NMP Week 11
Oregon
Notre Dame
Georgia
Texas
Penn St
Tennessee
Ohio St
Arizona St
South Carolina
Boise St
SMU
Indiana
Ole Miss
Alabama
Clemson
Miami
Iowa St
Colorado
Syracuse
Army
Memphis
Texas A&M
UNLV
Missouri
BYU
Others Getting Votes: Duke, Illinois
Added: BYU
Dropped: Tulane
Biggest Winners: Army (5), Clemson (3)
Biggest Losers: SMU (3), UNLV (3)
Conference championship weekend started with a ton of blowouts but ended with 3 incredible games. I don’t think there is clear cut #2 right now, 4 teams you could make an argument for and I wouldn’t complain. Pushed Notre Dame ahead of Texas really only because Texas lost to UGA twice and really didn’t look all that great in either game. Georgia then slots in ahead of Texas, head to head x2. Then I just don’t see any reason to flip TX and PSU, so their order stays the same. Arizona St destroys Iowa St, hops South Carolina because of it. Boise wins, SMU loses, pretty logical there, Boise also hops Indiana this week. Conference champion has to hold some weight in here and that puts them over the top. Clemson goes over Miami as the king of the ACC now, also jumps the Big 12 loser and Colorado due to their ACC crown. Army, best in American, so they get treated as such, above Memphis and kicks Tulane out of top 25. UNLV drops a little, they did not look great against Boise this weekend.
Heisman Race:
My winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado
My runner up: Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
My Playoff Field:
1 Oregon, 2 Georgia, 3 Arizona St, 4 Boise St
5 Notre Dame vs 12 Clemson
6 Texas vs 11 SMU
7 Penn St vs 10 South Carolina
8 Tennessee vs 9 Ohio St
I will be very interested to see what the committee does with the rankings in the first year of the 12 teamer, historically they don’t drop losers of conference champ games too much, if at all. Also interested to see how close the Heisman race is this year, the media makes it out to be a near landslide for Travis, but we will see. This season was chaotic and fun to watch, ready to see what other surprises bowl season has in store. As for the playoff and the committee, SMU should get in over Bama. For the health of conf champ games, SMU should be in, for the health of the sport, I have no idea what should happen. The team that you know can beat the big dogs and has a higher ceiling is Bama. Path of least resistance is definitely SMU, but they are an unproven product and will likely bring less eyes and dollars to the NCAA, ADs, conferences, and TV networks… we will see which side wins that battle soon.
What I think the committee will do:
1 Oregon, 2 Georgia, 3 Boise St, 4 Arizona St
5 Texas vs 12 Clemson -> Arizona St
6 Penn St vs 11 SMU -> Boise St
7 Notre Dame vs 10 Indiana -> Georgia
8 Ohio St vs 9 Tennessee -> Oregon
NMP Week 10
Oregon
Texas
Notre Dame
Penn St
Georgia
Tennessee
Ohio St
SMU
South Carolina
Arizona St
Indiana
Boise St
Ole Miss
Alabama
Miami
Iowa St
Colorado
Clemson
Syracuse
UNLV
Memphis
Tulane
Texas A&M
Missouri
Army
Others Getting Votes: BYU, Duke
Added: Mizzou
Dropped: BYU
Biggest Winners: South Carolina (4), Iowa St (4)
Biggest Losers: Miami (9), Ohio St (5), Tulane (5), Texas A&M (5)
Another wild week to cap off the regular season, upsets, close games, 8!!!! overtimes. One of the wildest seasons I’ve seen in a while—finally. Oregon finishes undefeated, easy #1. Texas slides up, easy. Notre Dame and Penn St, both with an easy 11-1 record, really really close to each other, I flipped them simply because from what I’ve seen, I just think Notre Dame would beat them right now. Notre Dame has yet to be tested through the air, so Penn St is a more solid team just barely because they have been tested but I still think ND beats them. UGA, Tenn, and OSU. All 3 are really the same team, slow starts, struggle vs lower competition, moments of brilliance and dominance. UGA over Tenn is simple- head to head. Ohio St is below both, the Michigan loss at home is just too big of a blemish to overlook. SMU slots in nicely at 8. Now the 2 hottest teams in America, South Carolina and Arizona St. Gave SCar the edge because they are a more complete team, ferocious DLine. Boise St and Indiana slot in at 11 and 12. Ole Miss still above Bama, same reasons as before, both above Miami because of quality of teams beaten, Miami just simply doesn’t have the caliber of teams beaten to be that high and has now lost the benefit of the doubt with 2 losses. Iowa St gets 10 wins for the first time in school history, slides above Colorado now. Clemson once again loses to a good team, Syracuse comes back vs Miami after being down 21-0, just slightly worse than Clemson right now. UNLV slides above Tulane with their loss, above Memphis still because they are more complete. TAMU takes another L, this time to Texas. I still think they’re a top 25 team in America, above Mizzou because of head to head. I will finally acknowledge Missouri’s season, reluctantly… they finished strong, which I am honestly shocked by. Then 1 loss Army rounds out the top 25 above BYU. Just think they’re better.
