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Two top-10 groups fell on the street to unranked opponents. A 3rd fell to a lower-ranked staff. No. 5 Georgia flirted with catastrophe, as all the time, and simply because nothing is allowed to make sense within the ACC, No. 15 Virginia and No. 16 Louisville additionally thought laborious about face-planting earlier than rallying.
Week 10 did not give us fairly as many absolute disasters because it may have, and the injury was principally contained to the more and more chaotic ACC. And with two-thirds of the 2025 school soccer season executed, we now shift into Playoff Hyperdrive.
Let’s look again on Week 10, with assist from the assemble I used for the Week 10 preview: Playoff Tiers.
Up to date playoff tiers
The primary Faculty Soccer Playoff rankings of the season come out Tuesday, and utilizing a mix of the Allstate Playoff Predictor and odds pushed by my SP+ rankings, we will fairly simply bunch groups into teams of playoff probability. The tiers did not change a lot this weekend, although conveniently, every staff that misplaced fell into the tier under.
Tier 1
Indiana (9-0, 99.5% common playoff odds) — def. Maryland 55-10 on Saturday
Ohio State (8-0, 99.3%) — def. Penn State 38-14
Texas A&M (8-0, 95.7%)
With A&M off and Indiana and Ohio State successful by a mixed 93-24, nothing modified right here. These are the three probably groups to make the CFP, and although the playoff committee may overthink and attempt to discuss itself into ranking Alabama ahead of A&M or one thing due to ranked wins, the Aggies deserve the sting due to their street win over Tier 3’s Notre Dame and the extraordinarily vital proven fact that they did not lose to a 4-4 Florida State staff, because the Tide did.
Tier 2
Ole Miss (8-1, 83.6%) — def. South Carolina 30-14
Oregon (7-1, 75.6%)
Alabama (7-1, 74.0%)
BYU (8-0, 69.3%)
Texas Tech (8-1, 68.5%) — def. Kansas State 43-20
Georgia (7-1, 54.1%) — def. Florida 24-20
With Georgia Tech’s loss to NC State on Saturday, the Yellow Jackets dropped from Tier 2 to Tier 3, however with a surprisingly snug street win over a smoking scorching Kansas State, Texas Tech jumped from Tier 3 to 2. I am curious how the CFP committee would possibly view the Purple Raiders, a staff with eight wins by at the very least 23 factors and a lone loss coming with out beginning quarterback Behren Morton. Their strength-of-schedule numbers aren’t superb, however they ace the attention take a look at, and if “finest” is meant to matter over “most deserving,” effectively, they’re fourth in SP+.
Georgia, in the meantime, is tired of passing “eye assessments.” The Bulldogs as soon as once more painted themselves right into a nook, this time recognizing rival Florida a 20-17 lead and letting the Gators drive into area purpose vary halfway by way of the fourth quarter. However Georgia rallied as soon as once more, stuffing Jadan Baugh on fourth-and-1, instantly driving for a landing, then forcing a four-and-out and successful the sport. The Bulldogs look spectacular for about one quarter per recreation, however they’re 7-1 with a Tier 2 win over Ole Miss and a lone loss to Tier 2 Bama. The street nonetheless options video games towards Texas and Georgia Tech, nonetheless.
Tier 3
Notre Dame (6-2, 41.1%) — def. Boston Faculty 25-10
Virginia (8-1, 37.6%) — def. California 31-21
Louisville (7-1, 37.1%) — def. Virginia Tech 28-16
Texas (7-2, 33.5%) — def. Vanderbilt 34-31
Georgia Tech (8-1, 30.2%) — misplaced to NC State 48-36
Tier 3 is evidently the transition tier. Of final week’s 4 Tier 3 groups, one moved up with a win (Texas Tech) and two moved down with losses (Miami, Vanderbilt). In the meantime, it caught Georgia Tech on the way in which down and Texas on the way in which up. And with all the opposite chaos within the ACC, two one-loss groups that received as favorites Saturday (Virginia and Louisville) noticed their convention title odds rise by stable quantities. Additionally they moved up from Tier 4.
