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Welcome Back! Forget everything you though you knew about how the 2026 was going to go; everything was upended here in Week 2. Well, not everything, but you get the idea.  I was able to watch a few games on my I-Pad and my phone while on the school bus to and from the Florida Atlantic University campus (more on that below), but I didn't add a meaningful number of teams to those listed last week. I'll update this next week. Here are my thoughts from Week 2 1. The ACC can really beat up on FCS teams. Over Thursday and Friday Nights, Miami, Louisville, Virginia, and NC State defeated 4 FCS teams by a combined 268-23, an average score of 67-5.75. That's complete domination. But also... 2. The ACC was 3-0 versus the Big Ten this past weekend, with Duke topping Illinois 31-27 in Champaign, Wake Forest escaping 38-36 in 2 OT at Purdue, and Boston College downing Rutgers 28-21 at home. The ACC also got a win from Pitt over UCF, as the conference was 4-1 against P4 competition this ...

Welcome Back! Last week, I was a fantastic 82-9, a winning percentage of 90.1%! Overall, I am 87-12, or 87.9%. There is no way I will sustain that for the year, but maybe I can stay above 75% this year. There are 86 games in total this week, just 5 less than last week, so once again, it took me a while. As I stated in Monday's TWIF Notes, I won't be able to watch any games this weekend as I will be taking my HS band to attend Band Day at the FAU vs Navy game in Boca Raton, FL. So... on with the picks! Thursday, September 10 Florida A&M @ Miami, FL - The Rattlers won the 1st time these teams ever met, 16-13 in 1979 in Tallahassee, but the Hurricanes have won the 11 subsequent matchups (all in the Miami area) by an average score of 51.5-6.2, with 3 shutouts. Canes win big again. Friday, September 11 Villanova @ Louisville - The Cardinals and Wildcats will be playing for the 1st time, and even though UL is on a very short week (they played Sunday and are playing on Friday just...

Welcome Back! Today I'll talk mostly about the out of conference results from Weeks Zero and One. Interconference results This year, I plan to use a chart, which should more clearly highlight how each conference is doing. It will be organized by their overall OOC record. Unfortunately, you mayneed to scroll to see the last few columns. Conference Overall Pct Rank vs FBS Pct Rank vs P4 Pct Rank vs G6 Pct Rank SEC 16-0 1.000 1 10-0 1.000 1 3-0 1.000 1 7-0 1.000 1 Independents 2-0 1.000 2 1-0 1.000 1 1-0 1.000 1 0-0 .000 10 Big Ten 18-2 .900 3 14-2 .875 2 2-1 .667 2 12-1 .923 5 Big 12 13-3 .813 4 4-3 .571 3 2-2 .500 3 2-1 .667 7 Sun Belt 10-4 .714 5 2-4 .333 7 0-3 .000 7 2-1 .667 7 American 9-5 .643 6 4-4 .500 5 1-4 .200 4 3-0 1.000 3 ACC 8-5 .615 7 6-5 .545 4 1-5 .167 5 5-0 1.000 2 MWC 6-6 .500 8 4-6 .400 6 0-4 .000 9 4-2 .667 6 CUSA 5-8 .385 9 0-8 .000 11 0-3 .000 7 0-5 .000 10 Pac 12 2-6 .250 10 1-5 .167 8 0-5 .000 10 1-0 1.000 4 MAC 3-10 .231 11 1-9 .100 9 1-7 .125 6 0-2 .000 10 F...

Welcome Back! As you might expect, we had quite a bit of movement after the 1st full week of games. We even had some movement within the Top 10, as Texas moves up to #3 and LSU moves in at #10, while Michigan drops from #9 to #11. Other than movement within itself, the Top 25 retains the same teams. We also have a new team at the bottom, as Charlotte drops to #138 from 137, thanks to UMass moving up to #135 from last place. Here are the teams that moved 8 spots or more (biggest movers highlighted): Ga Tech -15 to #54 UCLA +11 to #55 New Mexico +11 to #59 Texas State -9 to #72 Toledo -19 to #73 Colorado +18 to #76 Mich St -14 to #79 Miami, Oh -9 to #83 WKU -12 to #89 Okla St -19 to #95 Rutgers -11 to #100 Tulsa +15 to #102 Colo St +10 to #108 C Mich -8 to #109 Nevada +16 to #110 CCU -8 to #14 FAU -8 to #116 Utah St -34 to #124 Bowling Green -14 to #134 As a reminder, I use a points based system. Teams start out with a certain number of points based on 12 different factors, and those poi...