College Football RealFuture #1 (ends 2025)

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2024
Week 0: A ho-hum week 0 is highlighted by #12 Florida State’s 28-18 win over Georgia Tech despite a competent performance from Haynes King
Week 1
A late first half TD helped Miami pull away in a 27-10 win in the Swamp over Florida to open the season
#1 Georgia smothers #18 Clemson 28-0 in a dominant performance
Texas A&M avenges a week 0 loss to South Carolina by stunning #7 Notre Dame in Dallas with a 4th quarter comeback led by uneven freshman QB Samuel 16-12
#13 Penn State gets two interceptions and survives 17-10 in Morgantown against West Virginia with a pick 6 TD despite a rough game from Drew Allar
#4 LSU’s new QB doesn’t light the world on fire but game manages to a 24-13 win over #11 USC in Las Vegas. An improved defense is a good sign for SC, but the post Caleb Williams era gets off to a rough start
Week 2
#17 Florida State maintains ownership of the ACC with another unspectacular win, this time 30-13 at home against a now 1-2 Clemson
Illinois bottles up #21 Kansas and Heisman candidate Jalen Daniels in a surprising 24-13 win for Illinois
#20 Iowa’s offense is marginally better but only nominally changed in winning the Cy-Hawk 27-17 at home
#1 Georgia is never truly threatened at #25 Kentucky, looking somewhat sluggish in the early going again as with 2023
#2 Michigan hosting #6 Texas is the massive game of the week with ESPN and Fox both at the Big House in a scene reminiscent of the 2023 Alabama-Texas game. JJ McCarthy and crew crush the Longhorns 31-6 in a statement win for the program and the B1G post-scandal
Oklahoma State trips up Arkansas in a defensive battle
#9 Oregon dominates Texas Tech in Autzen as the new debut QB3 is 27-39-274-2-0
#15 Tennessee bests NC State 17-3 as Dave Doeren’s squad struggles to get any offense going behind a new QB
Washington State goes on the road and beats #18 Utah, now a noncon game
Colorado is off to a good start, once again besting Nebraska this time at home
Miami RB Jaylan rushes for 312 yards on just 12 carries in a ridiculous performance against the Canes FCS opponent

Week 3
UCLA’s first B1G is a home win 34-20 over Indiana, the Hoosiers first game in the Rose Bowl since the 1968 Bowl game appearance
#10 Ole Miss survives a surprising test at Wake as QB Michael makes a tough late interception
Washington State stuns #13 Washington at the Seahawks stadium 34-20 despite outgaining and having less turnovers than their rival, drives stalling for filed goals are their undoing in a weird rivalry game
The game of the week is #4 Alabama pounding #11 Wisconsin in Camp Randall as Bama RB Roydell rolls up 175 yards at a place used to running the rock who is still struggling to implement Luke Fickell’s more balanced offense
Week 4

#4 Alabama and new Heisman candidate Roydell batter #10 Missouri 34-3 at home
Jonathan Smith and #25 Michigan State lose a schoker late 20-14 at Boston College
USC opens its B1G time at #2 Michigan, dropping to 1-2 in a 17-7 loss at Donovan Edwards ran for 109 yards
The battle for the pig features #17 Minnesota hosting #9 Iowa. Spencer Petras and the Hawks squash Minnesota 23-3.
Jeff Sims and Nebraska pick up a huge home win over #20 Illinois behind an efficient game and a big day for the TE
SMU bests #23 TCU to get to 3-2
#8 Tennessee wins at Rocky Top over #16 2-1 Missisippi State in a Neyland battle behind Joe Milton
Wake Forest upsets North Carolina