Tier 4
Oklahoma (7-2, 27.0%) — def. Tennessee 33-27
Vanderbilt (7-2, 26.8%) — misplaced to Texas 34-31
Utah (7-2, 24.2%) — def. Cincinnati 45-14
Miami (6-2, 17.9%) — misplaced to SMU 26-20
USC (6-2, 14.0%) — def. Nebraska 21-17
Washington (6-2, 13.6%)
Missouri (6-2, 10.7%)
Michigan (7-2, 10.5%) — def. Purdue 21-16
Pitt (7-2, 6.9%) — def. Stanford 35-20
Duke (5-3, 6.4%) — def. Clemson 46-45
Iowa (6-2, 6.0%)
SMU (6-3, 5.7%) — def. Miami 26-20
Oklahoma and Vanderbilt have respectable sufficient odds that I may have slipped them into Tier 3, however as a result of they’ve each misplaced to Tier 3 Texas, and head-to-head matchups between two-loss SEC groups may matter quite a bit, we’ll put them right here. At this level, Tier 4 is a mixture of two-loss Massive Ten and SEC groups (OU, Vandy, USC, Washington, Mizzou, Michigan, Iowa), two-loss Massive 12 and ACC groups that both have spectacular wins (Miami) or are merely smoking scorching (Utah, Pitt) and three-loss ACC groups that also have a puncher’s probability on the convention title (Duke, SMU).
Tier (Group of) 5
James Madison (7-1, 27.7%) — def. Texas State 52-20
North Texas (8-1, 26.4%) — def. Navy 31-17
Memphis (8-1, 15.9%) — def. Rice 38-14
USF (6-2, 13.9%)
San Diego State (7-1, 8.9%) — def. Wyoming 24-7
There’s nonetheless a situation wherein, say, SMU wins the ACC at 10-3 however ranks behind a pair of one-loss Group of 5 champions, and the G5 will get a number of bids. That mentioned, one G5 bid continues to be far and away the probably situation, and that race stays awfully fascinating. JMU impressed sufficient in San Marcos, Texas, final Tuesday that the Dukes jumped from fiftieth to thirty sixth in SP+. They will not end with an awesome résumé — their most spectacular efficiency was a loss to Louisville wherein they had been tied within the fourth quarter earlier than a fumble restoration landing put them behind — however they give the impression of being the half sufficient that they need to be ok with their possibilities in the event that they end 12-1 to win the Solar Belt, and the American Convention champ is 11-2.
Nonetheless, it is clear the American winner, whoever it finally ends up being, is probably to attain the bid even when JMU’s odds are higher than any staff.
What Tuesday’s rankings ought to seem like
For the previous couple of years, I have been twiddling with what quantities to a BCS-ish components, derived half from the AP ballot and half from a mix of each pc energy scores (SP+ and FPI) and pc résumé scores (résumé SP+ and energy of document). With just a few exceptions — Alabama over Florida State in 2023, SMU over Alabama in 2024 — it tends to stick fairly intently to what the committee decides.
Tuesday’s rankings would be the first for the reason that CFP committee started utilizing “enhanced metrics to help evaluate schedule strength,” nonetheless. What does that imply in follow? I do not know. So, in anticipation of Tuesday’s launch, let us take a look at 4 rankings for the groups probably to be ranked by the committee: (1) their AP ballot rating, (2) their rating on this BCS-ish components, (3) their strength of record rating and (4) their résumé SP+ rating.
This clearly adheres fairly intently to the tiers above, however it offers us a good suggestion of what to search for Tuesday night time. If the committee actually is taking energy of schedule or energy of document additional under consideration — and for the document, I actually do not suppose it wanted to — then we’d anticipate groups which might be extra well-regarded by the computer systems to win some arguments. Texas A&M would undoubtedly rank forward of Alabama on this case, and BYU would possibly rank larger as effectively. Additionally, two-loss Texas and Vanderbilt would doubtless trump one-loss Louisville and Georgia Tech.
All in all, I believe the highest 11 on Tuesday ought to look nearly equivalent to the AP ballot, whereas the spots from No. 12 to No. 21 might be in just about any order.
A hypothetical playoff simulation, as a result of why not?
Primarily based on the place groups are probably to rank this week (by way of the BCS-ish rankings above) and which groups are probably to win their conferences (per SP+), here is what I’ll name Week 11’s playoff bracket.
