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College football's national championship has nothing to do with being the best team, per se. It has to do with having the least losses, preferabably none, and being in a BcS conference.

There are, after 5 weeks of play, only 18 teams left with no defeats. Five are excluded by the illegal BcS cartel, Ball State, Boise State, Utah, Brigham Young, and Tulsa, so they do not count. Although the BYU - Utah winner, if undefeated with get a BcS slot. Big deal.

That leaves 13 teams. One of these WILL be the "national champion" unless ALL of them lose.

The SEC: Alabama, LSU, Vandy, and Kentucky. Vandy and Kentucky are pretenders, expecially UK which has played no one, but the Alabama - LSU winner is a strong contender. Of course, every week in the SEC is an elimination week. Going undefeated in the SEC is the most difficult thing in sports. Circle Nov 8th anyway.

The Big 10: Northwestern and Penn State. NW is a pretender, but it does not play Penn State or Wisconsin. Penn State has two difficult games away, Wisconsin and Ohio State, but it is a doable thing for PSU to win out. If NW can get by OSU, it has about as light a draw as one can get in the Big 10.

The Big 12: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, and Missouri. The first four have to all play one another. OSU and TTU have not played anybody good yet, and will fall by the wayside. Oklahoma - Texas in two weeks looks like a game for the ages. Missouri has to play @ Nebraska and @ Texas. They cannot hang.

And, last and least, the Leastleftovers. South Florida and UConn. Other than playing each other, they play each other on November 23rd, but who else do they play? Fans of a legitimate national championship game may have to become fans of WVU, especially for its last game where it hosts South Florida in the cold of December.

There you go. Untill all of the above mentioned lose, that is all of the teams that can win it. Which is why college football's regular season is so wonderful and meaningful.