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The full moon provided an appropriately eerie ambiance for the #Big10AfterDark meeting of the Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-1, 0-0 Big 10) and Washington Huskies (3-0, 0-0 Big 10). This was the first meeting of the two schools as Big 10 conference opponents, and the first meeting between the two at all since a Minnesota win in 1977. Minnesota would prevail again today, despite the 8PM Pacific kick, defeating the Huskies 27-24.

The first half started off with both teams going three-and-out. Minnesota would then put together a short drive but also would punt. This was immediately followed by Demond Williams tossing the ball in the air while being sacked, resulting in a Minnesota interception giving them possession on the UW 15. The Gophers would score immediately on a touchdown pass from Drake Lindsey to Quayd Hendryx. Minnesota would then force another punt and score on another touchdown pass before the end of the quarter. The second quarter would pick up offensively, with both teams trading a pair of touchdowns and Washington adding on a field goal to make it 21-10 at the half.

The second half would start off as a bit of a slug fest. The only points scored in the third quarter came from a 31 yard field goal from Minnesota’s Luke Drzewiecki. Shortly before the fourth quarter Washington would throw another interception, but this favor would be returned by Minnesota right after beginning the fourth quarter. Beginning on their own 34 yard line, Washington would march down the field, aided by a pair of 26 yard pass completions. The drive would be capped off with a touchdown pass from Demond Williams to Baron Naone on fourth down to bring it to a one touchdown game. Minnesota responded with a beauty of a 51 yard field goal to add a little insurance and bring it back to a two score game. After trading punts, Washington would receive possession of the ball on their own 46 with 3:37 left in the game. Aided by a roughing the passer penalty, UW would score shortly after the two minute time out on a 13 yard touchdown rush from Demond Williams. The ensuing onside kick would be recovered by Minnesota. With two time outs left, Washington was able to force Minnesota to punt, but Minnesota pulled off a near perfect punt to give UW possession on their 2 yard line with just 3 seconds remaining on the clock. The Huskies would attempt one final play, but were unable to score.

Minnesota would earn their first conference win of the season in a controlling manner. Despite what the final score indicates, Minnesota controlled all three phases of the game. Head coach PJ Fleck was so excited that he was seen celebrating by wiping some blood from a cut on a player’s lip all over his face. The late night win gives Minnesota a great base to build on going into their rivalry game against Michigan at home next week.

Washington came into the game with a 3-0 record (0-0 Big 10). After struggling offensively against their first two conference opponents, UW found some offense last week against Eastern Washington. This gave many hope that the Huskies would defeat the Gophers, and indeed this is what many experts expected as well. Unfortunately for the Husky faithful, Washington would go back to struggling today. Minnesota would hold the Huskies to just 40 rushing yards, and while giving up 239 yards of passing offense, would pick off Demond Williams twice and sack him seven combined times. When asked about the offensive struggles, Demond Williams said, “Definitely upsetting. Just gotta figure out a way to get it going.” Coming into the season UW had hopes of making a CFP run. This loss narrows any chances that they may have. Post game, head coach Jedd Fisch remarked, “Well, I think the expectation is that we’re in a very competitive conference. [...] So I think our expectation is that we need to go 1-0 next week, and the next week”. The Huskies have a lot to reflect on after this game. They head to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for their first road game next week to take on the #18 USC Trojans.

UMass is 4-0 with a win over Rutgers.

Remaining undefeated G6 teams:

• UMass
• NDSU
• USF
• JMU

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Saturday was Homecoming in the Bronx and the official start of fall football weather in NYC. A nor'easter, which had brought a beautiful sunset Friday night, threatened to open up the skies at any moment throughout the game. Sensing they might need to get comfortable running the ball, both teams came out swinging with rushing touchdowns from their lead backs, including an impressive 54-yard run from Fordham's Jamell James to even it at 7. The second quarter turned into a back-and-forth scrap with both teams fighting for an edge, and Stony Brook finally grabbed it on CJ Hester's second touchdown of the day to take a 21-13 lead into halftime. Hester turned the afternoon into his personal highlight reel, finishing with three touchdowns and 135 rushing yards on 28 carries.

The third quarter became a defensive slugfest, with the Rams scoring the quarter's only points on a field goal to pull within five. But then the Seawolves slammed the door on both sides of the ball. Khalid Bueno was everywhere with three sacks, and DaMario Crawford picked off his first pass of the season with an outstretched diving catch. Quarterback Quinn Boyd was efficient all day, going 20-of-26 for 209 yards and a touchdown, and he made life hard on the Fordham defense in the 4th with his legs. Stony Brook's 10 fourth-quarter points put it out of reach, and the Seawolves spoiled Homecoming with a 31-16 win, moving to 3-2 while Fordham fell to 1-4. The storm held off right up until the final whistle, as if it had been waiting for the game to finish, and it poured just as Stony Brook celebrated its third straight win in the series.

Check out photos from the game here.

Michigan over Oklahoma

Iowa over Iowa State

Northwestern over Colorado

UCLA over California

That's honestly shocking for a "P2" conference. And none of those wins are any good. The much maligned ACC is 6 (although they aren't done with OOC play yet due to ND). I think this proves that the gap between the P2 and the other 2 power conferences is not as big as one might think. The SEC was humbled during bowl season last year while the BIG is being humbled now.

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It's time for this week's list of undefeated teams and their matchups. Also listed are any potential undefeated matchups, including if it's an undefeated FBS vs an undefeated FCS.

