon and another 103 from Justin Stewart to tally a 24-17 victory against USC. Oregon needed a last-minute interception to shut down USC's bid for overtime, as a beat up Trojan team had to go with Mark Sanchez at quarterback.
• Seventh ranked Arizona State got an early scare from Cal as the returned a fumble for a touchdown early on and jumped out to a 20-7 lead with 9:32 left in the first half. Fortunately, Call missed a field goal and had a drive stall out at the ASU five, or the lead could have been bigger. No matter though, as Cal managed a pathetic 100 yards of offense the rest of the game, including QB Nate Longshore going 8-20 for 91 yards and two interceptions, both in the fourth quarter. Longshore had a Jekyll & Hyde day, going 10-16 with six completions of 20+ yards up through that early lead, then getting next to nothing done the rest of the way. ASU outgained Cal 268-62 in the second half en route to a 31-20 victory to remain undefeated.
• Ninth ranked Florida has been living and dying with Tim Tebow every weekend this season, and they'll continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It looked early on like it would be dying this week, as Florida drove down to the Georgia 33 on their opening drive, only to fumble it away and watch Georgia drive right down the field and take the lead. The teams then traded scores, tallying 143 yards of offense in five plays. Florida finished the first quarter by starting a drive at the Georgia 33 and eventually punting. Things looked bleak. Then Georgia threw an interception which Florida returned for a score, add on a field goal, and suddenly Florida was back in the lead with seven minutes left in the half. Florida trailed, 28-24, with possession going into the fourth quarter, but turned the ball over on downs at the Georgia 25 and then allowed the Bulldogs to score on two plays, and it was done. Georgia QB Matt Stafford notched 217 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 completions, and RB Knowshon Moreno added another 188 yards and three scores on the ground in a 42-30 win that makes the SEC East wide open.
• Connecticut jumped out to a 16-0 halftime lead against eleventh ranked South Florida with the help of an interception for a touchdown and two missed field goals by South Florida. Then the Huskies shut South Florida down with a red zone interception in the third quarter and a stand at the 12 yard line as time expired to escape with a victory. Connecticut wasn't great either - between those errors by South Florida and UConn having three drives stall out inside the Bulls' 10 yard line, this game could very, very easily have been 34-26 in the Huskies' favor, but instead it was a 22-15 victory.
• Fourteenth ranked Kentucky seems to have finally fallen off the good vibes roller coaster. The past four weeks, they had won to jump to 8th in the rankings, then lost to drop to 14th, then won to climb back to 8th, then lost again to drop back to 14th. Now, after a loss to lowly Mississippi State, they aren't out of the conference picture by a long shot, but their ex-girlfriend the BCS cut their picture up and burned it yesterday. Kentucky couldn't stop Mississippi State early on (the Bulldogs had possession for twelve minutes in the first quarter), but they battled back and trailed 24-14 headed into the fourth quarter, which they started with possession of the ball on their own 15. Then the wheels fell off. QB Andre Woodson went 10-for-23 for 50 yards and three interceptions in the quarter, and one of those completions ended in a fumble that MSU turned into a touchdown drive to seal the deal and beat Kentucky, 31-14.
• Fifteenth ranked South Carolina fared marginally better, but still came out on the wrong end of the score. Tennessee turned two SC turnovers into points early on and led 21-0 at halftime. South Carolina opened the second half with a drive that went to the Vol's five yard line and earned zero points, and halfway through the quarter, the Gamecocks still trailed 21-0. Then SC found some life, came charging back, and by the time there were eleven minutes left in regulation, they had come back to tie the score at 21-21. The Gamecocks fumbled away the ball inside the Tennessee 20-yard line and then wasted a drive that started at the Vols 30 on the next two possessions, otherwise the game may have been over right there. As it was, Tennessee's offense (which had gained 40 yards on 23 plays at that point in the second half) got the ball and got going). With just under a minute left, RB Adrian Foster took off for 18 yards, only to fumble at the end of the play. Fortunately, a teammate recovered, so that QB Eric Ainge could fumble again two plays later. In spite of shooting both feet, the Vols earned a FG as time expired in regulation to tie the game, and a missed field goal in overtime gave Tennessee a 27-24 victory.