Andy

Illinois wasn't ranked in the CFP rankings last week, so they moved up.

I don't think it will ultimately hold up, but this week's rankings put Boise State into position to get the #4 seed and first-round bye. Would be hilarious if the G5 gets a bye after all these years of crapping on them. What's even more wild is that if Army were to beat ranked ND and Tulane in the next few weeks and get to 12-0, there's a nonzero chance the Big 12 could be left out of the playoff entirely. Army and Boise could be automatic bids 4 and 5.

Ron isn't winning any awards, but he has tremendous rapport with Pat and is a perfectly fine color guy. Really glad this booth is staying together.

Top 25 games (5) Indiana at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) Kentucky at (3) Texas (3:30 pm, ABC) (4) Penn State at Minnesota (3:30 pm, CBS) (19) Army vs (6) Notre Dame - at Yankee Stadium (7 pm, NBC) (7) Alabama at Oklahoma (7:30 pm, ABC) Wake Forest at (8) Miami (12 pm, ESPN) (9) Ole Miss at Florida (12 pm, ABC) UMass at (10) Georgia (12:45 pm, SEC Network) UTEP at (11) Tennessee (1 pm, ESPN+) (12) Boise State at Wyoming (7 pm, CBSSN) (13) SMU at Virginia (12 pm, ESPN2) (14) BYU at (21) Arizona State (3:30 pm, ESPN) (15) Texas A&M at Auburn (7:30 pm, ESPN) (16) Colorado at Kansas - in Kansas City (3:30 pm, FOX) The Citadel at (17) Clemson (3:30 pm, CW) Wofford at (18) South Carolina (4 pm, ESPN+) (22) Iowa State at Utah (7:30 pm, FOX) (23) Missouri at Mississippi State (4:15 pm, SEC Network) (24) UNLV at San Jose State (10 pm Friday, FS1) (25) Illinois at Rutgers (12 pm, Peacock) Other nationally available games Tuesday Akron at Kent State (7 pm, CBSSN) Western Michigan at Central Michigan (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Northern Illinois at Miami (OH) (8 pm, ESPN) Wednesday Ohio at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN2) Buffalo at Eastern Michigan (7 pm, ESPNU) Thursday NC State at Georgia Tech (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Temple at UTSA (7 pm, ESPN2) Purdue at Michigan State (8 pm, FOX) Saturday TV North Carolina at Boston College (12 pm, CW) Iowa at Maryland (12 pm, BTN) UConn at Syracuse (12 pm, ACC Network) Sam Houston at Jacksonville State (12 pm, CBSSN) Northwestern at Michigan (3:30 pm, FS1) Wisconsin at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN) UCF at West Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Stanford at California (3:30 pm, ACC Network) San Diego State at Utah State (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at Louisville (4 pm, ESPN2) Washington State at Oregon State (7 pm, CW) Baylor at Houston (7 pm, FS1) Marshall at Old Dominion (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at LSU (7:45 pm, SEC Network) Cincinnati at Kansas State (8 pm, ESPN2) Virginia Tech at Duke (8 pm, ACC Network) USC at UCLA (10:30 pm, NBC) Air Force at Nevada (10:30 pm, FS1) Colorado State at Fresno State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Western Kentucky at Liberty (1 pm) Charleston Southern at Florida State (1:30 pm) Bowling Green at Ball State (2 pm) Rice at UAB (2 pm) James Madison at Appalachian State (2:30 pm) New Mexico State at Middle Tennessee (2:30 pm) Arizona at TCU (3 pm) Charlotte at Florida Atlantic (3 pm) FIU at Kennesaw State (3 pm) UL Monroe at Arkansas State (3 pm) South Alabama at Southern Miss (3 pm) East Carolina at North Texas (3:30 pm) Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina (3:30 pm) Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (3:30 pm) Tulsa at South Florida (3:30 pm) Louisiana Tech at Arkansas (4 pm) Troy at UL Lafayette (5 pm) Georgia State at Texas State (7 pm)

It looks like it'll be the Texas vs A&M winner against Alabama, from what I was seeing last night Bama would win the "conference opponent SOS" tiebreaker in the current logjam. I suspect Bama is probably safe if they were to lose an SEC CG (Texas would be too), but it depends on who else is in the pool. The committee chairman said teams won't be "unduly" hit for losing a title game, though that could mean almost anything.

Also ND had the coolest fake punt ever called back by some arcane formation rule and I'm still mad about it

The SEC is determined to somehow produce eight 10-2 teams

I am perplexed at what the committee did with the rankings this week. There's no reason at all to have Miami ahead of the 3 SEC teams behind them other than 1 loss vs 2. They don't have better wins than any of those 3 or a better loss. Frankly I was surprised Notre Dame stayed ahead of them as I expected at least 2 to remain ahead. Then, Georgia is rated behind both Bama and Ole Miss despite playing a more difficult schedule than either. OK fine, they lost head to head so that's fair. But then later in the same ranking, South Carolina is directly ahead of LSU even though they lost a head to head game. This will all work itself out, which is why weekly rankings are stupid, but I'm just confused.

