Undefeated:

• Alabama
• Boise State
• Cincinnati
• Florida
• Iowa
• Kansas
• South Florida
• TCU
• Texas

Winless

• Ball State
• Eastern Michigan
• Florida Atlantic
• Miami (OH)
• New Mexico
• Rice
• Western Kentucky

Really, I think the big surprises here are that there are no major surprises. Few people would have put Iowa on the undefeated list when predicting records at this point in the season, considering that they played Penn State, but once again, the boys at Happy Valley choked.

I guess South Florida on the list is a little surprising too. They haven’t had a totally easy season. Cincinnati has (sorry, I know ya’ll love ‘em, but I’m not sure they aren’t totally overrated). Next week, they play one another, so that will end for one team.

WR Mardy Gilyard has been important for the Bearcats so far this season. Can they continue to charge ahead as they meet harder opponents on the field? Image: Newscom

I’m hoping that Cincinnati proves they deserve to be ranked so high, but I don’t think South Florida will just roll over.

As for the winless list…well…let’s just say that Michigan is happy to not be on it.

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2009 Midseason Undefeated and Winless

Rice 38, Army 31

• Clement Leads Rice To 38-31 Win Over Army at Rice News

Memphis 31, Southern Methodist 26

• Memphis tandem runs wild at Memphis, TN News at Your Street

East Carolina 19, Marshall 16 (OT)

• ECU Tops Marshall in OT, 19-16 at East Carolina Football News
• ECU wins again on overtime FG at News 14

Southern Miss 17, UCF 6

• USM beats UCF 17-6. at What is Rob Up 2
• UCF Around The Web (Morning) at UCF Insider
• It’s over … UCF falls 17-6 to Southern Miss at Knights Notepad

UTEP 37, Louisiana-Lafayette 24

• Loss to UTEP Ends Win Streak at Louisiana-Lafayette Football Headline News

Houston 42, Tulane 14

• Houston 42, Tulane 14 at Mean Green Cougar Red

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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2008 Week 11: Blogging about Conference USA

Arkansas 30, #18 Tulsa 23

• Tulsa’s Undefeated Hopes Dashed in Arkansas at FanHouse
• Arkansas hands No. 18 Tulsa first loss of season, 30-23 at RazorBlog

#19 LSU 35, Tulane 10

• LSU trumps Tulane, now shifts to Bama at The Inside Source for LSU Athletics
• LSU-Tulane notes at LSU Tigers Football
• Inside the game: Tulane at LSU football at Go Green Wave

Southern Miss 70, UAB 14

• Davis leads Southern against UAB at DJ Football Blitz
• Southern Miss-UAB Postgame Notes at Southern Miss Football News

Rice 49, UTEP 44

• Rice Becomes Bowl Eligible With 49-44 Win Over UTEP at Rice Football News

East Carolina 12, UCF 10

• East Carolina, UCF Game Worst Game Ever at The Penal Leagues
• Pirates Win Thriller in Overtime Over Knights, 13-10 at East Carolina Football News

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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2008 Week 10: Blogging about Conference USA

Rice 42, Tulane 17

• Rice-Tulane: De-fense (clap-clap) at Owls
• Rice Routs Tulane, 42-17 at Rice News

Navy 34, Southern Methodist 7

• Mustangs Downed By Navy, 34-7 at SMU Football

Memphis 36, Southern Miss 30

• Southern Miss. In A Miserable Slump at Y’all Sports

#19 Tulsa 49, UCF 19

• UCF Falls to Tulsa at UCF Knights News and Notes
• Tulsa tops UCF at UCF Sports
• Tulsa Cruises Past UCF, 49-19 at Tulsa Football News

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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2008 Week 9: Blogging about Conference-USA

Regardless of the shitty games on TV this week (and my pissed-off rant about my stupid cable company not offering the Big Ten Network), I’m just happy that football season is here. Tonight I kicked back, popped open a tasty beverage, and watched the SMU/Rice game.

Well, some of it. It was SMU and Rice, give me a break.

I did like seeing June Jones coaching again. It’s no secret that I was def a jump-on-the-bandwagon Hawaii fan last year. For the record, my Colt B. love has not faded. Woo Redskins. But I digress.

The bright spot in this game was Rice’s quarterback, Chase Clement. During the first quarter, it kind of looked like SMU would have an easy win on their hands, but that changed quickly when Clement led the Owls to four touchdowns…in a row.

The end score? 56-27. That tells me that Rice’s defense definitely has some work to do (although Andrew Sendejo’s interception and 55-yard TD return was schweeeeet), but Clement pretty much blew things out of the water.

Now, you have to take this with a grain of salt. They were playing SMU, a fairly young team with a new coach. The rest of their schedule doesn’t look all that great: Memphis, Vanderbilt, and Texas all on the road coming up, before North Texas at home, Tulsa on the road, Southern Miss at home, Tulane and UTEP on the road, and then ending the season with three home games – Army, Marshall, and Houston.

I mean, they play Texas, and a few of the other teams on that list are not-so-bad, but we’ll probably never really know if Clement is that good. Playing in the C-USA conference doesn’t let you shine. But hey, I guess it doesn’t let you fall on your face either.

So, should we “watch” Clement? I’m going to hold off on my opinion on that one. Let’s see how they do against Memphis next week.

Picture via Newscom.

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Is Clement Someone to Watch?