College football team articles

Monday, Oct 19, 2026

Yo, We Gotta Talk: Temple Lost a Fourth-Quarter Shootout to Charlotte, Takes the Week Off, Then Heads to Greenville, a Town That Moved Itself Three Miles Before It Settled DownTeddy Fiorella, The Temple Fanatic
Yep: Tyler Hughes Ran for 183 and Threw for 196, and Now Air Force Rides Up to the Highest Stadium in FBS, Where a Team That Throws for 65 Yards a Game Learns What Thin Air MeansColter Sprague, The Wyoming Fanatic
Yeehaw, That's a Defense: TCU Hosts West Virginia, Whose Beloved Song Was Written on a Road in Maryland and Whose Defense Ranks 137thRyder Galloway, The TCU Fanatic
Woooo, Pig, Here Comes the Data: The Hogs Snapped a 14-Game SEC Skid, Took a Well-Earned Nap, and Now Missouri Is Coming to the OzarksBubba Fayette-Dorsey, The Arkansas Fanatic
Wolfpack, Howl! NC State Comes Off Its Bye and Flies West to Stanford, a Town That Isn't Technically a Town, Guarded by a TreeRutherford 'Ruff' Pegram, The NC State Fanatic
We Are... Rested: Marshall Outgained Coastal by 197 Yards, Took a Week Off, and Now South Alabama Brings the 131st-Ranked Scoring Defense to The JoanMercy Holderby, The Marshall Fanatic
Wave the Flag: A Redshirt Freshman Ran for 136 and Threw for 289 in His First Start, and Now Wazzu Hosts a Boise State Pass Defense Ranked 126th From a City That Uses Its Own Name as a Pronunciation TestHank Palouse, The Washington State Fanatic
War Eagle, Bless Their Hearts: Auburn Just Toppled No. 1 Georgia, and Now the Other Tigers Want a TurnLacey Bellamy, The Auburn Fanatic
Uniform of the Week? Ten Out of Ten. Offense of the Week? Let's Talk. The Ducks Stole One From Nebraska With 28 Seconds Left, and Now It's Off to the PrairiePhoenix 'Nix' Wyatt-Aldana, The Oregon Fanatic
Two Scoops of Second Half: Utah State Churned Out 14 Unanswered to Beat Wazzu, Rested a Week, and Now Heads to San Marcos to Face a Bobcat Pass Defense Ranked 137th in a Town Whose Big Landmark Is an Outlet MallHyrum Tolleson, The Utah State Fanatic
To the Top, Sugar: Southern Miss Is 1-5, but It Owns a 24-5 Series Lead Over the Cajuns, and Hattiesburg Was the Hub City FirstDelphine 'Dee' Broussard, The Southern Miss Fanatic
Throw Me a First Down: 4-2 South Alabama Rides a 100-Yard Kickoff Return and the Nation's 8th-Best Turnover Margin Into Huntington, Where the Herd Ranks 136thAzalea Fairhope-Grice, The South Alabama Fanatic
Thin Air, Thick Skin: Colorado State Got Run Over in San Marcos, Comes Home to 5,003 Feet, and Hosts an Aztec Offense Ranked 133rd From a City That Couldn't Keep Its First NameAnsel Rimrock, The Colorado State Fanatic
That's a Whole Roux of a Defense, Cher: LSU Brings the Gumbo to the Plains, and Auburn's Eagle Might Want to Look AwayCelestine 'Cece' Thibodeaux, The LSU Fanatic
That's a Hit Single, Y'all: Vanderbilt Takes Its Guitar to Lexington, Where the Horses Are Famous and Third Down Goes to DiePenelope 'Pippa' Ashcroft, The Vanderbilt Fanatic
That's a Foot of Snow of a Take: Syracuse Brings Umari Hatcher to Chapel Hill, Where the Offense Ranks 117th and Once Went 41 Minutes Without ScoringNico Calabrese, The Syracuse Fanatic
That's Peanuts, Buddy: Troy Comes Home to The Vet, Where It's 3-0, and Welcomes a 0-6 ULM Team Allowing 41.2 Points a GameMarlo Pickens, The Troy Fanatic
That Play Had Scales: A First-Time Starter Tamed the Longhorns in Austin, and Now the Gators Get a Week to Study the Bulldog in Its Natural HabitatDax Marchetti, The Florida Fanatic
