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