College Football

Sorry for the delay, I don't have an excuse this week, I just got distracted and suddenly its Wednesday... getting older sucks. But back to the reason you're here. Our winners for week 7 were @WVbrU@lemmy.world and @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world (@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world submitted late but intentionally chose the losers for games that they submitted after, especially since this week saw an early kickoff I think this is fair, but if anyone believes this to be unfair I am absolutely open to having a discussion). This week we did terrible overall, with multiple ballots getting only one correct game, so the winners getting 4 games correct is more impressive than it may seem. In the overall season rankings, @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world starts to pull away, and @WVbrU@lemmy.world joins the rankings table!

Week 8 Pick 'Em: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIWwhNYYW5xYR9Bdc-NGJj-3mMEkT-y5UZfs8JXoSJZ0BinA/viewform?usp=header

Well, we finally had our top ten upset... BUT SO DID THE AP!

This week's poll: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?fbzx=39910275387990179

OMG THEY DID IT!

| Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement | | ---: |

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| | 1 | Ohio State | 115 | 1 | +2 | | 2 | Ole Miss | 112 | 2 | - | | 3 | Oklahoma | 107 | 0 | +1 | | T4 | Indiana | 103 | 0 | +1 | | T4 | Texas Tech | 103 | 1 | +3 | | 6 | Oregon | 99 | 0 | -5 | | 7 | Miami (FL) | 86 | 1 | -1 | | 8 | Alabama | 83 | 0 | +2 | | 9 | Texas A&M | 80 | 0 | +1 | | 10 | Tennessee | 65 | 0 | -1 | | 11 | Missouri | 60 | 0 | +3 | | 12 | Vanderbilt | 56 | 0 | -5 | | 13 | Georgia Tech | 53 | 0 | +3 | | 14 | Georgia | 50 | 0 | -2 | | 15 | BYU | 47 | 0 | - | | 16 | Illinois | 45 | 0 | +1 | | 17 | Michigan | 43 | 0 | +1 | | 18 | Memphis | 38 | 0 | +6 | | 19 | Iowa State | 37 | 0 | -7 | | 20 | Virginia | 34 | 0 | NR | | T21 | Utah | 19 | 0 | -1 | | T21 | Nebraska | 19 | 0 | NR | | T23 | Louisville | 16 | 0 | -5 | | T23 | North Texas | 16 | 0 | NR | | T25 | LSU | 14 | 0 | -5 | | T25 | Washington | 14 | 0 | NR |

Dropped Out: Texas (20), Penn State (23), Mississippi State (24)

Others Receiving Votes: USC (12), Mississippi State (11), Houston (11), Texas (10), Navy (10), Maryland (9), Arizona State (9), South Florida (8), Florida State (6)

Results Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc/edit?gid=998248577#gid=998248577

This week @g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world and @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world both claim victory with 6 correct picks! (@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world incorrectly picked Wyoming over UNLV and @g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world incorrectly picked Maryland over Washington). This means that @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world has pulled away into first place by themselves with a whopping 3 points!

Week 6 Poll (Mind the THURSDAY kickoff!): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEDcUoPrvsXiUIHtICsMiZ7ep_wstBY6y0y4L_X-bhGDRLA/viewform?usp=header

Yet again, our poll saw no blowout upsets in the top 10. We know bettter than the AP! Keep that trend going here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?fbzx=39910275387990179

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| | 1 | Oregon | 69 | 0 | +8 | | T2 | Ole Miss | 66 | 1 | +6 | | T2 | Ohio State | 66 | 0 | +4 | | 4 | Oklahoma | 63 | 0 | -3 | | 5 | Indiana | 58 | 0 | -2 | | 6 | Miami (FL) | 53 | 1 | -2 | | T7 | Texas Tech | 52 | 1 | -2 | | T7 | Vanderbilt | 52 | 0 | +4 | | 9 | Tennessee | 51 | 0 | +10 | | T10 | Alabama | 44 | 0 | +13 | | T10 | Texas A&M | 44 | 0 | - | | T12 | Iowa State | 33 | 0 | +4 | | T12 | Georgia | 33 | 0 | -10 | | 14 | Missouri | 29 | 0 | - | | 15 | BYU | 28 | 0 | +8 | | 16 | Georgia Tech | 27 | 0 | -2 | | 17 | Illinois | 23 | 0 | NR | | T18 | Louisville | 16 | 0 | NR | | T18 | Michigan | 16 | 0 | +6 | | T20 | Utah | 15 | 0 | NR | | T20 | LSU | 15 | 0 | -13 | | T20 | Texas | 15 | 0 | -1 | | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 0 | -11 | | T24 | Memphis | 12 | 0 | NR | | T24 | Mississippi State | 12 | 0 | -6 |

Dropped Out: USC (13), Florida State (17), Houston (21), Maryland (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Houston (11), Maryland (9), North Texas (9), USC (8), South Florida (7), South Carolina (6), Arizona State (5), Nebraska (4), Navy (4), Florida State (3), Virginia (1)

Congrats this week to @olmecSSB@retrolemmy.com! Blowing out the competition with 6 correct games (everyone got SC State v Charleston Southern wrong). The rest of us were getting 2-4 correct games.

