Week 7 has wrapped up as this week’s matchups gave us some exciting endings along with Arizona State’s upset of No. 16 Utah Friday evening. Four of the 17 games with top-25 teams went into overtime as the unranked looked to make it another chaotic weekend.
After a lopsided loss to No. 1 Texas, Oklahoma drops out of this week’s top 25 as the Sooners were held out of the end zone in this year’s Red River Rivalry matchup. Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers made his return after being out for 2½ games as Texas secured its second Red River Rivalry victory in six years.
It was an exciting Saturday evening in Eugene, Oregon, as No. 3 Oregon took down No. 2 Ohio State in a matchup you didn’t want to miss. Dillon Gabriel and the Ducks’ offense showed they’re contenders for the Big Ten title even in their first year in the league.
After a 6-0 start, Army jumps up four spots in our top-25 list and is joined in the rankings by Navy, which remains undefeated as well, at the No. 24 spot. This is the first time since 1960 that both Army and Navy have been in the AP poll.
Here’s the latest top 25 from our college football experts, who provide their insight on each team’s Week 7 performance.
Previous ranking: 3
The Longhorns are 6-0 for the first time since 2009, and they’ve trailed for only 3½ minutes this year (after Oklahoma’s first-quarter field goal on Saturday). They’ve lost multiple running backs, including leading returning rusher from last year CJ Baxter, to season-ending injuries. And of course, starting quarterback Quinn Ewers missed 2½ games with an oblique injury only to see backup Arch Manning star in his place, yet there has been no hint of a quarterback controversy thus far. ESPN’s FPI gives Texas a 61% chance of winning the SEC and a 32.8% chance to win the national championship, by far the best odds in the country.
The Longhorns have survived injuries, adversity, a road trip to Michigan and the annual test in Dallas against Oklahoma. At this point, their biggest obstacle is handling the expectations and the pressure, beginning with Saturday’s game against No. 5 Georgia, one of the most anticipated games of the season before a very manageable stretch at Vanderbilt, home against Florida, at Arkansas and home against Kentucky. If the Longhorns can walk the tightrope to get there, the Nov. 30 game at Texas A&M will be one of the most heated in the history of the rivalry, returning after 13 seasons with what would appear right now to be…
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