If I had a nickel for every time LSU came back from a 17-0 deficit against a Robby Ashford team on the road, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
The first 6 in your rankings are pretty solid and we know something about them. The next four are kind of a gallery of the unknowns. It’s a fun exercise, but I really don’t know enough about the teams through 3 weeks to have a firm idea. As a Penn State fan, we won’t know much until October.
Josh here - Calculus 3 was the hardest course I ever took and the only final I ever truly bombed. Bad prof and I/he didn’t know other students had access to old tests so grades were artificially way higher than they should be given how hard he was. Hopefully your prof is good, but that’s definitely a course where it’s worth finding supplemental materials or tutoring if not because you just can’t puzzle it out without guidance like lower maths.
@@CollegeFootballNerds Discrete mathematics with some computational theory has been my hardest class I've had so far. It used to be a masters course and is now a freshman course. No clue how I passed it.
Discrete math is also one of the most useful. Most of the fundamental math we use in our modeling is stuff I learned in those classes. Calculus 3 isn’t that useful - DiffEQ almost resets it back to algebra and Calc 1/2. Everything we did in EE was diffEQ based, very little cal 3 concepts ever showed up again.
@@CollegeFootballNerds Didn't know you did EE; I'm doing Computer Engineering. I was in CS until I realized I wanted to do more of an engineering type job. The electronics discrete math was really cool along with boolean algebra and certain proofs. Combinatorics was my favorite lesson along with the proofs. We had about three different math courses shoved into one to prepare us for DSA. We were told why it is an important math (for CS and ECE) because you have to understand the logic of computing and where electricity should be flowing to.
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It's not as much defenses catching up as it is the new clock rules heavily favoring defense and run game. Good luck to Tennessee trying to run 75+ plays in a game to wear out a defense. Quite simply, the hurry spread offenses will no longer work. The only question now being, how long does it take the coaches to realize this? Saban realized it instantly.
I'm not saying you are wrong, but in a couple of their games against tomato cans, UT was on pace to score over a 100 points. When they play good competitive why in your opinion will their offense scale down a lot?? I'm genuinely curious.
Tennessee is one of the 5 most interesting teams in the nation for me. I underrated them in the preseason (I think). we will see) putting them at 15th and predicting a 9-3 seaaosn. I thought their defense would be mid at best, but apparently I didn't pay enough attention to the transfers that are starting on defense. I knew their offense would be great.
@@andrewmueller9986 You're reading a little too much into this. I don't think Tennessee will be able to wear out opponents by sheer number of plays like their scheme is designed but they more than compensate for that by the current level of talent they field and in particular with Nico at the QB position. So while I don't think their scheme will work as intended from a sheer play number perspective, Nico and crew will force it to still be successful. I rated them #3 in the country pre-season and haven't moved them since.
@@MH-0101 Oh I get it. You still think their offense will score a lot against the good opponents. You just think it will happen fast and they won't give their D much time to rest. Have I got it?
Georgia does not deserve to be #1 this week. That offensive performance by my Dawgs Saturday was pathetic and inexcusable. We can earn our way back if we somehow beat Alabama in a few weeks but right now, Texas should be the #1 team. I agree with the AP poll voters and Daniel.
The announcers explained the onside kick… return team showing a 4 man front with 2 guys on the numbers and 2 guys tight is an automatic key for the kickoff team to audible to an onside kick. The kicker was just doing his job.
The issue is that when you're playing the worst team in FBS, you shouldn't be kicking an onsides kick under any circumstances absent a tight game in the second half.
@@andrewmueller9986it is so funny. Its like saying don't do your job that you be trained to do. Yeah don't do it, yeah well okay 😂😂. Kent State left it open and Tennessee took advantage of the situation, it's not cruel and its not dirty, it's just FOOTBALL. I definitely get rules for thee and not for me Vibes. Oh well they can cry, Tennessee did there job.
@@rekt3857 Bro I'm not mad at UT for doing it, like you said good to practice it for later, but I still thought their comment was funny if not entirely correct.
Unless the Georgia and Texas game is lopsided, there should be very little change with 1 through 3. 4 through 12. will certainly be interesting as the season moves on.
Best show on RUclips. Keep it up. Was surprised bama didn’t eclipse OSU, however I feel NC State and Wisconsin are likely comparable given wisconsins first two games.
We don't want to overreact to a final score for Bama when Van Dyke went down on the first drive. Plenty of time to know who Bama is, their schedule is a monster.
I don’t think the onside kick in the TN game was a play call by Heupel. It looked like that spacing on the return team was seen on film and they told the kicker when he sees it to kick it into the hole. It was essentially a scrimmage, they put a lot of things on film in that game that you probably won’t see the rest of the year.
Georgia has scored fewer than 20 points only three times over the last five or six years and they have all been against Kentucky in kentucky. They always play Georgia tough. I take nothing away from that game. Just like I took nothing away from the Alabama game a couple of weeks ago when they were only winning by one point against a terrible team in the fourth quarter. They were fine and Georgia will be fine
History is on your side. But as a Georgia fan I will warn you that we have unexpected issues with both the offensive tackles. If they get that issue put to bed I feel really good despite how bad they looked Saturday. But that it is the thing to be monitored very closely. The Tide has similar issues . Though if they stay healthy perhaps not as dire as Georgia's. It's not a talent issue. It is more mental failings so we will see.
Texas should be #1. They have big win on the road and have looked impressive in ever game.. Georgia has looked good but showed they are beatable when close win at Kentucky.
The issue is still that Texas has only played one team with a pulse. Texas State blew out UTSA with over 300 yards passing, too. Kentucky would still blow out everyone Texas has played but Michigan. Which just means it’s early and tough to compare.