Carolina has won 2 games in a row for the first time in nearly 2 years

Top 25 games (1) Oregon at Wisconsin (7:30 pm, NBC) (2) Ohio State at Northwestern - at Wrigley Field (12 pm, BTN) (3) Texas at Arkansas (12 pm, ABC) (4) Penn State at Purdue (3:30 pm, CBS) Kansas at (6) BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN) (7) Tennessee at (12) Georgia (7:30 pm, ABC) Virginia at (8) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Mercer at (10) Alabama (2 pm, ESPN+) (13) Boise State at San Jose State (7 pm, CBSSN) Boston College at (14) SMU (3:30 pm, ESPN) New Mexico State at (15) Texas A&M (7:45 pm, SEC Network) Arizona State at (16) Kansas State (7 pm, ESPN) Utah at (17) Colorado (12 pm, FOX) (18) Washington State at New Mexico (9:30 pm, FS1) (19) Louisville at Stanford (3:30 pm, ACC Network) (20) Clemson at Pittsburgh (12 pm, ESPN) (23) Missouri at (21) South Carolina (4:15 pm, SEC Network) (22) LSU at Florida (3:30 pm, ABC) (25) Tulane at Navy (12 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games Tuesday Western Michigan at Bowling Green (7 pm, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Toledo (7 pm, ESPNU) Ball State at Buffalo (7 pm, CBSSN) Wednesday Eastern Michigan at Ohio (7 pm, ESPN2) Kent State at Miami (OH) (7 pm, ESPNU) Akron at Northern Illinois (7 pm, CBSSN) Thursday East Carolina at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday North Texas at UTSA (8 pm, ESPN2) Wyoming at Colorado State (8 pm, CBSSN) UCLA at Washington (9 pm, FOX) Houston at Arizona (10:15 pm, FS1) Saturday TV Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky (12 pm, CBSSN) UL Monroe at Auburn (12:45 pm, SEC Network) Michigan State at Illinois (2:30 pm, FS1) Syracuse at California (3 pm, CW) Oregon State at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Nebraska at USC (4 pm, FOX) Baylor at West Virginia (4 pm, ESPN2) James Madison at Old Dominion (4 pm, ESPNU) Rutgers at Maryland (6 pm, FS1) Cincinnati at Iowa State (8 pm, FOX) UAB at Memphis (8 pm, ESPN2) Wake Forest at North Carolina (8 pm, ACC Network) San Diego State at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Liberty at UMass (12 pm) Coastal Carolina at Marshall (1 pm) Murray State at Kentucky (1:30 pm) Florida Atlantic at Temple (2 pm) FIU at Jacksonville State (2 pm) Sam Houston at Kennesaw State (3 pm) South Florida at Charlotte (3:30 pm) Troy at Georgia Southern (4 pm) Arkansas State at Georgia State (5 pm) South Alabama at UL Lafayette (7 pm) Southern Miss at Texas State (7 pm)

I root for a team owned by David Tepper and by God I'm not going to let them out of this discussion

I guess that's technically what happened. In practice he just reversed his original opt out decision and kept the contract he was already on.

A couple times a decade there are 14 Saturdays from Labor Day weekend to Thanksgiving weekend, ergo the 2 bye weeks.

Thom Brennaman is calling the Syracuse/BC game this weekend, and BC's starting quarterback is named Castellanos. Do with that information what you will

As I have in the past, I will update these with the CFP committee rankings as soon as I can once they are revealed Tuesday and each Tuesday going forward. Top 25 games Maryland at (1) Oregon (7 pm, BTN) Purdue at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) (3) Georgia at (16) Ole Miss (3:30 pm, ABC) (4) Miami at Georgia Tech (12 pm, ESPN) Florida at (5) Texas (12 pm, ABC) Washington at (6) Penn State (8 pm, Peacock) Mississippi State at (7) Tennessee (7 pm, ESPN) Michigan at (8) Indiana (3:30 pm, CBS) (9) BYU at Utah (10:15 pm, ESPN) Florida State at (10) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (11) Alabama at (15) LSU (7:30 pm, ABC) Nevada at (12) Boise State (8 pm, FOX) (17) Iowa State at Kansas - in Kansas City (3:30 pm, FS1) Virginia at (18) Pittsburgh (8 pm, ACC Network) (20) Colorado at Texas Tech (4 pm, FOX) Utah State at (21) Washington State (10:30 pm, CW) (23) Clemson at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ESPN) Oklahoma at (24) Missouri (7:45 pm, SEC Network) (25) Army at North Texas (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games Tuesday Bowling Green at Central Michigan (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Miami (OH) at Ball State (8 pm, ESPN) Wednesday Northern Illinois at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPN2) Ohio at Kent State (7 pm, ESPNU) Thursday Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina (8 pm, ESPN) Florida Atlantic at East Carolina (8 pm, ESPN2) Friday California at Wake Forest (8 pm, ACC Network) Iowa at UCLA (9 pm, FOX) Rice at Memphis (9 pm, ESPN2) New Mexico at San Diego State (10:30 pm, FS1) Saturday TV Minnesota at Rutgers (12 pm, NBC) Syracuse at Boston College (12 pm, CW) Navy at South Florida (12 pm, ESPN2) West Virginia at Cincinnati (12 pm, FS1) Texas State at UL Monroe (12 pm, ESPNU) Liberty at Middle Tennessee (1 pm, CBSSN) San Jose State at Oregon State (3:30 pm, CW) Duke at NC State (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Temple at Tulane (4 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Vanderbilt (4:15 pm, SEC Network) Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech (4:30 pm, CBSSN) UCF at Arizona State (7 pm, ESPN2) Oklahoma State at TCU (7 pm, FS1) UNLV at Hawaii (9 pm, CBSSN) Fresno State at Air Force (9:45 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) UConn at UAB (2:30 pm) Marshall at Southern Miss (3 pm) Georgia State at James Madison (3:30 pm) Kennesaw State at UTEP (4 pm) Arkansas State at UL Lafayette (5 pm) Western Kentucky at New Mexico State (6 pm)

