Weekly Analysis 2025: post week 1 superlatives

The best game: Miami over Notre Dame.

The coach I wish I was: Ohio State’s Ryan Day.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Northwestern’s David Braun.

The team that impressed: Florida State.

The defensive slugfest: Ohio State over Texas.

The offensive shootout: Washington over Colorado State.

The team that disappointed: Alabama.

The Heisman favorite: LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.

The best conference: Big Ten.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Ohio State.

The underrated coach: Iowa State’s Matt Campbell.

The overrated coach: Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer.

The underrated player: Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King.

The breakout performance: TCU quarterback Josh Hoover’s 284 pass yards, and two touchdowns.

The biggest upset: Florida State over No. 8 Alabama.

The upset no one saw coming: South Florida over No. 25 Boise State.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: UCLA.

The blowout everyone predicted: Georgia over Marshall.

The underrated team: Utah.

The overrated team: Texas.

The feel-good story: Purdue snapping an 11-game losing streak.

The horror show: Bill Belichick’s debut at North Carolina.

The must-see game in week 2: Michigan at Oklahoma.

The team nobody’s talking about: Duke.

The team with an elite offense: Oregon.

The team with an elite defense: LSU.

The team that was desperate for a win: Wisconsin.

The surprising blowout: Utah over UCLA.

The surprising close game: Rutgers over Ohio.

The best comeback game: LSU over Clemson.

The narrow escape: Kansas State over North Dakota.

The defense that got exposed: Notre Dame.

The coach with the most to prove: Cincinnati’s Scott Satterfield.

The dangerous Group of Five team: South Florida.

Cool in the clutch: Miami’s Carson Beck.

Give that coach a raise: Georgia Tech’s Brent Key.

Man, they’re good: Georgia.

Wow, they’re bad: North Carolina.