By the nature of the sport, college football is often prone to crazy things happening during the season. Huge upsets, wild fluctuations in rankings, and of course all the BCS nonsense. However, this season after four weeks has the feel of one of those particularly nutty seasons. How many top ten teams have already gone down? There's been a lot, and there are plenty of more chances at upsets. What could be even more upsetting to the foundations of college football, however, might be who doesn't lose.

I don't root for any particular college football team. Being from Michigan and thus knowing many people who have matriculated at, or at least root for, UM and MSU I always kind of pull for them, but I don't take too much joy in their wins or disappointment in their losses. What I root for is chaos. I want upsets, I want BCS Busters, I want teams coming out of nowhere to be national title contenders, and most of all I want conflict regarding the national championship. I am as much rooting against the BCS as I am rooting for anything. I know I'm not the only one who does this, and for those like me this could be a good year.

I'm throwing my support behind four teams in particular this season: Cincinnati, Boise State, Houston, and TCU. The latter three are all from the "Non-AQ" conferences and thus qualify as BCS Busters. Boise is, of course, a perennial contender to shake things up, but Houston and TCU have joined the party now as well. Even more exciting is how highly these teams are ranked already. In the AP Poll, Houston is 12th, TCU 11th, and Boise a staggering fifth. Two of the teams above them, Florida, LSU, and Alabama, are guaranteed to lose, and Texas isn't a guaranteed undefeated season either. If Boise wins out, and with their exceedingly easy schedule that is a real possibility, and teams above them start losing, perhaps even twice, then things could get very interesting. BSU could have a legitimate argument for a shot at the national title.

Alas, that schedule is likely to be the death of them. To be fair, there is a point there. Their schedule is extremely easy apart from their game with Oregon they already won. This is what makes TCU and Houston even more interesting to me. If the Cougars win out, they will have beaten Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Mississippi State (hey, they're an SEC team), and Southern Miss, who are no slouches. TCU has Clemson, Air Force, Colorado State, BYU, and Utah on their schedule. They already won one of those, if they win the rest, they have a shot at cracking the top five at least as well, if not reaching higher. The non-AQ teams are getting as much respect as ever, which is helping their rankings and thus their cause. However, when the chips are down, I'd reckon the BCS formula and the voters will lean toward the BCS conferences when the title is on the line.

Which leads me to Cincinnati. The Bearcats are ranked 10th and have a BCS conference pedigree, even if that conference is the Big East. They've been to a BCS bowl before, and they've got supremely talented players in Tony Pike and Marshawn Gilyard, the latter of which I really wanted in the Rotowire College Football league, only to have him taken right before me. I was left with... Arrelious Benn. However, that is beside the point. The Bearcats could easily run the the table in the Big East, thus beating potential bowl teams in South Florida, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh. They've already won at Oregon State and beaten Fresno as well. If there are no undefeated teams in the SEC and Big 12 (quite possible), or in the Big Ten for that matter (very likely), then Cincinnati could find themselves in the national title game of all places, and I for one would love it.

Of course, Florida and Texas could simply go undefeated and ruin all the fun. However, there would still be plenty of intrigue in college football. Every conference, save for the Big East, seems up for grabs. Who will take the Pac-10? I'm hoping for anybody put USC just for a change of pace. What if it's Oregon? Dismissed after a week one loss and the Lagarrette Blount punch, could they redeem themselves entirely? The Big Ten has two potential spoilers in Iowa and Michigan. Imagine if either of them pulled off the upset and won the conference. The Hawkeyes could go from needing two blocked field goals to beat Northern Iowa to playing in the Rose Bowl. Michigan, meanwhile, would see Rich Rodriguez stick it to all those who doubted him so fast. College football season is always crazy and unpredictable. This season could take the usual madness to the next level. Get ready for what could be a wild ride, and go Bearcats!