Steady as She Goes, Then Hard to Port: Navy Lost a Four-Point Shootout in the Alamodome and Now Hosts a Mean Green Air Show That Ranks Second in the Nation in PassingCmdr. (Ret.) Annabel Merriweather, The Navy Fanatic
Statistically, That's Rad: Colorado Crashes Oklahoma State's Self-Proclaimed 'Greatest Homecoming,' Two Years After a 52-0 Night in BoulderMoss Feldstein, The Colorado Fanatic
Spite and the Stats: Kansas Hosts Baylor, Whose Offense Took Three 12-Play Drives to Score Six PointsFitz Calloway, The Kansas Fanatic
Six Turnovers Was the Wrong Song: Memphis Gets Its Groove Back Thursday Against a Pirate Crew That Docks on the Tar RiverOtis Delaney-Crum, The Memphis Fanatic
Six Takeaways and a Freshman Debut: Tulane Rolls Into a Saturday Night at Yulman Against a Roadrunner Defense Ranked 128th Against the Run, From a City That Keeps Its River in the BasementAntoine 'Twan' Ducros-Labat, The Tulane Fanatic
Show Me the Tape: Missouri Takes Its Open Week After a Rough Night in Oxford, and the Hogs Are Still Celebrating Beating VanderbiltDelphine Arceneaux-Moss, The Missouri Fanatic
Ship It to Prod: SJSU's Ground Game Pushed a 156-Yard Release in El Paso, and Now the Spartans Head to Reno, a City Whose Famous Slogan Was Written by a CalifornianTessa Nakagawa-Ruiz, The San José State Fanatic
Shhh, It's Tuesday Night: Delaware Lost a Heartbreaker in Murfreesboro, and Now a Missouri State Defense Ranked 127th in FBS Comes to the First StateHen Lofland, The Delaware Fanatic
Seven Drives, Seven Touchdowns, Two Passes: Army Ships Its Ground Game to Tulsa, Where the 'Golden Hurricane' Lives Hundreds of Miles From Any OceanCapt. (Ret.) Thaddeus Rourke, The Army Fanatic
Send It, No Fear: Unbeaten No. 10 Utah Welcomes No. 14 Houston From the Flattest Big City in America to an Olympic Stadium at 4,637 FeetAspen Mortensen, The Utah Fanatic
Send It on Your 130th Birthday: Nevada Shakes Off a Fargo Wipeout and Hosts an SJSU Offense That Ranks 111th on Third Down, From a Town That Gave Itself a NicknameRidge Corbell, The Nevada Fanatic
Save Percentage Says No: Bowling Green Lost a 60-Minute Thriller to Ball State in Overtime, Now Heads to Amherst, Where the Falcons Won on Their Last Two TripsDarcy Fenwick, The Bowling Green Fanatic
Roll the Quad! No. 17 Wake Forest Rolls Past Cal 41-7, Takes a Well-Earned Bye, Then Welcomes Virginia, Who Still Calls Its Campus 'the Grounds'Eloise Brightman-Rowe, The Wake Forest Fanatic
Roll Tide, and I Mean That as a Threat: Two Losses, One Grudge, and the Aggies Walk Right Into Bryant-DennyMary-Kathryn 'MK' Strickland, The Alabama Fanatic
Red or Green? Both: New Mexico Leads the Nation in Takeaways and Scoring Defense, and Now the Bison Climb 4,200 Feet From a Domed Stadium to Face Them Under the SandiasPaloma Begaye-Ortiz, The New Mexico Fanatic
Rain Is a Home-Field Advantage, and So Is a Win: The Dawgs Snapped Their Skid in West Lafayette, Rest Up, and Head to Lincoln for HalloweenEvangeline 'Vangie' Tollefsrud, The Washington Fanatic
Quack-Quack, Wrong Pond: Georgia State Flies From a Converted Baseball Park Into Jonesboro, and the Red Wolves Just Held the Ball for 40 MinutesTy Doucet-Harmon, The Arkansas State Fanatic
Pull Up a Stump: Sam Houston's Pass Defense Ranks Fourth in FBS, and a New Mexico State Team With a Minus-5 Turnover Margin Rides Into Big Sam's TownLem Coxwell, The Sam Houston Fanatic
