NMP Week 4

1 Ohio St

2 Indiana

3 Texas A&M

4 Alabama

5 Georgia

6 Oregon

7 Miami

8 Ole Miss

9 Oklahoma

10 Vanderbilt

11 Texas Tech

12 Missouri

13 Georgia Tech

14 Notre Dame

15 BYU

16 USF

17 Tennessee

18 Louisville

19 Texas

20 Arizona St

21 Cincinnati

22 LSU

23 Michigan

24 USC

25 Virginia

Others getting votes: Illinois, Houston, Iowa, Utah

Added: Louisville, Arizona St, Virginia, Michigan

Dropped: Memphis, Utah, Washington, Nebraska

Biggest winners: BYU (8), Vandy (5) Cincy (3)

Biggest losers: LSU (9), Tennessee (6), Miami (6), USC (6)

Lots of movement this week in the NMP, only 1 team did not change their ranking this week, Mizzou. Ohio St and Indiana are pretty self explanatory. Bama is closing the gap on TAMU, 4 ranked wins in a row is crazy to do, only thing holding them back from having an argument for #1 is that loss to FSU. Georgia gets a huge comeback win over Ole Miss, secures their spot over Oregon who destroys Rutgers. Miami and Ole Miss both fall, I am going to keep their order that I’ve had all season with them so far, Miami’s loss is worse yes, but seems a little flukey to me with the 4 INTs. Not far behind is Oklahoma, Vandy, TTU, Mizzou, and Ga Tech. Oklahoma is still the best of the bunch to me, Vandy is proving that they have a legit shot at playoffs, TTU stumbles with their backup QB, so its hard to punish them as much as normal, still a really great, dominant team. Mizzou goes to 2OT @ Auburn and Georgia Tech holds off Duke. You could put these 4 in any order and I really wouldn’t complain with any order. I just need to see Georgia Tech against a little better competition or be a little more dominant for me to push them ahead of this pack as it stands. Notre Dame keeps rolling, BYU makes me eat my words, they’re good, not great still. Tennessee takes a second loss, this time to Bama, Louisville gets a nice Friday win @ Miami, they’ve been sneaky good all year and they finally got to prove it. Texas avoids a scare to… Kentucky… Their talent on the roster is keeping them afloat right now in my rankings, very very thin ice. Arizona St gets a huge win over TTU, regardless of whos at QB its still a great win for them. 21-25 is once again hard to rank, Cincy keeps rolling, LSU tumbles again, hard to overlook the 2 losses at this point. Michigan gets a dominant win over a solid Washington team, USC gets destroyed on the ground against Notre Dame but still a pretty good team in my eyes. And then you have UVA… don’t believe in them, but here they are with only 1 loss, although that FSU win is getting worse by the week. Seems to be a pretty calm week upcoming but thats when chaos happens.

Heisman race:

1 Ty Simpson, Alabama

2 Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt

3 Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss

4 Julian Saiyan, Ohio St

5 Fernanado Mendoza, Indiana

Expanded to 5 this week to encompass the fight for the #2 spot in my eyes, Beck threw his way out of the race on Friday. Ty has a very large margin right now over the rest, I think its his to lose at this point. Total command of the offense, picking apart any defense he’s faced minus FSU, and has the numbers and moments to back it up. Pavia is on a Manziel run right now so I wouldn’t count him out, truly the heart and soul of Vandy right now. Trinidad’s case took a hit in the 4th vs UGA but still put up good numbers and 35 points on a Kirby Smart Georgia defense. Julian and Fernando do have decent numbers so far, I just don’t think they’ve that moment or game when it was them who stepped up and dominated.

Key games:

8 Ole Miss @ 9 Oklahoma

16 USF @ Memphis

12 Mizzou @ 10 Vandy

3 Texas A&M @ 22 LSU

Houston @ 20 Arizona St

NMP Week 3

1 Miami

2 Ohio St

3 Indiana

4 Ole Miss

5 Texas A&M

6 Alabama

7 Texas Tech

8 Georgia

9 Oregon

10 Oklahoma

11 Tennessee

12 Missouri

13 LSU

14 Georgia Tech

15 Vanderbilt

16 Notre Dame

17 Memphis

18 USC

19 USF

20 Texas

21 Utah

22 Washington

23 BYU

24 Cincy

25 Nebraska

Others getting votes: Virginia, Michigan

Added: USC, Texas, Nebraska, USF

Dropped: Florida St, Michigan, Arizona St, Illinois

Biggest Winners: Indiana (8), Utah (4)

