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Power Rankings 9/22/26

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Welcome Back! As you might expect, we had quite a bit of movement after the 3rd full week of games. Texas and Indiana remain numbers 1 and 2, but Notre Dame and Oregon swap spots. Ole Miss moves back into the top 10 at #9 while LSU drops to #12. Once again, the Top 25 has the same teams but with some rearrangement. ULM takes over the last spot due to their loss to an FCS team, supplanting Charlotte. After this weekend, I will drop the preseason points and add in some stats from this season. This means there will probably be some major changes, but perhaps not as much as in the past, since the preseason points have carried less weight than before. This also means that the rankings next week will reflect what has happened this season and will be devoid of preseason expectations. Here are the teams that moved 8 spots or more (biggest movers highlighted): West Virginia +16 to #51 North Texas -11 to #55 Wake Forest -9 to #61 Texas State +12 to #64 Kentucky +20 to #65 Tulane -9 to #71 San Di...
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TWIF Notes 9/21/26

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Welcome Back! What a fantastic weekend of games! We had a few routs, but there were quite a few close contests and even some upsets. Plus an unbelievable ending. Here are my thoughts from Week 3. 1. Texas Tech may very well repeat s Big 12 champions, but it won't be in as dominating a fashion as it was last year. Houston jumped out in front, fell behind, then nearly tied the game on a 2-point conversion, falling just short in a 28-26 loss. Unfortunately for us as viewers, the Cougars are likely the toughest team the Red Raiders will face all season, though they do face Arizona on Oct 31. Here are TT's remaining Big 12 games: at Colorado, Ariz State, at Cincinnati, Arizona, WVU, at Oklahoma State, at Baylor, and TCU. Do you see any major challenges there? It would take a huge upset (or 2) for the Red Raiders not to make the Big 12 CG. 2. Georgia won easily, 45-17, and was never really challenged against Arkansas, but it was sort of a weird game. The Dawgs had 254 yards rushing, ...
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Paul's Picks 2026- Week 3

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Welcome Back! Last week, I was better than usual again at 73-13, a winning percentage of 84.9%! Overall, I am 160-25, or 86.5%, a drop of 1.4% from the week before. There is no way I will sustain that for the year, but maybe I can stay above 75% this year. There are 75 games in total this week, 11 less than last week, so once again, it took me a while. Fortunately, there are far fewer FCS games, though that will likely bring down my percentage. So... on with the picks! Thursday, September 17 Syracuse @ Pittsburgh - The Panthers have a 45-32-3 lead in the series, winning the last 2, and 20 of the last 24 (since 2002) as these teams have played yearly since 1955, when they restarted after a 25-year hiatus. They actually first met in 1916, and played 10 times between then and 1930 (6-2-2 in favor of Pitt). The Orange are 1-1 on the young season, but 0-1 in the ACC after the loss to Cal last weekend at home. The Panthers had a tough test against UCF last week, but should handle Syracuse in...
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