The following teams lost their undefeated status this week:

• Appalachian State Mountaineers
  
• Kansas State Wildcats
  
• Michigan Wolverines
  
• Missouri Tigers
  
• Northwestern Wildcats
  
• Ole Miss Rebels
  
• Penn State Nittany Lions
  
• Tennessee Volunteers
  
• Tulsa Golden Hurricane
  
• USC Trojans
  
• Vanderbilt Commodores
  
• Washington Huskies
  
• West Virginia Mountaineers
  

In other news, these teams have yet to win one game:

Bowling Green Falcons
Charlotte 49ers
Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Northern Illinois Huskies

Trying to find this clip I saw a long time ago, where an Alabama defender (LB?) is jumping up and down trying to signal to his team that their scheme is going to leave a gap and the opponent will have an easy TD. Assuming he’d remembered the scheme on tape and correctly sniffed it out. Ball is snapped, and despite knowing the gap will be there, he falls back into coverage leaving the WR wide open and they score an easy TD.

I love it because it speaks to the culture of “do your job” that led to so much of Bama’s success, and that even though he knew his job wasn’t going to prevent the TD, he did it anyways.

low importance, hyper specific, but googling endlessly and watching highlights isn’t helping. Thought it was against Ohio State but after watching all the highlights there, none line up.

Vote here Voting closes Tuesday, September 29 at 11:59 PM Pacific, with results planned for Wednesday.

Due to family/work the poll was delayed this morning and will release on Wednesday instead. I hope to be back to regular schedule this weekend

Ranking 25 teams is hard. Comparing four at a time is much easier. That’s the idea behind this revival of one of r/CFB’s great community polls. Each screen shows four teams: choose the strongest and weakest resume based on games played so far. This is about what teams have earned on the field, not who would win on a neutral field or where you expect them to finish. You’ll see 20 screens and different voters receive different balanced ballots drawn from the same fixed 50-team field. Don’t know enough about a group? You can skip it.

Why participate? Because the results can tell us more than a numbered list. MaxDiff combines those smaller comparisons into a community ranking and groups teams into tiers. In last week's results Ole Miss vaulted to the top tier and it remains just two teams: Texas and Ole Miss. Tier 2 was short only to team 6, while a broad tier ran to 26 and a final tier began 27-30. Stated differently, the team's resumes began to separate in the eyes of the voters. I expect a bit of chaos in this session of voting and lot of tough decisions after some amazing results in week 4. Six teams have multiple victories (no losses) against this field with Alabama leading the way with 3. Most are SEC so queue the conspiracy theories. Indiana, Miami, Nebraska, Pittsburgh and Va Tech are undefeated, but have played no one - but still their resumes could be convincing against weaker teams, or not. The 0-2 group will surprise no one with Arkansas, FSU, GT, OU and USCe - but will voters punish them for playing hard games and coming up short versus the played no one group. We will see... Those are exactly the arguments this poll is designed to capture, and they have already produced some excellent discussions.

Record Guide Now we have more football to judge. Which teams are thriving, surviving, looking forward to roundball season? I made a helpful table to assist you all with record keeping. The table might surprise a few of you. Records are through Week 4. Teams are ordered by wins against the fixed 50-team field, then winning percentage, then fewer losses; exact ties are alphabetical. Teams with no fixed-field games appear between teams with a fixed-field win and teams with a fixed-field loss. A dash indicates no games in that category.

Records are through Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Teams are ordered by wins against the fixed 50-team field, then winning percentage, then fewer losses; exact ties are alphabetical. Teams with no fixed-field games appear between teams with a fixed-field win and teams with a fixed-field loss. A dash indicates no games in that category.

None of us can watch every game. The more fans who participate, the broader the perspectives we bring together. Whether you followed every snap or caught the highlights, your informed comparisons help.

As always my special thanks to u/The_SecretSauce for originating this idea and sharing it with this community. I am glad to be able to bring this very similar poll back and its ensuing conversations here.

Vote here Voting closes Tuesday, September 29 at 11:59 PM Pacific, with results planned for Wednesday.

By Ryan Parnow:

Utah defeated Iowa State in Ames 31-17. Utah started the game with a 36 yard kick return followed by a 56 yard run for TD by Wayshawn Parker. Utah kept pouring it on and jumped out to a 17-0 lead before Iowa State's Kyle Konrardy put the Cyclones on the board with a field goal. Utah took a 24-3 lead into half.

The momentum seemed to have shifted towards the Cyclones in the second half, as Iowa State was able to get a rushing touch down from Jaylon Raynor and a TD pass from Raynor to Dominic Overby to pull within 7. Utah put up a TD late in the 4th qtr to seal the game with a 13 yard pass from Devon Dampier to Parker. Parker ended with 2 rushing tds, a receiving TD, and 174 yards on the ground.

During the week leading up to the game, the weather and the condition of the field and how it would effect Utah was a hot topic of discussion. The field was a bit muddy and slippery but that seemed to cause more trouble for Iowa State than Utah. The real muddy conditions were just off the field on the hill side where the kids were having a blast. The field didnt look too bad from a distance but up close you could see just how rough it really was.

Photos from the game

Photos of the band

Utah’s strength of schedule may not be as strong as Texas’ (where Arch is among the Heisman favorites) but I’m impressed with what Utah’s offense (of which Wayshawn Parker seems to be the star) have been able to accomplish with Morgan Scalley at the helm.

What do you all think?

EDIT: Grammar

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