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, as they are, arguably, the second best team in the panhandle state behind Florida.

 LSU and Oklahoma also find their place on the Contenders list after amazing performances.  Two blowouts, enough said.

Pretenders:

Ohio State went into half time against Akron up 3 to 2...WHAT!

Wisconsin was down 13-12 with under 8 minutes to go against UNLV...HUH!

Virginia Tech 7...LSU 48...OUCH!

Notre Dame and last year's Big 10 Rose Bowl representative start the year 0-2 for the first time in the same year...EVER...PERIOD!