Biggest Losers: Oregon (6), Oklahoma (4)

Miami and Ohio St keep rolling, Ole Miss has their usual game where they forget how to play football vs WSU this week, and Indiana walks into Autzen and pretty much dominates Oregon. So that caused the shake up at the top this week. TAMU to Georgia is pretty standard, they all won their games so they stay put. Oregon stays in just ahead of Oklahoma after they both slip up this week, I still think Oregon is better than Oklahoma, hopefully Mateer can heal to 100% quickly. I only dropped Mizzou a couple spots, played Bama close for the whole game, no need to drop them behind many other 1 loss teams. Middle of the pack nothing really noteworthy so we’ll keep it moving. USC and USF both rocket up in the rankings, like I said last week, once you get past about 15, it gets pretty tough to rank these teams. Expect a ton of volatility in this range for the rest of the year. But, both teams absolutely dominate their competition this week, Michigan and North Texas were not easy teams to dominate. Texas falls back into their winning ways vs a hurt Mateer and Oklahoma. Utah dominates a hapless Arizona St team who didn’t have their QB, but even so, an impressive performance. Washington slots in at #22 ahead of teams that I still don’t really believe in; BYU, Cincy, and Nebraska. BYU is very much like last year, yeah they’re undefeated but they’re not a good undefeated. Cincy I just flat out think is better than Nebraska, even with the head to head loss. HUGE week this upcoming week, I’m expecting a lot of movement in the next NMP.

Heisman Race:

1 Ty Simpson, Alabama

2 Carson Beck, Miami

3 Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss

Midway through the year now, time to start giving a ranking to these dudes. Ty is the hottest QB in the nation right now, crazy high completion percentage, really good TD/INT ratio, and just overall playing on fire right now. Beck has also been playing pretty well, and has the performances against great teams to go along with it. Chambliss has been electric so far this season, took over for the injured Austin Simmons and never looked back, looking forward to seeing where he takes Ole Miss this year.

Key Games:

13 LSU @ 15 Vandy

10 Oklahoma @ South Carolina

4 Ole Miss @ 8 Georgia

7 Texas Tech @ Arizona St

11 Tennessee @ 6 Alabama

18 USC @ 16 Notre Dame

21 Utah @ 23 BYU

NMP Week 2

1 Miami

2 Ole Miss

3 Oregon

4 Ohio St

5 Texas A&M

6 Oklahoma

7 Alabama

8 Georgia

9 Texas Tech

10 Missouri

11 Tennessee

12 Indiana

13 LSU

14 Arizona St

15 Georgia Tech

16 Michigan

17 Vanderbilt

18 Notre Dame

19 Memphis

20 Illinois

21 Washington

22 Florida St

23 BYU

24 Cincinnati

25 Utah

Others getting votes: Virginia, Texas, USF, Nebraska

Added: Notre Dame, Illinois, Washington, BYU, Cincinnati

Dropped: Texas, Penn St, Iowa St, Mississippi St, Virginia

Biggest winners: Georgia Tech (5), Michigan (5)

Biggest losers: Florida St (9), Vanderbilt (3)

This week at the top was pretty standard, but middle to lower in the rankings it was a party. This week was a difficult one to rank after #17. But, let’s start at the top. Miami beats up on FSU, still look far and away the best team right now. TAMU dominates a surprisingly good Miss St team. OU shines with a backup QB (yes, I know it was Kent St). Bama gets revenge, UGA destroys a poor Kentucky team, and Texas Tech rolls again. #10-#15 were all on bye weeks, so no change in the order there, just slide them all up accordingly. Vandy loses to Bama to get their first loss of the season, was a great game and was closer than the score shows, no need to punish them too much for now. Notre Dame joins the party, and honestly might have been poor oversight by me last week to not rank them, but here they are. They’ve beaten the teams they’re supposed to beat how they should be beating them, and have 2 losses to 2 top 5 teams by a combined 4 points. Memphis gets bowl eligible, rolling right now behind Brendon Lewis. Illinois balls out through the air vs Purdue. Still don’t fully trust them but they have bounced back nicely from their loss. Washington comes back from a 20-0 hole to win 24-20 @Maryland, a solid team with a relatively close loss to Ohio St. FSU loses to Miami, kept them in with their win over Bama, still a tough team to play. BYU, Cincy, and Utah I am honestly not too confident in them. I think they’re all just flat out worse than FSU, so thats why they are behind them. BYU takes the first spot due to being undefeated, Cincy slots in with the win over Iowa St, and Utah still has the Texas Tech loss in my mouth due to the bye week. I don’t normally speak on unranked teams, but Texas and Penn St are embarrassing right now, I was tempted to keep Texas in purely for the quality of losses they have, but Penn St is just straight up bad right now.