Heisman Race:
1 Travis Hunter, Colorado
2 Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Travis is pretty locked in at number 1 for me right now, would take a massive game from Jeanty to overcome the deficit in my eyes.
Key Games:
2 Texas vs 5 Georgia
1 Oregon vs 4 Penn St
8 SMU vs 18 Clemson
10 Arizona St vs 16 Iowa St
22 Tulane @ 25 Army
20 UNLV @ 12 Boise St
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville St
Ohio @ Miami (OH)
Marshall @ UL Lafayette
NMP Week 9
Oregon
Ohio St
Texas
Penn St
Notre Dame
Miami
Georgia
Tennessee
Indiana
SMU
Boise St
Arizona St
South Carolina
Clemson
Ole Miss
Alabama
Tulane
Texas A&M
Colorado
Iowa St
Syracuse
UNLV
Memphis
Army
BYU
Others Getting Votes: Kansas St
Added: None
Dropped: None
Biggest Winners: SMU (5), Arizona St (5), Clemson (4), Tulane (4)
Biggest Losers: Alabama (7), Ole Miss (7), Colorado (7)
Bit of a wild weekend. SEC takes a huge step back in the playoff race. 1-8 are all the same, just slid up to account for losses. Indiana did put up a fight there for a little bit, still a good body of work, currently just look slightly better than SMU to me. Arizona St is HOT right now, they keep climbing. Ditto for South Carolina. Ole Miss and Bama take a loss, Clemson looks better than both right now, the playoff race for spot 12 will be incredible. Ole Miss I have consistently had over Bama this year, that stays true here. Tulane is arguably the best GO5 team, but 2 losses holds them back in climbing much higher for me. TAMU and Colorado honestly take inexcusable losses, but real ball knowers know that they were not shocking losses at all. 20-25 once again is just tough to rank, Iowa St is self explanatory, only 2 losses and I think Colorado is better than them. Syracuse a sneaky good team. UNLV 3rd best GO5, Memphis right behind them, defense holds them back from being higher. Army gets smoked, BYU continues the fraud watch with another loss.
Heisman Race:
1 Travis Hunter, Colorado
2 Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Key Games:
Auburn @ 16 Alabama
Michigan @ 2 Ohio St
8 Tennessee @ Vanderbilt
13 South Carolina @ 14 Clemson
5 Notre Dame @ USC
3 Texas @ 18 Texas A&M
Kansas St @ 20 Iowa St
NMP Week 8
Oregon
Ohio St
Texas
Indiana
Penn St
Notre Dame
Miami
Ole Miss
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Colorado
Boise St
Texas A&M
SMU
South Carolina
Arizona St
Clemson
Army
BYU
Tulane
Iowa St
Syracuse
UNLV
Memphis
Others Getting Votes: Kansas St, Mizzou
Added: Syracuse, UNLV, Memphis
Dropped: Louisville, LSU, UL Lafayette
Biggest Winners: Arizona St (4), Tulane (3), South Carolina (3)
Biggest Losers: BYU (6), Tennessee (5)
A relatively quiet weekend honestly. The upsets at the top you could see from a mile away, while the upsets at the bottom were actually pretty shocking. Really made for a difficult ranking after 22. The top 10 are pretty much the same as last week, TN drops to 11… self explanatory there. Colorado hops Boise St, they’re just a hotter, better team right now. TAMU and SMU same as last week. South Carolina, had the game in the bag, then blew it, then won it, then blew it again, then won it again. Still no one wants to play them the rest of the year. Ditto for Arizona St, dominant first half vs K St then holds them off in the 2nd. BYU loses finally, they tumble all the way to 20. Tulane is also red hot, incredible on defense the last few games, AAC Champ Game vs Army will be a great game. Iowa St stands pat. Syracuse, UNLV, and Memphis all come into this weeks rankings. Syracuse has really been a solid team all year, they just happen to take loss right before I really want to rank them. UNLV has a 3 point loss and a 5 point loss to Boise, played both of them tough obviously, but has also been relatively dominant vs the rest of their schedule. And then you have Memphis, really good on offense, really bad on defense, and the really bad on defense has cost them 2 games this year, their game vs Tulane this week will be really interesting.
