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October should sort out title contenders, pretenders

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Friday, October 6, 2006

Welcome to Elimination Month in college football. A formful, almost upset-free September did a pretty lousy job of thinning the field of national championship aspirants. With 12 unbeatens in the Top 25 and another 12 ranked teams owning only a single "quality loss," title dreams proliferate from coast to coast. Now it's October's job to clean up the clutter. Time to kick some contenders to the curb. By Nov. 1, the two-dozen title dreamers should be cut to 10 or fewer. The whittling began ...

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