I think the NIL issue isn't necessarily that it makes bass teams good, it makes good teams have less depth. So Alabama and Georgia don't have a 5th year senior 3 star backing up a 5 star sophomore. So when that 5 star goes down it is a bigger deal.
Michigan’s Offense is in turmoil. Dawgs D is nasty but even they had some over-pursuits and lane maintenance failings. Three years of evidence that UGA has a clunker game but runs the table.
Just FYI Nc state and Wisconsin are literally adjacent to one another in SP+. Feels disingenuous to call one a functional P4 team and discount the other completely.
Lane and Heupel love to run the score up when they can. I know this. Blowing out bad teams doesn’t mean anything. Struggling against a bad team sometimes doesn’t mean anything. Gotta wait til they play someone. I think Ole Miss and Tennessee are both really good. I believe Tennessee might be better overall only because I think they will have a really good defense. Ole Miss has the advantage of having the experienced QB. Ask me which team is better in another month.
I was at the UK Georgia game and if I was a Georgia fan I definitely would have some concerns going forward, not saying they aren’t good or hit the panic button just that I wouldn’t feel comfortable picking them to win the title after 3 weeks
The Texas win over Michigan was more impressive than Georgia over Clemson. The reason is that Michigan was dead the moment that game started. Georgia was in a fist fight until the third quarter. Then once the damn broke, Clemson fell apart. Michigan does have an elite defense with 2-3 1st rounders. When Texas got to 31 points, they knew they just needed to run the clock and take the win. But thay beatdown was worse than the score.
Josh Heupel wants to run his offense even if he’s way ahead and the backups are in because they get meaningful reps. Letting the backups play and the only thing that’s happening is handing the ball off, that’s pointless. Also, the onside kick was preplanned as long as Tennessee’s staff saw a certain look. They had no idea that the score would be 30-0 at that point. That’s enough justification regardless of score
It's still classless behavior. They are losing 30-0, they're a bad team. Running up the score by kicking onside kicks is just low class shit. And it's not going to give your own team any meaningful experience by doing it, they are basically playing in a practice scrimmage at that point due to the talent differences.
@@CrashB111 But it does give meaningful experience. Now we can go back and talk about what should and shouldn’t be done when it’s time to do an inside kick again. Now that we have live rep on tape instead of practicing it against our own practice squad. Tennessee or any team for that matter should do whatever can help them prepare for the future. I don’t really give a flip who it’s against. I’m not from a soft era. So Tenn, Georgia, Ole Miss or WHOEVER…..do what you need to do for YOUR team regardless of who’s feelings it hurts.
Kent State left it open, and Tennessee took what Kent State gave what was open, nothing classless about it. Tennessee saw that Kent State left it open, and Tennessee decided to use it, yet some people boohoo on Tennessee on taking the opportunity that was given. Get out here with this drama. It was the same boohoo in 2022 when crying about Tennessee running up the score. GBO 🍊
We've had this exact same issue with Georgia the past 3 years there's always that one game it seems like you're just scratching your head. Texas housing maybe two games in a year have you scratching your head. What do they usually do after it they get their crap together and they usually have a really good showing.
Historically, JH and Lexington have been statistical outliers for Ga. Tough places to play. That being said, I wouldn’t disagree with the dawgs dropping a few. How quickly people give Auburn the benefit of the doubt but not Ky
I’d argue with Ole Miss and Tennessee it’s like Briles Baylor effect as their offense are largely Veer and Shoot. VnS spread zones out so much it basically forces teams to run man with a light box so if you have a talent advantage over your opponent you’re going to obliterate them. When talent is similar/better you’re not going to have the same kind of success.
I think the Texas:Michigan win is a better win purely for how the dominating happened. Texas destroyed Michigan from jump and could have put up 70 but layed off the gas at the end and played backups. Georgia/Clemson was a tight match through the first half and Georgia pulled away in the second half. Also, Michigan is bad, but Clemson also hasn’t done anything to show they’re a good team either.
As far as a problem with the inside kick, did you hear the commentators on the game? It was pre-planned for the third kickoff, just so happens they were up 30-0 at the time.
I drop UGA to 2, tOSU to 5, just ahead of Ole Miss, due to their schedules being about the same and Tenn looking way better against air than tOSU. South Florida also looked really good against Southern Miss, and they play Miami next week, so that will be a good show of things about how bad Bama's backup and defense were. (Though, a lot of the defense felt like it was a product of the offense not being able to stay on the field for long)
Tennessee saw a look on the inside kick they wanted to exploit as a hot read by the kicker. I don’t think they anticipated being up 30-0 12 minutes into the game. Tennessee ran the ball 55 times to 25 passes. They only scored 6 second half points because they wanted to get it over with. Kent state couldn’t stop chunk plays on vanilla run game stuff. Not sure what else can be done.
Tennessee ran the ball 55 times and threw it 26 times. Cmon man it’s fine that you didn’t watch that game but just look over the statsheet. They didn’t throw the ball around extending that game, they offered a running clock at half time Kent declined and Tennessee played 5 QB’s and 6 rb’s
Still too early to know a ton. My thoughts. Georgia better on defense. Texas better on offense. I think Georgia loses 1-2 games due to extremely tough schedule. Be careful on Texas. Michigan game looks pretty but let’s see how good Michigan is. I think they barely make a bowl. I got a feeling Kirby was just trying to get out of Kentucky game with W They will look MUCH better against Bama. Not guaranteeing a win. But it won’t be same Georgia that played at Kentucky.
