2026 NCAA Football Season

[Reality]

I enjoy good college football games and I like to see programs that are not ranked in the top 10 earn their way into it no matter which school it is.

That said, I always find it funny to see pre-season top 20 ranked teams struggle early in the season and the teams not even ranked seemingly doing well.

It's just further proof that pre-season rankings should be eliminated as all they do is serve to give 2+ chances for some teams to remain in top 20 while unranked teams have to win 2-3 surprise wins just to get the same respect.

 

[gtb1943]

I enjoy good college football games and I like to see programs that are not ranked in the top 10 earn their way into it no matter which school it is.

That said, I always find it funny to see pre-season top 20 ranked teams struggle early in the season and the teams not even ranked seemingly doing well.

It's just further proof that pre-season rankings should be eliminated as all they do is serve to give 2+ chances for some teams to remain in top 20 while unranked teams have to win 2-3 surprise wins just to get the same respect.

Outside of Alabama and saban's hayday, when has a preseason #1 actually won it all?

 

[DFWJC]

I'm a bit envious of my son and daughter going to the Texas/OhioSt game.
It'll be very toasty, but it could be pretty epic.

They said the tailgating has been an all-day thing for some.

My two closest cousins went to Ohio St and I was a fan in the early year b/c my dad did his summer coaching camps with Woody Hayes et al (also Lee Corso..lol).
But having a daughter as a UT grad trumps that! Not to mention living in Texas for 35 years now.

Hook em

 

[DFWJC]

So far, only a couple of top 25 teams have taken an L today

• #6 Oregon lost to Okie State...after they had lost to Tulsa last week...yikes
• #11 Oklahoma lost at the Big House to a not-too-good Michigan team.

Also

• There will be a loser in the #5 UT vs #1 OSU game
• I would caution #21 Iowa (ISU), #18 Tenn (GT), and #20 Utah (Ark)