College Football Ratings- Week 3 2024
Week 3 was light on earth-shattering results but we nearly got one in Lexington. Georgia was lucky to escape Kentucky with a win- they were getting pushed around by the Kentucky front seven and ran for only 102 yards on 30 carries. We had interesting results elsewhere- Georgia State, Toledo, Memphis and Washington State all won as decent underdogs.
Bracketology
1 Ohio State
2 Georgia
3 Miami
4 Iowa State
I considered giving the SEC auto-bid to Alabama but I’m keeping Georgia there for now. Miami moves back into the ACC autobid, they passed Clemson in my ratings after a 62-0 demolition of Ball State this weekend.
5 Alabama vs. 12 Northern Illinois
6 Oregon vs. 11 USC
7 Texas vs. 10 Ole Miss
8 Clemson vs. 9 Penn State
Oregon finally looked like the team we’ve been expecting all offseason in a dominating win over Oregon State. The Ducks won’t face a real test until Ohio State comes to Eugene on October 12th. I finally relented and moved Ole Miss into my field, replacing a Missouri team that was underwhelming as a two touchdown favorite against Boston College.
Top 25
Ohio State (+1)
Georgia (-1)
Alabama
Oregon
Notre Dame (+6)
Texas (-1)
Miami (+1)
Texas A&M (-1)
Clemson (-3)
Penn State
Ole Miss (+2)
Missouri (-3)
LSU (-1)
Tennessee (+4)
USC (-1)
Iowa State (-1)
Michigan
Louisville (+1)
Virginia Tech (+1)
Oklahoma (-4)
Georgia Tech (+1)
Kansas State (+6)
Boston College (+9)
Kansas (+2)
Indiana (+18)
Next Ten: Auburn, UCF, Kentucky, South Carolina, SMU, Iowa, Boise State, Washington, TCU, Arizona
Computer models, including mine, continue to love Texas A&M. I expect the Aggies to be unranked, but favored, when Missouri comes to College Station in a few weeks. My model is finally starting to catch on to Kansas State who dominated Arizona on Friday night. I was bullish on Indiana in the preseason but even I did not expect them to crack my top 25 this season, but the Hoosiers decimated UCLA on the road. Indiana is 3-0 and might be favored in every game until November.