Okay. Since our last installment of ESPNU’s Championship Series, they have rolled into conference play, and we missed two huge games on October 6th. (Sorry—married with kid, so weekends are tough before there are actual games on.)

At any rate, in this new installment, Rece, Mark, and Lou go over the big game of October 13th and 20th. On October 13th they’ve chosen the Wisconsin Badgers’ visit to State College to take on Penn St. While Lou thinks Penn St will keep it close, he and Mark like the Badgers to roll on as the Big Eleven frontrunner. Moving to October 20th, we get SC at ND (and, of course, highlights of 4th and 9 and the “Bush Push“). We also get the Leprechaun picking the Irish to upset SC. Mark and Rece, of course, correct the former Irish coach. (Our guess is that he’s still bitter about November 30, 1996.) So after October 20th here is the new ESPN Top 10:

1. USC (7-0)
2. LSU (8-0)
3. Wisconsin (8-0)
4. Oklahoma (8-0)
5. Michigan (8-0)
6. Louisville (8-0)
7. Florida (7-1) lost at LSU on October 6th
8. Texas (7-1) lost to OU on October 6th
9. West Virginia (6-1) Lost to Louisville
10. Ohio State (7-1)