Week 5
UCF loses a disappointing road game to now 4-0 ASU who’s QB Pyne performs well
Dave Aranda, on the hot seat, beats BYU in a Big XII unbeaten battle to get to 4-0 in a messy game
Shadeur Sanders helps #22 Colorado stomp Cincinnati 27-9 to get to 4-0
#7 FSU announces itself again as a national title contender in a 37-9 road thrashing of #25 Duke
#5 Ohio State has to scramble to beat a feisty Jonathan Smith’s Spartans 20-14 on the road
Auburn upsets #15 Missouri on the road to break into the top 25
#18 Notre Dame gets to 4-1 by crushing Louisville, setting the Cards back to 2-2 and avenging last year’s loss behind a good passing day from QB Samuel
#4 Alabama visiting #6 Oklahoma in a classic now-SEC matchup was one of two massive SEC top 10 matchups in the week. ROydell continued his back-to-the future pounding the rock as Alabama bottled up OU on the road in another dominant win having talking heads speaking of the Bama of old
#1 Georgia visited #9 and 3-1 Texas in a near Hurricane rainstorm, eeking out a 9-6 win, Georgia’s first regular season loss in three seasons as Arch Manning relieved an injured Quin Ewers
#21 A&M’s run under Jeff Traylor continued in a pounding of Arkansas at home
Familiar foes #7 Oregon and UCLA met in LA as UCLA bounced back from a road loss to LSU to beat their familiar foe in the Rose Bowl, withstanding a late rally with RB Brian pounding the rock. Oregon’s new QB played well but early picks squashed drives
Wake Forest took down their second ACC power in two weeks as their coach continued his revival with an upset over Clemson

Week 6
#23 Arizona State beat now 2-3 Utah 20-17 on a last second field goal despite Utah’s Chris running for 134 yards
#13 Auburn ran to 4-0 at home against #17 A&M as Hugh Freeze’s program continued to role behind QB Max Johnson in a 33-23 win
BYU also was a bounceback team, beating #22 Arizona 21-17
Shadeur led two TD rives and it was enough at home against K-State to run the Buffs record to 5-0
#5 Georgia crushed #7 Tennessee yet again, 34-0
Mario Cristobal’s #20 Canes quiertly ran their record to 5-0 with a road win over Louisville
#2 LSU crushed #10 Ole Miss 32-20 under the lights
#4 Ohio State crushed #14 Iowa 27-0 in the Shoe under the lights in a battle of unbeatens though Kyle McCord continues to struggle
The Red River Classic features already beaten #6 Texas and #11 OU, with UT reclaiming the prize behind 105 yards from its RB Wisner
UCLA stunned #9 Penn State in its first ever visit to Happy Valley behind a herculean defensive effort, leaving many stunned at their adaptation to B1G life
Missouri recovered from recent losses to go to 4-2 against #18 South Carolina on the road.
#19 Baylor continued an unexpected revival with a 20-19 goal line stand triumph with RB Jacoby starring against Texas Tech on the road to go to 5-0

#1 Michigan had little trouble in Seattle in a 27-12 win over Washington who dropped to 3-3 in an adjustment year to the B1G
Week 7
#5 Georgia travelling to rolling #3 Alabama was game of the week. Georgia went to 5-1 with a surprising road win with two Milroe picks key
Jayden Daniels and now 4-2 Kansas shut down 5-0 (now 5-1) #15 ASU on the road
#18 OU got a much needed 20-16 road win over #8 Auburn, ending Hugh Freeze’s unbeaten run and taking some heat off Brent Venables with RB Tawee having a good day
#15 Colorado ran its record to 6-0 by pounding Texas Tech
Embattled Billy Napier dropped to 3-3 with a loss at home to #24 Texas A&M
Washington schoked many with a 16-8 road win at #19 Iowa as QB Michael rose up to lead a come from behind win as the Huskies went to 4-3.
#25 Iowa State and their promising sophomore QB ran their record to 5-1 by beating 3-3 UCF at home
#7 FSU travelled to #9 Miami in a battle of unbeatens, with the pair trading scores in a tense 4th quarter before FSU’s Jordan scored a winner with less than a minute left 20-17
#10 Oregon dropped their second game at home under the lights on NBC to #4 Ohio State 33-22 in a balanced win for the Bucks
Despite 3 picks Drew Allar led a furious comeback from 2-14 down to a 27-26 win for #20 Penn State on a wild 59 yard game winning field goal in the Coliseum over now 3-3 USC, dashing SC’s playoff hopes and keeping 5-1 PSU’s on track.
#11 Baylor runs their record to 6-0 with a balanced offense led by WR Jonathan in a 23-10 road win over 2-4 West Virginia as Neal Brown begins to hear the rumblings again