Heisman Race:
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Jeanty is just fading at the finish line while Travis is peaking at the finish line. Two man race to me for the rest of the year and don’t let other people tell you there’s more than these 2 fighting for it.
Key Games:
4 Indiana @ 2 Ohio St
8 Ole Miss @ Florida
20 BYU @ 17 Arizona St
12 Colorado @ Kansas
19 Army @ 6 Notre Dame
9 Alabama @ Oklahoma
14 Texas A&M @ Auburn
NMP Week 7
Oregon
Ohio St
Texas
Indiana
Penn St
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Miami
Ole Miss
Alabama
Georgia
Boise St
Colorado
BYU
Texas A&M
SMU
Clemson
Army
South Carolina
LSU
Arizona St
Louisville
Iowa St
Tulane
UL Lafayette
Others Getting Votes: Kansas St, Washington St
Added: Tulane, UL Lafayette
Dropped: Pitt, Kansas St
Biggest Winners: Colorado (7), South Carolina (6), Ole Miss (5)
Biggest Losers: Georgia (8), LSU (8), Iowa St (7)
Drama in the top 5! SEC double header murkies the waters even more! Oregon rolls, still looks #1. Texas closes the gap on OSU. Indiana wins a close one against a still really tough Michigan team, they just flat out look better than PSU right now. Penn St, TN, and Notre Dame all hold serve. Miami finally takes a loss, an offensive no show on Saturday, they justtttt have an edge over Ole Miss. Speaking off, another SEC cluster. Ole Miss takes 9 due to them looking more complete than Bama and UGA, Bama takes 9 because they are just playing better than UGA right now, that month long stretch is hurting Bama right now in moving above Miami or Ole Miss. Boise St runs all over a tough Nevada team, I think they have hit their ceiling unless chaos in front of them happens. Colorado is the best team in the Big 12, they are ranked as such. I had hope for BYU, I gave them a chance to impress in the top 12 and they squandered it, extreme fraud alert for BYU right now. Wouldn’t be shocked with them finishing 10-2. TAMU and SMU on a bye, Clemson slips below SMU, just looking back on it SMU is slightly better to me as it stands. Army trails for the first time all year (3-0)… absolutely shuts down a potent North Texas offense. South Carolina, no one wants to play them the rest of the year; are they this years 2023 Arizona team??? They have a good chance at it. LSU gets smoked at home… at night. Still a solid team, extremely small chance of SEC Championship Game and playoffs. Arizona St continues to look good, and this time does it without Skattebo. Louisville is solid team, looking and playing better than Iowa St at this point. Tulane rolling, 2 crucial games for them coming up vs Navy and Memphis. Welcome for the first time ever to the NMP, ULL. Wooldridge has looked really good this year, only loss to Tulane by 8, could they fight for a playoff spot??
Heisman Race:
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Cam Ward, Miami
Travis puts up another impressive performance at WR and CB, Jeanty just off pace of breaking Barry’s records, Ward takes a loss. Its getting close to a 2 horse race in my eyes.
