Weekly Analysis 2026: post week 10 superlatives

The best game: Utah over BYU.

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

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Kansas’ Lance Leipold.

The team that impressed: Texas.

The defensive slugfest: Clemson over Syracuse.

The offensive shootout: Boise State over Colorado State.

The team that disappointed: Miami.

The Heisman favorite: Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Georgia.

The underrated coach: Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz.

The overrated coach: LSU’s Lane Kiffin.

The underrated player: Iowa quarterback Hank Brown.

The breakout performance: Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker’s five total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: No. 11 Notre Dame over No. 1 Miami.

The upset no one seen coming: Illinois over Nebraska.

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

The blowout everyone predicted: Wake Forest over Merrimack.

The underrated team: Iowa.

The overrated team: Ole Miss.

The feel-good story: Illinois’ four-game win streak in Big Ten play.

The horror show: Nebraska’s fourth-straight loss in Big Ten play.

The must-see game in week 11: .

The team nobody’s talking about: Houston.

The team with an elite offense: Tennessee.

The team with an elite defense: Georgia.

The team that was desperate for a win: UCF.

The surprising blowout: Oklahoma over Florida.

The surprising close game: Auburn over Arkansas.

The best comeback game: Oregon over Ohio State.

The narrow escape: UCF over Kansas.

The defense that got exposed: Missouri.

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

The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.

Cool in the clutch: Notre Dame’s CJ Carr.

Give that coach a raise: Houston’s Willie Fritz.

Man, they’re good: Utah.

Wow, they’re bad: Georgia Tech.