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Early in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s showdown between Indiana and Penn State, the momentum was overwhelming.

The Nittany Lions intercepted Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. The Penn State run game was breaking off one bruising run after another. And quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer was finding open receivers and moving the chains. Penn State sent the collective college football viewership community scrambling for their remote controls when the Nittany Lions took a late lead and looked poised for an upset. 

Then something amazing happened, and Mendoza got his Heisman Trophy moment.

Down four points with their backs against the wall, Indiana refused to relent. Mendoza marched the Indiana offense down the field on a 10-play, 80-yard drive, culminating in—and I cannot emphasize this enough—one of the most jaw-dropping, greatest touchdown catches I’ve ever seen when Omar Cooper Jr. toe-tapped in the back of the end zone for the go-ahead score.

It was a play that not only won Indiana the game but also gave Mendoza his Heisman Trophy moment. It’s the type of play we’ll see on a loop again and again and will live in Indiana Football lore forever.

In the postgame interview, Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said it best: “We refused to lose.” 

The Hoosiers moved to 10-0 with the 27-24 victory, maintaining their place in the College Football Playoff picture. Penn State, on the other hand, saw what would’ve been a landmark victory slip through its fingertips. Football can be cruel like that.

On Saturday afternoon, No. 8 Texas Tech flexed the best roster money can buy, and previously undefeated BYU spent four quarters paying the price in Lubbock.

This one was a no-doubter beatdown. Texas Tech used a punishing run game and a stifling defense to squeeze the life out of previously undefeated BYU in a 29-7 win. It was the Red Raiders’ ninth win by 20+ points this season.

Texas Tech’s offense did some nice things on Saturday afternoon, but the main story is how effective the defense was. Outside linebacker David Bailey made his presence felt all afternoon. Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez led the team with 14 tackles and struck the Heisman pose. All in all, this unit held the Cougars to 3-of-14 on 3rd down, forced three turnovers, and limited BYU to just 2.5 yards per carry. It was a masterclass defensive performance in every sense of the word.

Had the Red Raiders actually been able to capitalize on some of those early drives and possessions, the final score would’ve been much more lopsided. 

With the win, Texas Tech officially becomes the team to beat in the Big 12 Conference title and College Football Playoff race. I also suspect the Big 12 is only going to be a one-bid league this year. BYU got knocked down a peg, and it’ll be interesting to see how the Cougars respond down the stretch of the season. 

When the wind blows hard and the sky turns black, ducks fly together. 

After a late rally from the Hawkeyes, Oregon looked down for the count. Behind the backdrop of a wet and windy afternoon in Iowa City, the Ducks found themselves in a tough spot, desperately in need of a big drive and some points. And that’s exactly what they got. 

Despite not having his best day, Oregon quarterback Dante Moore delivered when his team needed him most. After going down by one point, Moore laced a couple of crucial throws that put the Ducks in field goal position. Then, with the game on the line, kicker Atticus Sappington stepped up and drilled a game-winning 39-yard field goal to secure the 18-16 victory. 

Iowa’s defense deserves a ton of credit for how it made life hard for the Oregon offense. And quarterback Mark Gronowski, despite his struggles from game to game, made a couple of monster plays, including the go-ahead touchdown run. But man oh man, this one is going to hurt if you’re a Hawkeyes fan. You had ‘em where you wanted ‘em, and you just failed to slam the door shut.

Oregon has a tricky slate the rest of the way, which made this game that much more crucial. With the win, the Ducks stay afloat in the Big Ten and College Football Playoff races. Iowa looks like a flawed but difficult-to-play-against 8-4 kind of team.

Texas A&M looked every bit like an undefeated team on Saturday against Missouri. 

The Aggies ran for over 200 yards. Quarterback Marcel Reed did Marcel Reed things, putting his stamp on the game from start to finish. And the defense got stops when it needed to, despite allowing 200 yards on the ground. Mike Elko’s group comfortably defeated Missouri 38-17 to keep the undefeated train rollin’ for another week.

In a year where almost every team looks capable of losing, A&M just has everything required to compete at the highest level of the sport. This is not the same old 8-4 Texas A&M team we’ve grown accustomed to. Instead, Elko has built a high-powered machine, and right now, this team is firing on all cylinders. 

