NCAA Football Week 8 Thoughts and Ponderings

Back-to-Back incredible weekends full of upsets, comebacks, and high scoring offenses. This weekend saw five of the top ten teams fall and that made me wonder, what SHOULD the rankings look like now? Well, I'm going to try and figure that out...

#1. Alabama - Because duh.
#2. Oregon - Until 'Bama loses or the Ducks lose, they aren't leaving this spot.
#3. Florida State - They beat previously #3 Clemson in a week where the #4 team looked less than stellar.
#4. Ohio State - Close one with a needed comeback against Iowa, but it's still a win.
#5. Baylor - You friggin' heard me! They average 700+ yards per game and RB Lache Seastrunk is my favorite name right now.
#6. Miami (FL) - They didn't make Thursday's game versus North Carolina look easy but everybody else lost so they move up four spots.
#7. Clemson - Heartbreaking blowout loss to Florida State sends them down a notch but the defense is still very good.
#8. LSU - Mettenberger isn't a first rounder but that defense still isn't anything to fool with.
#9. Louisville - Closeness of loss keeps them from parachuting out of the top 10.
#10. Texas A&M - This defense is horrendous. WR Mike Evans is a superstar.
#11. Missouri - In real life, they'll probably sneak into the top 10 but I'm not a huge believer.
#12. Stanford - David Shaw's team moves up one spot even though they pulled off an upset over the previous #9 UCLA Bruins.
#13. UCLA - Brett Hundley is out of serious Heisman contention but they aren't out of the race yet, they just need another crazy weekend of upsets.
#14. South Carolina - Finally, Jadaveon Clowney looks like he's back to normal, just in time for a loss to unranked Tennessee.
#15. Texas Tech - Still undefeated and beat an underrated West Virginia team.
#16. Fresno State - QB Derek Carr is a clone of his older brother so far in college.
#17. Auburn - A major upset of the Aggies has Auburn leap up in the rankings.
#18. Oklahoma - They needed a comeback against Kansas but once they were up, there was no looking back.
#19. Northern Illinois - Their QB ran for 316 yards. That's not a typo. Jordan Lynch is pretty good.
#20. Georgia - Aaron Murray is still an elite college quarterback but injuries have tainted their season.
#21. Virginia Tech - The bye week has made me forget they exist, might as well move them down. (Sorry Va Tech)
#22. Oklahoma State - The sloppy play of J.W. Walsh has brought up questions on whether he or back-up QB Clint Chelf should start.
#23. Wisconsin - They still have an elite running corps but Stave...
#24. Michigan - Devin Gardener heard the Wolverines were unranked and went nuts. 503 passing yards & 3 rushing TD's later, here they are.
#25. Nebraska - Bye weeks always help when low ranked teams lose.

THE HEISMAN WATCH
1. QB Marcus Mariota (Oregon) - 2,051 Yards 19 TD's 0 INT's | 493 Rushing Yards 9 TD's

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2. QB Jameis Winston (Florida State) - 1,885 Yards 20 TD's 3 INT's | 137 Rushing Yards 3 TD's
3. QB Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M) - 2,289 Yards 18 TD's 7 INT's | 486 Rushing Yards 6 TD's
4. QB Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville) - 2,213 Yards 20 TD's 2 INT's
5. QB Tajh Boyd (Clemson) - 1,939 Yards 16 TD's 4 INT's | 195 Rushing Yards 5 TD's
6. QB Brett Hundley (UCLA) - 1,661 Yards 13 TD's 6 INT's | 287 Rushing Yards 3 TD's
7. QB Bryce Petty (Baylor) - 2,023 Yards 15 TD's 1 INT | 51 Rushing Yards 5 TD's
8. QB Sean Mannion (Oregon State) - 2,992 Yards 29 TD's 3 INT's
9. RB Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) - 107 Carries 1,012 Rushing Yards 11 TD's
10. QB A.J. McCarron (Alabama) - 1,587 Yards 14 TD's 3 INT's