RC Index Week 6

Here is a quick hit of the rankings. I'll update the post later when I have time.

1	LSU	6	0	0.968
2	Missouri	5	0	0.954
3	South Florida	5	0	0.931
4	Ohio State	6	0	0.921
5	Arizona State	6	0	0.914
6	Connecticut	5	0	0.903
7	Cincinnati	6	0	0.898
8	Kansas	5	0	0.892
9	California	6	0	0.879
10	Boston College	6	0	0.866
11	Hawaii	6	0	0.841
12	Texas A&M	5	1	0.929
13	Kentucky	5	1	0.914
14	West Virginia	5	1	0.900
15	South Carolina	5	1	0.898
16	Oregon	5	1	0.885
17	Illinois	5	1	0.884
18	Oklahoma	5	1	0.881
19	Texas Tech	5	1	0.872
20	Indiana	5	1	0.861
21	Virginia Tech	5	1	0.853
21	Wisconsin	5	1	0.853
23	Purdue	5	1	0.846
24	Virginia	5	1	0.830
25	Boise State	4	1	0.853
25	Florida State	4	1	0.853

So we're down to only 11 unbeatens, and many teams still have 7 games to go. Four of the remaining unbeatens will not stay unbeaten with the Big East losing two and the Big XII and the Pac-10 losing one each. That leaves seven teams with seven games to prove their worth.

Let's take a look at each team and where their losses might come from, with the opponent's rankings courtesy of the AP poll.

1. LSU
Sked: @ #17 Kentucky, #22 Auburn, @ 'Bama, La Tech, @ Ole Miss, Arkansas
Potential loss(es): Rematch w/ Florida in SEC title game

2. Missouri
Sked: @ #6 Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Iowa St, @ Colorado, A&M, K-State, @ #20 Kansas
Potential loss(es): Oklahoma, Kansas, Big XII title game

3. USF
Sked: Central Florida, @ Rutgers, @ UConn, #15 Cincy, @ Syracuse, Louisville, Pitt
Potential loss(es): Rutgers, UConn, Cincy

4. Ohio State
Sked: Kent St, Michigan St, @ Penn St, #19 Wisconsin, #18 Illinois, @ Michigan
Potential loss(es): Illinois (they actually have an offense), Michigan

5. Arizona State
Sked: Washington, #2 Cal, @#9 Oregon, @ UCLA, USC, Arizona
Potential loss(es): Cal, Oregon, USC

6. Connecticut
Sked: @ Virginia, Louisville, #5 South Florida, Rutgers, @ #15 Cincy, Syracuse, @ #8 WVU
Potential loss(es): Virginia, USF, Rutgers, Cincy, WVU

7. Cincinnati
Sked: Louisville, @ Pitt, @ #5 South Florida, UConn, #8 West Virginia, @ Syracuse
Potential loss(es): USF, WVU

8. Kansas
Sked: Baylor, @ Colorado, @ A&M, Nebraska, @ Oklahoma St, Iowa St, #11 Missouri
Potential loss(es): A&M, Mizzou, Big XII Title game

9. California
Sked: Oregon St, @ UCLA, @ #14 Arizona St, Wash St, #10 USC, @Washington, @ Stanford
Potential loss(es): ASU, USC

10. Boston College
Sked: @ Notre Dame, @ #12 Va Tech, #21 Florida St, @ Maryland, @ Clemson, Miami
Potential loss(es): Va Tech, Clemson (the annual Save-Tommy-Bowden game)

11. Hawaii
Sked: @ SJSU, NMSU, Fresno St, @ Nevada, Boise St, Washington
Potential loss(es): Fresno St, Boise St, Washington

So, upon further review, it looks like it's a three-team race between LSU, OSU & Cal.