Half of the unbeatens went down this weekend. Miami, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Memphis and UNLV all fell this week. Ohio State remains number 1, while Indiana jumps Miami for the number 2 spot. Texas A&M, Alabaman, Georgia, Notre Dame, BYU, Oregon and Illinois round out my top 10.

Surprises

  • I wish I could pick winners in games as well as I can pick coaches on the hot seat. James Franklin was fired last week at Penn State. He’s now the number one available coach in my opinion.

  • Last week, I said Curt Cignitti would be a good candidate at Penn State. Well, Indiana made sure they were going to keep him signing him to a 10 year contract.

Coaching openings

  • Penn State
  • Virginia Tech
  • UCLA
  • Arkansas
  • Oklahoma State
  • Stanford

Possible openings

  • North Carolina
  • Florida State
  • Florida
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

FBS Top 25

Rank School W L T PF PA Rating SOS
1 OHIO ST. 7 0 0 255 41 141.791 125.172
2 INDIANA 7 0 0 307 81 140.607 126.512
3 MIAMI (FL) 5 1 0 196 92 137.816 128.541
4 TEXAS A&M 7 0 0 253 164 137.228 128.203
5 ALABAMA 6 1 0 246 124 136.457 129.166
6 GEORGIA 6 1 0 236 137 136.111 127.629
7 NOTRE DAME 5 2 0 274 149 135.951 130.888
8 BYU 7 0 0 249 109 135.434 124.049
9 OREGON 6 1 0 309 101 135.180 125.502
10 ILLINOIS 5 2 0 238 178 135.091 128.005
11 OLE MISS 6 1 0 262 158 134.917 127.617
12 TEXAS TECH 6 1 0 307 99 134.627 121.667
13 LOUISVILLE 5 1 0 204 126 134.397 126.309
14 SOUTH FLA. 6 1 0 292 161 134.281 124.349
15 MISSOURI 6 1 0 273 117 134.052 122.019
16 VANDERBILT 6 1 0 290 140 133.999 124.050
17 OKLAHOMA 6 1 0 201 66 133.972 124.369
18 GEORGIA TECH 7 0 0 247 144 133.366 124.527
19 LSU 5 2 0 179 102 132.829 127.922
20 TEXAS 5 2 0 187 79 132.794 125.441
21 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 5 2 0 297 162 132.617 127.193
22 VIRGINIA 6 1 0 280 163 132.484 124.936
23 UTAH 5 2 0 258 107 132.432 126.098
24 TULANE 6 1 0 181 156 132.066 126.093
25 TENNESSEE 5 2 0 309 213 131.536 126.026

FBS Unbeatens

Here’s the unbeaten teams through week 8 and their ranking:

Rank School W L T PF PA Rating SOS
1 OHIO ST. 7 0 0 255 41 141.791 125.172
2 INDIANA 7 0 0 307 81 140.607 126.512
4 TEXAS A&M 7 0 0 253 164 137.228 128.203
8 BYU 7 0 0 249 109 135.434 124.049
18 GEORGIA TECH 7 0 0 247 144 133.366 124.527
54 NAVY 6 0 0 219 129 127.193 116.858

FCS Top 10

Rank School W L T PF PA Rating SOS
1 NORTH DAKOTA ST. 7 0 0 305 70 125.197 111.816
2 TARLETON ST. 8 0 0 377 139 124.940 111.072
3 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 7 0 0 239 102 124.814 113.357
4 MONTANA ST. 5 2 0 234 123 123.094 117.152
5 MONTANA 7 0 0 283 158 122.590 113.310
6 NORTH DAKOTA 5 2 0 274 132 121.134 113.190
7 UC DAVIS 5 1 0 204 191 120.722 116.300
8 HARVARD 5 0 0 224 55 119.920 105.789
9 LEHIGH 7 0 0 231 119 119.620 110.352
10 LAMAR UNIVERSITY 6 1 0 166 164 118.484 113.886

D2 Top 10

Rank School W L T PF PA Rating SOS
1 HARDING 7 0 0 294 43 115.010 99.913
2 FERRIS ST. 7 0 0 377 67 111.644 -5.265
3 CENTRAL WASH. 6 1 0 310 135 110.464 102.059
4 KUTZTOWN 7 0 0 306 52 108.011 92.748
5 FINDLAY 7 0 0 190 72 107.772 94.385
6 UINDY 7 1 0 371 161 107.368 98.161
7 NORTHWEST MO. ST. 6 1 0 257 130 107.116 101.154
8 SOUTHERN ARK. 6 1 0 209 119 106.895 99.764
9 WESTERN COLO. 7 0 0 297 90 106.843 93.283
10 MINNESOTA ST. 6 1 0 254 106 106.198 96.501

D3 Top 10

Rank School W L T PF PA Rating SOS
1 NORTH CENTRAL (IL) 6 0 0 320 38 109.989 89.040
2 BETHEL (MN) 6 0 0 290 49 108.360 87.692
3 TRINITY (CT) 5 1 0 188 94 105.022 99.767
4 WILLIAMS 5 1 0 186 115 104.532 99.015
5 SAINT JOHN’S (MN) 5 1 0 291 23 103.499 87.439
6 WARTBURG 7 0 0 190 57 102.886 88.239
7 WIS.-WHITEWATER 5 1 0 207 59 102.729 94.024
8 JOHNS HOPKINS 6 0 0 244 107 102.709 91.192
9 UW-RIVER FALLS 5 1 0 269 129 102.439 96.283
10 WIS.-LA CROSSE 4 1 0 154 115 102.343 97.377

All rankings can be found here:

FBS Rankings
FCS Rankings
D2 Rankings
D3 Rankings