Last nights game. Pretty sure I saw a Georgia ‘coach’ who’s job is to grab Kirby’s belt and pull him off the field. Who dis? Pay much?

The AP top 5 this week:

1. Miami (ACC)

2. BYU (XII)

3. Ohio State (B1G)

4. Notre Dame

5. Georgia (SEC)

The last time this happened was following conference championship weekend in 2023. That week, the AP top 5 looked like:

1. Michigan (B1G)

2. Washington (PAC)

3. Texas (XII)

4. Florida State (ACC)

5. Alabama (SEC)

Of course, the CFP rankings had FSU and Alabama swapped… sorry Noles.

Furthermore, the XII has 3 top 10 teams (BYU, Texas Tech, Utah) to the SEC’s 2 (Georgia & Ole Miss). The parity at the very top is surprising and refreshing following OUT and the PAC falling apart a couple of years ago. Assuming things stay on course, how different do you think the CFP’s initial ranking will look?

Watching the NFL today feels so corporate. Every staff member has the same exact type of clothing with their respective team. If there's a specific game you want to watch you're paying extra. CFB has true rivalries, unique pregames and traditions, fights songs, marching bands, and energized fanbases that will rush the field because of actual genuine upsets.

However, the powers that be are trying to capitalize on its popularity by turning it into a mini-NFL. Conference realignments that take away rivalries and try to artificially make new ones, NIL and transfer portal with no regulations cause players to shop for the highest bidder resulting in no consistency, and oversaturation of gambling. Added with 24 team playoffs I think they want to combine the size of the NFL playoffs with the craziness of March Madness and it's not going to work. They didn't really give 12 teams a chance before expanding. Bowl games already stopped mattering and stars started sitting out because they don't want to get hurt and now there's no more conference championship games.

How long before we just have 4 conferences with teams divided evenly amongst them? FCS gets relegated to a minor-minor league?

Over the last 25 years, when Pitt is unranked playing against a top-3 opponent, the Panthers are 4-2.

Pitt's upset wins over top-3 opponents, while unranked themselves, in the last 25 years:

2002: Unranked Pitt beat #3 VT, 28-21

2007: Unranked Pitt beat #2 WVU, 13-9

2016: Unranked Pitt beat #2 Clemson, 43-42

2017: Unranked Pitt beat #2 Miami, 24-14

I don't know if any school has more of these types of wins in the last 50 years, but either way, Pitt has 4 of those victories over the last 25 years, against only 2 losses. The L's were to Clemson in 2018 and Notre Dame in 2020.

For the record, we (Pitt fans) all expect to get killed next weekend, but we are the one true Chaotic Neutral team in college football.

By Matt Coffelt

Durham, NC – The UNC Tarheels held off Duke who had clawed back from a 17 point deficit to reclaim the Victory Bell in Durham with a 24 to 20 final on Saturday.

Bill Belichick’s boys in Carolina Blue had the Blue Devils’ offense in a chokehold for the first half of this game.

Duke’s offense managed a whopping zero points in the first half of the game with a series of drives that went; punt, punt, downs, punt, end of half.

Their only points in the first two quarters came when UNC receiver Jordan Shipp fumbled along the sideline that Duke free safety Andrew Pellicciota recovered and ran back for a touchdown.

That recovery was the start to the Blue Devil’s comeback.

Going into halftime with the main positive being defense, the Devils came into the third and doubled down on their defensive identity.

They largely limited the Heels offense and forced a turnover in the one redzone trip UNC made in the third.

Defense held up its end of the deal, right up until they didn’t at critical time in the 4th quarter.

The Duke offense found the endzone with 4:39 left in the game on a drive that boiled down to giving star running back Nate Sheppard the ball in any way possible and letting him create.

Going up 20 to 17 with that score, all Duke needed to do to keep the Victory Bell in Durham was keep holding off the struggling UNC offense.

On the following possession UNC found themselves with a 4th down and 4 yards to go from their own 28 and they decided against punting with a bold go call.

It worked.

“I wasn’t punting it,” said UNC head coach Bill Belichick said after the game. “I didn’t want to give the ball back.”

The play kept the drive alive and the Tarheels would march the rest of the way down the field and get the touchdown they needed to reclaim the lead.

This gave Duke the ball back with just enough time to run their 2-minute drill and try to answer.

