2025-26 NCAA Football (Week 3)

Games I saw (some of):

Florida 10-20 LSU

Hung out with a friend over the weekend, just kinda in and out of football but all I remember of this game was a series of great punts and Florida turning the ball over (and over and over). LSU struck me as the better team on both sides but I was flabbergasted to see that Florida had more total yards than LSU--really? All I saw from them was interceptions and punts. Oh well, not my best watch, but felt like LSU handled their business, but perhaps the take away is that Florida was still in this game despite their inability to finish.

Top 25

Handled their business

(1) Ohio State, (2) Penn State, (3) Louisiana State, (4) Oregon, (5) Miami, (6) Georgia, (7) Texas, (9) Illinois, (13) Oklahoma, (16) Texas A&M, (17) Mississippi, (19) Alabama, (20) Utah, (21) Texas Tech, (22) Indiana, (23) Michigan, (25) Missouri

Won but did not impress

(14) Iowa State (seems like it took a while to put away Arkansas State, not a good look)

(24) Auburn (didn't exactly dominate South Alabama but they've got a trip to Oklahoma coming up, so maybe they were just getting by)

Bad beat

(15) Tennessee (the Vols had their chance and maybe they should've beat UGA, but taking UGA to OT is nothing to be ashamed of)

(18) South Florida (coming off strong W's over Boise State and Florida, felt like the Bulls were set up for a shocker in Miami but the Hurricanes didn't fall for the okey-doke (good for them); not a bad L, still got some faith that South Florida might actually be pretty good)

Not so good

(8) Notre Dame (man, really should've put away Texas A&M at home, not a bad L but after a loss in Miami, the Irish need to get some W's and this would've been a good one)

(11) South Carolina (ugh! Blown out at home by Vandy? Not good)

(12) Clemson (another weird effort from Clemson, another L, this season is not going well for the Tigers so far)

Next week's intriguing matches:

(17) Texas Tech @ (16) Utah (should be a fun one--dang is that a 10am local start time? The hell....?)

(22) Auburn @ (11) Oklahoma (Auburn floundered around with South Alabama last week, so are they wonky or were they saving it up for this match? I like OU's QB, they should win at home but let's see if Auburn has a trick up their sleeve)

(21) Michigan @ Nebraska (Michigan is nice but I'm still suspicious of their offense and, well, the Huskers have looked kinda good so far, just curious to see if the Wolverines can avoid the trap)

Florida @ (4) Miami (feels like the Hurricanes should mop the floor with the Gators, we'll see)

(9) Illinois @ (19) Indiana (I suspect (at least) one of these teams isn't actually any good, let's see which one steps forward)