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Michigan football scored a 24-7 home win over the Washington Huskies on Saturday that had fans daydreaming about the possibility of a College Football Playoff going forward. The Wolverines will now turn their attention to in-state rival Michigan State after the Spartans lost to Indiana.
LSU's Brian Kelly is one of college football's 10 highest-paid coaches, but his performance is once again failing to meet the standards of his paycheck. After Saturday's 31-24 loss at No. 17 Vanderbilt, LSU's season has officially taken the same, frustrating shape as Kelly's first three on the job.
On defense, Michigan played without safeties Rod Moore and Brandyn Hillman, who dressed for the game but came out in street clothes after halftime. Neither player was listed on the pregame injury report and Sherrone Moore didn’t give a reason for their absences.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti said quarterback Fernando Mendoza prepares better than any player he's ever been around. But nothing could've readied Mendoza for the sights and sounds he witnessed Saturday evening from Memorial Stadium's Northeast corner.
7. Vanderbilt (17): As we mentioned earlier, history is set to be made as Vanderbilt will almost certainly set a new school record for highest-ever AP Top 25 poll ranking. The ceiling for Vanderbilt's rise will be Alabama, the only team that it's lost to this season, but and the floor is LSU's previous ranking just on the outside of the top 10.
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Fernando Mendoza heaps praise upon his teammates, but they're quick to elevate their leader. He's slowly built his Heisman Trophy campaign, even if he won't admit it.
The unofficial midway point of the 2025 college football season begins on Saturday with plenty of intriguing matchups in Week 8. Twenty-three of the teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll will be in action this weekend, including five ranked-on-ranked matchups.