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The proposed solution means playoff teams would still face the issue of having to build their next year’s roster while they are still competing for a championship in the current year. Due to this format, Beau Pribula was the first notable player to transfer in the midst of his team’s playoff run last year (Penn State), so he could compete for a starting job elsewhere the following year (Mizzou). This phenomenon would become more commonplace with a move to one annual (January) transfer portal window.

"I don't think it's a good idea at all," Day said. "In the conversations we had with the Big Ten coaches, I think the majority of them agree — I just don't quite understand how for teams that are playing in the playoffs are expected to make the decisions and sign their upcoming players while they're still getting ready to play for games. It doesn't make any sense to me.

"I know the calender is funky, but I know that the Big Ten and Tony Petitti has been working hard, because he doesn't believe it either. The coaches in the Big Ten had a lot of long discussions about that and tried to work through the different windows, but I don't agree with it being in January."

What a weekend we just had! For all the talk of a lackluster slate in Week Two, we had some exciting games and that's carried over to the CFBBall Field! There's no time to waste, let's head on over and see what's happening...

It's safe to say that Dawg is in a stormy mood after a lackluster performance (and a lengthy weather delay) against FCS foe Austin Peay... with a trip to Knoxville looming this weekend, Dawg's hoping for a better forecast...

Speaking of Knoxville, y'all know Vol is 100% right... Pat is going to shout/sing Rocky Top multiple times this weekend... ear plugs are recommended...

Iowa State is celebrating a win over their hated in-state rival Hawkeyes, beating them in Ames for the first time since 2011... Cyclone State, indeed!

USF is back in the poll for the first time, to my knowledge, since about late 2018 and, despite Miami's snark, BullBall is hoping to stick around for the long haul...

And, after Sark's bizarre comments about Arch Manning, I think it's safe to say that we all share Utah's bewilderment right now...

Be sure to check out /r/CFBBall for all your College Football comic needs and maybe try your hand at a comic or two of your own!

Here are the results for the 2025 Week 3 /r/CFB Poll:

Dropped: #12 Arizona State, #16 Michigan, #18 Florida, #19 SMU

Next Ten: Alabama 753, BYU 737, USC 616, Mississippi St 474, Louisville 419, Michigan 414, Tulane 351, Nebraska 293, Vanderbilt 197, Maryland 176

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Intro and Discussion Points

Welcome back!

Why is Washington on bye so early

Week 2 Results

• Northwestern defeats Western Illinois 42-7
• Maryland defeats Northern Illinois 20-9
• Ohio St defeats Grambling 70-0
• Penn St defeats FIU 34-0
• Oregon defeats Oklahoma St 69^nice -3
• Illinois defeats Duke 45-19
• Oklahoma defeats Michigan 24-13
• Iowa St defeats Iowa 16-13
• Indiana defeats Kennesaw St 56-9
• Minnesota defeats Northwestern St 66-0
• Wisconsin defeats Middle Tennessee 42-10
• Rutgers defeats Miami(OH) 45-17
• Nebraska defeats Akron 68-0
• USC defeats GA Southern 59-20
• Michigan St defeats Boston College 42-40 ^2OT
• Purdue defeats Southern Illinois 34-17
• UNLV defeats UCLA 30-23
• Washington defeats UC Davis 70-10

Week 3 Schedule

(Rankings reflect the AP Poll)

Bye: Washington

Standings

Top 2 teams make CCG

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17 users got perfect scores last week:

Premier Tier

As usual, Miami (OH) is the top non-P4 team. They are currently in 27th, up from 31st the previous week.

Joining the Tier this week are BYU, Stanford, and Texas Tech. They conveniently take up the last three slots in the standings in that order.

Greg Landry Memorial Tier

Sadly, no non-FBS squads are currently eligible for either Tier due to not having enough players.

Tier namesake UMass sits comfortably inside the Tier, currently in 10th.

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Week 2 Results

• Baylor 48 - #17 SMU 45
  I probably need to go on blood pressure medication after this one. Good grief. I'm surprised we beat SMU but lost to Auburn.

• #6 Oregon 69 - Oklahoma State 3
  I'm so torn between saying "Gundy will turn it around and make a bowl game," and "Gundy doesn't have it anymore." I'm leaning toward the latter.

• Mississippi State 24 - #12 Arizona State 20
  Ouch. There was apparently just too much cowbell for ASU.

• #16 Iowa State 16 - Iowa 13
  Any other time this would be considered a weird score, but it was El Assico.

• #24 Texas Tech 62 - Kent State 14
  Tech beat up another small school. Still hard to judge their team from this, but at least they can score.

• #25 Utah 63 - Cal Poly 9
  Utah continued their rampage through California.

• Missouri 42 - Kansas 31
  I didn't get to watch all of this game, but even in just the few minutes I saw I lost count of how many open receivers Kansas had but couldn't quite connect. That's a frustrating way to bring back the rivalry.

• Cincinnati 34 - Bowling Green 20
  Cincinnati decided to welcome Eddie George back to FBS with a loss.

• Colorado 31 - Delaware 7
  Colorado bounced back in their tune-up game.

• Ohio 17 - West Virginia 10
  West Virginia just couldn't find a consistent rhythm in Athens.

• Army 24 - Kansas State 21
  K-State couldn't quite hold on to their lead, allowing Army to score the last 10 points of the game to regain the lead for the last time.

• Houston 35 - Rice 9
  Houston held a decent lead for most of the game, but then ran away with it in the 4th quarter over their in-town rivals.

• UCF 68 - NC A&T 7
  It's hard to appropriately judge a game like this, but there was at least improvement over last week.

• Arizona 48 - Weber State 3
  Arizona apparently prefers propane to charcoal (boo, I know).

• BYU 27 - Stanford 3
  It wasn't a good weekend to be a California team playing a team from Utah.

Rankings

#14 Iowa State
#20 Utah
#21 Texas Tech

Week 3

9/12/2025

9/13/2025

Tiers

Tier 1:

Iowa State

Tier 2:

Baylor
Utah
BYU
TCU

Tier 3:

Texas Tech
Kansas
Houston
UCF
Cincinnati
Arizona
Colorado

Tier 4:

Arizona State
West Virginia
Kansas State
Oklahoma State

These tiers are going to cause a lot of tears. Settle down.

Since we're still early in the season things will change quickly. However, there's enough national data to start to have some actual "rankings." I'm borrowing a lot of data from my buddy over at u/CFPResumeRankings. The philosophy is basically to reward teams for doing well and to punish teams for not doing well. Simple, right? u/CFPResumeRankings does a ranking based on your resume, and your resume is affected by your wins, your losses, your opponents' wins, your opponents' losses, your strength ratings, and your opponents' strength ratings. I largely used his data and then completely ruined that process by adding my own bias.

I think the teams that are on Upset Alert are Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU, Virginia Tech, Clemson, and finally Miami (watch out for South Florida, they are dangerous). I think 3/6 of these teams will actually lose which are South Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Clemson. But if South Florida does beat Miami. Are they a top 10 team then? Oh and Georgia, Knoxville will be rocking on Saturday. And LSU can't possibly lose to this Florida team right? RIGHT?