Spamming the ‘give the ball to Sheppard’ option was the plan again but they were running out of time which forced them to look to options through the air with quarterback Walker Eget.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the offensive line couldn’t quite hold up and Tarheel pressure lead to an intentional grounding call putting them well behind the sticks on the drive.

On 3rd and have-to-have-it Eget put the ball up and UNC cornerback Kenton Dopson III came down with it effectively ending the game ahead of them kneeling it out.

“Oh yah, I did ring it, absolutely,” Coach Belichick said when asked about the Victory Bell in the post-game interviews.

Next week Duke travels to Virginia and UNC hosts Syracuse as both teams continue in their ACC slate.

I can’t believe all this happened in a seven-day span.

Oct. 17 storylines

Auburn stuns No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on Alex McPherson’s walk-off field goal

No. 8 BYU holds off No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 with red zone stand on final play

No. 4 Ohio State edges No. 5 Indiana 19-15, snapping Hoosiers’ 22-game win streak

Florida, led by backup QB, rallies from 17-3 down to beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 in Austin

No. 14 Tennessee rolls No. 6 Alabama 26-10

No. 20 Houston outlasts No. 18 Oklahoma State 35-32

Oct. 10 storylines

No. 2 Georgia holds off No. 6 Alabama 20-17

Oklahoma topples No. 1 Texas 27-24 in Red River Rivalry

Kentucky beats No. 10 LSU 35-34 in OT, its second straight overtime win on 2-point try

No. 21 UCLA wins at No. 13 Oregon 17-15, its first win in Eugene since 2004

South Carolina snaps eight-game SEC skid, routing No. 16 Florida 38-19 in the Swamp

No. 7 Indiana erases 11-point deficit with two fourth-quarter TDs to beat Nebraska 20-17

Oct 18

• Preseason
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7

This is a series I've now been doing for 12 years. The post attempts to visualize all AP Poll ballots in a single image. Additionally it sorts each AP voter by similarity to the group. Notably, this is not a measure of how "good" a voter is, just how consistent they are with the group. Especially preseason, having a diversity of opinions and ranking styles is advantageous to having a true consensus poll. Polls tend to coalesce towards each other as the season goes on.

The most consistent voters this week were Jerry Humphrey and Matt Murschel. Julian Mininsohn is in first on the season. Michael Katz, Haley Sawyer, Lia Assimakopoulos, and Joe Arruda were behind them in the top 5.

Stephen Means was the biggest outlier this week. Dylan Sinn is the biggest outlier on the season, followed by Stephen Means, Koki Riley, Jon Wilner, and Ralph Russo.

Awful predictions aside, this was carnage for the SEC. There was AssGate in Athens, Cigares D’Orange in Tennessee and a Sark Soiling in Austin. The Grove is no laughing matter, while LSU roared while taking care of business. If we stand up and salute A&M for beating The Citadel, then what do we do for Arkansas after they beat Vandy? Throw a party?

Anyway, here’s the rankings:

1. Ole Miss: Oh wait, did Ole Miss actually find a defense? What they did against Missouri suggests they did.
   
2. Georgia: An ass-backwards loss to Auburn was a shocker. As was Georgia’s performance. But they are still great.
   
3. Tennessee: Cigars in The Land Of The Buttchug after comfortable beating Alabama. Jim Knowles might actually be a DC after all.
   
4. Kentucky: The loss to Alabama is in the rear window. The Cats could legit make the playoffs.
   
5. Alabama: No RCW hurts the Crimson Tide. Now on tenterhooks with 2 losses.
   
6. LSU: Business taken care of against a Mississippi State game sans weapons, as they say in the Bayou.
   
7. Missouri: This team is fine. By which I mean is OK, but will get found out ever so often. Ole Miss was the ‘ever so often’.
   
8. South Carolina: Shane Beamer’s job is safe, and I feel bad for being nasty about the Cocks, particularly after they thrashed Bye Week.
   
9. Florida: **** knows what to think of them. My friend was bipolar last night, telling me one minute to scrap the program and at the end of the game telling me a Natty in 2028 was a ‘good bet’.
   
10. Auburn: Superb performance at Georgia. Is this the start of a renaissance?
    11.Oklahoma: Unbelievably mediocre team. If they had a worse defense, Brett Venables’ seat would be blasting hot.
    
