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Come Fan with UsSaturday, August 8, 2026

PAPN: Bama, sure, whatever, but Washington State and UCF have also been awesome in ‘17

A review of the S&P+ rankings and our favorite potential Playoff matchups.

NCAA Football: Oregon State at Washington State
NCAA Football: Oregon State at Washington State
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

Let’s talk about college football’s best teams through one month!

Topics:

  • This week’s S&P+ top 25.
  • Washington’s perceptions problems (i.e. what happens when you look bad against Rutgers)
  • Ohio State’s got a perceptions problem, too.
  • The case for preseason projections
  • UCF has been awesome this year.
  • Washington State has been awesome this year, and Bill’s formulas don’t hate the Cougs after all!
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