Praise the Lord and Hand Me a Program: Liberty Rested Up After a 297-Yard Rushing Night, and Now the Flames Visit a Kennesaw State Team That Ranks 132nd in Red Zone DefenseGideon Fairweather, The Liberty Fanatic
Power to the Play-Call! Cal Marches on Dallas, a City Founded by a Man Who Planted a Stake and Left, to Face No. 23 SMUQuentin Oyelaran-Fitch, The California Fanatic
Pony Up or Sit Down, Sugar: No. 23 SMU Welcomes Cal, Whose Stadium Sits on a Fault and Whose First Half Last Week Didn't ExistTatum Delacroix-Price, The SMU Fanatic
Polka Break, Then Business: The Badgers Left Pasadena With Two Interceptions and No Win, and Now Hollywood Has to Come to Camp Randall at NightLars 'Brat' Ellefson, The Wisconsin Fanatic
Plate It Up in Muncie: First-Year FBS Sac State Brings a Farm-to-Fork Appetite to a Ball State Defense Allowing 37.9 Points and 201.6 Rushing Yards a GameMateo Villaseñor, The Sacramento State Fanatic
Pedigree Tells: Kentucky Is 6-1, Tied for First in the SEC, and the Commodores Are Sailing a Landlocked Boat Into LexingtonRhett Abernathy-Coyle, The Kentucky Fanatic
Peachy: Louisiana Tech Pitched a 24-0 Shutout in the I-20 Showdown, and Now an Old Dominion Offense Ranked 138th in Yards Comes to RustonBooker 'Champ' Tullos, The Louisiana Tech Fanatic
Paint It Blue: No. 21 Boise State Finally Beat Fresno, Rested Up, and Now Heads to Pullman to Face a Cougar Offense Ranked 130th at a Stadium About 200 Feet Below Downtown BoiseThatcher Bluestem, The Boise State Fanatic
Pack a Jacket, Dukes: Unbeaten JMU Climbs 3,333 Feet Into Boone After App State's Four-Touchdown Friday at the BeachZebulon 'Zeb' Coldiron, The App State Fanatic
Owls vs. Owls, and Only One Flock Can Throw: FAU Paddles Back Out After an Army Wipeout to Host a Rice Offense Averaging 79.7 Passing YardsKaia Brightwater, The Florida Atlantic Fanatic
Outgained and Out of Luck: UTEP Piled Up 462 Yards and Lost to San Jose State, Takes an Open Week, Then Trades 302 Days of Sun for a Dome in a Town Where January Averages 9.2 DegreesErnesto 'Neto' Galindo, The UTEP Fanatic
Out by a Toe: The Buckeyes Survived Bloomington, Are Praying for Their Quarterback, and Now Get a Bye Week Before a Trip to HollywoodBrecken 'Buck' Holloway, The Ohio State Fanatic
Orange You Glad I Said It? Clemson Hosts Virginia Tech, Whose Mascot Is a Turkey and Who Lost to a Cal Team That Just Lost by 34Dixie-Lynn Pruitt, The Clemson Fanatic
Ope, Sack: Central Michigan Rallied Late Against Western, and Now Miami Brings a Pass Defense Ranked 132nd in FBS to the Oil Capital of MichiganBrynn Haverkamp, The Central Michigan Fanatic
One Scoop at a Time: The Lions Fell Short in the Big House, Get a Week to Regroup, and Then the Boilermakers Come to Happy ValleyLuann Kessler, The Penn State Fanatic
One If by Land, Two If by Overtime: UMass Fell to Buffalo in OT, and Now the Minutemen March to an Old Airfield in East Hartford, Where UConn's Pass Defense Ranks 135thAbner Kettleworth, The Massachusetts Fanatic
Oh, for Cute: A Hundred-Yard Hotdish Delivery Beat Nevada, and Now the Bison Take the Nation's Second-Ranked Defense to Albuquerque, a City That Spells Its Own Namesake WrongIngeborg 'Inga' Halvorsen, The North Dakota State Fanatic
Oh My Heck, We Beat Notre Dame! Now No. 2 BYU Visits the Bounce House, Home of a Team That Hasn't Won on the Road in 12 TriesBryce Halvorsen-Tuilagi, The BYU Fanatic
Objection: Sustained. Boston College Takes Its Case to Atlanta, a City With 71 Streets Named Peachtree and a Defense That Ranks 110thSiobhan Dunleavy, The Boston College Fanatic