Heisman:

Carson Beck, Miami

Ty Simpson, Alabama

Ahmad Hardy, Missouri

Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss

Key Games:

Alabama @ Mizzou

4 Ohio St @ 20 Illinois

12 Indiana @ 3 Oregon

Texas vs 6 Oklahoma

Florida @ 5 Texas A&M

14 Arizona St @ 25 Utah

4th Annual NMP Week 1 Release

1 Miami

2 Ole Miss

3 Oregon

4 Ohio St

5 Texas A&M

6 Oklahoma

7 Alabama

8 Georgia

9 Texas

10 Texas Tech

11 Missouri

12 Penn St

13 Florida St

14 Vanderbilt

15 Tennessee

16 Indiana

17 LSU

18 Arizona St

19 Iowa St

20 Georgia Tech

21 Michigan

22 Mississippi St

23 Memphis

24 Virginia

25 Utah

Others getting votes: Illinois, Washington, USC

Welcome to the 4th year (2nd year on the website) of the NMP. First month of ball is now in the books, so now its time to finally get a ranking out. As a refresher, every week, normally on Sunday or Monday, I drop a new poll with my thoughts and explanations right after it. There will also be a Heisman race tracker and games to look out for for the upcoming week following the explanation. As for the Others Getting Votes teams, those are teams who I was considering and evaluating to put in the top 25, but just missed out. Just like other polls out there. Now that the refresher is done with, lets get into some football.

Lots of great games this week. The 2 big ones, Bama vs UGA and PSU vs Oregon definitely did not disappoint. Miami has been the best all around team so far to me and they also have a solid resume. Ole Miss I had to see a little more from Trinidad to really believe in them, after beating up on LSU, I’m a believer. Oregon rounds out a pretty clear cut top 3 for me. Ohio St has the win over Texas but they’ve had slow starts in every game this year, which takes them below Oregon. TAMU and Oklahoma have both been really solid this year, I’m giving A&M the nod simply because Mateer is out for about a month. Bama, I had a tonnnn of doubt after the FSU loss, now after what I have seen vs a poor, but defensively solid Wisco team and @ Georgia, they’ve gotten rid of most of that doubt… will they continue it or will it be a repeat of last year? UGA and Texas are basically the same, I’ve just seen a pulse on offense from Georgia so they get the edge. Very impressed with Mizzou and Ahmad Hardy this year, huge game vs Bama after the bye week. Penn St took a loss to Oregon in OT, otherwise, just not impressed at all with them, and they’ve played no one this year so far. Florida St gets upset by Virginia on Friday night. Vandy and Tennessee are both really solid. Indiana beat what I think to be a poor Illinois team and struggled vs Iowa. LSU has no offense right now, but have a great defense. AZ St and Iowa St, going through the Big 12 gauntlet right now, even with the loss, I think Arizona St is just better. GT avoids a scare, and their Clemson win is getting weaker by the week. Mississippi St stays in even with the OT loss to TN this week, they might be cooking something this year… good luck with the schedule the rest of the year. Memphis is best GO5 team I’ve watched this year. Legit shot of a playoff run this year. UVA sneaks in after the FSU upset. Utah gets in, the Texas Tech score is not indicative of how close that game was, still a very tough out in the Big 12 this year.

