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Inconsistent teams creating rankings chaos

By Chris Fowler
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Yes, this is the wackiest, wildest opening half of a college football season I have witnessed. Going into Thursday night's game between USF and Rutgers, ten teams that were ranked in the top 10 have lost to unranked teams. That's a big number. Just in the past three weeks, five teams ranked in the top five have been stunned by teams outside the rankings. The candidates for the honor this week: BCS No. 1 Ohio State (vs. Michigan State), No. 2 USF (Thursday, at Rutgers) and No. 5 Oklahoma (at ...

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