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College Football Highlights From Week 8 and the New AP Top 25 – RedState

It used to be around this time of year that we would see the poll essentially start solidifying, with teams rising to the top and jostling for positions, with the occasional surprise upset leading to some movement. Not in the NIL-portal era.





As Saturday’s slate wrapped up, we saw four top-10 schools lose, five undefeated teams going down, and the pre-season #2 enduring its fourth consecutive loss. Things are so off-kilter that Indiana is a powerhouse, 2-loss Notre Dame is already back in playoff position, and the road to the postseason should go through…Vanderbilt?! 

Few things are certain at this point, which means from week to week, the entire playoff structure shifts, yet again. Let’s delve into the mayhem and try to make sense of things.

  • Part of the reason for this week’s shakeup – for the first time ever, all 16 SEC teams were scheduled against each other. 

  • The Florida Gators, favored by about 10 points, managed to get by Mississippi State only due to a late interception in the red zone. Billy Napier was just fired this morning, which is of little surprise given former Penn State coach James Franklin is on the market.

  • It is the season of the interim coach! Michigan is undefeated when their head coach is suspended, UCLA is on a winning streak with their replacement, and now Alabama Birmingham, after the school fired coach Trent Dilfer this week following blowout losses, took down undefeated Memphis.

  • There had been plans to have “The Barstool College Football Show” broadcast live from Provo for the Utah-BYU game. During negotiations, the school was going to support the show with some upfront costs, but as Dave Portnoy explained, the hitch was the school issuing a stipulation that they could not swear during the broadcast.

  • How rough are things at North Carolina with Bill Belichick’s first season? On the road game at Cal, the homers trolled the recent speculation on Belichick’s future – on the scoreboard.





Some of the highlights:

Georgia 43 – Ole Miss 35

In a deeply entertaining matchup, they followed the Georgia playbook: Trail early and often, but keep things close and then turn the screws in the 4th quarter. Gunner Stockton took control, passing for four touchdowns and running in another as the Bulldogs scored 17 unanswered in the final frame.

Notre Dame 34 – USC 24

There is talk that the Trojans want to bring an end to this historic annual rivalry, and after dropping the eighth consecutive game to the Irish you kind of understand it. The running duo of Jeremiyah Love (228 yards, 1 TD) and Jadarian Price (83 yards, 1 TD) wore down USC by the end.

Louisville 24 – Miami 21

Friday night saw Loovuhl unlocking the strong Hurricane defense, all while Carson Beck had an atrocious night with four interceptions. Isaac Brown rushed for 113 yards and Chris Bell caught passes for 136n yards and two scores. Despite that, Miami had the chance by driving close at the end, but a tipped pass and a fingertip nab above the turf led to the final pickoff to seal the upset win for the Cardinals.

Alabama 37 — Tennessee 20





The Crimson Tide continues to impress as it just survived a month-long gauntlet; it beat four consecutive ranked opponents without a bye week. Ty Simpson guided a controlled offense and the Tide never trailed, despite being outgained by the Volunteers. A 99-yard pick-6 by Zabien Brown as time expired in the half was a dagger for Tennessee.

Vanderbilt 31 – LSU 24

Diego Pavia continues to demand respect as he has entered the Heisman discussion. He passed for a TD, ran in two others, and took control of the game. One-time Heisman favorite Garrett Nussmeier had a solid game, going 19/28 and two touchdowns. The Commodores are at 6-1 for the first time in 75 years and set a new school mark of being ranked for the sixth consecutive week.

Texas 16 – Kentucky 13

This was a ponderous affair where it almost appeared like neither team wanted the win. It was a 10-10 game, and with less than a minute remaining, they traded field goals to go into overtime, where the Wildcats could not convert a first down from the 3-yard line and Texas kicked the winner. Arch Manning continues to founder, as he went 12/27, and the entire Longhorn offense gained a meager 179 yards for the entire game.

Arizona State 26 – Texas Tech 22

The Sun Devils are a tough squad to figure out, as they recover from the blowout by Utah State and take down the undefeated top-10 Red Raiders. This came on a late two-minute drive, after Tech went ahead, going 75 yards on 10 plays and running in the winner with :30 seconds to play.





Here is the latest AP Top-25 (first-place votes). USC, Utah, Memphis, and Nebraska fall off, as Louisville moves in, and Illinois, Michigan, and Arizona State all return to the rankings. 

  1. Ohio State (60)

  2. Indiana (6)

  3. Texas A&M

  4. Alabama

  5. Georgia 

  6. Oregon

  7. Georgia Tech

  8. Ole Miss

  9. Miami

  10. Vanderbilt

  11. BYU

  12. Notre Dame

  13. Oklahoma

  14. Texas Tech

  15. Missouri

  16. Virginia

  17. Tennessee

  18. South Florida

  19. Louisville

  20. LSU

  21. Cincinnati

  22. Texas

  23. Illinois

  24. Arizona State

  25. Michigan


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