College football winners, losers in Week 5: Auburn blows another chance, Indiana off to best start since 1967

The last week of September is when college football truly starts to go off the rails. Every team is in the midst of conference play and the first marquee games of the league slate show up on our radars. 

Luckily, No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama gave us one of the most entertaining regular season contests the last several years as the Tide shocked the ‘Dawgs 41-34. In fact, at least five ranked teams fell in Week 5 with Utah down in the second half against Arizona. 

With all the chaos, here are some of the biggest winners and losers of college football’s Week 5, including a coach elevating himself to the elite level, a receiver entering the Biletnikoff race and a staff once again pulling defeat from the jaws of victory in truly unprecedented fashion. 

Winner: Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer

SEC fans are skeptical of outsiders, and for good reason. There were a few questions for Kalen DeBoer, a man who had never coached closer to the Southeast than Carbondale, Illinois. Consider all of those questions answered after the Tide raced out to a 28-0 lead and hung on to beat the mighty Georgia Bulldogs 41-34 in the game of the year so far. 

DeBoer is an elite quarterback coach, but Jalen Milroe exceeded has expectations. He’s the first quarterback in AP poll history to post 300 yards passing, 100 yards rushing and two rushing scores against a top-5 opponent. While Georgia managed to get back on track in the second half, Kane Wommack’s defense held the Bulldogs to 3.1 yards per carry and forced three interceptions on Carson…

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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah

Publish date : 2024-09-29 05:41:43

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