Week 8
#8 Colorado’s hype was finally beginning to build as they ran to 7-0 beating 5-1 Arizona on the road despite a rough game from Shadeur
#13 Notre Dame had to come from behind to beat Old regular Georgia Tech on the road, dropping the Jackets to 3-3 and a 20-17 win with RB Skip having another 100-yard day
#21 Indiana was quietly saving Tom Allen’s job, going to 26-23 as an opportunistic dfense picked off Jeff Sims 4 times including the game sealing one in a 26-23 OT win
Kentucky also won an OT win, getting to 4-2 against #19 Auburn who dropped to 4-2 as UK QB Leary came up big in the 4th
#23 Wake kicked #20 Miami when they were down with a 23-20 OT win in Miami.
#9 UCLA rolled to 6-1 with a road win over now 4-3 Rutgers as QB Gavin threw picks despite the RB’s solid performance
#16 Ole Miss dominated #25 South Carolina on the road as QB Jackson rolled
#5 Alabama rebounded from the Georgia loss by thrashing #14 Tennessee 42-6
Boston College continued their season of upsets with a win over North Carolina

Week 9
At the season’s midpoint, 10 major unbeatens remained: blue bloods Michigan, LSU, OSU, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and FSU as well as #8 Colorado, #14 Baylor, and #18 Washington State (taking advantage of an MWC-based schedule). Other programs like 6-1 Indiana, Missour, Wake Forest, #24 Boston College, and #25 Kansas still had firm playoff dreams in the expanded system.
Jalen Daniels and Bama’s RB Frank Roydell lead the Heisman race in the early going with JJ McCarhty a distant third
Arkansas stuns #11 Ole Miss 10-3 in a defensive masterpiece that may have saved Sam Pittman’s job
#14 Baylor’s perfect season continues as WR Jonathan snags big passes and the Bears hold on to go to 7-0 at home against now 5-3 Iowa State
#8 Colorado dominates Oklahoma State despite an uneven day for Sanders
#15 and 7-1 Indiana’s dream season continued with a 13-10 home win over Washington
Mississippi State gives their new coach a big boost with a 32-10 demolition of #19 Texas A&M behind QB Max
#12 ND squashes Navy and QB Xavier’s perfect 6-0 record on the road
NC State rolls to another quiet, unranked 7-1 beating #17 Wake Forest
Virginia Tech knocks BC out of the top 25 and gets to 6-2 as RB BHayshul has a big day
#22 Wiscy outlasts #13 Penn State for a 13-12 triumph
Pitt beat Clemson as the Tigers descent back to mediocrity continued

Week 10
RB Qualan rushed for 116 yards and a touch as #12 Baylor kept Jaylen Daniels in check in a 23-10 win over KU
#19 Iowa had a 102-yard rusher and squashed #14 Wisconsin 19-14 with a big 4th quarter comeback engineered by new QB Burkett in Iowa City
#2 LSU hosting #5 Bama was game of the week. LSUQB4 threw 4 picks as Bama took advantage in a 28-13 win despite LSU shutting down Heisman candidate RB Roydell
#1 Michigan and Donovan Edwards hand #20 Oregon their 4th loss in a welcome to the B1G 27-10 win in the Big House
#13 Indiana’s magical ride towards the CFP continues in a 20-17 road win at now 3-6 Michigna State. RB Christian has 5 catches for 58 yards and 16 rushes for 126.
Conference mate #11 UCLA likewise picks up a huge road win against now 4-5 Nebraska 20-13, holding off a late rally.
#10 OU dominates #21 Tennessee in Norman in a CFP elimination game of two t-loss teams
#17 Penn State’s CFP hopes end in a whiteout at home against #3 Ohio State as OSU’s Miyan rushes for 105 yards
#6 Texas squashes #22 Kentucky as Arch Manning plays a hyper efficient game at home
Texas A&M gets bowl eligible at 6-3 by beating #15 Mizzou 16-12 with an efficient game
Washington dominates #25 USC in Seattle as both teams now stand at a rough 5-4 as they adjust to the B1G slate