Kirby's Georgia team has only scored fewer than 20 points three times. Guess what three opponents they were? They were Kentucky in kentucky. Kirby wanted to get out of that game with no injuries and a w. He did both. The players were no doubt looking ahead. I am taking nothing away from that game at all
@@Branif of course I know who it is. They lost to Nick Saban. I also know that Georgia has won 42 regular-season games in a row, no one has ever done that including Nick Saban. They have also won 28 conference games regular season games in a row, which no one else has ever done. If you want to talk alabama, why haven't they won a championship since 2020, that covid championship that no one recognizes? Kirby has two titles in the last three years and would have had one last year because he would have beaten michigan, unlike the stank team that lost to Michigan
@@Branif you did not strike a nerve. I don't get to emotionally invested in my teams anymore. I am just speaking facts. There were a lot of reasons why Saban retired when he did. Kirby helped him win five of those national championships and if you crunch the numbers, compared the defense is on Alabama and Georgia since Kirby left and Alabama's has steadily dropped while Georgia has obviously been one of the best in the nation. Will deboer copy Nick saban's success? that will be tough to do since I believe Saban was the best coach I have ever seen. You also forget that Kirby beat Saban in the llast national championship game that Alabama appeared in. If Alabama beats Georgia in a couple of weeks, I will see it as a sign that Deboer is a good coach. I think both teams will make the college football playoffs so they could play three times this year.
What are the snap/play numbers. - they FEEL much lower to me and I assume it’s bc helmet communication- lower possession/snaps = greater volatility (it’s why UVA is soooo susceptible to being upset in hoops)
Told you last week that BC would beat Missouri. Looked really good for 2 quarters. But the home cooking caught up to them in the 2nd half. My bet this week is Sparty will beat BC further exposing Missouri.
Tennessee had told their kicker all week if you see thim line up in this formation, you kick the on side kick and they did so he did but why not practice makes perfect as they say as they say
I also think they should never come out with rankings until like the 4th week. Look at Notre Dame look at FSU now the rest of the year the teams who beat them when they were way up in the rankings they're going to get credit for beating a top five team when really nobody knows what the hell anybody's going to be like until about a quarter of the way in. Me as a Georgia fan I really could care less if we're running 20th all we got to do is win our division and we're in it's that simple. Really rankings hula stuff it's just something for everybody to talk about but really in the end they mean absolutely nothing until the final week.
We keep hearing announcers credit NIL and the transfer portal for these tight games, but it really makes no sense. It really seems like the volatility of the sport is coming from how quickly and often a given offense can go into the tank now.
Guess who has the #1 scoring defense allowing 3.0 points a game, #2 rushing yards allowed, and #1 rushing yards/game? Pete Golding. it's so obvious that BOB was the problem after a literal DC had a better NFL offense in everyway with the exact same team.
My guy, it's Furman, MTSU, and Wake. Let's be serious. OM gave up 38 PPG vs ranked opponents last year. Not saying OM cant or doesnt have a good defense. But I am saying Furman tells us nothing.
I'd have USC higher, they gave LSU a stomping. I don't think LSU is a really strong team; but I think having it being an away game (essentially) and against an SEC team (you have to give other conferences wins against them, if you are going to do the same for teams within the conference as well). I'm not sold on Oregon. They had a strong win against Oregon St; but Oregon State is not good. And They've struggled to move the ball in general. That offense is not as impressive as last season.
I'd actually push back a bit on the michigan's defense being good point. Talent wise, i think they ARE good, but scheme wise? They look like they have returned to the don brown era of "i'm going to blitz you every down andtry to win one on ones." It didnt work against ohio state when they did that and it didnt work against texas. I would be very concerned about them moving forward if they dont adjust the defense.
You have to ding Georgia more for surviving unranked Kentucky by 1 point. I would go 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Georgia. Georgia would never get the no.1 spot back unless they beat Alabama and Texas.
Your Alabama love really came out in this one. "It was just awesome to see." "Jam Miller is the best rb in the country." I don't think I'm ready to say that yet. Bama has one of the best rb rooms in the country, but is it better than Ohio State's? I can't argue that it is right now or that Jam is the best. I wouldn't be upset if you said top 5. I lean Ollie Gordon as best.
@@ethankennedy1332 osu was forced by the conf to drop Washington because well they joined the conf. There wasn't enough time to find a strong replacement
Don’t really understand how OSU is 3rd without a power 5 win. Rankings should be a little more fluid. (I’m not saying they are not the third best team) but as of now they only have 2 wins against bad teams because of the bye
This early in the season, rankings are still heavily weighted on potential, roster, staff, previous year, etc. The difference in our rankings is that as more data comes in, we're happy to trashcan our assumptions about teams from August, and week to week. AP tends to try to back in validation of their preseason rankings as the season goes on.
Tennessee fans are all over the internet desperate for respect. Y'all need to calm down a little bit. Tennessee hasn't won anything of note in 25+ years.
How can you make excuses for Georgia and Alabama's injuries and say they're elite as well as good but Penn state losing an all American in the secondary and having some guys out. Moving them around in a defense they're still learning. They're just bad or you don't know. That's what bothers me. Idc if you think PSU is elite or not show some consistency for all the teams not just the top half. Kentucky is terrible and Georgia barely escaped. PSU at least dominated WVU and They dominated BGSU in the second half. The score is misleading cause BGSU kicked a field goal. PSU had a score taken off the board. Most of the teams pretty much all are a Wait and see. Can't even make a top 10 cause it's so early but at least show fairness and consistency amongst all teams. Cause when you don't it comes off as an excuse. If you're gonna use Injuries as an excuse for bad play and close games. Use them for every team not just Bama & Georgia.
As we said a bunch of times, it’s still half projection, and roster quality in the top 6 is higher. Beyond that, you’re asking us to rank them over USC, Miami, etc. Those teams simply have better arguments and resumes so far. It’s all relative.
