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