Nine unbeaten teams head into Week 7 of the college football season and three are led by current or former head coaches at James Madison. Two of them lead the only undefeated teams remaining in the Big Ten. Bob Chesney's UCLA team outlasted Oregon on the road, and Curt Cignetti's Indiana rallied with a 14-point, fourth-quarter outburst to defeat Nebraska.
What does that say about the sport? Something special is happening in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where former Florida coach Billy Napier also has JMU (6-0) undefeated after surviving a scare in a 27-24 win at Georgia Southern. Elsewhere, the Red River Rivalry had the country's attention during an afternoon window that delivered several exciting finishes.
Oklahoma kickerTate Sandell, last season's Lou Groza Award winner, drilled a 47-yard field goal to knock off No. 1 Texas as time expired. We all knew Texas would likely fall at some point this season because of its inconsistency offensively, but falling in that fashion via a blocked punt, a pick-six and another interception setting up a walk-off field goal was downright demented. It was that kind of week.
The SEC kept eating itself, with ranked teams going 3-3 against unranked opponents Saturday, its worst performance since 2000. Kentucky won 35-34 in overtime for the second straight Saturday, this time against Lane Kiffin's LSU. South Carolina, which lost to Kentucky a week prior, routed Florida in the Swamp.
Then we had the classic, if not controversial, Georgia win against Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Tide fans are pointing at the officiating. The Bulldogs are pointing to a 200-yard rushing attack led by the third- and fourth-team tailbacks.
At least two more undefeated teams will fall in Week 7. Ohio State visits Indiana and Notre Dame goes to BYU in the week's only matchup of unbeatens. Six ranked-on-ranked showdowns make for one of the biggest Saturdays of the season.
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