9 Texas Tech at 8 BYU
Winner performs 1 Ohio State
12 North Texas at 5 Georgia
Winner performs 4 Alabama
11 Louisville at 6 Oregon
Winner performs 3 Texas A&M
10 Notre Dame at 7 Ole Miss
Winner performs 2 Indiana
We’ll see a shakeup after Week 11’s Texas Tech-BYU battle in Lubbock, however for now, this provides us Notre Dame’s first-ever journey to Oxford, a possible playoff rematch between Indiana and Notre Dame within the quarterfinals and one other Alabama-Georgia playoff recreation (this time, within the quarterfinals). Primarily based on present SP+ rankings, it might additionally give us these nationwide title odds based mostly on 10,000 simulations:
Hypothetical title odds based mostly on the above bracket:
1-seed Ohio State 30.6%
2-seed Indiana 28.2%
6-seed Oregon 12.4%
3-seed Texas A&M 7.4%
4-seed Alabama 6.8%
9-seed Texas Tech 5.6%
5-seed Georgia 3.0%
10-seed Notre Dame 2.4%
7-seed Ole Miss 1.7%
8-seed BYU 1.1%
11-seed Louisville 0.4%
12-seed North Texas 0.2%
And since odds alone aren’t very satisfying, I grabbed a random simulation from the batch of 10,000. This is what’s formally going to occur this postseason. You may cease watching now.
(Please do not cease watching.)
FIRST ROUND
Texas Tech over BYU in Provo
Georgia over North Texas in Athens
Oregon over Louisville in Eugene
Notre Dame over Ole Miss in Oxford
QUARTERFINALS
Rose Bowl: Texas Tech over Ohio State
Sugar Bowl: Alabama over Georgia
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M over Oregon
Orange Bowl: Indiana over Notre Dame
SEMIFINALS
Peach Bowl: Alabama over Texas Tech
Fiesta Bowl: Indiana over Texas A&M
FINALS
Indiana over Alabama in Miami
In case you Google Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, as he told you to a few years in the past, it would quickly inform you that he is a nationwide title-winning coach.
5 different random ideas from Week 10
Rattling, Mario. By Mario Cristobal’s requirements, his late-game administration towards SMU wasn’t atrocious or something, however after SMU tied the rating with 25 seconds left, Miami obtained the ball again with a timeout in hand and a quarterback the varsity paid a great deal of cash for … and the Hurricanes kneeled out the clock to go to additional time. Granted, Carson Beck’s dreadful additional time interception, which arrange SMU’s successful landing, definitely did not assist his trigger, however it does not matter how a lot cash you shell out in case you’re nonetheless going to play by “Three issues can occur if you move, and two are dangerous” guidelines within the 2020s.
However since Cristobal took over at Miami in 2022, his Hurricanes have misplaced 5 video games as double-digit favorites; solely Alabama can match that whole, and (A) Bama has been a double-digit favourite 50% extra usually and (B) three of the Tide’s 5 such losses got here in a small cluster of video games final season. Cristobal has misplaced at the very least one such recreation every year that he has been in cost. Demise, taxes and Miami struggling a catastrophic loss it ought to have put away.
Holy (whistle) smokes (whistle), Arkansas (whistle). Typically talking, penalties and penalty yards do not correlate to wins and losses as a lot as you would possibly suppose. Committing quite a lot of penalties can usually signify that you just’re correctly pushing the boundaries from an aggressiveness standpoint, and of the 66 groups to have suffered greater than 100 penalty yards in a recreation this season, 38 received the sport.
It is good to know there are limits, nonetheless. Arkansas dedicated 18 penalties for 193 yards towards Mississippi State on Saturday, the third most for any FBS staff in any recreation over the previous 10 seasons. Solely Kansas (216 yards in a win over UNLV in 2023) and Northern Illinois (194 in a win over Japanese Illinois in 2017) can high that quantity. However although these groups nonetheless received, Arkansas’ self-discipline ran out late. Mississippi State scored 17 factors within the recreation’s last 11 minutes to beat a 14-point deficit and win 38-35. If Sam Pittman hadn’t already been fired, he most likely can be now. (And it most likely goes with out saying that interim coach Bobby Petrino hasn’t shined sufficient to justify hiring him full time, although I am positive you possibly can nonetheless discover an Arkansas booster advocating for it.)