Also, IU is probably gonna be the most popular November undefeated team in recent history over the next 2 weeks (unless they lose next week that is)

If BYU wins the Big 12 it'll be a one bid league. It might be anyway. Louisville pantsing Clemson was interesting. SMU seems like the clear class of the ACC, and that conference might also get one bid.

PSU's best win just lost to Minnesota at home, in a related story

The same thing is happening in the ACC. Clemson, Miami, Pitt and SMU are all unbeaten in conference games. Miami plays none of the other 3. SMU and Clemson only play Pitt.

I saw that a lot of metrics have that game as basically a coin flip. Classic trap game.

A "dungeon of darkness," even

Top 25 games (1) Oregon at Michigan (3:30 pm, CBS) Florida vs (2) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, ABC) (4) Ohio State at (3) Penn State (12 pm, FOX) Duke at (5) Miami (12 pm, ABC) Kentucky at (7) Tennessee (7:45 pm, SEC Network) (10) Texas A&M at South Carolina (7:30 pm, ABC) Louisville at (11) Clemson (7:30 pm, ESPN) Texas Tech at (11) Iowa State (3:30 pm, ESPN) (13) Indiana at Michigan State (3:30 pm, Peacock) San Diego State at (15) Boise State (8 pm Friday, FS1) (17) Kansas State at Houston (3:30 pm, FOX) (18) Pittsburgh at (20) SMU (8 pm, ACC Network) (19) Ole Miss at Arkansas (12 pm, ESPN) Air Force at (21) Army (12 pm, CBS) Minnesota at (24) Illinois (12 pm, FS1) Other nationally available games Tuesday New Mexico State at FIU (7 pm, CBSSN) UL Lafayette at Texas State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Louisiana Tech at Sam Houston (8 pm, ESPNU) Wednesday Jacksonville State at Liberty (7 pm, CBSSN) Kennesaw State at Western Kentucky (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Thursday Tulane at Charlotte (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Georgia State at UConn (7 pm, CBSSN) South Florida at Florida Atlantic (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Saturday TV Memphis at UTSA (12 pm, ESPN2) Northwestern at Purdue (12 pm, BTN) Virginia Tech at Syracuse (12 pm, CW) Toledo at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) Stanford at NC State (12 pm, ACC Network) Buffalo at Akron (12 pm, CBSSN) Vanderbilt at Auburn (12:45 pm, SEC Network) Arizona at UCF (3:30 pm, FS1) UCLA at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN) North Carolina at Florida State (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Middle Tennessee at UTEP (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Navy at Rice (4 pm, ESPN2) Wyoming at New Mexico (4 pm, TruTV) UMass at Mississippi State (4:15 pm, SEC Network) Arizona State at Oklahoma State (7 pm, FS1) Wisconsin at Iowa (7:30 pm, NBC) USC at Washington (7:30 pm, BTN) Georgia Southern at South Alabama (7:30 pm, ESPNU) TCU at Baylor (8 pm, ESPN2) Colorado State at Nevada (8 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Maine at Oklahoma (2:30 pm) Tulsa at UAB (2:30 pm) UL Monroe at Marshall (3:30 pm) Old Dominion at Appalachian State (3:30 pm) Coastal Carolina at Troy (4 pm)

Texas A&M is going to the SEC title game unless something goes seriously haywire in November. I guess it really is very difficult to win in College Station. (Also, thank God they didn't discover Marcel Reed sooner. Weigman is good but that extra dimension is scary.)

Notre Dame was so good at the "pick up the ball when Navy drops it for no reason" defense that it makes me wonder why everyone else Navy played didn't try it