The can't miss list
1. Ohio State at USC, Sept. 13: If this were the Rose Bowl, it would be one of the greatest ever.

2. Georgia vs. Florida, Nov. 1: For a real change, it's the Gators who will be looking for payback in Jacksonville.

3. Oklahoma vs. Texas, Oct. 11: The Sooners are all the way back, but maybe Dallas will be the sight of a Longhorns revival.

4. Georgia at LSU, Oct. 25: This year's No. 1 vs. last year's No. 1 — the difference being LSU's ranking actually counted for something.

5. Ohio State at Illinois, Nov. 15: Michi-who? Here's your Big Ten title game.

6. Missouri vs. Kansas, Nov. 29: Kansas City will be big enough for the both of them, but just barely.

7. Clemson vs. Alabama, Aug. 30: One team will skyrocket out of Atlanta; the other will try not to completely fall apart.

8. Auburn at West Virginia, Oct. 23: Bill Stewart gets to show the world what he's made of against a national title sleeper.

9. Georgia at Arizona State, Sept. 20: Matthew Stafford vs. Rudy Carpenter in the desert. Enjoy the show.

10. USC at UCLA, Dec. 6: No matter what the standings say, Pete Carroll and Rick Neuheisel are 0-0 vs. each other. Sideline shots galore!

Anything can happen (and it probably will)
An SEC East team loses to a Pac-10 team. But is it Georgia at Arizona State or Tennessee at UCLA?

Texas Tech's Graham Harrell becomes college football's all-time leader in touchdown passes. He needs only 43 for the record. What, is that a lot? He had 48 last season!

Houston Nutt gets Ole Miss going in the right direction. Unfortunately, putting the Rebels on a par with LSU and Auburn (and Arkansas?) would be another story altogether.

Mike Stoops saves his job. More like the Arizona Wildcats save their coach's job. Any bowl will do, baby.

Notre Dame climbs back over .500. Call us crazy, but we're seeing at least five wins on the Irish's home schedule alone.

Anything can happen (but it probably won't)
The Missouri-Illinois winner goes on to win its conference title. Maybe if the Oklahoma/Ohio State team bus blows a tire and necessitates a forfeit.

Miami and Florida State knock off the Gators. What's their next trick — sweeping the Jags, Bucs and Dolphins?

Michigan shocks everybody and wins 10 games. Oh, don't laugh so hard. It's not like the Wolverines are running a bunch of stiffs onto the field.

Tyrone Willingham saves his job. Unless the Huskies fail to win about eight games — roughly twice as many as we're picking them to.

Another two-loss SEC team makes it to the national championship game. Sure — if the rest of college football is a bunch of complete wusses.

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