2026 College Football Thread

[falafel]

#1 Texas goes down to unranked Oklahoma in the Red River game. #21 UCLA upsets #13 Oregon in Eugene. Unranked South Carolina takes down #16 Florida in the Swamp. The unranked Fighting Belicheks of UNC knock off #25 Pitt.

In games that were closer than I expected, unranked Nebraska falls by just three points to defending champion and #7 Indiana while #15 Tennessee beats 2-4 Arkansas by just seven points.

There's at least one guaranteed loss among the top 25 remaining today - between #2 Georgia and #6 Alabama. Do you expect any others?

I'm not sure an undefeated top 10 program should be below an 1-loss top 10 program, when both are from power conferences. But then again, SEC on ABC is a thing, so I guess I can understand what is going on. But BYU, Utah, and Texas Tech all undefeated and below 1-loss Texas and OSU? Ok. Seems legit. No favoritism or self-interest there.

Also, Alabama losing but NOT dropping a spot, while BYU wins and doesn't jump a spot? GTFO. No. 1 Texas dropped 6 spots after losing!

[Bo Diddley]

These are all reasons I hate polls. It's akin to determining the attributes of God by voting on them. Ok, maybe a distant relative, but a kin, nonetheless.

[Pelado]

I'm not sure an undefeated top 10 program should be below an 1-loss top 10 program, when both are from power conferences. But then again, SEC on ABC is a thing, so I guess I can understand what is going on. But BYU, Utah, and Texas Tech all undefeated and below 1-loss Texas and OSU? Ok. Seems legit. No favoritism or self-interest there.

Also, Alabama losing but NOT dropping a spot, while BYU wins and doesn't jump a spot? GTFO. No. 1 Texas dropped 6 spots after losing!

Time for some blind resumes. No Cheating!

Using the Massey Composite Rankings to rank each of their opponents, in what order would you rank each of the following teams? Sorted in order of best win.

NO CHEATING!

Team	Average Opponent Rank	Best Win	Next Best Win	Worst Loss
A	28.6	3	26	NA
B	36.6	7	21	26
C	34.5	13	14	2
D	56.6	15	41	27
E	67.3	17	44	NA
F	62.8	19	39	NA
G	68.2	20	25	NA
H	71.5	22	61	6
I	67.3	28	40	NA
J	61.0	29	52	NA

Edit: Why won't it let me right justify the table? Ugh.

[Pelado]

Time for some blind resumes. No Cheating!

Using the Massey Composite Rankings to rank each of their opponents, in what order would you rank each of the following teams? Sorted in order of best win.

NO CHEATING!

Team	Average Opponent Rank	Best Win	Next Best Win	Worst Loss
A	28.6	3	26	NA
B	36.6	7	21	26
C	34.5	13	14	2
D	56.6	15	41	27
E	67.3	17	44	NA
F	62.8	19	39	NA
G	68.2	20	25	NA
H	71.5	22	61	6
I	67.3	28	40	NA
J	61.0	29	52	NA

Edit: Why won't it let me right justify the table? Ugh.

Apparently, actually doing the blind ranking is more difficult than complaining about the existing rankings.

[BigPiney]

Team	Average Opponent Rank	Best Win	Next Best Win	Worst Loss
A	28.6	3	26	NA
F	62.8	19	39	NA
J	61	29	52	NA
E	67.3	17	44	NA
G	68.2	20	25	NA
I	67.3	28	40	NA
C	34.5	13	14	2
H	71.5	22	61	6
B	36.6	7	21	26
D	56.6	15	41	27

[Moliere]

Which one is BYU becasue that’s who I’d put as #1

[Pelado]

Team	Average Opponent Rank	Best Win	Next Best Win	Worst Loss
A	28.6	3	26	NA
F	62.8	19	39	NA
J	61	29	52	NA
E	67.3	17	44	NA
G	68.2	20	25	NA
I	67.3	28	40	NA
C	34.5	13	14	2
H	71.5	22	61	6
B	36.6	7	21	26
D	56.6	15	41	27

I'm curious of your rationale on some of those picks. You're obviously favoring not losing over winning against top competition since you've placed each team with a loss at the bottom of the pack.

What's your reasoning for having team E behind F and J? Also, Team J has faced a slightly more difficult average opponent than the team you ranked just above them and the three teams you've ranked just below them but their top two wins rank worse than each of those teams.

[Pelado]

Which one is BYU becasue that’s who I’d put as #1

NO CHEATING! But congratulations, you got the right answer!