Tag: Division 1

  • 2016 College Football Season: Week 1 Rankings

    2016 College Football Season: Week 1 Rankings

    The week 1 AP Top 25 offers little change in top 5, with Alabama and Clemson retaining their 1-2 spots, while Florida State, Ohio State and Michigan make minor advancements instead of Oklahoma and LSU, having huge falls after their losses. Houston rose to number 6 thanks to beating the Sooners, while Washington, Georgia and Wisconsin join Stanford to complete the top 10, while Florida were the only team that won and still dropped from the rankings.

  • 2016 College Football Season: Upsets, Blowouts & Rankings Effect

    2016 College Football Season: Upsets, Blowouts & Rankings Effect

    An interesting (and too spread out) opening weekend to the 2016 season in college football, with LSU stunned by unranked Wisconsin, Houston doing the game to Oklahoma, while USC suffered one of the worst losses in school history, by making the mistake and agreeing to meet Alabama on neutral ground. Obviously, rankings are going to shift due to some of these results, although it is just week 1.

  • College Football: Week 1 Scores & Standings

    The 2016 season began before this Saturday, but the main course was finally served, and included four ranked teams (Oklahoma, LSU, Texas A&M, USC) losing their season opener, Alabama crushing in a demonstration of what a number one team should be, and both Ohio State & Michigan breezing at home against week opposition. Clemson had to sweat to get their win, but even with an Auburn team having a rough time, their visit was never going to be easy.

  • 2016 College Football Season: Week 1 Friday Night Scores

    The foray into the 2016 college football season continued in friday night, as Stanford enjoyed another stellar performance from Christian McCaffrey to put away a pesky Kansas State team, Baylor had no problem dispatching of Northwestern State at home with Seth Russell doing a great job, and Michigan State struggled against FCS side Furman, not showing too much promise for the upcoming season.

  • 2016 College Football Season: Week 1 Thursday Night Scores

    Two ranked teams played on the Thursday that officially kicked off the 2016 college football season: Tennessee, struggling at home against Appalachian State, and Louisville, having no problem crushing Charlotte, as Lamar Jackson put on a show for the Cardinals, involved in 8 touchdown plays.