Not That Valley, Babe: Fresno State Lost on a 53-Yarder in San Diego, Takes an Open Week Under the Ash Trees, Then Hosts Oregon State From a Town Whose Tallest Structure Ever Built Is a Football StadiumRosalind 'Roz' Ayala, The Fresno State Fanatic
Ninety-Six Yards to the Treasure: USF's Defense Plundered Kent State on Homecoming, the Bulls Drop Anchor for an Open Week, and UAB Sails Into Tampa on HalloweenReina Valdés-Kowalski, The South Florida Fanatic
Next Stop, Jonesboro: Georgia State Brings the No. 23 Offense in FBS to a Ridge Whose Defense Ranks 124th Against the RunMalik Overstreet, The Georgia State Fanatic
N Equals Six, and Six Says Even: Rice's Clinical-Trial Ground Game Visits a Boca Defense Ranked 134th Against the RunOdalys Chen-Moreau, The Rice Fanatic
Motion to Reconsider: Denied. Florida State Takes Its Double-Overtime Heartbreak Into a Bye Week, Then Hosts Clemson, Whose Stadium Nickname Came From CaliforniaGianna Ravello, The Florida State Fanatic
Measure Twice, Kick Once: Oregon State Is 3-0 in the Pac-12 After Dismantling Wazzu, Takes an Open Week to Sharpen the Tools, Then Heads to Fresno, Where It Tops 100 Degrees 38 Days a YearJuniper Ostrowski, The Oregon State Fanatic
Low and Slow Wins the Fourth Quarter: Unbeaten-in-League Jacksonville State Takes an Open Week After a Late Kick Beat FIU, Then Heads West to Las CrucesBurl Ashcraft-Neeley, The Jacksonville State Fanatic
Low Tide, Then High Tide: Coastal Takes a Bye After a Three-Point Loss to App State, and Next Up Is a Halloween Trip to Atlanta, Where the Chants Are 4-0Marigold 'Goldie' Seabrook, The Coastal Carolina Fanatic
Load Up, I Don't Miss: West Virginia Rides a Walk-Off Kick to Fort Worth, Where the Offense Scored 10 Points in IrelandJolene Buckhannon, The West Virginia Fanatic
Let's Renovate That Offense: Baylor Brings Its Toolbox to Lawrence, Where Even the Stadium Is Still a Construction SiteMaggie Whitlock, The Baylor Fanatic
Let's Pivot to the Run Game: Stanford Rides Micah Ford's Record-Tying Day Into a Friday Night Launch Against NC State, Whose Ground Game Gained 15 YardsIgnatius 'Iggy' Yamamoto-Ross, The Stanford Fanatic
Laissez les Bons Stats Rouler: The Cajuns Ran for 243 Yards, and Now They Visit a Southern Miss Defense Allowing 252 on the GroundAmélie 'Mimi' Fontenot, The Louisiana Fanatic
Knee-High by the Fourth of July, Winless by Late October: NIU Hosts a Hawai'i Offense That Ranks 138th in Rushing, and This Is the Week the Harvest Comes InNola Brandvik, The Northern Illinois Fanatic
Keep the Faith: 0-6 ULM Held Louisiana Tech Scoreless for a Half, and Now It Visits a Troy Team That Ranks 125th in Penalty Yards and Lost to ULM at Home in 2024Darnell Vidrine, The UL Monroe Fanatic
Keep Your Hands Inside the Bounce House: No. 2 BYU Arrives With a Win the Big 12 Says Ended a Few Seconds EarlyKnox Brevard-Stiles, The UCF Fanatic
Keep Everybody in the Canoe: Missouri State Won on a Field Goal as Time Expired, and Now the Bears Float East to a Delaware Team Whose Run Game Ranks 135th in FBSClementine Bilyeu, The Missouri State Fanatic
It's All About the U, Baby: No. 1 Miami Survives Double Overtime and Welcomes Pitt From the City of 446 BridgesJavi 'The Breeze' Castillo, The Miami Fanatic
Intermission, Darling: UNLV Took a Fourth-Act Hit in Colorado Springs, Takes an Open Week Backstage, Then Raises the Curtain on Halloween Night Against a Winless Northern Illinois From the Town That Invented the FenceVegas Monroe-Kalani, The UNLV Fanatic
