SEC falling. A week after having an unprecedented 10 teams in the AP top 25, the SEC came down to earth, with only seven teams making the cut. Arkansas (lost to Toledo), Tennessee (lost to Oklahoma) and Mississippi State (lost to LSU) fell, while Auburn fell 12 spots after needing overtime to survive FCS Jacksonville State. The SEC will be fine, but this wasn’t its week.
The SEC’s AP Top 25 record didn’t last long
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Rankings that matter just as much. Spencer Hall ranks his top eight, based on how little each has looked like Arkansas.
Trumpgate. We went to the Iowa-Iowa State game to tailgate with Donald Trump and his fans so you don’t have to!
UCLA to the Playoff? New bowl projections by Jason Kirk include big jumps for the Bruins, along with Georgia Tech, Houston, Kentucky and others.
Heisman watch. Florida State running back Dalvin Cook rushed for 266 yards and three touchdowns against South Florida, vaulting his name up Heisman boards.
Ridin’ dirty. BYU is really fun. The Cougars just won two straight games on Hail Marys. But they’re also really, really dirty. It’s conflicting for college football fans.
Barry Sanders Jr. juked this dude so bad, you might have a flashback to his dad.
Bad to worse. South Carolina lost to Kentucky and has lost starting QB Connor Mitch for about a month, with Georgia on deck.
Get better, Gators. Florida needs to fix its offensive line. Oh, and those unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, too. Speaking of, the Florida player who was berated by coach Jim McElwain tweeted that he's not mad about the incident.
In good Florida news, this incident of GATOR-TACKLING-GATOR actually helped win the game!
Expected to be OK. Two Utah players were shot at a small party.
RUTGERS. Things are somehow still getting worse for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights' best player, Leonte Carroo, was suspended indefinitely for an incident that occurred "outside the stadium" on Saturday.
Terrible Terps. The Terrapins were blown out at home by Bowling Green. Randy Edsall and offensive coordinator Mike Locksley have a lot to answer for.
Not bad enough! Indiana football is not very good, but the Big Ten East is so bad after Ohio State and Michigan State that the Hoosiers might finish okay!
Cruciate catastrophe. Miami’s starting outside linebacker Darrion Owens is out for the season with a torn ACL.
New start, new era. It’s a new era (again) at Texas. Here’s what we learned about Jerrod Heard’s Longhorns.
Sun Belt sleeper. Arkansas State is 0-2, but after nearly upsetting Missouri, could the Red Wolves win the Sun Belt?
Podcastin’. The Solid Verbal recaps the week that was in college football, from Malik Zaire’s injury to the surprising Sooners.
Talkin' bout the Bucs. Jameis Winston started his NFL career with a pick six, while Marcus Mariota started his with a touchdown.
Bet on Bama? No. 2 Alabama opened as an 8.5-point favorite against No. 15 Ole Miss this week. That and more college football betting odds, here.
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