They been winning champions because the S.E.C narrative is so ridiculous the teams in that league play outside the rules and parameters all other league teams play under
@CollegeFootballNerds I'm just trying to be fair. I share and watch all your content. Been for years. That's my only gripe. I rather My lions stay out of sight and prove stuff. I just remembered specifically injuries were brought up by Josh and he said losing an all American in secondary is significant and having to move guys around cause of it. Top it off with players Learning a defense too. I'm going off what he said last week. I'm make a fair case for my team to be top 10 at least. It all remains to be seen. You know very well I'd be in live streams if you were doing them Saturday night
@anthonyellis7541 my issue is if we are laying a foundation down for a few teams it has to be used for all. Stick with what you're saying. I'm trying to help them. It doesn't even have to be my team cause I know they'll get flack for it. To me logically it makes sense.
Mizzou is a fraud... I will keep saying... They were good last year, but their win over OSU in the Cotton Bowl was a fluke, because: 1. Kyle "Ford/Honda" McCord took his ball and went home. 2. Day benched Carson Hinzman the starting center through 12 games last season because Hinzman divulged company secrets.
Guy on the left doesn't realize the Vols ran the ball like 70% of time against KSU. Trying to act like they were out there throwing the ball every play to run up the score. No they just demolished them physically. They had 17 runs of 10+ yards. Guy has a bone to pick and tries to make up stuff to fit his negative narrative.
@@tylergilbert5264 You obviously didn't watch the game. That was a pick 6 by NC State's defense. UT's defense did not surrender a TD in that game and has not for 16 straight quarters.
Texas DBs are 100% better, run defense definitely fell off a bit. But texas doesn't face anyone with an elite pass attack and they were already tested against a run first d. Georgia is probably still no 1, but their OC is bad imo.
Georgia beating Kentucky by 1 point is the equivalent to Ohio State beating Illinois by 1 point. Only difference is Ohio State would drop out of the top 10. Georgia is not #1.
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“Does Georgia State (jump to) #1” is a wild discussion.
If I had a nickel for every time LSU came back from a 17-0 deficit against a Robby Ashford team on the road, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
Ha!
Guys, as an OSU fan, thank you for not dropping us even though we failed to score any points, much less beat anyone of substance this past week.
I love Georgia State at #1
1 Georgia State
2 Texas
3 Georgia
4 Ohio State
5 Alabama
6 Tennessee
7 Miami
8 Ole Miss
Georgia state is that team
Georgia State at #1?? Wow!😂
*stay
Best team in the nation
Go Panthers glad their win over Vandy gets them in the convo for number one.
Top 10
1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Ole Miss
6. Tennessee
7. Miami
8. Utah
9. Missouri
10. USC
Utah better than usc ???? 😂😂😂😂😂 you didn’t see that Utah state team that we shut out put up 20+ points on them boys
Missouri not a top 10 team get out of here!
I agree with the teams in your top ten. No way Oregon should be in the top 10 anymore
The different off meta content you guys do is easily my favorite.
It's our favorite to do
As a TCU fan I get sad no one talks about us. But, after blowing that lead I’m glad no one knows we exist.
The first 6 in your rankings are pretty solid and we know something about them. The next four are kind of a gallery of the unknowns. It’s a fun exercise, but I really don’t know enough about the teams through 3 weeks to have a firm idea. As a Penn State fan, we won’t know much until October.
We won't know much for all the teams. Not just PSU. No one hasn't played anyone yet. Very few teams played p4 opponents and looked dominant
I was gonna say how is Georgia #1 but PSU doesn't crack top 10 Jesus!
Got a calc 3 test at 3 pm est, pray for me boys.
Josh here - Calculus 3 was the hardest course I ever took and the only final I ever truly bombed. Bad prof and I/he didn’t know other students had access to old tests so grades were artificially way higher than they should be given how hard he was. Hopefully your prof is good, but that’s definitely a course where it’s worth finding supplemental materials or tutoring if not because you just can’t puzzle it out without guidance like lower maths.
@@CollegeFootballNerds My prof is awesome, but it worries me when she says that the hard parts haven't come yet. Thank you for the encouragement.
@@CollegeFootballNerds Discrete mathematics with some computational theory has been my hardest class I've had so far. It used to be a masters course and is now a freshman course. No clue how I passed it.
Discrete math is also one of the most useful. Most of the fundamental math we use in our modeling is stuff I learned in those classes. Calculus 3 isn’t that useful - DiffEQ almost resets it back to algebra and Calc 1/2. Everything we did in EE was diffEQ based, very little cal 3 concepts ever showed up again.
@@CollegeFootballNerds Didn't know you did EE; I'm doing Computer Engineering. I was in CS until I realized I wanted to do more of an engineering type job. The electronics discrete math was really cool along with boolean algebra and certain proofs. Combinatorics was my favorite lesson along with the proofs. We had about three different math courses shoved into one to prepare us for DSA. We were told why it is an important math (for CS and ECE) because you have to understand the logic of computing and where electricity should be flowing to.
Top 10
1. Georgia
2. Texas
3. Ohio St.
4. Alabama
5. Tennessee
6. Miami
7. Ole Miss
8.Oregon
9. Missouri
10.USC
Next 2
11. Penn St.
12. Utah
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It's not as much defenses catching up as it is the new clock rules heavily favoring defense and run game. Good luck to Tennessee trying to run 75+ plays in a game to wear out a defense. Quite simply, the hurry spread offenses will no longer work. The only question now being, how long does it take the coaches to realize this? Saban realized it instantly.
I'm not saying you are wrong, but in a couple of their games against tomato cans, UT was on pace to score over a 100 points. When they play good competitive why in your opinion will their offense scale down a lot?? I'm genuinely curious.
