Weekly Analysis 2025: post week 6 superlatives

The best game: Virginia over Louisville.

The coach I wish I was: Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.

The team that impressed: Miami.

The defensive slugfest: James Madison over Georgia State.

The offensive shootout: Baylor over Kansas State.

The team that disappointed: Texas.

The Heisman favorite: Oregon quarterback Dante Moore.

The best conference: Big Ten.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Ohio State.

The underrated coach: Virginia’s Tony Elliott.

The overrated coach: Penn State’s James Franklin.

The underrated player: Miami quarterback Carson Beck.

The breakout performance: UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s five total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: UCLA over No. 7 Penn State.

The upset no one seen coming: Florida over Texas.

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

The blowout everyone predicted: Oklahoma over Kent State.

The underrated team: Cincinnati.

The overrated team: Texas.

The feel-good story: Miami’s 5-0 start, and being state champs in Florida.

The horror show: Colorado’s 0-3 start in Big 12 play.

The must-see game in week 7: Ohio State at Illinois.

The team nobody’s talking about: BYU.

The team with an elite offense: Ohio State.

The team with an elite defense: Oklahoma.

The team that was desperate for a win: UCLA.

The surprising blowout: Clemson over North Carolina.

The surprising close game: Illinois over Purdue.

The best comeback game: Washington over Maryland.

The narrow escape: Nebraska over Michigan State.

The defense that got exposed: Penn State.

The coach with the most to prove: Kansas State’s Chris Klieman.

The dangerous Group of Five team: UNLV.

Cool in the clutch: Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola.

Give that coach a raise: Texas A&M’s Mike Elko.

Man, they’re good: Texas Tech.

Wow, they’re bad: North Carolina.