Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett

1. And then there were three: I wrote last week that the Big East was looking like a three-team race. Well, now it's official. Cincinnati, Pitt and West Virginia are all undefeated in league play, while everybody else has at least two conference losses. It's hard to envision a scenario where anyone but the top three goes to the BCS. That could make for an anticlimactic next couple of weeks while we wait for the first of the three showdowns between the contenders, when West Virginia goes to Cincinnati on Nov. 13.

2. Cincinnati deserves its ranking: There aren't a lot of teams that can replace a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback with a guy making his first college start and barely miss a beat, but that's what the Bearcats did in a 41-10 pasting of Louisville with Zach Collaros filling in for Tony Pike. Cincinnati may lose points in the BCS standings to Iowa today, but given how much trouble the Hawkeyes have scoring points, the Bearcats sure look like the better team.

3. The Steve Kragthorpe era is coming to a close: Barring an unlikely second-half turnaround, it's difficult to imagine how Kragthorpe survives this season, especially after the latest fiasco. Louisville has always played its longtime rival Cincinnati well and had the benefit of missing Pike this week. And yet the Cardinals were completely inept for most of the game as the gap between Brian Kelly and Kragthorpe has never seemed so wide. That's eight straight Big East losses for this plummeting program. How many Louisville fans will show up for this week's game against Arkansas State on Halloween afternoon?

4. Noel Devine deserves some Heisman consideration: Granted, the Heisman race is about 40 players deep right now as nobody has really emerged as the clear-cut leader. But just as Dion Lewis earned some notice last week, so too should the West Virginia tailback. Devine is now the leading rusher in the Big East (130.3 yards per game to Lewis's 128.6). Devine is averaging 6.7 yards per game and has a ton of big plays this season, including his 56-yard game-winning touchdown against UConn. West Virginia is 6-1. So why not Devine?

5. South Florida needs to do some serious soul-searching: There's nothing embarrassing about losing to Cincinnati and Pitt in back-to-back games. The way South Florida lost on Saturday is another matter. The Bulls were never in the game and could have lost by much more than 27 points if Pitt so chose. Quarterback B.J. Daniels appears have hit a wall in his development, which is not surprising for a freshman who's still learning. More disappointingly, the defense has fallen apart, allowing 75 points the past two weeks. With West Virginia coming up Friday night, USF better figure out a way to pull out of this tailspin fast, or else the season could be shot.