I've Crunched the Numbers, and the Numbers Say Orange: The Illini Survived East Lansing, Rested Up, and Now Oregon Has to Come Find Champaign on a MapMargery Vandermolen, The Illinois Fanatic
I Would Posit the Clock Had Time on It: No. 4 Notre Dame Takes Its Provo Heartbreak Into a Bye, Then Meets Navy in Foxborough, Because Annapolis Can't Fit the CrowdDeclan Moriarty-Chen, The Notre Dame Fanatic
I Expected This: Kent State Scored Two Points in Tampa, but the Wagon Wheel Lives in Kent, and the Zips Bring a Run Defense Ranked 130th and a Five-Game SkidOzzie Brannigan, The Kent State Fanatic
I Also Passed That Exam: Duke Visits Charlottesville, Where They Call Campus 'the Grounds' and the Offense Ranks 120th on Third DownHarrison Wexley-Moore IV, The Duke Fanatic
Hydrate and Dominate: Kansas State Visits Tempe From a Town That Only Exists Because Its Boat Got StuckSkylar Vanterpool, The Arizona State Fanatic
Howdy, and Let Me Yell This: The Aggies Roll Into Tuscaloosa, Where the Elephants Are Nervous and the Tide Is Going OutColt Wendeborn, The Texas A&M Fanatic
Houston, We Have Liftoff: No. 14 Houston Climbs 4,600 Feet to Face No. 10 Utah in a City That Got Demoted From 'Great' in 1868Yolanda 'Yo' Pacheco, The Houston Fanatic
Hotty Toddy, and Hand Me the Footnotes: Ole Miss Brings a Perfect Red Zone and a Novel's Worth of Offense to a Texas Team That Keeps Losing by ThreeLangston Fairbanks, The Ole Miss Fanatic
Hold Your Hats: Louisville Wins in Syracuse, Takes a Bye, Then Welcomes Stanford, a Cardinal With No Actual BirdBianca Thornberry, The Louisville Fanatic
Hoist the Colors, Pack the Tricorn: ECU Sails Into Memphis Seeking a Fourth Straight Win Over a Tiger That Commutes in an Air-Conditioned TrailerBartholomew 'Bart' Quidley, The East Carolina Fanatic
Here's a Joke and a Punt Chart: Ball State Won on a Two-Point Try in Overtime for Its First Road Win in Nearly Two Years, and Now First-Year FBS Sac State Comes to Muncie on a Five-Game SkidGus Ponder, The Ball State Fanatic
Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The Monarchs Who Held App State to 158 Yards Sail Inland to Ruston, Where the Bulldogs Couldn't Score for a Half Against a Winless TeamWinifred 'Winnie' Pocklington, The Old Dominion Fanatic
Have a Biscuit, Sugar: Middle Tennessee Went 93 Yards to Beat Delaware, and Now the Blue Raiders Head to Miami to Face an FIU Offense That Ranks 122nd in ScoringOpal Stonebriar, The Middle Tennessee Fanatic
Hatch Hot on a Wednesday: Rested New Mexico State Brings James Jones and 599 Rushing Yards to Huntsville, Where Sam Houston's Run Defense Ranks 129thEsperanza Lujan-Tafoya, The New Mexico State Fanatic
Hail to the Stat Sheet: A Carr Came Off the Bench, the Big House Got Loud, and the Defending Champs Are Coming to Ann ArborAugustin 'Gus' Hartwell, The Michigan Fanatic
Gusher in Houston, Now Drill Army: Tulsa Hosts a Team That Threw Two Passes Last Week and a Town That Isn't Technically a TownWiley Pettibone, The Tulsa Fanatic
Guns Up, Wind's Up: Unbeaten Texas Tech Rides Into Cincinnati, Where They Put Chili on Spaghetti and Blew a Lead With 5:35 LeftBodie Ratliff, The Texas Tech Fanatic
Gray Turf, Bright Future: Eastern Michigan Is Still 3-1 in the MAC After a Tough Day Against Toledo, and Ohio's Passing Game Ranks 126th in FBSImogen Tremblay, The Eastern Michigan Fanatic