Key Games:
17 Clemson @ Pitt
3 Texas @ Arkansas
24 Tulane @ Navy
20 LSU @ Florida
Missouri @ 19 South Carolina
21 Arizona St @ Kansas St
6 Tennessee @ 11 Georgia
Kansas @ 14 BYU
NMP Week 6
Oregon
Ohio St
Georgia
Texas
Miami
Penn St
Tennessee
Indiana
Notre Dame
Boise St
BYU
LSU
Alabama
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Iowa St
Clemson
SMU
Army
Colorado
Pittsburgh
Kansas St
Vanderbilt
Arizona St
South Carolina
Others Getting Votes: Louisville, Washington St, Tulane, UL Lafayette
Added: South Carolina
Dropped: Memphis
Biggest Winners: Alabama (6), LSU (5), BYU (5)
Biggest Losers: Kansas St (11), Clemson (11), Pitt (6)
This weekend had its fair share of upsets and games that shook up conference and playoff races. With all the shake up and a rather large amount of teams on bye weeks this week, I figured it was a good time to take a deeper dive into teams and do a full reevaluation of the top 25. Oregon, undefeated beat OSU, simple. Ohio st beats PSU @PSU and Georgia once again looks like 2 different teams the 1st and 2nd halves. Texas still slots in at 4, pretty simple there too I think. Miami again stays undefeated after a slight scare, defense needs to carry a little more weight, but is enough to hop TN after they also start very slow again. Indiana, while they may have played rather weak competition, the games aren’t even close, what they have been able to do on O and D this season is really remarkable. Notre Dame still just chilling there at 9. Boise St continues to run Jeanty but now Madsen is really rounding into form, could be a real threat in the 1st round of the playoffs if they make it. BYU… they keep winning games, they keep moving up, just really hard to keep them behind multiple 2 loss teams now. Now you get the 4 SEC teams who can both look dominant and very beatable all in the same game, sometimes even half. Could really have them in any order and I wouldn’t really complain either way. Put A&M last purely because of the QB situation and the unknown week to week of who you’ll get. While Ole Miss is probably the most complete out of the bunch, they just can’t seem to put it all together. Alabama has the most potential and highest ceiling out of the 4, but also has the lowest floor… by a lot. LSU, thus far, has put together the best season so far, justtttt slightly, and are the least volatile. Iowa St lost to a very sneaky good Texas Tech team, could be a harsh drop, but only time will tell. Clemson, I was probably too high on them, looking back at their schedule and seeing that they really weren’t too competitive with the biggest games on their schedule, a justified huge drop (ACC Mizzou???) SMU just absolutely smokes a really good Pitt team, in the drivers seat for an ACC champ game spot. Colorado on a bye week, have a heisman front runner, arguably the best college QB, and actually a pretty solid defense too, look to see them in the Big 12 champ game if they can hold their own the rest of the year. Pitt, really sad to see them lose, especially the way they did. Holstein and the O just could not put anything together whatsoever. K St I still think is pretty good, but you just can’t be losing to this years Houston team… And to round out the top 25 this week, 3 teams no one wants to see on their schedule the rest of the season, Arizona St and Skattebo, Vanderbilt and Pavia, and South Carolina and Sellers. Very tough, very good teams, these are the type of teams you would absolutely love to play for.
Heisman Race:
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Cam Ward, Miami
Jeanty is starting to slip off his blistering pace, can definitely claw it back. Travis takes my #1 spot, just barely. Ward is the only reason Miami doesn’t have 2-3 losses. Daily, from Army, falls off due to injury, no timetable on return currently. Gabriel, from Oregon, will probably end up in New York this year but I just get a sense he’s getting the Trevor Lawerence treatment and is on peoples’ boards as more of a career award than a current season award.
Key Games:
3 Georgia @ 14 Ole Miss
13 Alabama @ 12 LSU
Michigan @ 8 Indiana
20 Colorado @ Texas Tech
25 South Carolina @ 23 Vanderbilt
11 BYU @ Utah
NMP Week 5
Oregon
Georgia
Penn St
Texas
Ohio St
Clemson
Tennessee
Miami
Notre Dame
Texas A&M
Kansas St
Indiana
Iowa St
Boise St
Pittsburgh
BYU
LSU
Ole Miss
Alabama
Army
SMU
Colorado
Vanderbilt
Arizona St
Memphis
Others Getting Votes: Navy, Virginia Tech, Washington St
Added: Arizona St, Memphis
Dropped: Navy, Illinois
Biggest Winners: Texas A&M (3), Indiana (3), Colorado (3)
Biggest Losers: LSU (8)
Honestly, kind of a boring week. Lots of pretty decent games entering the week, just no fireworks when the games were actually played. Oregon rolls Illinois, actually looking like the surefire #1 right now. Penn St avoids the trap to set up a monster game in Happy Valley next weekend. Texas stops the field storm in Nashville. Notre Dame forces 6!!! turnovers vs Navy, really sad to see them lose honestly. Texas A&M is looking scary, Reed needs to start the rest of the year, they’re a completely different team with him in the game. Indiana wins rather comfortably with their backup QB in. Boise wins a close one on Friday night on a Jeanty off night. Pitt puts up 21 off of pick 6s in the first half vs Syracuse. LSU was looking like they were gonna win pretty easily until Elko made a QB change; season is still in front of them, huge matchup vs Bama in a couple weeks. Ole Miss avoids the upset vs Oklahoma… really shaky start. Alabama looks like Alabama again, looks like they heard what I was saying last week. Best moment of the game was Womack and the whole defense locking down Mizzou on the goal line and going nuts for keeping the shutout on 4th and goal. SMU somehow wins after having 6!!! turnovers against Duke. Colorado keeps rolling. Vandy proves the Bama game was not a fluke, loses a very close game vs Texas. Arizona St and Memphis, welcome back. Memphis… better watch out, a loss is coming in the future, let Henigan free and let him ball out before you need a comeback.
