Weekly Analysis 2025: post week 8 superlatives

The best game: Georgia over Ole Miss.

The coach I wish I was: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Florida State’s Mike Norvell.

The team that impressed: Alabama.

The defensive slugfest: Texas over Kentucky.

The offensive shootout: TCU over Baylor.

The team that disappointed: Texas Tech.

The Heisman favorite: Alabama’s Ty Simpson.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Ohio State.

The underrated coach: Virginia’s Tony Elliott.

The overrated coach: Clemson’s Dabo Swinney.

The underrated player: Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia.

The breakout performance: Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton’s five total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: Louisville over No. 2 Miami.

The upset no one seen coming: UAB over Memphis.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Boston College.

The blowout everyone predicted: Ohio State over Wisconsin.

The underrated team: Iowa.

The overrated team: Nebraska.

The feel-good story: Oregon State winning first game of season.

The horror show: Wisconsin getting shutout in back-to-back weeks.

The must-see game in week 9: BYU at Iowa State.

The team nobody’s talking about: UCLA.

The team with an elite offense: Alabama.

The team with an elite defense: Ohio State.

The team that was desperate for a win: Coastal Carolina.

The surprising blowout: Oklahoma over South Carolina.

The surprising close game: Virginia over Washington State.

The best comeback game: Iowa over Penn State.

The narrow escape: BYU over Utah.

The defense that got exposed: Tennessee.

The coach with the most to prove: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.

Cool in the clutch: Iowa’s Mark Gronowski.

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

Man, they’re good: Alabama.

Wow, they’re bad: Boston College.