Graph Paper Doesn't Lie: Georgia Tech Hosts Boston College, Whose Hometown Isn't Technically a Town and Whose Red Zone Offense Ranks 135thWendell Quist, The Georgia Tech Fanatic
Granddad's Binder Says Rest Up: Georgia Southern Takes a Bye After Winning in Norfolk, Then App State Comes to the Prettiest Little Stadium in America on HalloweenRoyce Ogeechee, The Georgia Southern Fanatic
Go Big Red, and Bring an Umbrella: The Huskers Came Up 28 Seconds Short in Eugene, Rest Up This Week, and Welcome the Other Huskies to a Sold-Out LincolnDarla Rasmussen, The Nebraska Fanatic
Gnarly Finish, Dude: SDSU Rode a 53-Yard Wave Past Fresno With 57 Seconds Left, and Now Paddles Up to Fort Collins to Face a Ram Defense Ranked Dead Last in FBSKai Delgado-Sorensen, The San Diego State Fanatic
Framed It, Then Dropped It: The Spartans Lost Another Heartbreaker, and Now They Fly to Pasadena to Face an Unbeaten Team That Plays Home Games 26 Miles From HomeShay Kowalczyk, The Michigan State Fanatic
Four Interceptions and a Little Cradle Talk, Darling: Miami Wins Back-to-Back for the First Time This Season and Heads to Mount Pleasant, Where the Chippewas Throw for 108 Yards a GameCordelia Van Doren, The Miami (OH) Fanatic
Forged in the Fourth Quarter: UAB Came Back From 14-0 to Beat ECU in Overtime, Cools the Iron on an Open Week, Then Sails to Tampa to Face a Pirate Who Doesn't Technically ExistOzella Birchfield, The UAB Fanatic
Forecast: Clear Skies Over Amherst. Buffalo Beat UMass in Overtime, and Bowling Green Brings the 136th-Ranked Offense in FBS and a Run Defense Allowing 209.6 a GameKendra Woolcott, The Buffalo Fanatic
Footnote: I Was Right. The Wildcats Kicked Their Way Out of East Lansing, and Now the Birthplace of College Football Visits the Newest Stadium in the Big TenEzra Lindqvist, The Northwestern Fanatic
Five Hundred and Three Yards Downstream: Texas State Ran Over Colorado State for a School Record, and Now Hosts a Utah State Offense Ranked 136th in Scoring From a Valley That Traps Its Own Winter AirYesenia Calderwood, The Texas State Fanatic
Fast Break, Friday Night: Rested UConn Hosts UMass, Whose Home Stadium Isn't Even in AmherstJo Ferrante, The UConn Fanatic
Exit Light, Enter Stats: Virginia Tech Marches Into Death Valley, Where Even the Nickname and the Lucky Rock Came From CaliforniaRuthanne Dellinger, The Virginia Tech Fanatic
Exit 9 Never Lies: Rutgers Rallied From 10 Down in College Park, and Now It's Off to Evanston to See the Smallest Stadium in the Big TenVinny Scolari, The Rutgers Fanatic
Engineer It: Five Takeaways Weren't Enough Against Washington, so the Boilermakers Head Back to the Drafting Table Before a Halloween Trip to Happy ValleyBarnaby Wolcott-Reese, The Purdue Fanatic
Eighteen Straight Harvests: Kansas State Heads to Tempe, Where They Built a Desert Stadium and Forgot It Might RainHattie Brandvold, The Kansas State Fanatic
Dat's a Yinz Problem: Pitt Heads to No. 1 Miami, Whose Pass Defense Ranks 91st and Whose Stadium Has Worn Eight Different NamesDominic 'Yinz' Bertolucci, The Pittsburgh Fanatic
Darling, Your Shark Can't Swim Here: Ole Miss Brings an Oceanless Mascot and the 108th-Ranked Defense to AustinCaro Whitfield, The Texas Fanatic
Cyclone Warning for the Desert: Iowa State Heads to a Town With 158 Days a Year Over 90 Degrees and a Wildcat Team That Can't Hold the FootballTwyla Hemmingsen, The Iowa State Fanatic
Cue the Music: The Vols Walk Into Williams-Brice, Where the Bass Drops, the Press Box Shakes and Rocky Top Isn't Even Their Fight SongBeaumont 'Beau' Cheraw, The South Carolina Fanatic
