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Message: [QUOTE="bbsamjj, post: 3375942, member: 1738"] It's been a weird year in that there have not been many "marquee" matchups thus far. You've had a couple teams in the top 10 notch a marquee win (that is, against another team in the Top 10) and then follow it up with a loss to an (at the time) unranked team. Louisville beat Oregon, then went on to lose to Ohio State. Stanford beat Miss State, then just lost to Texas. SC has, in many ways, notched the most impressive wins: Maryland, Baylor (without Cox, but still), South Dakota, with their lone loss to top 20 Indiana. [Updated] Oregon St and Florida St, both undefeated, are close runner ups--Oregon St has beaten DePaul, Missouri State, and Miami, and FSU beat Texas A&M, Michigan, and Michigan St. Meanwhile, UConn and Baylor have only one win over a top 25 opponent. Oregon actually has none (though Syracuse was ranked when they beat them). NC State has a win over MD and Texas (which now looks more impressive). Conference play will correct this matchup deficiency soon enough: top 10 Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, UCLA will also play each other. So will the ACC's Florida St, NC State and Louisville. SC will have to get through Texas A&M, Kentucky, Mississippi St, Arkansas and Tennessee. And of course, UConn's best games are all backloaded: Baylor, Tennessee, South Carolina, Oregon. [/QUOTE]