by Michelle Richardson

Mississippi (5-0) 23 vs. Alabama (4-1) 17: The Alabama Crimson Tide have that USC thing going for them when they had that run but you have to play the game, the game has to be played. Alabama they have a lot of talent but this is what happens when teams have a lull. As a recruit I’m going to choose Old Miss over Alabama simply because Alabama is about three deep.

Arizona (5-0) 31 vs. Oregon (4-1) 24: I didn’t expect Oregon to continue being a perfect team and after I saw the Washington State (2-4) game when the Ducks went to Washington State Stadium in Pullman. I knew that Oregon would probably be out of the top five. I don’t necessarily see Oregon in the top four in the National Championships.

Especially the way that the Cougars stopped their offensive line if the Cougars had five or six more minutes I honestly think that the Cougars would have beat Oregon. I wasn’t drinking that Kool Aid and I wasn’t drinking Duck soup.

TCU (4-0) 33 vs. Oklahoma (4-1) 27: I’m from Forth Worth Texas and I have to tell you the Horned Frogs were so happy with this victory. I will honestly say this is probably one of the biggest wins for TCU since the break up of the old Southwest Conference when they used to play Oklahoma on a regular basis. I’ll just give you a little history lesson here when the old Southwest Conference broke up and the Big 12 was formed TCU was kind of put on the outs.

TCU and SMU were put on the outs, TCU wasn’t allowed to join the Big 12 at that time it was because of Baylor University. That’s why there’s such a rivalry, Baylor did not want TCU in the Big 12, but now that their back in and they’re playing Baylor on a regular basis and their playing Oklahoma too. It’s old school again it like Texas rivals, so this win is huge for a program like TCU.

Miss St (5-0) 48 vs. Texas A&M (5-1) 31: This was an exciting game and I’ll be honest with you wow, I did not expect this. Miss St is just killing them. Wouldn’t it be crazy if you saw an all Mississippi finals. This game was just crazy Miss St was at home in their own stadium and A&M knew this was going to be hard because you just don’t leave to play at Miss St down in Oxford.

It doesn’t matter if Miss St was the worst team in the country you still can’t sell them short because when they go on their home field they want to play like champions. When they did they stuck it to Texas A&M. Texas A&M had a better fourth down efficency rating but it was the third down efficency rating that got it working for Miss St.

Utah (4-1) 30 vs. UCLA (4-1) 28: UCLA is one of the best teams in the Pac 12, they’ll get it together and they’ll turn it around. I expect to see UCLA in the Pac 12 Championship game. This is the one team I expect to see bounce back from this loss and possibly run the table again.

Watch out for Washington St in the Pac 12. They were the whipping boy of the old Pac Ten and now the Pac 12 for a long time. What you got to realize Cougars head coach Mike Leach is in his third year and you can see the difference in how their playing. The Cougars almost beat Cal on Saturday by one point 60-59. Watch out for a team like Wash St that’s the kind of team that’s going to spoil your Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.

Michelle Richardson does weekly commentary on the NCAA for http://www.sportsradioservice.com