Weekly Analysis 2025: post week 9 superlatives

The best game: Texas over Mississippi State.

The coach I wish I was: BYU’s Kalani Sitake.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: LSU’s Brian Kelly.

The team that impressed: Texas A&M.

The defensive slugfest: Vanderbilt over Missouri.

The offensive shootout: Pittsburgh over NC State.

The team that disappointed: Oklahoma.

The Heisman favorite: Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Indiana.

The underrated coach: Houston’s Willie Fritz.

The overrated coach: Iowa State’s Matt Campbell.

The underrated player: Texas A&M’s quarterback Marcel Reed.

The breakout performance: BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier’s 307 pass yards, and three total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: Memphis over South Florida.

The upset no one seen coming: Houston over Arizona State.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Michigan State.

The blowout everyone predicted: Texas Tech over Oklahoma State.

The underrated team: Utah.

The overrated team: Oklahoma.

The feel-good story: Nebraska earning bowl eligibility for a second consecutive season.

The horror show: Kansas’ 17-straight losses to Kansas State.

The must-see game in week 10: Florida at Georgia.

The team nobody’s talking about: Cincinnati.

The team with an elite offense: Oregon.

The team with an elite defense: Iowa.

The team that was desperate for a win: Rutgers.

The surprising blowout: Iowa over Minnesota.

The surprising close game: Virginia over North Carolina.

The best comeback game: BYU over Iowa State.

The narrow escape: Alabama over South Carolina.

The defense that got exposed: Oklahoma.

The coach with the most to prove: Kansas’ Lance Leipold.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Navy.

Cool in the clutch: Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson.

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

Man, they’re good: Vanderbilt.

Wow, they’re bad: Colorado.