College Football - Midway Point

We are now half way through the college football season. The Iowa Hawkeyes are still undefeated and they sit atop the Big Ten West division with a 2-0 record after their 29-20 victory over Illinois. Iowa relied on their ground game in the second half as Jordan Canzeri carried the team on his back, going for over 250 yards on a school-record, 43 carries. True freshmen WR, Jerminic Smith, had a big first half with four catches for 118 yards. The Hawkeyes did lose their best player, Drew Ott, for the season with a torn ACL. The senior defensive end should get a shot at the NFL.

New Top 25
1-Ohio State 6-0 pulled away late against Maryland
2-Utah 5-0 held of Cal for a big win
3-Baylor 5-0 destroyed Kansas
4-Clemson 5-0 crushed Georgia Tech
5-TCU 6-0 knocked off Kansas State in a close one
6-Florida 6-0 continues to surprise as they won at Mizzou
7-Michigan State 6-0 another close win this week against Rutgers
8-Florida State 5-0 beat Miami
9-LSU 5-0 had no problem with South Carolina
10-Alabama 5-1 knocked off Arkansas after a slow start
11-Texas A&M 5-0 was off
12-Ole Miss 5-1 beat up on New Mexico State
13-Stanford 4-1 was off
14-Notre Dame 5-1 beat Navy
15-UCLA 4-1 was off
16-Michigan 5-1 shutout Northwestern
17-Oklahoma State 6-0 beat West Virginia
18-Iowa 6-0 knocked off Illinois
19-Boise State 5-1 crushed Colorado State
20-Toledo 5-0 beat Kent State easily
21-Oklahoma 4-1 was upset by Texas
22-Northwestern 5-1 suffered their first loss against Michigan
23-Houston 5-0 beat SMU
24-Memphis 5-0 was off
25-California 5-1 lost to Utah

Top Games This Week
I was 8-4 last week which puts me at 43-22 on the season. Here are the top games for this week! I love this week of games! Cant' wait to see the division races start to take shape.

Penn State at Ohio State: Penn State got off to a slow start this year and the offense has struggled. Ohio State has been starting off slow in some games. If Penn State can get off to a quick start they might be able to hang with the Buckeyes, but I think Ohio State's defense will shut them down. Ohio State 24 Penn State 14

Arizona State at Utah: Utah is rolling, but Arizona State is tough, despite a couple of losses. Utah 34 Arizona State 24

West Virginia at Baylor: West Virginia has a solid offense, but they're defense won't be able to shut down Baylor. Baylor 52 West Virginia 35

Michigan State at Michigan: Before the season started I thought this game would be an easy win for the Spartans. I think Michigan actually wins this one. Michigan 24 Michigan State 17

Louisville at Florida State: Louisville has had a pretty brutal schedule this year and it doesn't get any easier. Florida State 21 Louisville 17

Florida at LSU: This is a huge game, I wasn't expecting both of these teams to be undefeated at this point in the season. LSU 27 Florida 24

Alabama at Texas A&M: A&M has been a surprise to me this year, also, but I think Alabama will win this one. Alabama 27 Texas A&M 21

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma needs to bounce back after an embarrassing loss to Texas. Oklahoma 31 Kansas State 28

Iowa at Northwestern: This is a big game for the west division in the Big Ten. I think if Iowa can shut down the run game, which they can, they should win. Iowa 24 Northwestern 14

Ole Miss at Memphis: Memphis is undefeated, but Ole Miss is too good. Ole Miss 42 Memphis 31

UCLA at Stanford: This is a huge game if either of these teams want to make the playoff. Stanford 34 UCLA 28

Missouri at Georgia: Georgia lost a tough game at Tennessee and they lost star running back, Nick Chubb as well, but they still have more talent than Missouri. Georgia 31 Missouri 24

USC at Notre Dame: How will USC respond without their coach this week? They also lost a close game with Washington. Notre Dame 28 USC 21

Air Force at New Mexico:

Heisman Watch
Trevone Boykin QB TCU
vs Kansas State 301-2-2 124-2
Season: 2,103-21-5 366-4

Jared Goff QB Cal
vs Utah 340-2-5 30-0
Season: 1,970-17-9

Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma
vs Texas 211-1-0 -5-0
Season: 1,593-14-3

Cody Kessler QB USC
vs Washington 156-0-2 -25-0
Season: 1,453-15-3

Seth Russell QB Baylor
vs Kansas 246-3-0 6-1
Season: 1,527-22-5

Kevin Hogan QB Stanford
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Season: 1,155-9-2

Leonard Fournette RB LSU
vs S. Carolina 20-158-1 3-25
Season: 119-1,022-12

Nick Chubb RB Georgia
vs Tenn 1-2
Season: 92-747-7

Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State
vs Maryland 21-106-2 6-47
Season: 121-835-10

Dalvin Cook RB Florida State
vs Miami 22-222-2 3-47-1
Season: 88-792-8

Josh Docston WR TCU
vs Kansas State 8-155-2
Season: 50-877-10