So many shut SEC video games. We are able to query whether or not the SEC has a staff the caliber of Ohio State or Indiana this season, however we can’t query its dedication to competitiveness. The league featured six video games Saturday, 5 had been determined by one rating — together with each of its ranked-versus-ranked encounters — and the sixth was inside one rating with 12 minutes left. For the season, the league has had 43 convention video games to this point, with 26 determined by one landing or fewer. It has been shut sufficient total that Arkansas one way or the other (A) ranks first within the league in factors per drive in convention play and (B) is 0-5 in convention play.
Shut video games will outline the remainder of November, too. Texas A&M (5-0 in SEC play) has two street video games with a projected margin of lower than two factors, and regardless of being fairly near the end line, the Aggies have larger odds of shedding two or extra in November (27%) than reaching 12-0 (25%).
Alabama (5-0) has three convention video games remaining, and all three are projected inside single digits, two inside one rating. SP+ offers the Tide solely a 25% probability of successful its 4 remaining video games, with 26% odds of shedding at the very least twice.
Georgia’s odds, in the meantime, are nearly equivalent — the Bulldogs (5-1) have two projected one-score SEC video games remaining (at Mississippi State, Texas), plus a one-score go to to Georgia Tech. The consequence: a 25% probability of successful out and a 30% probability of shedding at the very least twice.
Texas (4-1) really seemed the half for many of Saturday’s win over Vanderbilt, however the Longhorns are projected underdogs in two of three remaining video games (at Georgia, Texas A&M), and Arkansas isn’t a gimme. Odds of successful out: 15%.
Ole Miss (5-1) has essentially the most navigable path of any main convention contender, with solely Florida and Mississippi State remaining in SEC play. Odds of successful out: 54%. Then once more, the Rebels misplaced to Florida final 12 months, and the Egg Bowl lives for nonsense.
Colorado appears executed executed. Over its previous two video games towards Utah and Arizona, Colorado was projected to lose by a mixed 23.1 factors. The Buffaloes as an alternative misplaced by 81. Final week’s 53-7 loss to Utah was nearly comprehensible on reflection (the Utes simply walloped Cincinnati, too), however they had been equally moribund in Saturday night’s house loss to Arizona. And based mostly on a weighted common of current performances (the place the latest recreation carries extra weight), they’re formally the staff that’s underachieving essentially the most towards present SP+ projections.
There are many different groups staggering and/or falling in the meanwhile — Syracuse, Penn State, Louisiana-Monroe, Delaware, Maryland, Texas State, Bowling Inexperienced — however CU leads the pack. And if the Buffs cannot beat West Virginia in Morgantown this coming weekend, a 3-9 end begins to look awfully doubtless. Would that enhance the percentages of Deion Sanders stepping down on the finish of the season?
DeSean Jackson was a spectacular rent. Keep in mind within the offseason, when Norfolk State (Michael Vick) and Delaware State (DeSean Jackson) went the Deion Sanders/Eddie George route and employed celebrated former gamers as their head coaches? Vick was the larger headline-grabber — he is Michael Vick, in spite of everything — and he has struggled in 12 months 1, as you would possibly anticipate from a first-time head coach. Norfolk State went 4-8 and completed one hundred and first in FCS SP+ final season; the Spartans are simply 1-8 and a hundred and fifteenth this season. They’ve a few semi-winnable video games left towards Morgan State and Howard (they may doubtless get drubbed by N.C. Central this week), however it has been a 12 months of rising pains.
For Jackson and his Hornets, nonetheless, it has been the other story. DSU went 1-11 and completed 123rd in SP+ final season, and it hasn’t completed larger than 5-6 or 83rd over the previous decade. Last Thursday’s win over Vick’s NSU, nonetheless, introduced the staff to 6-3 and 54th total. The Hornets have already upset N.C. Central, and if they will win a toss-up recreation at house towards S.C. State in Week 13, they’re going to win their first MEAC title since 2007 and rating their first Celebration Bowl bid. It is trying like Jackson was probably the greatest hires of final offseason’s teaching carousel.
This week in SP+
The SP+ rankings are updated for the week. Let’s check out the groups that noticed the most important change of their total scores. (Word: We’re taking a look at scores, not rankings.)
