Buffalo Rumblings
Two QBs, star RB highlight Week 10 in college football
Week 10 of the college football season saw a multitude of ranked teams go down with losses as the landscape starts to grow more transparent. The ultimate race for positioning in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is now taking focus.
This past weekend, No. 4 Ohio State took down No. 3 Penn State, 20-13. Despite the one-score margin, it felt like the Buckeyes controlled this game, and it never felt like Ohio State would lose. Turnovers on the goal line by each offense were story lines in the first half after Penn State came up with a very early 10-0 lead thanks to Ohio State quarterback Will Howard throwing a pick six.
Tenth-ranked Texas A&M was blown out by South Carolina, 44-20. The Aggies were simply outplayed by a Gamecocks team that’s performed extremely well at home in 2024 with competitive ball games against the likes of LSU and now a huge win over Texas A&M. The Aggies’ College Football Playoff hopes are now in doubt with a blowout loss on their resume.
Both No. 11-ranked Iowa State and Clemson (tied in votes) went down this past weekend. The Cyclones dropped their home game to Texas Tech 23-22 while Clemson was dominated at home against Louisville with a final score of 33-21. The Cardinals ran the ball with a ton of success on the evening to easily take down the Tigers. Meanwhile, Iowa State dropped a first-half lead as the Red Raiders scored with 20 seconds remaining to win.
Iowa State wasn’t the only ranked team in the Big 12 to lose to an unranked foe on Saturday. In a bit of a shocking upset, No. 17 Kansas State went down to Houston, 24-19. The Cougars quarterbacks went a perfect 12-of-12 on the night and they were able to pick off Wildcats quarterback Avery Johnson twice on the evening. One of those interceptions led to a very short-field touchdown for Houston in the second half. The Big 12 has all but assured it’s a one-bid league for the College Football Playoff with the pair of losses occurring for the conference.
Twentieth-ranked SMU destroyed No. 18 Pittsburgh in a key ACC contest with a 45-28 victory. The Mustangs were highly successful through the air and opened up a 31-3 halftime lead — a coast to victory.
With last weekend in the books, let’s talk about some prospects who upped their stock during the Week 10 slate.
There was some thought that Arkansas could cause some problems for Ole Miss on Saturday in part due to the fact that the Razorbacks had played some quality defense in 2024. That coupled with Ole Miss being without star receiver Tre Harris. Jaxson Dart ended up going nuclear on Arkansas as he helped his team in dropping 63 points on the road. Dart finished the contest 25-of-31 for 515 yards and...