Cue the Banjo: The Vols Just Ran Over Alabama, and Now They're Headed to Columbia, Where the Train Cars Don't Move and the Music Needs SubwoofersEarl 'Rocky Top' Haskew, The Tennessee Fanatic
Cold Enough for Ya? Good. The Gophers Got Humbled in West Lafayette, Took a Week to Think It Over, and Now Iowa Has to Come North to Defend a Bronze PigTorvald 'Tor' Engebretsen, The Minnesota Fanatic
Checkered Flag at Last: Charlotte Took Its First Win in Philadelphia, Takes an Open Week to Refuel, Then Welcomes a Tulane Offense That's Last in FBS at Holding the BallPriya Halloran, The Charlotte Fanatic
Check the Tread: Akron Drives 'Down the Road' for the Wagon Wheel Against a Kent State Offense That Ranks 138th in Scoring and Went 0-for-4 on Fourth Down in TampaHollister 'Zip' Grubbs, The Akron Fanatic
Carolina Blue, Through and Through: The Victory Bell Comes Home, and Syracuse Visits Kenan From a City That Got 143.1 Inches of Snow and Still Plays IndoorsAinsley Pemberton, The North Carolina Fanatic
Call Sign: No Fumbles: Air Force Ran for 430 Yards Past UNLV and Now Climbs 600 Feet Higher to Laramie, Where the Cowboys Throw for 146 a GameLt. Col. (Ret.) Marissa Okonkwo-Hale, The Air Force Fanatic
Cafecito and a Brick Wall: FIU's Defense Ranks Ninth in FBS, and Now a Middle Tennessee Offense Ranked 122nd Comes to Pitbull Stadium on a Tuesday NightLourdes Ibarguen-Tate, The Florida International Fanatic
Brick by Brick: Ohio Has Won Four Straight and Sits at 3-0 in the MAC, and an Eastern Michigan Team That Ran for 34 Yards Last Week Comes to PedenPenny Trautman, The Ohio Fanatic
Boomer! (You Say Sooner.): Oklahoma Rides Into Starkville for the First Time Ever, and Somebody Please Hand Out EarplugsSavannah Redbird-Lowe, The Oklahoma Fanatic
Bless Your Yards Per Play: The Hoosiers Lost by a Toe, and Now It's Off to the Big House to See Whether Michigan Has Settled on a QuarterbackMallory Penhallow, The Indiana Fanatic
Birds Up, Medals On: 6-1 UTSA Flies to New Orleans After a 2:24 Comeback, to Face a Green Wave That's Dead Last in FBS at Holding the BallMarisol Ybarra, The UTSA Fanatic
As Mr. Jefferson Would've Charted It: Virginia Hosts Duke, From a City That Exists Because a Steam Engine Needed a Drink of WaterPrescott Ashby-Lowell, The Virginia Fanatic
An Open Week, Then a Drum Solo on the Chesapeake: North Texas Brings the Nation's Second-Best Passing Attack to Annapolis, a Capital the Country Moved Out of in Nine MonthsGrady Mayhew-Ochoa, The North Texas Fanatic
Album Review: Auburn Scratched the Record in Athens, the Dawgs Get a Week in the Studio, and the Gators Are Booked for a Show in AtlantaThaddeus 'Thad' Okafor-Brandt, The Georgia Fanatic
A Good Punt Is a Love Letter: The Hawkeyes Held Washington to Minus-3 Rushing Yards, Rested Up, and Now Head North to Bring the Pig Home AgainOrrin Kalvelage, The Iowa Fanatic
A Clean Shave in Huntsville: Western Kentucky Held Sam Houston to 177 Yards, Takes an Open Week, Then Welcomes a Delaware Pass Defense Ranked 125th to the HillThurman 'Tops' Whitsitt, The Western Kentucky Fanatic
A Cardinal Dressed as a Tornado Walks Into Tucson: Iowa State Brings 200 Yards of Offense to the DesertInez Paloverde, The Arizona Fanatic
400 Horsepower and Six Sacks: Toledo Rolled Through Ypsilanti, and Now an Unbeaten-in-the-MAC Western Michigan Team With the 129th-Ranked Passing Game Rolls Into the Glass BowlRocco Szczepanski, The Toledo Fanatic