Shifting up
Listed here are the ten groups that noticed their scores rise essentially the most this week:
Fresno State: up 3.7 adjusted factors per recreation (rating rose from 93rd to 78th)
East Carolina: up 3.4 factors (from 61st to forty eighth)
Florida State: up 3.3 factors (from thirty fourth to twenty fourth)
Louisiana Tech: up 3.3 factors (from 76th to 67th)
Western Kentucky: up 3.1 factors (from 88th to 72nd)
Buffalo: up 2.9 factors (from 99th to 87th)
James Madison: up 2.8 factors (from fiftieth to thirty sixth)
Arizona: up 2.8 factors (from forty third to thirty first)
UTSA: up 2.7 factors (from seventieth to sixty fifth)
North Carolina: up 2.5 factors (from 98th to 89th)
The ACC’s oddities did not cease on the video games involving ranked groups. Duke’s win over Clemson was essentially the most statistically unlikely results of the week — Duke one way or the other received regardless of a mammoth effectivity drawback (success price: Clemson 58.3%, Duke 37.5%) — and in Tallahassee, Florida State one way or the other transferred all of its dangerous vibes to its opponent. Wake Forest collapsed below the load of its errors and the Seminoles’ sudden excellence, and the groups principally traded seven factors: FSU moved up 3.3 and, as you may see under, Wake moved down 3.7.
In the meantime, that is the faintest of reward, however since bottoming out at 103rd in SP+ three weeks in the past, North Carolina has rallied to 89th, struggling a pair of gut-wrenching losses and eventually getting off the schneid with a thumping of quarterback-less Syracuse. The Tar Heels should pull at the very least a pair of upsets to have any hope of bowling, however enchancment will be encouraging in and of itself.
Shifting down
Listed here are the ten groups whose scores fell essentially the most:
Wake Forest: down 3.7 adjusted factors per recreation (rating fell from 56th to 68th)
Cincinnati: down 3.5 factors (from twenty third to thirty second)
Maryland: down 3.3 factors (from thirty seventh to 51st)
Georgia Tech: down 3.2 factors (from twenty fifth to thirty fourth)
Boise State: down 3.0 factors (from forty seventh to fifty fifth)
Colorado: down 3.0 factors (from 68th to 82nd)
UCF: down 2.9 factors (from 51st to 56th)
Rutgers: down 2.5 factors (from 63rd to 69th)
Sam Houston: down 2.4 factors (no change from one hundred and thirty fifth)
South Carolina: down 2.4 factors (from 54th to 61st)
Georgia Tech entered Week 10 because the lowest-ranked unbeaten power-conference staff by a cushty margin. After getting pushed round by NC State, the Yellow Jackets are lodged between 4-5 Auburn and James Madison in SP+.
Who received the Heisman this week?
I’m as soon as once more awarding the Heisman each week of the season and doling out weekly factors, F1-style (on this case, 10 factors for first place, 9 for second and so forth). How will this Heisman race play out, and the way totally different will the consequence be from the precise Heisman voting?
Right here is that this week’s Heisman high 10:
1. Jeff Sims, Arizona State (13-for-24 passing for 177 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT, plus 228 non-sack dashing yards and a couple of TDs towards Iowa State).
2. Julian Sayin, Ohio State (20-for-23 passing for 316 yards and 4 touchdowns towards Penn State).
3. CJ Bailey, NC State (24-for-32 passing for 340 yards and a couple of touchdowns, plus 41 non-sack dashing yards and a TD towards Georgia Tech).
4. Jordan Marshall, Michigan (25 carries for 185 yards and three touchdowns, plus 25 receiving yards towards Purdue).
5. Owen McCown, UTSA (31-for-33 passing for 370 yards and 4 touchdowns towards Tulane).
6. Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (17 carries for 136 yards and a couple of touchdowns, plus 30 receiving yards towards Boston Faculty).
7. Arch Manning, Texas (25-for-33 passing for 328 yards and three touchdowns towards Vanderbilt).
8. Haynes King, Georgia Tech (25-for-35 passing for 408 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT, plus 113 non-sack dashing yards and a couple of TDs towards NC State).
9. Darian Mensah, Duke (27-for-41 passing for 361 yards and 4 touchdowns towards Clemson).
10. Melkart Abou Jaoude, North Carolina (6 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2 sacks and 1 compelled fumble towards Syracuse).
