TREND SETTERS: Not a good step. Wisconsin's marching band is apparently out of control and is suspended indefinitely from playing and traveling after allegations of member behavior related to hazing, drinking and sexual misconduct. How tough can it be to hit a drum and toot a horn? Said band director Mike Leckrone of his meeting with the band to announce the bad news: "My feeling was I hit them between the eyes with a sledgehammer."

OVERRATED: With Wisconsin losing again, the Badgers are 3-2 and still ranked No. 24 in the Coaches Poll. That's not fair to 4-1 TCU, 5-0 Tulsa and 6-0 Ball State.

UNDERRATED: Oklahoma State is 5-0 and ranked No. 17. The Cowboys will get a chance to put it all on the line against Missouri in Columbia on Saturday.

BOTTOM LINE: The Oklahoma-Texas No. 1 vs. No. 2 game Saturday in the Cotton Bowl dwarfs that earlier matchup between USC and Ohio State, an artificial made-for TV farce of a matchup trumpeted long and loud by talking heads on ESPN last month.

MY TOP FIVE: 1. Oklahoma, 2. Missouri, 3. Texas, 4. LSU and 5. Alabama.

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