The following are 5 items of college football speculation, none of which involve our Cal Bears, as I don't want fans to overlook next weeks game against Washington State.

Item 1:  Assuming all teams involved win next week, where does College Gameday go?  USC @ Oregon or Texas @ Oklahoma St.

Item 2:  Who wins the other conference titles (my picks in bold)?

 * ACC *  Miami, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, someone else

 * Big-10 * Iowa, Ohio St, Penn St, someone else

 * Big-12 * Texas, Oklahoma St, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, someone from the North (in the words of Splinter:  I just made a funny.)

 * Big East *  Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, South Florida

 * SEC * Alabama, Florida, someone else.... wait, the officials won't allow this.

Item 3:  Which conference receives two BCS bowl berths?  My guess is the SEC with both Alabama and Florida, the Big-10 (of which, both participants subsequently get blown out), and the Pac-10 as long as Oregon St doesn't pull another upset vrs Oregon or USC.

Item 4:  Which current Top-10 BCS team is most likely to collapse and lose at least 3 games?  Iowa, LSU, Miami, TCU, Texas, someone else?

Item 5:  Which Non-BCS conference team is going to receive a BCS bowl berth?  Boise St, TCU, BYU, Utah, Houston?

Quick Side Question:  For Non-BCS conference teams, is there a rule stipulating the highest ranked non-big six team within the BCS top 12 gets a bid, or simply a non-big six team within the BCS top 12 gets a bid?  Specifically, if Boise St ends the season at 7, and BYU ends at 12, would the BCS bowl be allowed to choose BYU over Boise St?