Jeff Sims is the journeyman prototype for the switch portal period. He has began 28 profession video games at three faculties (Georgia Tech, Nebraska and Arizona State), and in these, he has produced some duds — 10 video games with a QBR below 30.0, three below 10.0. However he has additionally thrown for greater than 250 yards 5 instances and rushed for 100 or extra yards (not together with sacks) seven instances. And on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, he painted a Sims-ian masterpiece, throwing the ball moderately effectively however ripping off an 88-yard landing run within the third quarter and almost doubling his earlier profession excessive in dashing.
Sims is kind of clearly not a Heisman contender, however one of many causes I like this Heisman of the Week strategy is that we will rejoice when guys like Sims do one thing lovely. He even topped almost excellent performances from Julian Sayin and Owen McCown and a gutsy, hobbled recreation from CJ Bailey.
Honorable point out:
• Luke Altmyer, Illinois (19-for-31 passing for 235 yards, 4 TDs and 1 INT, plus 95 non-sack dashing yards and a TD towards Rutgers).
• Alonza Barnett III, James Madison (12-for-18 passing for 264 yards, 4 TDs and 1 INT, plus 102 non-sack dashing yards and a TD towards Texas State).
• Tommy Castellanos, Florida State (12-for-16 passing for 271 yards and a landing, plus 18 non-sack dashing yards and a TD towards Wake Forest).
• Evan Dickens, Liberty (22 carries for 217 yards and 4 touchdowns towards Delaware).
• Caleb Hawkins, North Texas (33 carries for 197 yards and 4 touchdowns, plus 9 receiving yards towards Navy).
• Kevin Jennings, SMU (29-for-44 passing for 365 yards and a landing, plus a dashing landing towards Miami).
• Jayden Scott, NC State (24 carries for 196 yards and a landing, plus 11 receiving yards towards Georgia Tech).
• Danny Scudero, San Jose State (7 catches for 215 yards and a couple of touchdowns towards Hawai’i).
By 10 weeks, listed here are your factors leaders. I’ve bolded the blokes who’re additionally within the high 12 within the present Heisman betting odds.
1. Ty Simpson, Alabama (29 factors)
2. Taylen Green, Arkansas (27)
3T. Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss (25)
3T. Julian Sayin, Ohio State (25)
5. Demond Williams Jr., Washington (21)
6T. Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (19)
6T. Gunner Stockton, Georgia (19)
8. Luke Altmyer, Illinois (16)
9. Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (14)
10T. Haynes King, Georgia Tech (13)
10T. Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (13)
We could be approaching a “Winner takes the No. 1 seed, successful QB takes the Heisman” recreation between Sayin’s Ohio State — the present Heisman betting favourite, per ESPN BET — and Mendoza’s Indiana within the Massive Ten championship recreation in 4 weeks. Simpson, Chambliss and Stockton nonetheless have clear paths to impress, nonetheless, and with Love shifting into fifth gear over the previous two video games (a mixed 41 carries for 364 yards) he would possibly catch voters’ eyes if he retains ripping off 94-yard landing runs.
My 10 favourite video games of the weekend
1 and a couple of. SMU 26, No. 10 Miami 20 (OT) and Duke 46, Clemson 45. Clearly, Miami was the primary character in Saturday’s loss, however what a efficiency by SMU. Kevin Jennings almost landed on the Heisman of the Week listing with 365 yards, a TD move and a TD run, and the Mustangs’ protection, a lot improved of late, allowed only one acquire of greater than 25 yards, compelled Miami to go the size of the sphere and pounced on errors. An ideal efficiency in a irritating season.
In the meantime, as a result of Manny Diaz is a soccer fan, I can confidently say he’ll know what I imply once I say Duke pulled an absolute smash-and-grab in Demise Valley, overcoming a large effectivity drawback with a kick return rating and never solely a 5-for-5 efficiency on fourth down however 29 factors scored after a fourth-down conversion. The Blue Devils stay within the ACC title race, and Clemson has solely a few 39% probability of bowling, per SP+.
3. Division II: No. 7 CSU-Pueblo 24, No. 6 Western Colorado 21. I like it when one of many Smaller-Faculty Showcase video games in my Friday preview lives as much as its billing. Unbeaten WCU bolted to a 21-0 lead within the second quarter, however CSU-Pueblo had tied it by the top of the third quarter, with assist from an 88-yard Roman Fuller-to-Marcellus Honeycutt Jr. landing move. In the long run, the Thunderwolves received with particular groups: First, Jusiah Sampleton blocked a 47-yard area purpose try with 4:01 left; then, after a 20-yard move on third-and-16, Jackson Smith knocked in a 32-yarder as time expired.
