Weekly Analysis 2025: post week 5 superlatives

The best game: Illinois over USC.

The coach I wish I was: Oregon’s Dan Lanning.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Kentucky’s Mark Stoops.

The team that impressed: Alabama.

The defensive slugfest: San Diego State over Northern Illinois.

The offensive shootout: Cincinnati over Kansas.

The team that disappointed: Penn State.

The Heisman favorite: Oregon quarterback Dante Moore.

The best conference: Big Ten.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Ohio State.

The underrated coach: Louisville’s Jeff Brohm.

The overrated coach: USC’s Lincoln Riley.

The underrated player: Kansas State’s running back Dylan Edwards.

The breakout performance: Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson three total touchdowns in win at Georgia.

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

The upset no one seen coming: Ole Miss over LSU.

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

The blowout everyone predicted: Missouri over UMass.

The underrated team: BYU.

The overrated team: Penn State.

The feel-good story: Vanderbilt’s 5-0 start.

The horror show: Georgia’s and Washington’s home-game winning streak coming to an end.

The must-see game in week 6: Miami at Florida State.

The team nobody’s talking about: Houston.

The team with an elite offense: Iowa State.

The team with an elite defense: Ohio State.

The team that was desperate for a win: Washington State.

The surprising blowout: Notre Dame over Arkansas.

The surprising close game: Indiana over Iowa.

The best comeback game: Georgia Tech over Wake Forest.

The narrow escape: Tennessee over Mississippi State.

The defense that got exposed: Georgia.

The coach with the most to prove: Penn State’s James Franklin.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.

Cool in the clutch: Illinois’ quarterback Luke Altmyer.

Give that coach a raise: Virginia’s Tony Elliott

Man, they’re good: Ohio State.

Wow, they’re bad: UCLA.