The CFP committee released their first official rankings on Tuesday, and amazingly, I’m pretty satisfied! This is quite a rarity. Each week, I’m going to dedicate one of my takeaways below to analyzing their rankings. I’ll explain where they went wrong (or right if that miraculously happens like this week) and why, as well as what I’d…
Conference games are a tricky business. Maybe having two records, one overall and one within the conference, provides a little more pressure for these contests. Whatever the reason, you always get some unexpected results when conference foes face off. That can be even more troublesome for teams in the playoff chase. Three top-10 teams went…
We had ourselves a lighter schedule this week with several ranked teams idle. Coincidentally, the ones that did play mostly didn’t face each other. That doesn’t mean we saw little of note. Auburn surged back to victory over Arkansas after benching QB Jackson Arnold. (10) Vanderbilt beat (15) Missouri in a slugfest after Tigers QB…
Welcome to upset week! The #2, #5, and #7 teams in the country all fell, as did a couple of the top teams in the Group of 6. (1) Ohio State remains the surefire best team in the country week 8. They, (3) Indiana, and (4) Texas A&M are the only current top-10 teams without…
Upsets continue to run rampant across the college football landscape. The 3rd- and 6th-ranked teams both went down, while Penn State lost to Northwestern of all teams. The top two teams, (1) Ohio State and (2) Miami (on a bye this week), seem as entrenched as ever, while the rest of the field is competing…
If you enjoy upsets (let’s be real: you probably do), you enjoyed week 6. The #7 and #9 teams both went down against unranked foes. One of them lost to an 0-4 team. In addition to the surprising outcomes, Navy and Air Force…threw the ball during their matchup? Yeah, this week was nuts. (2) Oregon,…
The line between surviving an upset and being upset is often incredibly thin. One play here or there can be the difference in a week’s narrative. Now that we’re fully into conference schedules, expect chaos to reign. These teams are more familiar with each other, and in some cases you can throw win/loss records out…
Underachievers show up every year. Clemson, a top-10 team to start the year, already has 3 losses. Oklahoma State, once a proud Big XII contender, lost at home to Tulsa for the first time in decades. And Lee Corso never platform dove during College Gameday like his successor Pat McAfee did. Ok, that last one…
Surprisingly, most of this week’s games were completely noncompetitive. However, those that were turned out to be spectacular affairs. We had ourselves a couple of upsets, a few top-25 battles, and unfortunately some putrid performers (sorry Gators fans; I’ll get back to your team in the coming weeks). Old rivals went to OT, while QBs…
Week 2 usually comes with chaos, but with so many teams playing cupcake opponents (of course a couple of FCS teams won), things were rather subdued. Texas QB Arch Manning bounced back with 4 TD passes in 5 minutes, but he played San Jose State, so that doesn’t tell us a lot. (8) Clemson stormed…