4. FCS: No. 25 Abilene Christian 31, No. 2 Tarleton State 28. Tarleton State was the very best FCS staff not named North Dakota State heading into the weekend, and after getting into the fourth quarter down 28-10, the Texans rallied to tie it with 56 seconds left. However a 38-yard move from Stone Earle to Bryan Henry arrange Brandon Perez‘s 47-yard buzzer-beater. TSU is unbeaten no extra.
5. No. 5 Georgia 24, Florida 20. This recreation would rank larger if Georgia hadn’t been concerned, however the Bulldogs have pulled the soccer model of the “Call the ambulance … but not for me” meme too many instances, falling behind after which successful with excellent late execution. Regardless, it was a enjoyable, tense method to spend a day even when I did not doubt the end result.
6 and seven. FCS: Idaho 35, Northern Arizona 32 (OT) (Friday) and Idaho State 38, No. 6 UC Davis 36. Drama within the Massive Sky! On Friday night time in Flagstaff, Arizona, Idaho watched a 26-7 lead flip right into a 29-26 fourth-quarter deficit, however Owen Adams nailed a 42-yard area purpose on the buzzer, and after forcing an additional time area purpose, the Vandals walked it off with a brief Hayden Kincheloe landing.
On Saturday in Davis, California, Idaho State, which has felt fairly near an upset win all season, obtained one due to a 219-yard dashing efficiency from Dason Brooks and a 50-yard, final-minute area purpose from Trajan Sinatra, the best-named kicker this facet of Florida’s Trey Smack.
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Trajan Sinatra makes 50-yard area purpose
8. Mississippi State 38, Arkansas 35. After heartbreaking losses to Texas and Florida prolonged MSU’s SEC shedding streak to 16 video games (and greater than two calendar years), it might take one thing particular to finish the streak. Like a game-ending 17-0 run, 193 penalty yards from Arkansas and a monstrous 18-yard catch and landing run from Anthony Evans III.
9. New Mexico 40, UNLV 35. In case you watched this one as I suggested, you had been rewarded. New Mexico performed catch-and-release, shedding leads of 21-0 and 34-21, however with the sport on the road, the Lobos executed an ideal, eight-play, 75-yard landing drive, taking the lead on a 13-yard D.J. McKinney run, then making two late stops to maneuver to 6-2 and safe bowl eligibility. It is laborious to say sufficient concerning the job Jason Eck has executed there in 12 months 1.
10. Division II: West Texas A&M 53, Texas A&M-Kingsville 48. There ought to all the time be room for a nutty observe meet on this listing, and in case you missed the primary eight minutes of this one, you missed (1) a 74-yard return on the opening kickoff, (2) a 26-yard landing on the primary offensive play, (3) a sack-and-strip fumble, (4) a 99-yard kick return, (5) two turnovers on downs and (6) a 43-yard landing move. West Texas A&M took a 22-6 lead from all of that, Kingsville responded with a 22-3 run to cost forward, and we obtained six extra lead adjustments from there. Goodness.
11. NAIA: No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan 56, Taylor 48.
12. No. 20 Texas 34, No. 9 Vanderbilt 31.
13. No. 18 Oklahoma 33, No. 14 Tennessee 27.
14. Oregon State 10, Washington State 7.
15. FCS: Central Connecticut 10, Long Island 7.
16. NAIA: Cumberland 40, Cumberlands 37.
17. Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20 (OT).
19. Division II: Chowan 34, Erskine 30.
20. Division III: Wesleyan 34, Williams 28 (OT).
The midweek playlist
This is your fast reminder that the CFP rankings are solely the second-biggest landmark of the approaching week. That is proper: IT’S MIDWEEK MACTION TIME. And we begin with a doozy.
Miami (Ohio) at Ohio (Tuesday, 7 p.m., ESPN2). Miami has received 5 straight since an 0-3 begin, and Ohio, the defending champ, has received 4 of 5. The winner of this one will likely be your odds-on MAC favourite.
UTSA at USF (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., ESPN). USF must win out to maintain AAC title (and playoff) hopes alive, and UTSA is coming off by far its finest efficiency of the season.