Week 6 Poll (Mind the Friday kickoff!): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIsAa89p8scLR0gK3Nct5zZ8IxG3PospY7D9po4jkT4gNxzQ/viewform?usp=header

Submit Ballots here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?usp=header

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| | 1 | Oklahoma | 83 | 0 | +2 | | 2 | Georgia | 81 | 2 | -1 | | 3 | Indiana | 80 | 0 | +11 | | 4 | Miami (FL) | 79 | 1 | +5 | | 5 | Texas Tech | 75 | 0 | +16 | | 6 | Ohio State | 73 | 0 | -2 | | 7 | LSU | 72 | 0 | -5 | | 8 | Ole Miss | 64 | 1 | -2 | | 9 | Oregon | 55 | 0 | - | | 10 | Texas A&M | 54 | 0 | -2 | | 11 | Vanderbilt | 52 | 0 | -5 | | 12 | Penn State | 49 | 0 | -7 | | 13 | USC | 45 | 0 | -2 | | T14 | Missouri | 39 | 0 | +6 | | T14 | Georgia Tech | 39 | 0 | NR | | 16 | Iowa State | 38 | 0 | -1 | | 17 | Florida State | 36 | 0 | +6 | | 18 | Mississippi State | 34 | 0 | -1 | | T19 | Texas | 27 | 0 | - | | T19 | Tennessee | 27 | 0 | NR | | 21 | Houston | 24 | 0 | +4 | | 22 | Michigan | 21 | 0 | NR | | T23 | Alabama | 20 | 0 | NR | | T23 | BYU | 20 | 0 | NR | | 25 | Maryland | 17 | 0 | NR |

Dropped Out: Utah (12), Illinois (13), Auburn (16), TCU (18), Nebraska (21), NC State (24)

Others Receiving Votes: TCU (15), Washington (15), Louisville (10), Iowa (8), Utah (7), Arizona (7), Memphis (7), South Florida (6), North Texas (6), South Carolina (5), Illinois (4), UCF (4), Auburn (2)

Link to results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc

For the first time in two decades, Oklahoma State is in search of a new football coach.

Oklahoma State fired Mike Gundy, effective immediately, according to Robert Allen.

In his 21st season, Gundy accumulated a 170-90 record with the Cowboys. That’s the most wins in program history, and it isn’t particularly close. Pat Jones, Gundy’s coach, is second on Oklahoma State’s all-time wins list at 62-60.

Eleven of Gundy’s teams spent at least one week in the top 10 of the AP poll, climbing as high as No. 2 in the rankings in 2011. Gundy-led teams have had a pair of top 10 finishes in the AP Poll, finishing third in 2011 and seventh in 2021.

Six of Gundy’s teams finished in the top 10 nationally for scoring offense. The aforementioned 2011 team finished the season averaging 48.7 points a game, which ranked second in the nation. OSU’s 2017 squad finished second nationally in total offense, averaging 568.9 yards a game. Led by quarterback Mason Rudolph, that 2017 team finished first nationally in passing offense, averaging 389.2 pass yards a game.

OSU’s best defense under Gundy came in 2021 when coordinator Jim Knowles’ group allowed just 18.1 points and 297.9 yards a game, which ranked ninth and fifth in the country, respectively.

Gundy teams loved a big win. He had 11 wins against AP top-10 opponents, with the most recent being the Cowboys’ 27-24 win against No. 10 Oklahoma in 2023. Gundy has beaten the No. 3 team in the AP Poll twice, besting Missouri 28-23 in 2008 and Baylor 49-17 in 2013.

From 2006 to 2023, OSU teams finished with a winning record. Eight of those squads had at least 10 wins. There have only been three other teams in OSU’s history finish with double-digit wins, and Gundy was the quarterback for two of those squads.

Speaking of his playing days, Gundy still ranks fourth on OSU’s all-time passing list with 8,473 yards, and the three players ahead of Gundy (Mason Rudolph, Spencer Sanders and Brandon Weeden) were all coached by Gundy. Gundy ranks fifth on OSU’s passing touchdowns list with 57.

The winner this week is @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world! Correctly anticipating every meeting except the B1G slaughter that was the Illinois - Indiana game. This means we now have a tie for first as well as a tie for second (and a even tie for third just two points behind the leader with a few accounts that haven't scored quite yet).

Week 5 Pick 'Em: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHI3jJOieog01hjtpx82qCJ4otcZERTntaKklZpLWhSmpzpg/viewform?usp=header

None of our top ten teams got blown out by 50, take that AP. But I still think we need to reorder the sidebar. Link to vote: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?usp=header