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2018 Bowl Previews and Recaps

This was a weird season of college football. In my opinion, it left room for improvement. I also think the bowl matchups are a bit sub-par. Hopefully the games will prove me wrong. I am very much looking forward to

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Posted in 2018 Season, Football

2018 Week 9 Preview

Already in week 9?! Football season moves so fast. This has the potential to be another big upset week. All but 4 ranked teams play on the road this week and West Virginia has already played and won. Home field

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Posted in 2018 Season, Football

2018 Week 6 Preview

Week 5 was full of almost-upsets. Clemson nearly fell to Syracuse, Texas A&M came down to the wire against Arkansas, Penn State blew a lead to Ohio State, and Northwestern very nearly beat Michigan. The week 6 slate, once again,

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2018 Week 2 Preview

Week 1 really wasn’t all that exciting. Don’t get me wrong, I was hyped that college football was back, but the upsets didn’t come like I hoped they might. We did learn that LSU and Virginia Tech are very good

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Posted in 2018 Season, Football

2018 SEC Preview and Predictions

For the first time in the (albeit short) history of the College Football Playoff, two teams from the same conference played for it all. Alabama took down Georgia in an extremely entertaining national championship game. The Tide rolled in OT

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2017 Week 7 Preview

There were some big upsets last week! Oklahoma lost to Iowa State, Michigan lost to Michigan State and Louisville lost to NC State. Florida also lost to LSU, which is weird, but not totally unexpected. This week there are no

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Posted in 2017 Season, Football

2017 Week 4 Preview

Week 3 brought us some major upsets. The biggest being Mississippi State’s complete handling of LSU. Stanford fell to San Diego State, UCLA lost to Memphis, Vanderbilt beat Kansas State. Florida used a last-second hail mary to shock Tennessee, and

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CFP Top 25

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Alabama
4. Cincinnati

5. Oklahoma State
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. Baylor
10. Oregon
11. Michigan State
12. BYU
13. Iowa
14. Oklahoma
15. Pittsburgh
16. Wake Forest
17. Utah
18. NC State
19. San Diego State
20. Clemson
21. Houston
22. ARKANSAS
*23. Kentucky
*24. Louisiana
25. Texas A&M

Dropped Out: 14Wisconsin, 22UTSA

Poll released on Tuesdays

AP Top 25

1. Georgia (12-0,8-0)
2. Michigan (11-1,8-1)
3. Cincinnati (12-0,8-0)
4. Alabama (11-1,7-1)
5. Oklahoma State (11-1,8-1)
6. Notre Dame (11-1)
7. Ohio State (10-2,8-1)
8. Ole Miss (10-2,6-2)
9. Baylor (10-2,7-2)
10. Oregon (10-2,7-2)
11. Michigan State (10-2,7-2)
12. BYU (10-2)
13. Oklahoma (10-2,7-2)
14. Utah (9-3,8-1)
15. Iowa (10-2,7-2)
16. Houston (11-1,8-0)
17. Pittsburgh (10-2,7-1)
18. Wake Forest (10-2,7-1)
19. San Diego State (11-1,7-1)
20. Louisiana (11-1,8-0)
21. NC State (9-3,6-2)
*22. Clemson (9-3,6-2)
23. ARKANSAS (8-4,4-4)
24. Texas A&M (8-4,4-4)
*25. Kentucky (9-3,5-3)

Dropped Out: 15UTSA (11-1,7-1), 19Wisconsin (8-4,6-3)

Bowl Eligible Teams

SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Big 10: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Pac12: Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, Utah
Independents: Army, BYU, Liberty, Notre Dame
American: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulsa, UCF
Mountain West: Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana, Western Kentucky
C-USA: Marshall, MTSU, North Texas, Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, UTSA
MAC: Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan,

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