Weekly Analysis 2023: post week one superlatives

The best game: Colorado over TCU.

The coach I wish I was: Colorado’s Coach Prime.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Boston College’s Jeff Hafley.

The team that impressed: Oklahoma.

The defensive slugfest: Minnesota over Nebraska.

The offensive shootout: Louisville over Georgia Tech.

The team that disappointed: Florida.

The Heisman favorite: USC’s Caleb Williams.

The best conference: Pac-12.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Georgia.

The underrated coach: Duke’s Mike Elko.

The overrated coach: LSU’s Brian Kelly.

The underrated player: Oregon State’s DJ Uiagalelei.

The breakout performance: Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders school record, 510 passing yards.

The biggest upset: Duke over No. 9 Clemson.

The upset no one saw coming: Texas State over Baylor.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: South Carolina.

The blowout everyone predicted: Alabama over Middle Tennessee.

The underrated team: Kentucky.

The overrated team: TCU.

The feel-good story: Rutgers snapping a five-game losing streak.

The horror show: Northwestern’s 12th-straight loss.

The must-see game in week two: Texas at Alabama.

The team nobody’s talking about: Oregon State.

The team with an elite offense: Oregon.

The team with an elite defense: Kansas State.

The team that was desperate for a win: Colorado.

The surprising blowout: Florida State over LSU.

The surprising close game: Iowa over Utah State.

The best comeback game: Illinois over Toledo.

The narrow escape: Minnesota over Nebraska.

The defense that got exposed: LSU.

The coach with the most to prove: Indiana’s Tom Allen.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Tulane.

Cool in the clutch: North Carolina’s Drake Maye.

Give that coach a raise: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.

Man, they’re good: Notre Dame.

Wow, they’re bad: West Virginia.