Week 11
Jalen Daniels hung in the race based on stats and a solid season, while FSU do-everything skill player Rodney Hill and Michigan RB Donovan Edwards had emerged as frontrunners for the Heisman
#8 Baylor travelled to #10 Colorado in a massive Big XII unbeaten showdown with the Buffs prevailing going away
#4 Georgia poured cold water on #16 Auburn with a 31-7 win between the ehdges as Georgia’s Carson Beck threw for over 300 yards
Georgia Tech got to 5-4 with a great performance form QB Zachary, stunning #21 NC State in OT in Atlanta
#12 Indiana landed arguably the biggest win in school history, containing Edwards and slaying #1 Michigan 30-27 in Bloomington despite being outgained by 100 yards thanks to an efficient performance in a wild fourth quarter. The Hoosiers were second only to Colorado as the story in college football.
Virginia Tech got to 7-3 with a road win over #19 Miami, continuing a second straight midseason slide for the now 7-3 Canes
#7 Florida State travelled to #11 Notre Dame. With ND 7-1 and FSU unbeaten it wasn’t an elimination game but a key game in the CFP race which FSU pulled out 23-17
#8 Oklahoma at #14 Ole Miss however was a potential elimination game, OU’s second straight ranked game threatening to hand them a 3rd loss with many discussing how a 9-3 SEC team would deserve to get in. OU’s RB rushed for 123 yards and OU played ball control in the second half of a 7-3 win.
#15 Iowa made their first trip to the Rose Bowl in a decade, pounding #9 UCLA 30-6 in a big display of offensive prowess for their new OC, keeping their CFP hopes alive and putting the Bruins on the brink as both left the game with two losses
#18 Wake Forest’s playoff hopes in a revival year for Dave Clawson were ruined by a plucky now bowl eligible Virginia team in Winston-Salem.

Week 12
The first CFP rankings featured Ohio State as an obvious unbeaten #1 with fellow unbeatens Florida State and Colorado at #2 and #3. 1-loss Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Texas, Indiana, and Baylor filled spots 4-9 leaving 9-0 Washington State and its MWC-heavy schedule at #10 with no eligibility for a conference champ auto-bid. The highest ranked three loss team was #19 Ole Miss at 7-3, who could still harbour some playoff dreams as the discussion around a 9-3 SEC team getting into the playoff loomed.
FSU’s Rodney Hill began pulling away in the Heisman race.
Hill rushed for 112 yards as FSU made quick work of #18 Boston College 38-6 in Tallahassee, ending some burgeonding CFP hopes for the Eagles.
A slide for Baylor continued as Houston got to 4-6 and kept its bowl hopes alive with a 30-point second half comeback to stun the Bears 33-28 in Houston behind QB Sock’s throwing.
In a third straight potential CFP elimination game OU cracked on the road in Baton Rouge against #5 LSU, getting smacked 30-3 and leaving calls for Venables job as OU had a third loss.
#12 UCLA kept is bowl hopes alive despite a rough day in Seattle in a 20-13 edge of the Huskies
Oregon continued to recover after a tough midseason in beating Wisconsin 20-7

Week 13
After a week 12 lacking significant upsets the CFP top 10 was unchanged, through intrigue surrounded whether an 8-2 Pitt team could or a 3-loss SEC team (with Mizzou, OU, and Auburn all candidates) could make the playoff.
Shadeur vastly outdeuled Jalen Daniels as Colorado’s run continued at Kansas
Cupcake week left many SEC teams as well as Florida State unchallenged.
#1 Ohio State humbles #9 Indiana 34-0, bringing the Hoosiers back down to earth. IU is now 9-2 and still holds out hope for the CFP if they can beat a solid 7-4 Purdue team at home in the Bucket rivalry game.
#10 UCLA nearly locked in their playoff hopes with a 30-10 win over 6-4 #22 USC, dropping the Trojans to 6-5 and having most calling for Lincoln Riley’s job.

