Forde-Yard Dash: ByPatForde highlights seven teams who could upend the conference championship and College Football Playoff races
Seven teams that are not having the seasons they aspired to, but can still inflict maximum upheaval on the College Football Playoff and/or conference championship races. There is a lot still to play for, if you like the idea of your disappointing team throwing soup on someone else’s masterpiece season. The list:. The Cardinals are 4–4 but showing some signs of life, with their first back-to-back victories of the season. After falling behind Virginia 10–0 on Oct.
Which seasons could the Cyclones wreck: Oklahoma State and TCU , both of which are in both the CFP and Big 12 championship hunt. Both games are on the road, Nov. 12 against the Cowboys and Nov. 26 against the Horned Frogs. Which seasons could the Spartans wreck: Michigan and Illinois . They play those teams on successive Saturdays, the Wolverines this week and the Illini Nov. 5. Illinois leads the Big Ten West outright and Michigan is tied for the lead in the East with Ohio State.
Chances of creating chaos: The Dash is calling it—either Cal or Stanford pulls off at least one shocker in five tries. Cal catches both the Ducks and Bruins at fortuitous times: Oregon comes to Berkeley on Saturday trying to avoid a letdown after the big game with UCLA; the Bruins then visit Berkeley to end the season after the rivalry game against USC. Stanford plays UCLA in the Rose Bowl on Saturday after winning two games by a combined three points, then visits Utah Nov. 12..