Heisman Race:
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Bryson Daily, Army
Cam Ward, Miami
Key Games:
5 Ohio St @ 3 Penn St
Duke @ 8 Miami
18 Ole Miss @ Arkansas
1 Oregon @ Michigan
2 Georgia vs. Florida
15 Pitt @ 21 SMU
NMP Week 4
Oregon
Georgia
Penn St
Texas
Ohio St
Clemson
Tennessee
Miami
LSU
Notre Dame
Kansas St
Iowa St
Texas A&M
Boise St
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Ole Miss
BYU
Alabama
Army
SMU
Vanderbilt
Illinois
Navy
Colorado
Others getting votes: Memphis, Duke, Syracuse, UNLV
Added: Illinois, Navy, Colorado
Dropped: Arizona St, Nebraska, Missouri
Biggest Winners: Indiana (6), Army (5)
Biggest Losers: Alabama (11), Texas (2)
A pretty quiet week this week honestly, not much movement in the poll from about 5-20. Alabama with the second largest drop in NMP history (LSU dropped 12 spots in 2023 after losing to Ole Miss). Oregon holds onto #1 after Texas loses to Georgia. Every team now has shown weaknesses this year, it’ll be fun down the stretch for sure. Clemson hops Tenn even after Tennessee beats Bama, they are just more impressive to me at this point. Miami escapes, again… Iowa St and TAMU in tougher games than expected but pull out the win to keep their impressive seasons intact. Indiana absolutely destroys a Nebraska team that I thought was a pretty good team this year. BYU almost proved why I have given them such a lower rank compared to others vs OK St, but they get a game winning touchdown in the last 30 seconds of the game. Alabama… such a poor string of performances from them, no passion, no hunger, no fight. Defense can’t stop the run to save their lives, the most undisciplined Alabama team I’ve ever seen, maybe even just straight up team. Milroe goes from Heisman race to fans calling for him to be benched in less than a month. Offense is far too predictable, refuses to run the ball with the running backs consistently, has gotten away from RPOs, WR pop passes, and moving the pocket that we’ve been accustomed to seeing since Lane Kiffin took over and revolutionized the Bama offense. Not to mention very questionable time management decisions in 4Q and late game situations. Army and Navy are on a collision course. Illinois gets a win over a poor Michigan team, but is enough to get them back in the top 25. Colorado is showing signs of actually having a really solid team, beat up on Arizona, out rushed UCF @UCF — impressive — and had a chance to beat K St late as well. I don’t normally give commentary on teams dropped from the poll, but I can’t in my right mind rank this Mizzou team after what I have seen this past month from them, they have a chance to hop right back in next week @Bama… Really sad to see ASU go if I’m being honest. A really fun team to watch, QB didn’t play due to injury and lost by 10 to Cincy, I hope to see them back in the top 25 soon.
