STEWART MANDEL'S EXTRA POINTS

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is proving once again why he's one of the best to ever don a headset. His Wildcats are 7--0 despite having just one All-America--caliber player, linebacker Arthur Brown. This week they host an angry Oklahoma team coming off a loss to Texas Tech... . It's time to finally give Lane Kiffin credit. USC (6--1) has improved tremendously from the start of the year, particularly on defense, holding the explosive Cal and Notre Dame offenses to a combined 19 points in road wins the past two weeks... . Enough with the presumptuous talk of the BCS national championship game being a rematch between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, before they've even played. With an underrated defense, Oklahoma State is capable of running the table and meeting the winner of that Nov. 5 matchup in Tuscaloosa.

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