College Football: Week 5

I made a post earlier about who the number one team should be, and with another week gone, there still, in my opinion, isn't a team who stands out as the number one team. However I think that a couple teams definitely showed some championship caliber. Starting in the Big 12, TCU stomped Texas 50-7, they beat them so badly that one player tweeted about transferring to rival Texas A&M during halftime. TCU impressed me, but I still have a feeling that they will eventually trip up in one of those Big 12 shootouts. Baylor handled Texas Tech 63-35, which is impressive given that the Red Raiders almost beat TCU last week. However part of this could be because Texas Tech just played TCU, it's very difficult to play in back to back games against top 5 teams. We will really find out if Baylor is a college football playoff contender come November when they play Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and finally on November 27,they have to travel to TCU. Oklahoma has also been impressive thus far, but they also have a tough November when the play at TCU, home against Baylor, and at rival Oklahoma State.

In the Big 10 Michigan State and Ohio State continue to leave something to be desired, and Michigan, Northwestern, and Iowa continue to impress. I would say those 5 teams are the best in the Big 10 right now. If I had to pick an East division and West division champion to play in the Big 10 championship, right now I would say Northwestern and Michigan. They have played the best up to this point, Ohio State and Michigan State still have time to figure things out and make it interesting, but right now it would be the Wildcats and Wolverines in my opinion.