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BCS standings Week 2 Oregon rises with down and di

So is now your No. 2 college football team in the BCS rankings, and this, of course, means very little this early in the proce s.More important: If the Ducks are to remain unbeaten and earn one of the first two spots in the series championship race, their defense better look more like the second half against instead of the first half.MORE: | Latest polls: | | | After giving up 146 yards San Jose Sharks Jersey rushing in Saturday's first half to the Bruins, Oregon allowed 94 total yards in the second half and turned a 14-14 tie into . Members of Oregon's defense got together in the halftime locker room and promised each other they weren't giving up another point."I like when they talk dirty to me like that," Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti said.The Ducks might not be as active in the front four as they were in 2010 or even last season, but they're better in the back seven specifically in coverage. They confused UCLA's Brett Hundley for much of the game, and forced him into the worst performance of his young career.The Ducks will need that defense in le s than two weeks at , in a game that will likely decide the Pac-12 North Division.UnderratedNo. 3 I've seen all three top teams play Joe Pavelski Jersey their biggest games FSU () and () on the road in brutal environments and Joonas Donskoi Jersey Oregon (UCLA) at home and there's little doubt Florida State is the most complete team.Granted, the Alabama game was Week 3, and the Tide have been punishing teams since. But Florida is the one team that can stand up to Alabama physically and athletically and not flinch.And the Seminoles have Jameis Winston, who will give the Alabama defense all kinds of problems.No. 6 So the Bears haven't played anyone; so what? Watch the games. Watch how open the Baylor receivers are, and how the Bears dominate the line of scrimmage, and how Lache Seastrunk glides through seams.Until the big(ger) games arrive beginning Nov. 7 against , Baylor is the ultimate eye test team. The question then: If the Bears roll the Sooners like they've rolled everyone else, then what?Then where do pollsters place Baylor, which will have a better win than , and plays in a better conference than Ohio State. The Bears also won't have a lo s like one team (Stanford) ahead of them.OverratedNo. Brent Burns Jersey 5 Apparently everyone human and poll voters have forgotten that Stanford lost to a bad Utah team.The Cardinal have solid wins over UCLA (at home) and , but those can't overshadow an ugly road lo s to the Utes who last weekend scored all of three points against Southern Cal as the Trojans played walk-ons in critical spots.Stanford will get its chance to show more Nov. 7 when it plays host to Oregon, but even if the Cardinal beat the Ducks, that doesn't automatically erase the lo s to Utah.No.7 Let's go over David Schlemko Jersey this again: Miami's marquee win this fall was over Florida. That and three much-too-close wins over average to bad ACC teams. Al Golden should be commended for what he has accomplished at Miami despite the NCAA nonsense of the past three years.But when Florida wins by four (or more) touchdowns next weekend in Tallaha see, Miami will be exposed for what it is: a good team certainly not elite.

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