2024-2025 NCAA Football Thread

[cubby]

Welcome to the 2024/25 season ya'll.


https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. Utah
13. LSU
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Oklahoma State
18. Kansas State
19. Miami (FL)
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. Kansas
23. USC
24. North Carolina State
25. Iowa

Very happy to see Oregon at #3. B1G year for them.

[Vampiroth]

Rough start to the year for FSU. Super stoked to have football back. Also I feel like I havent posted here in like 7 years.

[Milchshake]

True to from, FSU is still demanding a playoff spot after the unexpected loss. ESPN has 12 sports bros standing by to argue why ... /s


Sure there's 12 spots this year. But I think people are underestimating the chaos that will come from the new bloated conferences. There will be more teams jilted by their own conference championship game.

[MCMLXXXII]

FSU doing all they can not to get to the playoffs this season.

[eschatological]

Haven't felt this way about BC football since Matty Ice was QB.

[cubby]

FSU doing all they can not to get to the playoffs this season.

Wow - what a horrific start. I thought Oregon fans had a lot to cry about (24-14 "win" against Idaho at home). Of course, 0-2 start is just about the only way you get into the playoffs with a 10-2 record. Better to lose early than later....

[Milchshake]

Week 2 saw some course corrections for over hyped teams:

• FSU fell out of the polls. Careful pointing this out, they might sue you too.
• Clemson dropped 11 spots.
• Oregone drops 4.

1. Georgia (57)
2. Ohio State (5)
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame
6. Ole Miss
7. Oregon
8. Penn State
9. Missouri
10. Michigan
11. Utah
12. Miami
13. USC
14. Tennessee
15. Oklahoma
16. Oklahoma State
17. Kansas State
18. LSU
19. Kansas
20. Arizona
21. Iowa
22. Louisville
23. Georgia Tech
24. NC State
25. Clemson

[cubby]

Week 2 saw some course corrections for over hyped teams:

• FSU fell out of the polls. Careful pointing this out, they might sue you too.
• Clemson dropped 11 spots.
• Oregone drops 4.

1. Georgia (57)
2. Ohio State (5)
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame
6. Ole Miss
7. Oregon
8. Penn State
9. Missouri
10. Michigan
11. Utah
12. Miami
13. USC
14. Tennessee
15. Oklahoma
16. Oklahoma State
17. Kansas State
18. LSU
19. Kansas
20. Arizona
21. Iowa
22. Louisville
23. Georgia Tech
24. NC State
25. Clemson

I'm surprised Oregon didn't drop further.

Lol re FSU.

[xskarma]

I was hoping Michigan would be able to keep it close on defense and surprise me on offense. Neither happened, and it's pretty clear that this will be a transition year. Hopefully still kick some asses during the year to spark the growth we need for next year, from both players and coaching staff.

[Crissi]

I expected that to be closer. That was an ass kicking. Our O line mauled Michigan's D line.

GG xskarma. Y'all need to find a better QB for next year.

[cubby]

Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois....

[Crissi]

Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois....

Football Jesus became the Holy Husky

[eschatological]

Football Jesus became the Holy Husky

BC beat ranked FSU and then won 56-0 against an FBS team like you're supposed to, on the same day ND lost to a MAC team. I think the conclusion is obvious: God is a Jesuit.

[cubby]

BC beat ranked FSU and then won 56-0 against an FBS team like you're supposed to, on the same day ND lost to a MAC team. I think the conclusion is obvious: God is a Jesuit.

Good that got sordid out. Football solves so many societal problems.

[cubby]

Penn State trails Bowling Green most of the game, then wins by a touch down - stays same rank.

Oregon leads/trails Boise State (with Heisman candidate running back) and win by a field goal - drops two ranks.

Interesting.

[draynay]

At least Oregon is 2-0 while they sort things out.

[Crissi]

Penn State trails Bowling Green most of the game, then wins by a touch down - stays same rank.

Oregon leads/trails Boise State (with Heisman candidate running back) and win by a field goal - drops two ranks.

Interesting.

They both should have dropped, but Oregon also looked shaky vs Idaho, while Penn State manhandled West Virginia

[cubby]

They both should have dropped, but Oregon also looked shaky vs Idaho, while Penn State manhandled West Virginia

And Oregon dropped for that shaky showing. And I have no disagreement that Oregon has a LOT to work on. But purely for quality and type of win, the Penn State win was similar to Oregon's, and only Oregon was "punished" for it. And I also realize that these rankings don't matter a ton until the BCS ranks come out. But still....

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At least Oregon is 2-0 while they sort things out.

I was pretty happy with that win against Boise State. Many people don't know this, but despite Oregon's dramatic success over the past 15+ years, we were 0-3 against Boise State. That win was huge despite being ugly.

And as an aside, we relatively stuffed that running back of theirs (yes, despite his big numbers, we really held him overall).

[cubby]

The refs are really rooting for LSU in the second half. 3 blown calls in a row giving LSU great field possession.

[Crissi]

South Carolina was robbed!