College Football begins its furious run down the home stretch with the Top 12 BCS teams all having a legitimate shot at winning (and losing). If you shake your crystal ball and look into the future, you will see that the first half of the season was just a preview of the chaos that will ensue and that the best is yet to come.

Top ranked Ohio State inherited their position atop the polls and I don't think there is a person outside of Ohio who thinks they are the best team in the land. Their best win came against 2-4 Washington and the rest of their wins are against

It's time this week's contenders and pretenders, and in lieu of my new memo, a certain maize and blue will not be mentioned.

 Contenders:

Cal stays on here after another win, and another brilliant performance by Desean Jackson.  

South Carolina/Florida both get on here after winning big games for different reasons.  The Gamecocks solidified their place on the SEC's upper-echelon with a big win against Georgia.   The Bulls get on here for knocking off another SEC team, Auburn.  The Bulls however have plenty more to be excited about

This weekend might be the best set of early season games in years.  ESPN predictably hasn't been able to resist their strange need to name every weekend/day/year and is thus dubbing it "Measuring Stick Saturday."  Certainly nothing will be proved tonight by Louisville taking on another patsy in Middle Tennesse St. but there are a ton of other intriguing games going on in week two.  Here's a rundown of a few games that caught my eye:

South Florida vs. Auburn - The Bulls are the trendy sleeper pick in the Big East among experts this year.