Top 5 Most Surprising Results- Week 3

1. Tennessee is actually competitive against Florida

I admit, I was one of the many people that wondered if Tennessee was even going to be able to get a first down against the Gators. But the Vols held Florida in check so well that Urban felt compelled to cough up a few excuses, blaming everything from the flu to Lane Kiffin's conservative play calling.

Lane responded with a zinger of his own: "“I guess we’ll wait, and after [the next game], if we’re not excited about a performance, we’ll tell you everybody was sick."

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, you have got to let these two call each other names all year long! Don't tell them to stop...it's comedy gold.

2. USC excuses itself from the national championship race by losing to U-Dub

For the 4th year in a row, USC lost in shocking fashion to a Pac-10 team that it has absoutely no business losing to. This time the embarrassment was inflicted by Washington, one year removed from an 0-12 record and its worst season in school history. Whereas USC coach Pete Carroll is now reduced to blaming his own players for the loss, Washington is reveling in the midst of a remarkable turnaround. Under the guidance of new coach Steve Sarkisian, the Huskies end the nation's longest losing streak one week and then punk #3 USC the next. Only three games into his tenure, has Sarkisian already shown that he's the second hottest coach in college football?

3. Speaking of the hottest coach in the game, Brian Kelly continues to amaze at Cincinnati

In 2007, his first year at Cincinnati, Brian Kelly led the Bearcats to their first 10-win season since 1949. In 2008, he coached his team to 11 wins and the Big East Championship. And so far in 2009? The Bearcats have won 3 games, each one in eyebrow-raising fashion, to post arguably the best resume of any team so far this year.

They went to Rutgers, a team that many pegged to make some noise in the Big East, and won 45-17. They scored 70 points against their cupcake in Week 2. And then this past week, they went on the road and beat Oregon State, something that USC hasn't been able to do in its past two attempts .

Don't look now, but Cincinnati may have already played its way into the National Championship game. With all the chaos surrounding the preseason favorites, their path is becoming clearer and clearer each and every week.

4. Florida State obliterates #7 BYU to save us all from their BCS-title hopes

Who the hell does BYU think they are? They think they can come around once every 25 years and act like they belong at the big boys table? I don't think it works that way. Non-BCS teams have to earn their way into the discussion, just as Boise State has done by posting the best winning percentage of any team this decade. If any non-BCS team deserves a shot, it's the one that has proved itself year in and year out on the blue turf. And hey, BYU - don't think Boise St. is too impressed with your 14-13 win over Oklahoma. After all, they have a win over the Sooners of their own...you may have heard of it?

5. Georgia's offense is scary good but their defense is scary bad

The past two weeks have been pretty remarkable for the Dawgs. It's so rare to put up 93 points in consecutive weeks against SEC teams not named Vanderbilt and Kentucky. It's also uncommon for Georgia to be ranking dead last in the SEC in nearly every single defensive category. Will the Arena Football League/WAC/Big 12 shoot-outs continue this week for the Dawgs? As long as Joe Cox is our quarterback and Willie Martinez is our defensive coordinator, I say yes.

-Drew