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Come Fan with UsWednesday, August 5, 2026

Who’s No. 2? Does the CFP committee go with Michigan or Clemson (or Other)?

NCAA Football: Michigan at Michigan State
NCAA Football: Michigan at Michigan State
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It’s your weekend wrap-up edition of PAPN!

Topics include...

  • This week’s S&P+ rankings.
  • West Virginia is still quite good but wasn’t meant to go 12-0.
  • Same with Baylor.
  • Lots of teams in the No. 20-40 range struggled, opening the door for a couple of surprise top-25ers.
  • POWDER RIVER.
  • Ole Miss: The best 5-loss team in the country, just as it was the best 4-loss team before that.
  • USC has been looking the part for a month now.
  • Penn State and Oklahoma both dilly-dallied, then hit the gas.
  • Wisconsin, LSU, and Auburn: still positioning themselves for a run if chaos ensues.
  • Florida: good. Bad, but good. So ... very Florida, in other words.
  • Should we be concerned about Ohio State or really concerned?
  • Washington survives a test, and in a time slot where people east of the Mississippi can see them!
  • Let’s predict the CFP’s initial top 6! No. 1 and No. 4 seem reasonably certain. But ... who’s No. 2, and who’s No. 5?
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