Memphis police have charged three people in the shooting death of Memphis football player Taylor Bradford. He was shot back on September 30th and was buried this past weekend.
Texas Tech freshman wide receiver Michael Crabtree broke the NCAA record for touchdowns catches by a freshman when he caught his 15th of the year this past Saturday. The record was 14, held by Javar Gaffney while at Florida, Mike Williams while at USC and current Hawai’i player Davone Bass.
Chadron State running back Danny Whitehead broke the all-time rushing record for all divisions after rushing for 208 yards against Western New Mexico. The previous record was 7,353 yards and Whitehead now has a total of 7,441 yards in his career. The most famous player to come out of Chadron State is former Buffalo Bills great Don Beebe attended.
Virginia Tech will be without the services of star linebacker Vince Hall after underwent surgery on his wrist. He will miss at least 4-6 weeks.
Georgia will be without the services of one of their running backs, Thomas Brown, due to a broken collarbone. He will be out 4-6 weeks.
Penn State head coach Joe Paterno has suspended running back Austin Scott for the rest of the season. Scott broke an unspecified team rule to warrant the suspension.
USC star QB Josh Booty may not start this weekend against Arizona due to a broken middle finger. Booty actually played the part of the 2nd quarter and 2nd half against Stanford with the broken finger on his throwing hand. USC lost the game 24-23. Stanford was a 41 point underdog coming into the game. So is this a bigger upset than the Appalachian State win over Michigan?
More upsets this weekend, so yet another shakeup in the polls. My UCONN Huskies got some more votes so now it’s time for them to show whether they are contenders or pretenders as they head to Virginia to take on Al Groh’s Cavaliers.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll |
| 1. LSU (65) 6-0 1,625 | 1. LSU (58) 6-0 1,498 |
| 2. California 5-0 1,538 | 2. California 5-0 1,416 |
| 3. Ohio State 6-0 1,511 | 3. Ohio State (2) 6-0 1,399 |
| 4. Boston College 6-0 1,346 | 4. Boston College 6-0 1,283 |
| 5. South Florida 5-0 1,339 | 5. Oklahoma 5-1 1,145 |
| 6. Oklahoma 5-1 1,221 | 5. South Florida 5-0 1,145 |
| 7. South Carolina 5-1 1,183 | 7. USC 4-1 1,000 |
| 8. West Virginia 5-1 1,059 | 8. Oregon 4-1 936 |
| 9. Oregon 4-1 1,047 | 9. West Virginia 5-1 931 |
| 10. USC 4-1 1,024 | 10. Virginia Tech 5-1 913 |
| 11. Missouri 5-0 966 | 11. Missouri 5-0 897 |
| 12. Virginia Tech 5-1 910 | 12. South Carolina 5-1 823 |
| 13. Florida 4-2 822 | 13. Arizona State 6-0 763 |
| 14. Arizona State 6-0 752 | 14. Florida 4-2 714 |
| 15. Cincinnati 6-0 705 | 15. Wisconsin 5-1 689 |
| 16. Hawaii 6-0 634 | 16. Hawaii 6-0 632 |
| 17. Kentucky 5-1 612 | 17. Cincinnati 6-0 578 |
| 18. Illinois 5-1 595 | 18. Kentucky 5-1 493 |
| 19. Wisconsin 5-1 551 | 19. Illinois 5-1 425 |
| 20. Kansas 5-0 336 | 20. Kansas 5-0 390 |
| 21. Florida State 4-1 307 | 21. Florida State 4-1 213 |
| 22. Auburn 4-2 248 | 22. Texas 4-2 195 |
| 23. Texas 4-2 136 | 23. Georgia 4-2 188 |
| 24. Georgia 4-2 131 | 24. Purdue 5-1 149 |
| 25. Tennessee 3-2 90 | 25. Auburn 4-2 143 |
| Others Receiving Votes | Others Receiving Votes |
| Texas A&M 79, Purdue 48, Colorado 48, Indiana 40, Michigan 31, Texas Tech 27, Rutgers 25, Virginia 22, Connecticut 20, Kansas State 18, Boise State 17, Clemson 13, Penn State 13, Maryland 11, Alabama 9, Nebraska 9, Mississippi State 3, Washington 2, Wyoming 2. | Virginia 67, Tennessee 60, Texas A&M 52, Texas Tech 44, Rutgers 44, Boise State 37, Connecticut 36, Indiana 30, Penn State 27, Michigan 22, Maryland 20, Wyoming 18, Clemson 16, Colorado 15, Wake Forest 12, Nebraska 10, Mississippi State 6, Brigham Young 6, Alabama 6, Kansas State 5, Stanford 4, Michigan State 3, UCLA 2. |
| Dropped From Rankings | Dropped From Rankings |
| Rutgers 21, Clemson 22, Purdue 23, Kansas State 24, Nebraska 25. | Rutgers 21, Clemson 22, Nebraska 23, UCLA 25. |
