The New Orleans Saints come out of their bye with their top offensive weapon still ailing, but even with question marks surrounding Jimmy Graham, the Saints still find themselves installed as double-digit favorites over the Buffalo Bills.
The St. Louis Cardinals pumped some life back into their World Series hopes with a 4-2 comeback win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, and now look to take a stranglehold on the series as it shifts to St. Louis for three straight games.
With Tom Brady having his worst year ever it seems like the AFC East is up for grabs this season – but someone has to take it from the Patriots. Early on it looked like the Miami Dolphins could be the one to challenge but they have now lost three straight after a promising start to the season – losing to Buffalo at home last week really hurts.
The Kansas City Chiefs are now the last undefeated team in the league. They are a wonderful surprise and on the radio I heard that 48% of all teams that start 7-0 make it to the Super Bowl – Do you really think this team is going to the Super Bowl?.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish may not be having the season they had in 2012, but they can find solace in one simple fact: They’ve been much better than their Week 9 opponent, the Air Force Falcons. On the year, Notre Dame is 5-2 while Air Force is just 1-6.
The fourth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes look to remain perfect under head coach Urban Meyer when they take on a Big Ten rival on Saturday.
It doesn’t seem anything can slow the fifth-ranked Missouri Tigers, not even an injury to their quarterback. The Tigers continue to roll, now at 7-0, and look to get past the toughest part of their schedule on Saturday when they take on the 21st-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks.
Quarterback Jordan Lynch threw his hat back into the ring alongside the other Heisman Trophy candidates with an outstanding individual performance last weekend, and now looks to continue his stellar play when the 18th-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies host the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
Quarterback Jameis Winston continues to grab national headlines as he delivers consistently outstanding performances for the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles. Flying high off their biggest win of the season, he’ll look to deliver another strong performance against another ACC opponent, the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
The 16th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies were one of the SEC’s many casualties in Week 8, and begin their trek to get back inside the AP top 10 on Saturday when they take on another SEC foe, the Vanderbilt Commodores.
The seventh-ranked Miami Hurricanes program was in the spotlight on Monday and Tuesday of this week and was able to escaped significant sanctions. The football team will have a chance to make a good week even better on Saturday when they take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Portland Trail Blazers have been rebuilding for what seems like forever. The team has gone through multiple phases since the early 2000s, and while the squad from the Pacific Northwest has a whole new identity, it appears to be stuck in limbo.
These teams both come into week 8 with identical 4-3 records. For the Cowboys that puts actually them in first place in the NFC East while the Lions are keeping close tabs on the Green Bay Packers in the North.
Things are starting to turn around for the Pittsburgh Steelers who after starting the 2013 campaign with four straight losses, have won two consecutive games.
The Washington Redskins arrive in Denver on Sunday to face a Broncos team that is licking their wounds after suffering its first loss of the 2013 campaign.
The Cincinnati Bengals sit alone atop the NFC North and will aim to keep their three-game winning streak intact when they take on AFC playoff hopeful the New York Jets on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.
