Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium was filled with a sea of red Saturday night as fans stormed the field after Arkansas football’s defense came up with the stop to knock off then-No. 4 Tennessee. But the celebration came at a cost, a hefty one. On Sunday afternoon, the Southeastern Conference announced that Arkansas would be fined $250,000 for violating the …
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Missouri football plummets in national polls after loss at Texas A&M
The Tigers weren’t immune to some carnage. Missouri football dropped nine spots to No. 18 in the US LBM Coaches Poll after falling to Texas A&M 41-10 on Saturday in College Station, Texas. The poll was released Sunday morning. Mizzou had not dipped below the No. 11 mark in the poll before the Week 6 rankings drop, which is where …
Read More »How every Oklahoma college football team fared in Week 6 of 2024 season
Week 6 of the 2024 college football season is in the books. Here’s how every college football team in the state of Oklahoma fared. NCAA Division I Oklahoma No. 16-ranked Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) had a bye week. Next up is a rivalry game against No. 1 Texas at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Dallas. More: How OU football can do something against …
Read More »Michigan football: What we learned vs. Washington: ‘Don’t let this break our team’
SEATTLE — Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia looks back at Michigan football in Week 6 and its 27-17 loss to Washington as the Wolverines reach the halfway point of their season and head into their first of two bye weeks. Next up for the Wolverines: No. 23 Fighting Illini Matchup: No. 21 Michigan (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) at No. 23 Illinois …
Read More »Shakeup in the College Football Playoff 12 predictions
There was just one game featuring two ranked opponents this week so there shouldn’t have been much upheaval right? Well, it was a chaotic Saturday with plenty of upsets to change the balance of the top 25 and our College Football Playoff bracket predictions. Our top four remain intact: Ohio State, Texas, Miami, and BYU. The top four conference champions …
Read More »Movement around Notre Dame, but the Irish remain stagnant in updated ESPN power rankings
With the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team off this past weekend, there wasn’t any extra data to dive into. For that exact reason, the Irish stayed in the same spot as they had last week in ESPN’s Football Power Index after a wild Week 6 in college football. There was plenty of movement around Notre Dame, as Alabama, Tennessee, …
Read More »Indiana comes in at No. 18 in AP poll: When was the last time Hoosiers were in top 20?
Six weeks into the college football season, Indiana football has made quite an amount of history. That trend continued Sunday with the latest AP Top 25 poll. Following their dominant 41-24 win at Northwestern on Saturday, the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 in Big Ten) were rewarded by AP voters on Sunday with their highest ranking in the AP poll during a …
Read More »Wisconsin not included, six Big Ten teams in latest AP Top 25 Poll
The Wisconsin Badgers (3-2) remained unranked in the latest AP Poll after their 52-6 victory over Purdue at home on Saturday. The Badgers snapped a two-game losing streak, winning their 18th consecutive matchup against the Boilermakers. Wisconsin was also left out of the latest US LBM Coaches Poll after the win as well. Week 6 of the college football season …
Read More »Alabama’s loss to Vanderbilt shows parity in college football | College Football Enquirer
Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde to discuss the Crimson Tide’s surprising loss to the Commodores and how the playing field has become more balanced in college football. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or …
Read More »Penn State climbs to highest AP Top 25 ranking since 2021
Is Penn State one of the four best teams in the country? According to the latest AP Top 25 poll, yes. Penn State moved up three spots amid some reshuffling of the AP Top 25 this week and is now ranked no. 4 in the nation, behind only top-ranked Texas and fellow Big Ten teams Ohio State (no. 2) and …
Read More »How wild Week 6 of SEC upsets changed AP Poll rankings
The SEC saw three of its Week 5 top-10 college football programs face upsets on Saturday, with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Tennessee Volunteers and Missouri Tigers all getting beat away from their home stadiums. The culmination of losses sent a major ripple throughout the national rankings, particularly in the AP Poll Top 25 following Week 6’s action, where previously top-ranked …
Read More »Updating Texas A&M rankings in college football polls before Aggies enter bye week
As upsets dominated the headlines around college football in Week 6, Texas A&M football did their part by manhandling Missouri en route to a 41-10 victory. The Aggies entered the weekend at No. 21 in the updated US LBM Coaches Poll, and saw a sizeable jump up in the latest ranking that was released on Sunday morning. They began the …
Read More »Pair of future Wisconsin opponents move into top 5 in latest US LBM Coaches Poll
Wisconsin defeated Purdue at home Saturday 52-6, snapping a two-game streak and improving to 3-2 on the season. Although the team built positive momentum with an impressive win, it remains absent from the latest US LBM Coaches Poll. The US LBM Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the college football regular season and the Badgers have yet to be ranked …
Read More »How do we make sense of the top-25 after a wild week? | College Football Power Hour
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton and Adam Breneman discuss how the rankings should look after two top-5 teams fall and others have some close calls in Week 6. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I’m pulling one out …
Read More »Upsets create major shakeup in US LBM Coaches poll
They all said Week 6 of the college football season presented a weak slate and that we should all pay attention to the following week. But that’s why they play the games. Both Alabama and Tennessee, formerly Top 5 teams, fell to previously unranked teams in Vanderbilt and Arkansas, respectively. What has resulted is a major shakeup up top of …
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