AP Top 25 Reality Check: When does head-to-head matter?
3 years, 2 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: When does head-to-head matter?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: The Ducks have allowed an average of 94 yards rushing and 2.84 yards per carry over the last three games with LB Noah Sewell leading the way. Reality check: Wolverines’ run defense against teams without Kenneth Walker III: 3.5 yards per carry. Reality check: Cowboys have become the Big 12’s answer to Iowa with the worst non-Kansas offense in the conference, but a smothering defense that has yet to allow more than 24 points in a game. Reality check: Who would have guessed that the Aggies’ best passing game of the season, the only one in which they completed more than 62% and broke 9 yards per attempt, would come against Alabama?

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Week 7’s top 10 college football games: Ohio State-Oregon, Ole Miss-LSU, Red River and more
3 months ago

Week 7’s top 10 college football games: Ohio State-Oregon, Ole Miss-LSU, Red River and more

New York Times  

I was at a family wedding last Saturday, waiting in line at the bar when I noticed another guest checking his betting app. He’s eighth in the FBS at 313.4 passing yards per game and the first Pitt QB to win his first five starts since Dan Marino in 1979. West Virginia will look to play disruptor a week after …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Boise State returns to rankings 3 years after 19-season streak was snapped
3 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Boise State returns to rankings 3 years after 19-season streak was snapped

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check welcomes back Boise State and encourages AP voters to be open-minded to teams outside the Power Four. Reality check: TE Tyler Warren has double the number of catches than the next best receiver on the team — which might not mean much after playing …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: SEC takeover could last a while with few nonconference challenges left
4 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: SEC takeover could last a while with few nonconference challenges left

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: The interior of the Ducks’ offensive line has been a problem, contributing to seven sacks allowed. Reality check: The Trojans’ shutout of Utah State was the first by a Lincoln Riley-coached team against an FBS opponent. Reality check: Quarterback issues will dominate headlines, but …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: How each ranked teams’ season could go wrong
4 months, 4 weeks ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: How each ranked teams’ season could go wrong

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: Texas is back doesn’t seem like a sarcastic joke after the Longhorns’ playoff run, but the best part of a solid defense last year were two game-wrecking interior linemen. Reality check: Coach Dabo Swinney is banking on the second season of QB Cade Klubnik …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: How will the teams in final AP poll look heading into the 2024 season?
1 year ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: How will the teams in final AP poll look heading into the 2024 season?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 Michigan 2024 key games: vs. Texas, Sept. 7; vs. USC, Sept. 21; at Washington, Oct. 5; at Ohio State, Nov. 30. 3 Texas 2024 key games: at Michigan, Sept. 7; vs. Oklahoma at Dallas, Oct. 12; vs. Georgia, Oct. 19; at Texas A&M, Nov. 30. …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: USC’s fall a rarity in a season where most of the ranked have stayed ranked
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: USC’s fall a rarity in a season where most of the ranked have stayed ranked

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: These Bulldogs might not be as good as either of the last two national championship teams, but they probably don’t have to be to win another title. Reality check: The next two weeks against Mizzou and Georgia will define Tennessee’s season. Reality check: QB …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Texas or Oklahoma? Washington or Oregon? How much to honor head-to-head?
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Texas or Oklahoma? Washington or Oregon? How much to honor head-to-head?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: QB Maalik Murphy’s first start was solid against an overmatched opponent, but 6.8 yards per attempt is going to be a difficult way to beat teams the Longhorns’ defense can’t smother. Reality check: The running games has not averaged more than 4.2 yards per …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Reset welcome 7 new ranked teams
2 years, 3 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Reset welcome 7 new ranked teams

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: Horned Frogs under new coach Sonny Dykes are now leading the country at 8.33 yards per play, including 7.04 per rush. Reality check: QB Adrian Martinez and RB Deuce Vaughn combined for 341 yards rushing against Texas Tech and Kansas State is sixth in …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Unanimous No 1 UGA chasing record
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Unanimous No 1 UGA chasing record

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: The Bulldogs are allowing 6.9 points per game, that would be the lowest figure for a full season since Oklahoma allowed 6.6 in 1986. Reality check: The defense got better but it never got well and Michigan exposed that with 297 yards rushing and …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Places change but teams remain same
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Places change but teams remain same

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: Is the Cougars’ next game a job interview for coach Kalani Sitake? Reality check: Deacs’ defense has allowed more than 300 yards rushing in two of the past three games and four times on the season. Reality check: Ragin’ Cajuns like to play ground …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Superpowers flex with titles in sight
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Superpowers flex with titles in sight

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! That loss to Oregon in September is a distant memory for Ohio State, which is one victory away from a fifth straight Big Ten title game appearance. If Wake loses next week at Boston College and North Carolina State loses to North Carolina, Clemson is back …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Strange time for Bama to pass Cincy
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Strange time for Bama to pass Cincy

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: Just when we embraced the Cowboys as the Big 12’s answer to Iowa, defense-reliant and offensively challenged, they put up a season-high 682 yards and 7.84 per play. Reality check: Panthers have two productive and dangerous tight ends in senior Lucas Krull, whom America …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: UGA joins No. 1 club; Tide slips
3 years, 3 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: UGA joins No. 1 club; Tide slips

Associated Press  

1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll has been in the possession of just a few elite teams over the last six seasons. Reality check: Four of Alabama’s six national championships were won after losing a game in the regular season and it wouldn’t be the least bit surprising if the Tide were to do that again. 6 …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Preseason perception v small sample
3 years, 3 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Preseason perception v small sample

Associated Press  

A month into the season, 12 teams that were ranked in the preseason are unranked, including two preseason top 10s, and a total of 38 teams have spent at least one week in The Associated Press college football poll. Reality check: Bulldogs’ defense by national rankings: first in scoring; first in passer efficiency; first in yards per play; fifth in …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Are 4 newcomers built to last?
3 years, 4 months ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Are 4 newcomers built to last?

Associated Press  

Week one of the college football season featured eight ranked teams losing. Reality check: Tigers are out of the top five for the first time since 2017, a string of 57 straight polls, which was the second-longest in poll history behind Alabama’s streak of 68 from 2015-19. Reality check: Baylor transfer Charlie Brewer had a nice debut for the Utes, …

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