All season this seemed inevitable. Texas Christian and Colorado State in a showdown for the Mountain West Conference championship.

Well, it's here and it's happening this Saturday. The only thing is, I thought this would be a battle of undefeated teams in conference action, and that isn't the case.

Two weeks ago the Mid-American Conference championship game looked to be a lock. Bowling Green was on a collision course with Toledo.

Now, after Bowling Green's surprising loss last weekend, there's an interesting development as the season grows nearer to its conclusion:

If things fall right, there could be seven different teams knotted for the two division leads by the end of the weekend.

Want to see how? Follow along with me and you'll see.

Scan the schedules for the five conferences who don't have an automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series this weekend and you notice the dearth of big games, the kind of games that can determine a league championship.

In fact, there are few, if any games you could consider "jockey games" — that is, games where teams are jockeying for position down the home stretch.

It's never too early to start thinking about November. At least that's the way Louisiana Tech looks at it.

The Bulldogs (2-2, 2-0) know they must face Boise State later this season in Western Athletic Conference play. The Broncos have a national-best 27-game conference winning streak.