Tennessee is one of the 5 most interesting teams in the nation for me. I underrated them in the preseason (I think). we will see) putting them at 15th and predicting a 9-3 seaaosn. I thought their defense would be mid at best, but apparently I didn't pay enough attention to the transfers that are starting on defense. I knew their offense would be great.
@@andrewmueller9986 You're reading a little too much into this. I don't think Tennessee will be able to wear out opponents by sheer number of plays like their scheme is designed but they more than compensate for that by the current level of talent they field and in particular with Nico at the QB position. So while I don't think their scheme will work as intended from a sheer play number perspective, Nico and crew will force it to still be successful. I rated them #3 in the country pre-season and haven't moved them since.
@@MH-0101 Oh I get it. You still think their offense will score a lot against the good opponents. You just think it will happen fast and they won't give their D much time to rest. Have I got it?
I can't wait for the Tennessee Alabama game.
Georgia does not deserve to be #1 this week. That offensive performance by my Dawgs Saturday was pathetic and inexcusable. We can earn our way back if we somehow beat Alabama in a few weeks but right now, Texas should be the #1 team. I agree with the AP poll voters and Daniel.
When does the website go live?
The announcers explained the onside kick… return team showing a 4 man front with 2 guys on the numbers and 2 guys tight is an automatic key for the kickoff team to audible to an onside kick. The kicker was just doing his job.
So nerdy! Didn't even listen to the explanation apparently.
The issue is that when you're playing the worst team in FBS, you shouldn't be kicking an onsides kick under any circumstances absent a tight game in the second half.
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@@andrewmueller9986it is so funny. Its like saying don't do your job that you be trained to do. Yeah don't do it, yeah well okay 😂😂. Kent State left it open and Tennessee took advantage of the situation, it's not cruel and its not dirty, it's just FOOTBALL. I definitely get rules for thee and not for me Vibes. Oh well they can cry, Tennessee did there job.
@@rekt3857 Bro I'm not mad at UT for doing it, like you said good to practice it for later, but I still thought their comment was funny if not entirely correct.
Great points about the preseason rankings.
Unless the Georgia and Texas game is lopsided, there should be very little change with 1 through 3. 4 through 12. will certainly be interesting as the season moves on.
Best show on RUclips. Keep it up. Was surprised bama didn’t eclipse OSU, however I feel NC State and Wisconsin are likely comparable given wisconsins first two games.
We don't want to overreact to a final score for Bama when Van Dyke went down on the first drive. Plenty of time to know who Bama is, their schedule is a monster.
I don’t think the onside kick in the TN game was a play call by Heupel. It looked like that spacing on the return team was seen on film and they told the kicker when he sees it to kick it into the hole. It was essentially a scrimmage, they put a lot of things on film in that game that you probably won’t see the rest of the year.
Don’t worry about the views. If you believe in it then it is probably good. Things take time to build.
Georgia has scored fewer than 20 points only three times over the last five or six years and they have all been against Kentucky in kentucky.
They always play Georgia tough. I take nothing away from that game.
Just like I took nothing away from the Alabama game a couple of weeks ago when they were only winning by one point against a terrible team in the fourth quarter.
They were fine and Georgia will be fine
Keep thinking that
History is on your side. But as a Georgia fan I will warn you that we have
unexpected issues with both the offensive tackles. If they get that issue
put to bed I feel really good despite how bad they looked Saturday. But that
it is the thing to be monitored very closely. The Tide has similar issues .
Though if they stay healthy perhaps not as dire as Georgia's. It's not a
talent issue. It is more mental failings so we will see.
You guys do Gods work!
Texas should be #1. They have big win on the road and have looked impressive in ever game.. Georgia has looked good but showed they are beatable when close win at Kentucky.
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So can we call the northern Illinois loss a Marcus freemen week 2 problem then?
Once again I side with Daniel. Texas Looks Better Than GA after this week. Can not wait to see them play each other and settle it on the field.
You mean Arch Manning looked better than Georgia. But Arch isn't the starter.
The issue is still that Texas has only played one team with a pulse. Texas State blew out UTSA with over 300 yards passing, too. Kentucky would still blow out everyone Texas has played but Michigan. Which just means it’s early and tough to compare.
@@CollegeFootballNerdsIf UK can lose to SCe by 20 then I don't see them blowing out Fresno.
Texas didn't play Fresno... they played Colorado State (FEI #116) and UTSA (FEI #106).
@@CollegeFootballNerds yes but Texas opponent Michigan played Fresno. I'd love to see Texas play Kentucky
scoring is down due to defenses catching up and the time rules, unders have been wonderful these past two years
You need to keep it going all year round so you can grow the channel ---
I think the NIL issue isn't necessarily that it makes bass teams good, it makes good teams have less depth. So Alabama and Georgia don't have a 5th year senior 3 star backing up a 5 star sophomore. So when that 5 star goes down it is a bigger deal.
Tennessee Oklahoma preview?
And usc at michigan
They gotta do it
Michigan’s Offense is in turmoil. Dawgs D is nasty but even they had some over-pursuits and lane maintenance failings. Three years of evidence that UGA has a clunker game but runs the table.
I think youre right about the violatility vs parity discussion Josh
Just FYI Nc state and Wisconsin are literally adjacent to one another in SP+. Feels disingenuous to call one a functional P4 team and discount the other completely.
Josh is on fire!👊
Lane and Heupel love to run the score up when they can.
I know this. Blowing out bad teams doesn’t mean anything. Struggling against a bad team sometimes doesn’t mean anything.
Gotta wait til they play someone. I think Ole Miss and Tennessee are both really good.
I believe Tennessee might be better overall only because I think they will have a really good defense.
Ole Miss has the advantage of having the experienced QB.
Ask me which team is better in another month.
Roll Tide!