Week 14
The CFP top 10’s only change was Indiana dropping to #12, surprisingly ranked above #13 Notre Dame but below #11 Iowa, all with two losses. 11-0 Washington State remained #10.
#17 Auburn was dreaming of a CFP appearance at 9-3 if they could topple #4 Alabama in Bryant-Denny. Bama came ready to play and blitzed Hugh Freeze’s team 46-0.
#16 Baylor’s resurgent season fell well shot of the CFP at a 9-3 finish being blown out by TCU, who finished 7-5, at home behind TCU’s RB Coooper.
Pitt polished a 9-3 season to save their coaches job with a win over #24 BC, who finished 8-4
Nebraska stunned #10 Iowa on the road, possibly dashing the 9-3 Hawkeyes playoff hopes behind RB Anthony and getting Matt Rhule to a bowl game, breaking the Power 5’s longest bowl drought.
Louisville stunned #23 UK to make a bowl in a rebuilding year for Jeff Brohm at 6-6.
#13 Oklahoma pounded #19 Missouri 21-9 behind a WR big time game from Jalil, making a strong case for the CFP with their top 3 schedule.
#3 Michigan won a stunning 4th straight rivalry ruining #1 Ohio State’s unbeaten season 13-0 in a swirling winds despite 3 picks of JJ McCarthy.
Mississippi State stuns #22 Ole Miss on the road to get to bowl eligbility while the Rebs fall to 7-5 in a down year for Lane Kiffin.
Washington likewise gets to bowl eligibility in a down year and beats #15 Oregon on the road 26-9
A&M shook up the CFP picture knocking #6 Texas to 10-2 as QB Maxwell helped ice a 26-14 win in College Station in an electric return of the rivalry to bring A&M to 8-4
UCF upends #3 Colorado, handing the Buffs their first loss, finishing 8-4 and leading to charges that Colorado has been overrated
#13 Notre Dame holds off USC 20-10 to finish 10-2 and expecting a CFP bid

Championship Week
With no ranked conference title games its understood that UAB vs Memphis for the American is almost certainly for the auto-bid. With Memphis slugging through a 40-27 win
#12 Washington State went down in Las Vegas in the Pacific (Life) Vegas Showdown to #17 Oregon State (who lost at home to Purdue), leaving both with a loss and likely out of the CFP
#5 FSU crushes 9-3 NC State 58-8 in the ACC Championship in their last ACC game
#11 Colorado recovers to beat #24 Arizona State for the Big XII championship as Prime is celebrated for a 12-1 record
#3 and 11-1 Alabama looked to avenge their regular season loss in an SEC championship game rematch against #1 Georgia. Georgia bottled up Heisman candidate RB Roydell and rolled to a 20-6 win.
#2 Michigan and #6 Ohio State rematched in the first 18-team B1G Championship with both at 11-1. A late field goal drive helped Michigan triumph in a raucous atmosphere in Indianapolis, the Wolverines 5th straight win in the series and second straight

Playoff Selection: Oregon State moves up to #12 with their win, but are bumped out by #21 Memphis’s conference title to some controversy since they were denied an auto-bid before the season. Notre Dame moves up to #10 and is in, and #11 Oklahoma, at 9-3 and with the third hardest schedule in the country, is in over Oregon State to some controversy. Florida State is given the #3 seed despite being the lone unbeaten team in football with #1 Georgia and #2 Michigan’s significantly harder paths respected. LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, and Texas, all lurking are all in despite late losses. UCLA and its strong finish at 10-2 is in as well (as well as the aforementioned bubble teams Notre Dame and Oklahoma). 9-3 B1G teams Indiana and Iowa are the two next out after Oregon State.
Awards

Jalen Daniels follows Jayden Daniels win the year before as a QB on a solid team (Kansas goes 8-4) wins the Heisman for Kansas
Nagurski: Michigan freshman DE Cameron
Doak Walker: FSU Sophomore RB Rodney Hill
Joe Moore: Ryan Esep, T Michigan
Butkus: LB Issac, Fr SMU
Thorpe: R-FR Caden, Michigan


Bowls
#15 Purdue beat #19 Cincinnati
#16 Texas A&M upset #12 Iowa in the Sugar Bowl 16-13
CFP
First Round
The first ever CFP home game is in Bryant-Denny during Christmas week as the #5 Tide host #15 Memphis, rolling 58-0 in a game that seems to prove the 5-7 model advocates right.
As the calendar turns to Saturday it’s the Horseshoe for Ohio State – OU in the teams first matchup there since a series in the late 70s. OU’s revamped D comes up big a snowstorm in a 10-7 road win.
Out west #8 seed Colorado hosts #9 seed UCLA with Prime’s team winning a 44-42 shootout.
The nightcap is in Austin for Notre Dame – Texas in both coaches’ biggest ever game. Quin Ewers is replaced early by Arch Manning who leads a late rally that falls short as ND has a balanced ball control 19-17 win making for a third stunning road win on the weekend.