Heisman Race:
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Cam Ward, Miami
Key Games:
Syracuse @ 16 Pitt (Thursday)
14 Boise St @ UNLV (Friday)
Missouri @ 19 Alabama
10 Notre Dame @ 24 Navy
23 Illinois @ 1 Oregon
4 Texas @ 22 Vanderbilt
9 LSU @ 13 Texas A&M
21 SMU @ Duke
NMP Week 3
Oregon
Texas
Penn St
Georgia
Ohio St
Tennessee
Clemson
Alabama
Miami
Notre Dame
LSU
Kansas St
Iowa St
Texas A&M
Boise St
Pittsburgh
Ole Miss
BYU
Missouri
Nebraska
Indiana
SMU
Vanderbilt
Arizona St
Army
Others getting votes: Navy, Illinois, Syracuse
Added: Army, Arizona St, Vanderbilt, BYU
Dropped: Illinois, Oklahoma, Utah, USC
Biggest Winners: Oregon (4), Texas A&M (4)
Biggest Losers: Ole Miss (8), Ohio St (3)
(Originally ranked on 10/14, posted on 10/20)Oregon gets a huge win at home vs Ohio St sending them over Texas. I still think Texas is the best team but they just have not been tested yet, that changes this weekend. TN and Bama are shaky once again to inferior opponents setting up a very interesting game on Saturday. Clemson continues to impress, really struggled with the order of them, Bama and TN this week. USC puts up a stinker… again. not Big 10 worthy currently, shocked I still had them this high looking back on it. TAMU gets reevaluated on the bye week, pushing them above Boise and Pitt. Ole Miss collects a second loss sending them plummeting, even to a good LSU team. Welcome Vandy, Army, and Arizona St. Vandy of course has a win over Bama and now gets a very solid win over Kentucky to see them in the poll for the first time in NMP history. ASU man, tough, tough team. I saw it last year but just didn’t have the results, this year they do. Very solid team, led by Skattebo. Army stays hot running over literally everyone on their schedule, Army Navy going to be insane this year.
Heisman Race:
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Cam Ward, Miami
Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Key Games:
4 Georgia @ 2 Texas
8 Alabama @ 6 Tennessee
9 Miami @ Louisville
20 Nebraska @ 21 Indiana
11 LSU @ Arkansas
NMP Week 2
Texas
Ohio St
Georgia
Penn St
Oregon
Tennessee
Alabama
Clemson
Ole Miss
Miami
Notre Dame
LSU
Kansas St
USC
Iowa St
Boise St
Pittsburgh
Texas A&M
Missouri
Nebraska
Indiana
Utah
Oklahoma
SMU
Illinois
Others Getting Votes: BYU, Arizona St, Army, Navy
Added: Texas A&M, Nebraska, SMU
Dropped: Michigan, Louisville, Rutgers
Biggest Winners: Pittsburgh (8), Boise St (6), Iowa St (6)
Biggest Losers: Missouri (8), Alabama (6), Miami (5), USC (5)
What a weekend. Wow. On paper it was supposed to be a stinker, naturally, it wasn’t. Lots of movement this week with all the upsets, teams just outside the top 25 looking pretty good, and just an overall reevaluation with another game on tape in the first half of the season. Bama couldn’t stop a nose bleed, Tenn loses to a backup QB, RB, and Kicker, Miami gets bodied by Cal (I wrote this in the 3rd quarter), Mizzou gets bodied by TAMU, and USC and Michigan lose in close, cross country conference matchups. Welcome a new #1, Texas. Top 5 is pretty self explanatory. Alabama has one of the best wins of the year, but Tennessee is just a better team right now. Clemson continues to soar against a brain dead FSU, Ole Miss gets right vs SCAR. Miami escapes… Again. Notre Dame, LSU, and K St slide up on bye weeks. Iowa St is still very under the radar. Boise St at this rate will have a Heisman, and once again dominate, as they should. Shoutout Pitt and Eli Holstein, man. Highly impressed with Pitt and Eli this year, continue to win and Eli arguably the best ACC QB this season. TAMU soars after just utterly dominating a very poor Mizzou team. Nebraska and Indiana continue to play well and win. Utah, Oklahoma, and Illinois hold serve pretty much with bye weeks. SMU looked very shaky early on with a close win vs Nevada and loss to BYU, but both are proving to not be as bad as initially thought, with the win vs Louisville, welcome to the top 25.
Heisman race:
Ashton Jeanty, Boise St
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Eli Holstein, Pitt
Cam Ward, Miami
Key Games:
1 Texas vs 23 Oklahoma
4 Penn St @ 14 USC
Cal @ 17 Pitt
2 Ohio St @ 5 Oregon
9 Ole Miss @ 11 LSU
12 Kansas St @ Colorado