The Washington Huskies may have started the season 4-0, but they’ve since dropped three straight and have fallen out of the national rankings as a result. The California Golden Bears, on the other hand, have struggled all season, and they offer UW a legitimate chance to get back on track in Week 9.
College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8. CappersPicks is going to give you a look at power rankings in many different conferences.
The PGA pros will head to Asia this week in search of valuable FedEx Cup points – the first time that a FedEx tournament has been played on that continent. The CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will be contested in a no-cut tournament that could lead to invitations to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship and the PGA Championship.
Packers look to Add to Vikings Woes
The Josh Freeman experiment will continue for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night when they welcome the surging but injury depleted Green Bay Packers to town.
Seahawks Take on Battered Rams on Monday Night
The Seattle Seahawks play their second straight prime time road game Monday night when they take on NFC West foes St. Louis. While things are certainly rosy in the Pacific Northwest, the situation seems dire in St. Louis ahead of Monday night’s contest.
Crucial NFC Battle Pits Falcons vs. Cardinals
Two teams that had preseason playoff aspirations meet Sunday with their playoff lives hanging in the balance – not even half way through the season. The disappointing yet injury ravaged Atlanta Falcons head to Phoenix to take on a Cardinals team that hasn’t quite lived up to their billing so far this year.
The Chase for NASCAR’s 2013 Sprint Cup title returns to Martinsville this week for the running of the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500. Sunday afternoon’s race is set to get underway at 2 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The Oddsmakers have been razor sharp the past two weeks in the NFL with an even 15-15 split between favorites and underdogs against the spread. When it came to betting totals, it was the second week in a row that nine of the 15 games went OVER the closing line.
Fresno State is one of a handful of teams that is still perfect this season, though barely as the Bulldogs have two single point victories. One of those was against Boise State and since then we have not heard much from the Bulldogs though some are pegging them as this year’s BCS Buster.
NFL Power Rankings – Where Every Team Sits After Week 7
Week 7 on the NFL season is in the books and last week’s results translated to a shakeup in the Power Rankings. There is just one undefeated team left – they are obviously the #1 team – a shock to everyone. The top 4 have all flip-flopped thanks to Sunday night’s marquee matchup while some new teams enter the Dirty Dozen this week.
Utah has been a decent team for the last few years, but they haven’t been a real contender since the days of Stockton and Malone. Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap were the faces of the franchise last season, but neither of them is on this year’s roster. Utah is rebuilding, but they aren’t necessarily going to be short on talent either.
The Boston Celtics went just 41-40 last year, and they were dispatched of pretty quickly in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Danny Ainge decided in the offseason to speed up the rebuilding process and ship off a couple long-time Celtics stars. It wasn’t necessarily a popular move at first, but I think it ends up being a big boost to the Celtics hopes in the long run.
The Houston Rockets made as a big of a splash in the free agent market this season as anyone. There were several bidders in the Dwight Howard free agency contest, but the Rockets ended up winning out. Houston put up a nice fight in last year’s playoffs, and expectations are now much higher for this year’s team.
The No. 24 Auburn Tigers will aim to maintain their momentum after last week’s win over Texas A&M when it hosts nonconference foe Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
The Owls will arrive in Auburn following a its fifth loss of the season.
At first glance, this looks like the typical story of David and Goliath. But look closer.
Coming off a stunning loss, No. 13 LSU has shown the impossible can happen — they can be beat. And a visiting Furman team will look to make their mark with what would be one of the biggest upsets of the 2013 season, when they pay a visit to Tiger Stadium on Saturday night.
The Duke Blue Devils will look to disrupt Virginia Techs six-game winning streak on Saturday at Lane Stadium, dashing the Hokies’ hopes for a sixth ACC Coastal Division title, after winning five of the last eight seasons.
