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Breaking down the conference races

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Monday, October 22, 2007

The national championship race should become clearer after this week's games, with each of the five remaining unbeaten teams facing pretty formidable competition (OK, New Mexico State is about as tough as Hawaii's schedule gets, except for the Nov. 23 home game against Boise State). This week offers a smorgasbord of elimination games: Top-ranked Ohio State plays at surging No. 25 Penn State (8 p.m. ET, ABC); No. 2 Boston College plays at No. 8 Virginia Tech on Thursday night (7:30 p.m. ET, ESP ...

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