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Number One No More

Top-ranked Ohio State's national title hopes teetered on a timeout, the ball inches from a first down for Illinois.

Illini coach Ron Zook changed his mind, decided to go for it on fourth down and that was the beginning of the end for the Buckeyes' hopes of redeeming themselves in this season's national championship game.

Trying to Stay Unbeaten

People are starting to notice Hawaii's slow climb up the Bowl Championship Series standings. Warriors coach June Jones, however, is not among them.

Jones and No. 14 Hawaii try to remain unbeaten as they begin a difficult closing stretch Saturday against Fresno State in a Western Athletic Conference matchup.

No Bump In The Road

Late-game heroics against some of the top teams in the country have put LSU back in position to play in the BCS title game. The Tigers, though, probably won't be challenged much by this week's opponent.

Coming off another contest decided in the last few minutes, No. 2 LSU gets a break from its difficult SEC schedule Saturday night with a rare matchup against Louisiana Tech.

Week 11 Top 5 Picks

The experts have spoken. Their picks are in for week 11 and our experts are showing a lot of love to the ACC this week. Three of the top five picks this week from the Spread Experts are ACC Conference teams.

After a steady diet of underdogs the last few weeks our team is also finally back to point spread favorites. Handicapping experts Dave Price, Bill Young, John Martin, Larry Cook and Jeff Alexander give you the best they have to offer for week 11.

Game of Dashed Hopes

When October began, it appeared this game would have a big impact on the national championship picture, let alone the Pac-10 title race.

Because the rest of the month did not go nearly as well as USC or California hoped, these ranked teams are out of the BCS title chase and have very slim hopes of even winning the conference going into their matchup Saturday night.