Quarterfinals
Fiesta: An LSU-Alabama rematch highlights New Year’s Eve. LSU avenges its lone loss on the season as Brian Kelly evens his record at LSU against Nick Saban. LSU WR Ferguson stars and the RB gets 7.5 YPC in a 40-29 LSU win.
Peach: Georgia has a virtual home game and keeps Sanders bottled up in his last college game in a 21-10 win. Deion says he is proud of what they accomplished at Colorado seeming to indicate a move, though there aren’t many open jobs at the moment.
Rose: Michigan and Notre Dame renew their rivalry at the famed Rose Bowl in a 24-0 romp for Michigan as ND QB Samuel struggles
Sugar: #11 OU stuns #3 FSU in New Orleans as FSU’s Jordan’s last minute drive comes up short in a 19-13 win for the Sooners

Semi-Finals
Orange Bowl: LSU’s ride keeps rolling, beating a second straight SEC behemoth and harrying Beck in a 24-13 win in Miami
Cotton Bowl: Michigan Outlasts #11 OU in a 23-17 slugfest

NCG:
8th Seed LSU trimpuhs in an SEC heavy side of the bracket 37-26 over 2nd seeded Michigan to give Brian Kelly his long coveted title.

2025
Coaching Changes
Bryan Harsin takes over for Neal Brown at West Virginia

Recruiting
Georgia tops the recruiting charts as Michigan comes up with the #2 class ahead of Alabama continuing surging momentum. Ohio State cotinues to strive to catchup at #4. Texas A&M lands a #5 class as Elko proves he can recruit with blue bloos Tesas, USC, and ND following. Auburn and Penn State round out the top 10 as next tier programs eeking a breakthrough.

Week 0
Florida beats #14 Ole Miss in overtime as Billy Napiers rise continues behind RB Cameron’s 107 yards rushing
Virginia stuns #18 Tennessee in Charlotte.

Week 1
#9 Notre Dame and Quinn Graves with Barry Deion catching dominate #17 Arkansas in Dallas
#6 LSU opens a title defense with a 17-12 win over #23 Clemson on the road
#3 Alabama invades Doak Walker and upends #10 Florida State besides Heisman runne-up Hill rushing for 116 yards
#5 Ohio State’s defense looks dominat in a 24-3 handling of #4 Texas led by Joriah Walker’s passing talent
#15 Ole Miss recovers from the Florida loss to just nip #7 USC’s new season of recruiting promise 32-30

Week 2
#12 FSU punishes #10 Kentucky in Doak, lifting fan’s spirits
#4 Michigan grounds #2 Oklahoma down behind Donovan Edwards

Week 3
#7 A&M and Mike Elko’s return to Notre Dame was in for a rudeawakening as WR Hakim this time was the receipient of Quinn Grave’s TDs
Rice upsets Houston to continue a program turnaround

Week 4
#24 Miami holds off #14 Florida at home behind an efficient performance from QB Fedo Tyler
Unranked Florida State stuns #6 Penn State in Happy Valley behind Hill’s tough running,
#22 North Carolina and it’s new QB gets a 24-10 road win over #17 UCF
A 3-0 start for #17 Virginia is ruined by rival Virginia Tech thanks to WR Dawain’s 85 yards and clutch TD
Washington State gets its first win over rival #20 Washington in 4 triries with a 4th quarter comeback at home

