Just when we were all but giving up on the American Athletic Conference making things interesting for Louisville, the conference had a strong week. The Cardinals, of course, won 72-0 over Florida International, but Houston and Rutgers had more impressive victories. The Cougars remained undefeated after going to Rice and holding on for a 31-26 win. The Scarlet Knights were down 24-7 to Arkansas late in the third quarter, but a punt return for a touchdown by Janarion Grant sparked the Rutgers squad and then Gary Nova connected with Leonte Carroo for two fourth quarter touchdowns to give Rutgers the win. Cincinnati and Memphis also tallied victories this week and Connecticut, who looked like the worst team in the AAC, gave Michigan everything they could handle.
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American: Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Rutgers, UCF
ACC: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
C-USA: East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Rice, Tulsa
Independent: BYU, Navy, Notre Dame
MAC: Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo
MWC: Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt: Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Troy
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