I was at the UK Georgia game and if I was a Georgia fan I definitely would have some concerns going forward, not saying they aren’t good or hit the panic button just that I wouldn’t feel comfortable picking them to win the title after 3 weeks
The Texas win over Michigan was more impressive than Georgia over Clemson.
The reason is that Michigan was dead the moment that game started. Georgia was in a fist fight until the third quarter. Then once the damn broke, Clemson fell apart.
Michigan does have an elite defense with 2-3 1st rounders. When Texas got to 31 points, they knew they just needed to run the clock and take the win. But thay beatdown was worse than the score.
Josh Heupel wants to run his offense even if he’s way ahead and the backups are in because they get meaningful reps. Letting the backups play and the only thing that’s happening is handing the ball off, that’s pointless. Also, the onside kick was preplanned as long as Tennessee’s staff saw a certain look. They had no idea that the score would be 30-0 at that point. That’s enough justification regardless of score
It's still classless behavior.
They are losing 30-0, they're a bad team. Running up the score by kicking onside kicks is just low class shit.
And it's not going to give your own team any meaningful experience by doing it, they are basically playing in a practice scrimmage at that point due to the talent differences.
@@CrashB111 But it does give meaningful experience. Now we can go back and talk about what should and shouldn’t be done when it’s time to do an inside kick again. Now that we have live rep on tape instead of practicing it against our own practice squad. Tennessee or any team for that matter should do whatever can help them prepare for the future. I don’t really give a flip who it’s against. I’m not from a soft era. So Tenn, Georgia, Ole Miss or WHOEVER…..do what you need to do for YOUR team regardless of who’s feelings it hurts.
Kent State is probably the worst FBS this year. Lost to a bad FCS. There’s no excuse to pre plan an onside kick.
@@CollegeFootballNerds In your opinion, which is subjective
Kent State left it open, and Tennessee took what Kent State gave what was open, nothing classless about it. Tennessee saw that Kent State left it open, and Tennessee decided to use it, yet some people boohoo on Tennessee on taking the opportunity that was given. Get out here with this drama. It was the same boohoo in 2022 when crying about Tennessee running up the score. GBO 🍊
Yes, OSU is #3 now because of past history, proven talent on the team, the eye test, etc. But these have been reliable factors in the past.
Texas, Georgia, OSU, Alabama, Miami, Tennessee, Ole Miss, USC, Penn State, Mizz.
We've had this exact same issue with Georgia the past 3 years there's always that one game it seems like you're just scratching your head. Texas housing maybe two games in a year have you scratching your head. What do they usually do after it they get their crap together and they usually have a really good showing.
Hey love the videos I would like to see y’all do a top 12 since it is a 12 team playoff now. Just a thought !!!! Keep up the good vids :)
Thanks! This is something we've been discussing, actually.
Historically, JH and Lexington have been statistical outliers for Ga. Tough places to play. That being said, I wouldn’t disagree with the dawgs dropping a few. How quickly people give Auburn the benefit of the doubt but not Ky
It does feel like if you have a couple transfers your team is fine, but if you are rebuilding groups with transfer portal you are going to struggle
I’d argue with Ole Miss and Tennessee it’s like Briles Baylor effect as their offense are largely Veer and Shoot.
VnS spread zones out so much it basically forces teams to run man with a light box so if you have a talent advantage over your opponent you’re going to obliterate them. When talent is similar/better you’re not going to have the same kind of success.
I think the Texas:Michigan win is a better win purely for how the dominating happened. Texas destroyed Michigan from jump and could have put up 70 but layed off the gas at the end and played backups. Georgia/Clemson was a tight match through the first half and Georgia pulled away in the second half. Also, Michigan is bad, but Clemson also hasn’t done anything to show they’re a good team either.
As far as a problem with the inside kick, did you hear the commentators on the game? It was pre-planned for the third kickoff, just so happens they were up 30-0 at the time.
SO if Ohio St had played Kentucky like Ga would you have dropped them or kept them at par?
oh they would've dropped for sure. the double standard is so bad it's actually hilarious. not worth watching SEC pundits their bias is so predictable
I drop UGA to 2, tOSU to 5, just ahead of Ole Miss, due to their schedules being about the same and Tenn looking way better against air than tOSU. South Florida also looked really good against Southern Miss, and they play Miami next week, so that will be a good show of things about how bad Bama's backup and defense were. (Though, a lot of the defense felt like it was a product of the offense not being able to stay on the field for long)
Tennessee deserves 3, at worst 4. Good call
Jam Miller is good but that Boise State RB is the best back in the country right now
Tennessee saw a look on the inside kick they wanted to exploit as a hot read by the kicker. I don’t think they anticipated being up 30-0 12 minutes into the game.
Tennessee ran the ball 55 times to 25 passes. They only scored 6 second half points because they wanted to get it over with. Kent state couldn’t stop chunk plays on vanilla run game stuff. Not sure what else can be done.
Tennessee ran the ball 55 times and threw it 26 times. Cmon man it’s fine that you didn’t watch that game but just look over the statsheet. They didn’t throw the ball around extending that game, they offered a running clock at half time Kent declined and Tennessee played 5 QB’s and 6 rb’s
Still too early to know a ton.
My thoughts.
Georgia better on defense. Texas better on offense.
I think Georgia loses 1-2 games due to extremely tough schedule.
Be careful on Texas. Michigan game looks pretty but let’s see how good Michigan is. I think they barely make a bowl.
I got a feeling Kirby was just trying to get out of Kentucky game with W
They will look MUCH better against Bama. Not guaranteeing a win. But it won’t be same Georgia that played at Kentucky.
Kirby's Georgia team has only scored fewer than 20 points three times. Guess what three opponents they were?
They were Kentucky in kentucky.
Kirby wanted to get out of that game with no injuries and a w. He did both.
