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9. Houston at SMU (Saturday, Oct. 23)
All of the BCS buster talk this season is about Boise State and TCU. But watch out for Houston. Trigger-happy quarterback Case Keenum directs one of the most explosive offenses in the country and Houston is a massive favorite to win Conference USA. Now, their game at home against Central Florida on Nov. 5 should be a “better” game. But regardless of who wins there the two schools should meet again in the conference championship game. So that makes this game here, on the road against upstart SMU, the key battle in this league. Houston was upset at UTEP last year and June Jones looks like he’s ahead of schedule in steering SMU to the level of success he had at Hawaii. This one will be a classic shootout.