41.   The former sentiment is sure to return as long as unbeaten teams are headed to bowls on opposite coasts, but the mood has clearly changed.

42.   The possibility of two unbeaten teams remaining after the bowls is very real, and one would be left in the lurch.

43.   The Raiders visit Kansas City on Sunday, in a battle of the only two unbeaten teams in the AFC West.

44.   The result of all this competitiveness is there are no unbeaten teams in the conference after only six games, and almost no games that can be considered gimmes.

45.   The rest of the unbeaten teams have yet to show that.

46.   The same goes if there is only one unbeaten team and several with one loss.

47.   The Rams are the only unbeaten team in the NFL.

48.   The third is that the Kings are the only unbeaten team in the Western Conference.

49.   The two best teams in the country, Florida and Nebraska, the two major unbeaten teams are headed on a collision course in the Fiesta Bowl.

50.   The two unbeaten teams play Monday night in Denver, a game some think could be a preview of the AFC championship game.