The players were no doubt looking ahead. I am taking nothing away from that game at all
@@patrickoneill8707Kirby has also only lost to one team in the past 3 years. Guess who that is?
@@Branif of course I know who it is. They lost to Nick Saban.
I also know that Georgia has won 42 regular-season games in a row, no one has ever done that including Nick Saban.
They have also won 28 conference games regular season games in a row, which no one else has ever done.
If you want to talk alabama, why haven't they won a championship since 2020, that covid championship that no one recognizes?
Kirby has two titles in the last three years and would have had one last year because he would have beaten michigan, unlike the stank team that lost to Michigan
@@patrickoneill8707 I must have touched a nerve...lol
@@Branif you did not strike a nerve. I don't get to emotionally invested in my teams anymore.
I am just speaking facts. There were a lot of reasons why Saban retired when he did. Kirby helped him win five of those national championships and if you crunch the numbers, compared the defense is on Alabama and Georgia since Kirby left and Alabama's has steadily dropped while Georgia has obviously been one of the best in the nation.
Will deboer copy Nick saban's success? that will be tough to do since I believe Saban was the best coach I have ever seen.
You also forget that Kirby beat Saban in the llast national championship game that Alabama appeared in.
If Alabama beats Georgia in a couple of weeks, I will see it as a sign that Deboer is a good coach. I think both teams will make the college football playoffs so they could play three times this year.
What are the snap/play numbers. - they FEEL much lower to me and I assume it’s bc helmet communication- lower possession/snaps = greater volatility (it’s why UVA is soooo susceptible to being upset in hoops)
The team osu just beat gave Wisconsin a battle.
Wisconsin is ass
Do the defensive video. I’ll definitely be watching it and sharing
Told you last week that BC would beat Missouri. Looked really good for 2 quarters. But the home cooking caught up to them in the 2nd half. My bet this week is Sparty will beat BC further exposing Missouri.
Heyyy put some respect on Dayton😂😂😂. Great video guys
Yes, low scoring football is much more interesting.
to answer your rhetorical question: do we like when you talk about *fill in the blank*....the answer is always, yes. haha. the more the better
Just have to say, it's bothering me that Daniel's list says OSU and Josh's says Ohio State. Let's be consistent with names if anything
Tennessee had told their kicker all week if you see thim line up in this formation, you kick the on side kick and they did so he did but why not practice makes perfect as they say as they say
Very much Jonah hill brad Pitt money ball vibes listening to this ;)
My favorite sports movie.
Had to drop in to catch up on the SEC narrative. How many teams get excuses “because the game was weird”. SEC.
Let's get nerdy!😂
I agree, Jam Miller is an absolutely dog. He’s a bowling ball shot out of a cannon who can also catch, and is a stud in pass pro
If my Buckeyes won 14-13 at Kentucky, Josh would be dropping them to 7th or lower.
Not if they also murdered a top 15 team.
I also think they should never come out with rankings until like the 4th week. Look at Notre Dame look at FSU now the rest of the year the teams who beat them when they were way up in the rankings they're going to get credit for beating a top five team when really nobody knows what the hell anybody's going to be like until about a quarter of the way in. Me as a Georgia fan I really could care less if we're running 20th all we got to do is win our division and we're in it's that simple. Really rankings hula stuff it's just something for everybody to talk about but really in the end they mean absolutely nothing until the final week.
I love u guys
29:00 100%. The defensive advancements + the shorter games are absolutely changing the game.
We keep hearing announcers credit NIL and the transfer portal for these tight games, but it really makes no sense. It really seems like the volatility of the sport is coming from how quickly and often a given offense can go into the tank now.
Guess who has the #1 scoring defense allowing 3.0 points a game, #2 rushing yards allowed, and #1 rushing yards/game? Pete Golding. it's so obvious that BOB was the problem after a literal DC had a better NFL offense in everyway with the exact same team.
My guy, it's Furman, MTSU, and Wake. Let's be serious. OM gave up 38 PPG vs ranked opponents last year. Not saying OM cant or doesnt have a good defense. But I am saying Furman tells us nothing.
My top 10
Texas
Georgia
Ohio state
Tennessee
Alabama
Ole Miss
Miami
Oregon
USC
Penn State
I'd have USC higher, they gave LSU a stomping. I don't think LSU is a really strong team; but I think having it being an away game (essentially) and against an SEC team (you have to give other conferences wins against them, if you are going to do the same for teams within the conference as well). I'm not sold on Oregon. They had a strong win against Oregon St; but Oregon State is not good. And They've struggled to move the ball in general. That offense is not as impressive as last season.
It was a 7 point win. Good win
They scored with 8 seconds left to win the game “a stomping” 😂
Georgia at 1 after barely beating a 1-1 Kentucky team is crazy. Texas deserves the 1 spot and Georgia does not.
I'd actually push back a bit on the michigan's defense being good point. Talent wise, i think they ARE good, but scheme wise? They look like they have returned to the don brown era of "i'm going to blitz you every down andtry to win one on ones." It didnt work against ohio state when they did that and it didnt work against texas. I would be very concerned about them moving forward if they dont adjust the defense.
Just because you make fun of the fact that people call Josh an SEC homer doesn’t mean it isn’t true. 😂
Look at josh with the unbottoned shirt and popped collar. 😅
Just started the video. Where are you wrong? My guess is that the SEC is way too represented in your Top 10 again.
Of course you're hesitant to punish Georgia. You don't punish SEC teams. Daniel is somewhat competent while Josh has SEC tattoos.
You have to ding Georgia more for surviving unranked Kentucky by 1 point. I would go 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Georgia. Georgia would never get the no.1 spot back unless they beat Alabama and Texas.
