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Incredibly, we head into the final weekend of the college football regular season with six — six! — teams sporting undefeated records.
Florida, Alabama, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State all have legitimate claims to a national title shot right now, by virtue of the fact that no team has proven to be better on the field.
Obviously either Florida or Alabama will taste defeat before BCS slotting time comes, but it is quite likely that the other four teams will all maintain their spotless status. Quite likely…but they all still have to overcome their Thanksgiving weekend hurdles, and they are hurdles that should not be overlooked.
Florida, Alabama, and Texas have rivalry games against Florida State, Auburn, and Texas A&M respectively. Cincinnati must face a Big Ten foe in Illinois while Boise State has to fend off a solid Nevada squad. (TCU has a cakewalk game against New Mexico.)
College football fans are in for a tremendous amount of debate and controversy should five, four, or even three teams finish the season undefeated. What happens during Thanksgiving weekend will go a long way towards determining exactly how much debate and controversy this bowl season will have.
