Undefeated After Week 4

Thanks to the refs blowing a crucial call and going 1 for 5 on red zone touchdowns, the Hoosiers fell in a heartbreaker at Michigan to end their hopes of an undefeated season. I am still pissed about the game. IU should have won. Such is life.

But the Hoosiers were not the only team to suffer their first loss of the season this weekend. Arizona State, Cal, Colorado State, Kentucky, Miami, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Penn State, Pitt, and Southern Miss all went down as well.

We are now down to 17 FBS teams that are undefeated. A maximum of eight teams, however, will be able to finish the season undefeated.

Here is a conference-by-conference breakdown of the undefeated teams, with the number of possible undefeated teams in parentheses:

Big 12 (1)
North
-Kansas
-Missouri
South
-Texas
-Texas A&M

Texas plays all three other teams, and Kansas and Missouri play each other. Thus, even if either Mizzou or KU and Texas A&M were to go undefeated, they would meet in the Big 12 championship game, so only one can finish undefeated.

Big East (1)
-Cincinnati
-South Florida

They play each other, so only one can possibly emerge undefeated.

Big Ten (1)
-Iowa
-Michigan
-Wisconsin

They all play each other, so only one can possibly emerge undefeated.

Conference USA (1)
-Houston

Mountain West (1)
-TCU

Pac-10 (1)
-UCLA

SEC (1)
East
-Florida
West
-Alabama
-Auburn
-LSU

If Florida wins out, that means that LSU is not undefeated.
If Alabama wins out, that means that Auburn and LSU are not undefeated.
If Auburn wins out, that means that Alabama and LSU are not undefeated.
If LSU wins out, that means that Alabama, Florida, and Auburn are not undefeated.

Also, because the winner of the East faces the winner of the West in the SEC championship game, there can be only one undefeated SEC team.

WAC (1)
-Boise State

Below are the games over the remainder of the season that pit two currently undefeated teams against each other.

October 10
Michigan at Iowa
Florida at LSU

October 15
Cincinnati at South Florida

October 17
Iowa at Wisconsin

October 24
Missouri at Texas
Auburn at LSU

November 7
LSU at Alabama

November 14
Michigan at Wisconsin

November 21
Kansas at Texas

November 26
Texas at Texas A&M

November 27
Alabama at Auburn

November 28
Missouri at Kansas