Heisman Race (no order):

Ahmad Hardy, Missouri

Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss

Carson Beck, Miami

Ty Simpson, Alabama

Key Games:

14 Vandy @ 7 Bama

1 Miami @ 13 FSU

22 Miss St @ 5 TAMU

9 Texas @ Florida

2025 College Football Predictions

Conference Championship Games:

Big 10- Penn St beats Ohio St

SEC- Texas beats Georgia

ACC- Clemson beats Louisville

Big 12- Utah beats Arizona St

American- Navy beats UTSA

Sun Belt- James Madison beats Texas St

MAC- Miami (OH) beats Toledo

Mountain West- Boise St beats San Jose St

CUSA- Western Kentucky beats Sam Houston St

Playoff Prediction

1 Penn St

2 Texas

3 Clemson

4 Ohio St

5 Georgia

6 Oregon

7 LSU

8 Alabama

9 Florida

10 Notre Dame

11 Utah

12 Navy

Byes- Penn St, Texas, Clemson, Ohio St

12 Navy @ 5 Georgia- Georgia wins

11 Utah @ 6 Oregon- Oregon wins

10 Notre Dame @ 7 LSU- LSU wins

9 Florida @ 8 Alabama- Florida wins

Quarterfinals:

1 Penn St vs 8 Florida- Penn St wins

2 Texas vs 7 LSU- Texas wins

3 Clemson vs 6 Oregon- Clemson wins

4 Ohio St vs 5 Georgia- Georgia wins

Semifinals:

5 Georgia vs 1 Penn St- Penn St wins

2 Texas vs 3 Clemson- Texas wins

Championship:

1 Penn St vs 2 Texas- Penn St wins

Heisman:

Jeremiah Smith, DJ Lagway, Cade Klubnik, Garrett Nussmeier

Winner: Cade Klubnik

Doak Walker: Ahmad Hardy

Biletnikoff: Jeremiah Smith

Bold Predictions:

We will have multiple undefeated teams going into the playoffs.

0 Big 12 teams finish top 15, 0 Group of 5 teams finish top 20

10 SEC teams finish in the top 25 prior to bowl season

NMP Week 11

1. Oregon

2. Notre Dame

3. Georgia

4. Texas

5. Penn St

6. Tennessee

7. Ohio St

8. Arizona St

9. South Carolina

10. Boise St

11. SMU

12. Indiana

13. Ole Miss

14. Alabama

15. Clemson

16. Miami

17. Iowa St

18. Colorado

19. Syracuse

20. Army

21. Memphis

22. Texas A&M

23. UNLV

24. Missouri

25. 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

1. Oregon

2. Texas

3. Notre Dame

4. Penn St

5. Georgia

6. Tennessee

7. Ohio St

8. SMU

9. South Carolina

10. Arizona St

11. Indiana

12. Boise St

13. Ole Miss

14. Alabama

15. Miami

16. Iowa St

17. Colorado

18. Clemson

19. Syracuse

20. UNLV

21. Memphis

22. Tulane

23. Texas A&M

24. Missouri

25. 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

1. Oregon

2. Ohio St

3. Texas

4. Penn St

5. Notre Dame

6. Miami

7. Georgia

8. Tennessee

9. Indiana

10. SMU

11. Boise St

12. Arizona St

13. South Carolina

14. Clemson

15. Ole Miss

16. Alabama

17. Tulane

18. Texas A&M

19. Colorado

20. Iowa St

21. Syracuse

22. UNLV

23. Memphis

24. Army

25. 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

1. Oregon

2. Ohio St

3. Texas

4. Indiana

5. Penn St

6. Notre Dame

7. Miami

8. Ole Miss

9. Alabama

10. Georgia

11. Tennessee

12. Colorado

13. Boise St

14. Texas A&M

15. SMU

16. South Carolina

17. Arizona St

18. Clemson

19. Army

20. BYU

21. Tulane

22. Iowa St

23. Syracuse

24. UNLV

25. 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:

    1. Travis Hunter, Colorado

    2. 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

1. Oregon

2. Ohio St

3. Texas

4. Indiana

5. Penn St

6. Tennessee

7. Notre Dame

8. Miami

9. Ole Miss

10. Alabama

11. Georgia

12. Boise St

13. Colorado

14. BYU

15. Texas A&M

16. SMU

17. Clemson

18. Army

19. South Carolina

20. LSU

21. Arizona St

22. Louisville

23. Iowa St

24. Tulane

25. 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:

1. Travis Hunter, Colorado

2. Ashton Jeanty, Boise St

3. 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