College Football Ratings Week 10 2023
Week 10 was the best of the season so far. There were multiple great games in every time window- I particularly enjoyed Ohio State/Rutgers, where the Scarlet Knights put up their most impressive game in nearly a decade. If not for a backbreaking pick six, Rutgers easily could’ve won that game.
Top 25
Michigan
Ohio State
Oregon
Georgia
LSU
Notre Dame
Alabama
Louisville (+7)
Tennessee (+5)
Texas (-2)
Florida State (-2)
Penn State (+6)
Oklahoma (-1)
Kansas State (-3)
Washington (-2)
Texas A&M (-6)
Clemson (-1)
Missouri (+2)
Oregon State (-2)
Ole Miss (+1)
Arizona (+1)
Kansas (+6)
USC
Miami (-5)
North Carolina (-1)
I have been extremely impressed with Louisville the last two weeks. Since losing to Pitt, they have beaten Duke and Virginia Tech by a combined 57-3 and have moved into my top 10 for the first time all year. Penn State followed up a horrible performance against Indiana with a dominating win on the road against Maryland. Michigan comes to Happy Valley this weekend and the Nittany Lions will have a shot at the Big Ten East if they can pull the upset. Arizona picked up another impressive win against UCLA and is one of the most improved teams in the country this year.
Moving Up
Army lost to UMass last week and then beat Air Force by 20 points this week. This has to be the most confusing pair of results of the season, but this sort of thing can happen to option teams sometimes. The Black Knights were the beneficiaries of some amazing fumble luck against Air Force this week. Utah responded well from their blowout loss to Oregon as they evaporated Arizona State 55-3. The Utes have been extremely impressive this year given their horrible injury luck. Georgia Tech dominated Virginia on the road and now looks likely to make their first bowl game in 5 years.
Moving Down
Virginia Tech had put together a few good results in a row but was completely outmatched by Louisville and now needs to win two of their last three to make a bowl. BYU has been a lot worse than their record all year and probably needs to beat Iowa State this weekend to make a bowl after a blowout loss to West Virginia. Duke got very lucky to beat Wake Forest and has been nowhere near the same team since Riley Leonard got hurt.