Ohio State-Michigan is a close second among contemporary rivalries. Noles are already in the Bowl Championship Series, as ACC champs. When the once-beaten antagonists convene at Doak Campbell Stadium, the stakes will be typically enormous. Especially when you consider their downtrodden Septembers, when Florida lost to Tennessee and FSU got ambushed by lightweight N.C. State. It doesn't take Einstein or Corso to figure what must happen to ticket the 'Noles or Gators for Tempe.
Opportunity is ample.
Tennessee might have used up its luck by now, beating Florida in OT and surviving against Arkansas when Hogs quarterback Clint Stoerner dropped the football onto the Knoxville carpet and into Vols hands. UT plays Kentucky before a likely rematch with Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game. Tim Couch's touchdown rifle makes the Wildcats a threat. Kansas State has a road toughie this week at Missouri. UCLA is similarly vulnerable.