Week 5
#22 Clemson falls short at home against a massive opponent for the second time in the season in a tough 28-25 loss to #10 Texas despite outscoring the Honrs 18-0 in the second half
#15 Miami gets to 5-0 and achives revenge in its B1G debut for the ’02 title game loss at home against #4 FSU as QB Tyler performs brilliantly. OSU thought they’d won on a short Joriah Walker TD toss wit h:22 to go, but xavier Restrepo’s 99 yard KO-TD won it for the Hurricanes in dramatic fashion
#19 OU squashed #8 Miss State’s best start since Dak 10 years earlier 20-3 behind QB Davis’s efficiency
Virginia and WR Ray dominated #7 Auburn 27-3, laying waste to Hugh Freeze’s dreams early
#21 Nebraska made good on early promise to get to 4-0 in Seattle with Sims’ throwing leading the way, dropping the Huskies to 2-2
Penn State’s struggles continued in a loss to resurgent Indiana

Week 6
#1 Georgia held on at home against a spirited effort from Luke and #21 South Carolina
#4 LSU likewise survived at #23 Ole Miss in the Magnolia Bowl, outlasing them 20-17 on a last minute field goal to stay unbeten
#9 Texas avenged the Red River Shootout against #14 Oklahoma behind Bobby Simons
Yet another midseason slump appeared ready to begin for Cristobal as QB Dylan and WR Rome put on a show in a 23-6 win for UW in Seattle voer #6 Miami

Week 7
Donovan Edwards leads the Heisman race early
#2 Georgia squashed #11 Florida and Billy’s revival hope as UF QB Graham threw 59 times in vain in a 17-6 UGA win
#13 Miami got back on track beating #25 IU 39-37
#18 Michigan State established themselves as back under their coach in a 22-10 win over #17 Nebraska
#6 Oregon and Heisman Candidate Smith grabbed a 22-21 comeback win, scoring at the very end
#22 Oklahoma scored a huge win for their playoff hopes, stifling #4 LSU at home in a 10-6 win
#7 Texas recovered well from a rivalry win in wipping #3 Alabama 33-13 as Simons emerged as a Heisman candidate
#16 A&M upended #9 North Carolina’s 6-0 start with QB Max throwing for 374 yards and Elko’s defense riddling them
Wake Forest upsets Jeff Borhm’s Lousiville

Week 8
#7 Alabama and its talented TE rolled 23-10 at home over #19 Tennesee, who continued to struggle to win big games under Josh Heupel
#8 LSU delivered #13 Auburn its second loss and second beatdown of the season, picking off QB Payton 3 times in a night Tiger Stadium game in a 34-0 win

Week 9
#18 Auburn handed #17 UNC their third straight loss in a typical Mack Brown slide as QB Payton steadied 6-2 Auburn’s playoff hopes
#11 FSU and #15 OU were going in opposite directions with OU needing to win out to make the playoff as FSU won 26-10 on the strength of QB Jordan
#7 Ohio State’s Seven was dominant at WR as they held off #20 Illinois 35-20 for the IlliBuck on the road despite trailing at the break
Week 10
QB Simons rally in a raucous Tiger Stadium was too little, too late for #6 Texas against #8 LSU

Week 11
The first CFP rankings featured unbeatens Michigan, Georgia, Notre Dame, and Oregon at the top. Washington State was at 8-1 in their first ACC season at #14. Texas A&M at #10 and Purdue at #11 were other notable contenders.
Donovan Edwards and #1 Michigan continue to lead the Heisman race
#7 LSU throttled #5 Alabama kicking Jacory Riley’s Heisman candidacy into high gear
#2 Georgia needed a late field goal drive led by its QB to edge Elko’s #10 A&M 31-28 between the Hedges and stay unbeaten
Iowa ended #18 Illinois’s layoff hopes with a classic 16-0 home win
#4 Oregon stayed unbeaten and kept #13 Miami at an arms length
Rutgers got to 6-3 and stomred the field following a 24-3 win over #16 Penn State at home, probably costing the Lions a chance at the CFP

Week 12
#2 Georgia continued its will to win, beating #9 Auburn 13-7
Elijah Drinkowictz and Mizzou ruined OU’s playoff hopes with a stunner in Columbia
OSU’s Joriah Walker at QB emerged as a competitor to Donovan Edwards for the Heisman

Michigan wins title