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Making tough decisions regarding the best teams in college football gets really difficult in the month of October as conference play provides notable outcomes on a week-in, week-out basis. But things get particularly challenging in the wake of a massive weekend like we had in Week 7 with top teams squaring off in instant classics throughout the day.
Oregon offered a strong case to be the No. 1 team in the country with its performance in a 32-31 win against Ohio State on Saturday night, but unfortunately for the Ducks, there is no vacancy in the top spot. Our voters on the panel for the CBS Sports 134 — a comprehensive ranking of every FBS team from experts at CBS Sports and 247Sports — did not budge off Texas’ claim to No. 1, especially after a dominant performance against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.
The Ducks did move up two spots to No. 2, though, taking over the spot that was previously held by Ohio State, which only fell one spot to No. 3. The voters have strong agreements on Texas and Oregon, but sorting out the rest of the top 10 has gotten much more difficult in recent weeks. The Buckeyes beat out Penn State for No. 3 by the smallest of margins with an average ranking of 4.0 to 4.1 showing not only how close those two teams are but that other top 10 teams are occupying spots in the top five on ballots. After all, if Ohio State can be in the top five with one loss, there’s possibly an argument for Georgia (No. 6 this week) or Alabama (No. 7 this week) as well.
And while there’s plenty of shuffling throughout the top 30, most of it resembled moving…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2024-10-14 14:22:29
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