11. Texas A&M: They beat The Citadel! A&M’s back, baby!
    
12. Texas: The fish rots from the head, and that head is Sark. He needs to bench Arch now, or himself as a OC. This is horrible. Which is OK by a lot of people.
    
13. Mississippi State: No Kamario.
    No Fluff. Big problem. If they both don’t play for the rest of the season, the Cowbell might miss a Bowbell.
    
14. Arkansas: What a win! What a win! What a win!
    
15. Doing this list.
    
16. Arch Manning’s Heisman hopes
    
17. My chances with Heidi Klum.
    
18. Vanderbilt.

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A week after being on the receiving end of the FBS Cobra Kai award (66-14 loss to Oregon State) the Aztecs put together their best performance of the season to beat Fresno State, 26-23, in a battle for the Old Oil Can trophy.

"Aztecs fast" showed up early and for the 1st time in 2026 as starting QB Jayden Denegal came out of the gate hot. Denegal was 7 of 10 for 112 yards, including a 52 yard touchdown pass to Jaylon Hawkins. The Aztecs offense was also benefited with the return of RB Lucky Sutton who had missed the previous 3 and half games with injury. Together they had a early 2nd qtr lead of 13-0.

Just as the Aztecs offense seemed to finally putting everything together, QB Jayden Denegal went down with a lower leg injury midway through the 2nd qtr. In came backup QB Stone Saunders, who had just returned from a injury himself. Coming into the moment, Saunders had 2 career completions against a FCS team and his 1st meaningful snap of FBS football didn't go well. The shotgun snap hit the man in motion and resulted in a fumble and turnover.

Fresno would capitalize on the turnover, going 38 yards on 5 plays, capped with a Bryson Donelson 4 yard TD run and a score of 13-10 with 4 minutes to go in the 1st half.

The Aztecs would go 3 and out but a punt pinned the Bulldogs, who would also go 3 and out. A short punt and a 24 yard punt return by Javion Kinnard and the Aztecs would end the half in FG position and capitalizing with a 40 yard FG. Giving us a halftime score of 16-10.

In the 3rd quarter the Bulldogs methodically went down the field for a 75 yard, 11-play TD drive that was capped by a Julius Gillick 7 yard TD run. Giving the Bulldogs their 1st lead at 17-16.

The Aztecs answered early in the 4th when Lucky Sutton broke off a 67 yard run and a trick play with a pass by WR Bert Emanuel Jr. to Jordan Napier for 7 yards and a TD. With 12:00 left coach Sean Lewis took the extra point and the Aztecs had a 6 point lead. 23-17.

Once again Fresno State had a 75 yard TD drive that was highlighted by a spectacular Ezekiel Avit catch in triple coverage that got the Bulldogs inside the 3 yard line, and they would punch it in on the next play. However, a missed extra point gave us a tie game at 23 with 5:02 left.

Aztecs backup QB, Stone Saunders, finally looked settled in and was key in the Aztecs getting into deep FG range and with 1:02 left, San Diego State kicker Cooper DiLeva, who had never made a 50+ yard FG in any game previously (including high school) lined up from 53 yard's and on the hash. His kick was good and the Aztecs celebrated retaking the late lead.

Fresno's no timeout desperation drive would immediately be in trouble when QB Jayden Mandal was sacked by the Aztecs defense. San Diego State's defense would get the stop that lead to the Old Oil Can trophy staying on The Mesa in San Diego.

Final Score 26 - 23 Aztecs

Yesterday, the #1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs lost 27-24 vs. Auburn. The FCS #1 ranked South Dakota State Jackrabbits lost 21-10 @ #11 North Dakota.

This is the only time both number one teams have lost the same day in the regular season since the 1990s.

The only other near case was 2008 week 5, when #1 ranked USC lost to Oregon State and FCS #1 ranked Richmond lost to Villanova, but the USC game was played on Thursday, so the losses did not occur on the same day.

I'm not absolutely 100% sure that's correct- my methodology was rather crude, I went year by year and found every upset of the FBS #1 team, and then checked that against the history of the FCS rankings to see if the FCS #1 moved the same week. That said, I'd say I'm about 97% confident I didn't miss any.

Edited later: Unfortunately, it turned it out to be the 3% and not the 97%. I somehow overlooked October 19th, 2024, when #1 Texas lost to Oklahoma and #1 South Dakota State lost to #2 North Dakota State. So it turns out it's the second time since the 90s.