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Saturday afternoon in Oxford, OH set up a matchup between the MAC’s best. Miami (OH) and Western Michigan saw similar season trajectories, both overcoming 0-3 starts with four-game win streaks, entering a critical showdown sporting identical 3-0 MAC records. Only one would remain perfect though, and as recent history would suggest, that team would be […]
At this point, Mark Stoops can’t really say anything that fans are going to find positive. Then again, is there anything he can say that fans will like? Take this quote, with Stoops expressing his sentiment with the fans’ frustration, following Kentucky’s 56-34 loss to No. 17 Tennessee Saturday night. “I understand it’s a results […]
To the outside viewer, Saturday’s Patriot League contest between Lehigh and Fordham may not have been much to watch. The Mountain Hawks kept on rolling through their undefeated season, easily dispatching the Rams 27-6. Fordham is now 1-7 and has no hope of reaching the playoffs this year. All of that, though, can take a […]
Football Kansas State beat Kansas 42-17, appropriately the 17th straight victory for the Wildcats in the long-running but not always compelling soap opera that is the Sunflower Showdown. K-State’s current streak is by far the longest in the whole series, and the previous streak of 10 games also belonged to the Wildcats. To put this […]
A&M had one of their biggest wins in recent memory on Saturday, dismantling LSU 49-25 in Death Valley. But as is the case when you get near the top of the rankings, A&M stayed put at No. 3 in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25 behind Ohio State (idle) and […]
It’s already that time of year as big-time programs are searching for new head coaches. With the firings of James Franklin and Billy Napier, it will certainly be intriguing to see who ends up at Penn State and Florida. If you’re reading this, you probably know that Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz has been reported […]
There are six remaining undefeated teams in the FBS, and one of them resides in Annapolis, MD. The Navy Midshipmen are 7-0 for the fifth time in program history as the 2025 season joins the hallowed ranks of 7-0 starts from years past — 1926, 1934, 1960, and 1978. Navy tied a program record with […]
The Notre Dame football team sat back this past Saturday and ate their cheeseburgers during their final bye week of the season. In a weekend of mostly “meh” matchups, the final results once the clock went sero were also mostly “meh” as well. Don’t get me wrong — I found Saturday to be highly entertaining, […]
Survive, and advance. It wasn’t pretty, that’s for sure. But once again, Nebraska found a way to win the dadgummed game in the fourth quarter. “Fourth quarter Dylan” was a little late in arriving, but once again, Nebraska’s captain delivered with the game on the line. Prior to that? Well, we’re going to nit-pick that […]
Despite an uneven performance in its 38-24 win over Boston College Saturday night, the Louisville football team is up three spots to No. 16 in the new Associated Press Top 25 poll. Here’s the final poll for the month of October: Week 10 AP Top 25 poll Others receiving votes: Navy 86, Tulane 59, Washington 46, Iowa 27, South Florida 22, San Diego St. […]
Penn State is still out of the Coaches Poll and the Associated Press ranking and they face the top-ranked team in the country on Saturday. Ohio State remains No. 1 in both polls, with other conference foes Indiana (2nd in both polls) Oregon (6th in both polls), Michigan (21st in both polls), and USC (23rd […]
Week 9 was not nearly as wild as previous Saturdays this season. The top ten remains the same, just in a slightly different order. Alabama, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, and Virginia all pulled out close wins on the road. Miami fell one spot after its blowout of Stanford. One of the Canes’ best wins, USF, blew […]
For the first time since joining the Big 12, the Houston Cougars are accompanied by a number next to their name. Houston (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) checks in at No. 22 in the AP Poll after a wire-to-wire 24-16 road victory at Arizona State, which held a No. 24 ranking at the time of the […]
This is what the ACC always hoped for: to have multiple teams playing meaningful football in November with a chance to make the playoffs. You can always have some kind of incomprehensible chaos happen, which brings several teams back into the discussion, but we’re talking about it realistically. Realistically, the ACC is down 4 teams, … Continue reading »
This is what the ACC always hoped for: to have multiple teams playing meaningful football in November with a chance to make the playoffs. You can always have some kind of incomprehensible chaos happen, which brings several teams back into the discussion, but we’re talking about it realistically. Realistically, the ACC is down 4 teams, … Continue reading »
That is now five straight losses for Michigan State. The Spartans remain winless in conference play, with all five of those contests being decided by at least 11 points – and two of them by 25 points. The third of those five games, the Homecoming abomination against UCLA, felt like a team with no fight, […]
SMU’s transition to the ACC had been seamless. The Mustangs jumped from the American Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference without requiring an acclimation period. They rattled off an 8-0 record in year one to qualify for the ACC Championship Game and then started year two 3-0, remaining unblemished against their new conference peers. All […]
After a 14-point win over Iowa State, BYU moved up one spot to #10 in the AP Poll released Sunday. BYU is tied with Miami at #10 in the poll. BYU is one of five Big 12 teams ranked along with Texas Tech (13), Cincinnati (17), Houston (22), and Utah (24). Utah re-entering the rankings […]
October ball has officially come to an end for most everyone now and that means there’s less than a month left before the FCS Playoff Committee comes together to decide who plays on and who doesn’t. Week 9 around the subdivision had some surprises and some very expected results. With just four weeks of regular […]
After making program history last week with a No. 2 national ranking in both national polls, IU football remained No. 2 nationally in this week’s polls. The Hoosiers beat UCLA 56-6 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers received ... The post IU football remains at No. 2 in national polls following 56-6 beatdown of UCLA appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
For the second time this season, Arizona football enters a road game coming off a bye week. The opponent this time around should be more manageable. Arizona has opened as a 5.5-point favorite for its road contest at Colorado Saturday, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Kickoff time for the game is set for 4 p.m. MST, […]
The Wisconsin Badgers had a tough 21-7 loss to the No. 6 Oregon Ducks on Sunday, falling to 2-6 on the season with their sixth-straight loss. The story was the same as it’s been for the Badgers: an anemic offense unable to sustain any momentum. On Saturday, it was one of the worst quarterback showings […]
Well since LSU’s football season is over for all intents and purposes, let’s focus on a team that actually has won at the highest level. The college basketball season is on the horizon, and when LSU takes the court for an official game (November 4 against Houston Baptist) they will open the 2025-26 campaign as […]
The Miami Hurricanes won 42-7 on Saturday night over the Stanford Cardinal at Hard Rock Stadium. The spread varied anywhere from 31ish down to 28.5. It was a win and a cover for the Hurricanes. But, for me, the old motto of “good teams win, great teams cover” doesn’t quite hit home for me after […]
Yeeesh. Listen, I’ll gladly take the W and nod along with the “found a way to win it” crowd. But this game did very little to assuage the nerves I wrote about after the Mizzou win. These close games feel unsustainable (though, I also said that a few weeks, and a few wins, ago). I’ll […]