Your Alabama love really came out in this one. "It was just awesome to see." "Jam Miller is the best rb in the country." I don't think I'm ready to say that yet. Bama has one of the best rb rooms in the country, but is it better than Ohio State's? I can't argue that it is right now or that Jam is the best. I wouldn't be upset if you said top 5. I lean Ollie Gordon as best.
It certainly isn’t Jam Miller. He probably isn’t even top 3 in the conference.
There's no way they said that. How about Ashton Jeanty at BSU?
@andrewmueller9986 that's fair, but I do lean with Ollie. Controversy is good for conversation though so I get it.
@@dominicclark5342 Ollie is my number 2
Michigan always got so much shit for having a bad schedule. Ohio state has played 2 MAC schools and haven’t heard a word but this.
@@ethankennedy1332 osu was forced by the conf to drop Washington because well they joined the conf. There wasn't enough time to find a strong replacement
Don’t really understand how OSU is 3rd without a power 5 win. Rankings should be a little more fluid. (I’m not saying they are not the third best team) but as of now they only have 2 wins against bad teams because of the bye
This early in the season, rankings are still heavily weighted on potential, roster, staff, previous year, etc. The difference in our rankings is that as more data comes in, we're happy to trashcan our assumptions about teams from August, and week to week. AP tends to try to back in validation of their preseason rankings as the season goes on.
If Tennessee rolls Oklahoma, the argument will be “well their opponent is in a down year” it’s a tale as old as time.
Tennessee is literally in our top 5
Tennessee fans are all over the internet desperate for respect. Y'all need to calm down a little bit. Tennessee hasn't won anything of note in 25+ years.
you know they arent going to change the title because videos with spelling mistakes get the most interactions. $$$$
1. Texas
2. Ohio State
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss ?
7. Oregon
8. Miami
9. USC
10. Missouri
How can you make excuses for Georgia and Alabama's injuries and say they're elite as well as good but Penn state losing an all American in the secondary and having some guys out. Moving them around in a defense they're still learning. They're just bad or you don't know. That's what bothers me. Idc if you think PSU is elite or not show some consistency for all the teams not just the top half. Kentucky is terrible and Georgia barely escaped. PSU at least dominated WVU and They dominated BGSU in the second half. The score is misleading cause BGSU kicked a field goal. PSU had a score taken off the board. Most of the teams pretty much all are a Wait and see. Can't even make a top 10 cause it's so early but at least show fairness and consistency amongst all teams. Cause when you don't it comes off as an excuse. If you're gonna use Injuries as an excuse for bad play and close games. Use them for every team not just Bama & Georgia.
As we said a bunch of times, it’s still half projection, and roster quality in the top 6 is higher. Beyond that, you’re asking us to rank them over USC, Miami, etc. Those teams simply have better arguments and resumes so far. It’s all relative.
They been winning champions because the S.E.C narrative is so ridiculous the teams in that league play outside the rules and parameters all other league teams play under
@CollegeFootballNerds I'm just trying to be fair. I share and watch all your content. Been for years. That's my only gripe. I rather My lions stay out of sight and prove stuff. I just remembered specifically injuries were brought up by Josh and he said losing an all American in secondary is significant and having to move guys around cause of it. Top it off with players Learning a defense too. I'm going off what he said last week. I'm make a fair case for my team to be top 10 at least. It all remains to be seen. You know very well I'd be in live streams if you were doing them Saturday night
@anthonyellis7541 my issue is if we are laying a foundation down for a few teams it has to be used for all. Stick with what you're saying. I'm trying to help them. It doesn't even have to be my team cause I know they'll get flack for it. To me logically it makes sense.
If Georgia blowout on Clemson was the same as impressive and Texas vs Michigan, Michigan is the other one I hear getting the hate not clemson
Mizzou is a fraud... I will keep saying... They were good last year, but their win over OSU in the Cotton Bowl was a fluke, because:
1. Kyle "Ford/Honda" McCord took his ball and went home.
2. Day benched Carson Hinzman the starting center through 12 games last season because Hinzman divulged company secrets.
UTk loves to blow out weak opponents than get exposed vs real defenses like UGA/Bama etc
Guy on the left doesn't realize the Vols ran the ball like 70% of time against KSU. Trying to act like they were out there throwing the ball every play to run up the score. No they just demolished them physically. They had 17 runs of 10+ yards. Guy has a bone to pick and tries to make up stuff to fit his negative narrative.
"Tennessee's defense has shown me a little more" meanwhile Ole Miss defense hasnt let a touchdown on them lol
Tennessee's defense hasn't allowed a touchdown either going back to the bowl game last year.
@@therealutgbo7914 NC State scored one in the 3rd quarter against you. Stop it
@@tylergilbert5264 You obviously didn't watch the game. That was a pick 6 by NC State's defense. UT's defense did not surrender a TD in that game and has not for 16 straight quarters.
@@therealutgbo7914 tuddy is a tuddy
Texas DBs are 100% better, run defense definitely fell off a bit. But texas doesn't face anyone with an elite pass attack and they were already tested against a run first d. Georgia is probably still no 1, but their OC is bad imo.
Honestly we probably would have beat Georgia last week
Jam Miller is certainly not the best RB in the country. He’s not even top 3 in his own conference. Biggest Bama fan homer take ever.
he's quite good, but Wisconsin has a mid run defense
Best RB in the country.
@@CollegeFootballNerds -____-
Georgia beating Kentucky by 1 point is the equivalent to Ohio State beating Illinois by 1 point. Only difference is Ohio State would drop out of the top 10. Georgia is not #1.
In 2022, Michigan beat Illinois 19-17 and didn't drop a single spot in the polls.
@@CollegeFootballNerds yea but I bet y'all dropped them in your rankings didn't you
We all know alabama will be ranked 1 after destroying georgia in week 5. Come on!