The Aggies still have a tough close to the season with games against South Carolina and Texas remaining. But count out this team at your own risk. This feels like an SEC-title caliber team that can make some real noise in the College Football Playoff. 

Not two days after publishing a newsletter about Washington’s College Football Playoff hopes, the Huskies dropped a stinker to Wisconsin. Everyone point and laugh at me. 

In all seriousness, what a weird one for Jedd Fisch and company to lose. Wisconsin looked like a dead team walkin’. Even with the Wisconsin AD announcing head coach Luke Fickell would be back in 2026, the team, before Saturday night, had shown few signs of life. And yet here we are.

Want to hear the most ridiculous part of it all? Wisconsin beat Washington 13-10 with its PUNTER as its leading passer on the night. Punter Sean West was 1-for-1 for 24 yards and led the Badgers in passing. You can’t make this stuff up.

With the loss, the Huskies are officially out of the College Football Playoff race. Farewell, fellas.

In what was arguably one of the day’s most entertaining games, Vanderbilt needed overtime to outlast a Hugh Freeze-less Auburn Tigers team 45-38. 

This game had a little bit of everything. Auburn wide receiver Cam Coleman made a handful of ridiculous one-handed catches, finishing with 10 grabs for 143 yards and one touchdown. Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia tripped over his own feet on a crucial fourth-down play. And both teams combined for over 1,000 yards of offense. In the end, it was Pavia and the Commodores that got the crucial score and stop in overtime to move to 8-2 on the season.

With the win, Vanderbilt’s slim College Football Playoff chances live on. I, for one, think it would be very cool to see a team like Vanderbilt make the CFP. A date with Tennessee looms, but the Commodores can almost taste it.

If you’re an Auburn fan, you have to feel good about how this team played a week after your coach got fired. I’ll be curious to see if Auburn does the dumb thing (hire DJ Durken) or does the smart thing (hire literally anyone else). Remember, this is Auburn we’re talking about.

No. 14 Virginia has been living on the edge the entire season. Saturday night, the Hoos stepped over the edge, dropping a 16-9 home game to the newly bowl-eligible Wake Forest for its first ACC loss of the season.

This was a bit of a scrappy, strange game. UVA outgained Wake Forest by over 120 yards and limited the Demon Deacons to just 203 total yards. The game changed drastically when UVA starting quarterback Chandler Morris went down with an injury in the second quarter and did not return.

Not long after the Hoos went down, Cal took down No. 15 Louisville, 29-26 in overtime. 

Cal quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele continues to impress. He cooked the Cardinals’ secondary for 323 yards on 30 completions, including the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

There are now a whole handful of ACC teams with one or two conference losses. We’re going to desperately need Ty to help us figure out some tie-breakers in the near future.

ICYMI on Friday night, Tulane went on the road and knocked off American Conference title favorite Memphis, 38-32, adding yet another wrinkle to a fascinating race.

Tulane walloped the Tigers out of the gate, jumping out to a beefy 35-17 first-half lead. Quarterback Jake Retzlaff had arguably his best game of the year, finishing with 332 yards and three touchdowns. Memphis rallied with a late flurry of points but ultimately came up short in the fourth quarter.

Navy and North Texas currently sit atop the league with one conference loss apiece, with USF and Memphis close behind. Navy has a few high-profile games remaining, which means North Texas might be the favorite here. Let’s get the Mean Green to the College Football Playoff!

College Football Week 11 was a story of survival, domination, and conference shakeups. In this college football podcast episode, we unpack a crazy week with Indiana and Oregon on the brink of losing in tough road spots, with Texas Tech dominating another Big 12 opponent, and with both Virginia and Louisville losing at home and throwing the ACC into further chaos. Plus, we take a look at impressive showings by Georgia and Texas A&M, Alabama's lumpy win over LSU, Vandy's overtime shootout with Auburn, and the sudden rise of Zombie Kentucky. And finally, we play your voice messages, hand out our Dude Alerts for the top Week 11 performers, and muse over the latest G6 playoff scenarios featuring North Texas, USF, and Tulane.

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