College Football 10/23

What a wild weekend of college football, quite a few upsets, I was hoping for one in Columbus, but the Hawkeyes weren't able to put together much in the fourth quarter and lost by 10. They played hard and gave me hope for the rest of the season.

Here's my new top 25
1-Alabama
2-Oregon
3-Florida State
4-Ohio State
5-Miami
6-Baylor
7-Missouri
8-Texas Tech
9-Fresno State
10-Stanford
11-Virginia Tech
12-Clemson
13-Northern Illinois
14-Oklahoma State
15-Wisconsin
16-Louisville
17-Auburn
18-Texas A&M
19-Oklahoma
20-UCLA
21-Nebraska
22-South Carolina
23-LSU
24-Michigan State
25-UCF

Predictions for the week, I'm now 61-27
Boise State at BYU: This should be one hell of a game, Boise State has been looking pretty solid since their opening week loss, but BYU is a bit under the radar. BYU 34 Boise 28

Tennessee at Alabama: Tennessee keeps hanging around with some solid teams, but they met their match this week. Alabama 45 Tennessee 17

UCLA at Oregon: I think UCLA is pretty solid, but not good enough to hang in this one. Oregon 45 UCLA 21

Stanford at Oregon State: Oregon State's passing combo Mannion to Cooks has been money this year! But Stanford has way more talent elsewhere. Stanford 31 Oregon State 27

South Carolina at Missouri: Missouri just keeps winning, I don't even think I had them pegged for a bowl game this year. Missouri 24 South Carolina 21

Texas at TCU: Which Texas team will show up in this one? Hopefully the good one. Texas 31 TCU 27

Texas Tech at Oklahoma: One of the biggest conference games right now, should be a good one. Oklahoma 31 Texas Tech 30

Michigan State at Illinois: Michigan State's defense is unbelievable, Illinois is much improved, but I can't imagine them moving the ball much on the Spartans. Michigan State 17 Illinois 7

Penn State at Ohio State: The Buckeyes just keep winning, and they should win this one at home. Ohio State 31 Penn State 24

I haven't really looked much at the Heisman race this year, but decided to check out some stats. It's looking like it's going to be a quarterback's year to win again.

Top candidates(in no order)
Jameis Winston QB Florida State 1,885 Yds 20 TD 3 Int definitely moved up after torching Clemson

Teddy Bridgewater QB Louisville 2,213 Yds 20 TD 2 Int moving down after losing to UCF

Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M 2,289 Yds 18 TD 7 Int 486 Rush Yds 6 Rush Td he was banged up in their second loss, probably not going to win it this year

Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 2,051 yds 19 TD 0 Int 493 Rush Yds 9 Rush Td he's my favorite at this point, and take into consideration these numbers are without playing many 4th quarters

Sean Mannion QB Oregon State 2,992 Yds 29 TD 3 Int his numbers are ridiculous, but they lost to Eastern Washington, and will most likely lose more in conference play, great stats though

Derek Carr QB Fresno State 2,276 23 TD 4 Int kind of a darkhorse here since he plays for Fresno, but he's putting up great numbers and they're undefeated

Jordan Lynch QB Northern Illinois 1,488 Yds 14 TD 5 Int 932 Rush Yds 7 Rush TD has some great rushing numbers, put up over 300 on the ground, breaking an NCAA single game record for rushing yards by a QB in a game, also a darkhorse like Carr

Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin 107-1,012-11 averaging nearly 10 yards per carry, which is amazing, he's the only RB that I see in the race right now. Wish he would have stayed committed to Iowa :(

Brandin Hooks WR Oregon State 76-1,176-12 crazy numbers so far, but he plays for Oregon State. If they can pull some upsets in the conference he'll be in the hunt with Mannion

Mike Evans WR Texas A&M 43-1,024-9 mikey football, ok that's not a real nickname, but huge numbers so far, over 20 yards per catch!