Yahoo Top 10: Which teams deserve a spot after a chalky Week 1?

Well, this is a new one. Vanderbilt is in the Top 10!

You read that correctly.

College football kept to its wild and wacky nature on the true opening weekend of the season. The Miami Hurricanes blew through Gainesville with an unexpected clobbering; there was newfound offense in Iowa City; the Oregon Ducks survived a scare from Idaho (yes, Idaho); and the Commodores of Vanderbilt stunned Virginia Tech in Nashville, a victory that propels them into the inaugural Top 10 of the 2024 season.

How long will the Commodores stay here? Well, we’ll see. The ‘Dores have a legitimate shot to be 3-0 before traveling to Missouri on Sept. 21. It’s a pivotal year for Vandy coach Clark Lea to right a ship that went off course in his third season last year (they were 2-10).

Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia was a monster in the Commodores’ Week 1 win over Virginia Tech. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)

But enough about Vandy. Down in Austin, Arch Manning, in a backup role, threw his first college touchdown, and down in Georgia, the top-ranked Bulldogs bashed Dabo Swinney’s bunch. Also down in Georgia, Boise State, one of the Group of Five’s CFP favorites, made the cross-country trip to show off perhaps the most important offseason player retainment of any: running back Ashton Jeanty, who broke the school record with 267 yards rushing and six touchdowns in a 56-45 win over Georgia Southern in a performance that might just kick off the rare G5 Heisman campaign.

In Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s new coach produced a familiar result (a big win). And on the set of GameDay from College Station, Alabama’s former coach dropped an s-bomb on live TV.

And finally, after a slow start in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes’ new-look offense under Tim Lester eventually got it rolling, passing for three TDs in a single game for the first time since… 2021!

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Publish date : 2024-09-01 03:57:59

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