Weekly Analysis 2026: post week 8 superlatives

The best game: South Carolina over Tennessee.

The coach I wish I was: Utah’s Morgan Scalley.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Colorado’s Deion Sanders.

The team that impressed: LSU.

The defensive slugfest: Minnesota over Iowa.

The offensive shootout: Florida Atlantic over Rice.

The team that disappointed: BYU.

The Heisman favorite: Miami’s wideout Malachi Toney.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Miami.

The underrated coach: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.

The overrated coach: Ole Miss’ Pete Golding.

The underrated player: Arizona’s quarterback Noah Fifita.

The breakout performance: Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell’s 311 pass yards and three touchdowns.

The biggest upset: UCF over No. 2 BYU.

The upset no one seen coming: Minnesota over No. 15 Iowa.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Georgia Tech.

The blowout everyone predicted: SMU over California.

The underrated team: Northwestern.

The overrated team: Ole Miss.

The feel-good story: The Kansas Jayhawks earning their first Big 12 win of the season.

The horror show: NC State firing Dave Doeren.

The must-see game in week 9: Florida vs. Georgia.

The team nobody’s talking about: UCLA.

The team with an elite offense: Oklahoma State.

The team with an elite defense: Indiana.

The team that was desperate for a win: Syracuse.

The surprising blowout: Arizona over Iowa State.

The surprising close game: Stanford over NC State.

The best comeback game: Illinois over Oregon.

The narrow escape: Texas over Ole Miss.

The defense that got exposed: Tennessee.

The coach with the most to prove: USC’s Lincoln Riley.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.

Cool in the clutch: Minnesota quarterback Drake Lindsey.

Give that coach a raise: Northwestern’s David Braun.

Man, they’re good: Miami.

Wow, they’re bad: Baylor.