College Football Week 7 Preview: Cheerleader Edition

For the first time seemingly all season, last week was rather quiet in the top ten – on the field.  Off the field, the cheerleaders and annual beer pong tournaments were making plenty of noise on campus.  With only a few weeks to go before Halloween gives us the hottest mix of scantily clad girls with BACs pushing 0.4, let’s take a look at this week’s matchups for the best of the best in college football…

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No. 1 Florida (5-0) vs. Arkansas (3-2)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2:30 pm, CBS (HD) / Online

The return of Tim Tebow helped propel the top ranked Gators to a 13-3 win on the road over LSU.  This big time win despite the vulnerability surrounding their top dog made it all but certain that this Florida squad is poised for its third title in the past three years…and no, not even Ryan Mallett can stand in their way this week.

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No. 2 Alabama (5-0) vs. No. 22 South Carolina (5-1)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 6:45 pm, ESPN (HD)

After an impressive dismantling of a then-ranked No. 20 Ole Miss team last week, Bama has finally leapfrogged Texas and is enjoying the week from the No. 2 slot.  This week they face another test as they take on Steve Spurrier’s team who has already upset a then-No. 4 ranked Ole Miss team (yes, we can see the trend of Ole Miss’ ranking continually dropping).

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No. 3 Texas (5-0) vs No. 20 Oklahoma (3-2)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 am, ABC (HD)

And this week Texas will have the opportunity to make a statement with a giant game left on their schedule against the hated Sooners from up north.  This will be a much bigger storyline now that we have the epic McCoy vs. Bradford shootout on the docket.  Expect this to be a Big 12 dogfight – and no, Mike Vick is not invited.

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No. 4 Virginia Tech (5-1) at No. 19 Georgia Tech (5-1)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 5:00 pm, ESPN2 (HD)

The Hokies take to the road to battle with their fourth ranked opponent of the season.  A victory here would give Virginia Tech a solid resume come BCS bowl selection time.  Georgia Tech enjoys a brief trip back home after two tough road games that saw them take down Mississippi State and Florida State.

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No. 5 Boise State (5-0) at Tulsa (4-1)

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7:00 pm ESPN (HD)

This game is a Wednesday night football special that looks to be a great matchup between the top teams in the WAC and C-USA conferences.

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No. 6 USC (4-1) at No. 25 Notre Dame (4-1)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2:30 pm, NBC (HD)

The Irish have snuck their way back into the rankings after a trio of last minute victories.  Based on earlier matchups this season, where Notre Dame defeated Washington and Washington defeated USC, one could argue that Notre Dame is destined to defeat the men from Southern California’s edition of Troy.  This will be a classic duel of big talent quarterbacks when Golden Boy Jimmy takes on Golden Boy Matt.

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No. 7 Ohio State (5-1) at Purdue (1-5)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 11:00 am, BTN (HD)

Ohio State has been crushing teams ever since their fourth quarter loss to the aforementioned USC Trojans.  We here at COED don’t expect them to skip a beat this week when they travel to West Lafayette to stomp their feet on the doormat of the Big Ten.

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No. 8 Cincinnati (5-0) at No. 23 South Florida (5-0)

Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:30 pm, ESPN (HD)

The battle of the unbeaten Big East teams kicks off this Thursday night.  Somehow, the Bearcats are ranked No. 8 – just behind the Buckeyes for the top ranking in the state of Ohio.  As I predicted last in last week’s Cheerleader Edition, we are putting the smart  money on Cincy falling to a very dangerous and undefeated South Florida squad on the road.

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No. 9 Miami (FL) (4-1) at UCF (3-2)

Saturday, Oct. 17, 6:30 pm, CBSC (HD)

Now that Miami gets a break from their weekly matchup with a ranked team, it is time to relax and rack up the stats.  They punished Florida A&M last week with a 48-16 victory and should do the same this week to their fellow Floridians from the north.

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No. 10 LSU (4-1) has the week off

Too bad for the Tigers that their week off was the week AFTER the Florida game, otherwise perhaps the extra rest might have helped their aenemic offense put the ball in the end zone.  They resume next week with a home game vs. Auburn.