Well, well.  Miami Herald’s Andre Fernandez is putting Dillard on upset watch.  He says Plantatation will beat Dillard 28-27.  I’ll be there tomorrow night supporting the Panthers with Dillardboyz.  Should be fun.

This is the weekly consensus of 87 Computers and Polls for all FBS schools starting from the preseason (Opening) through Nov. 9th.  Consensus   Conf Opening 1-Sep 7-Sep 14-Sep 21-Sep 28-Sep 5-Oct 12-Oct 19-Oct 26-Oct 2-Nov 9-Nov Delta since PreSeason 1 Ohio St B10 1.9 1.3 1.6 3.1 4.2 2.6 3.3 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 0.1 2 Indiana B10 18.9 21.7 19.0 14.5 5.9 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.9 16.9 3 Texas A&M SEC 18.9 19.0 19.8 14.0 13.3 9.5 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.2 4.5 3.5 15.4 4 Alabama SEC 7.4 23.0 14.6 12.2 15.3 12.1 7.5 8.3 5.3 6.0 5.8 5.4 2.0 5 Texas Tech B12 35.1 35.8 34.6 28.9 18.4 17.4 11.0 6.8 11.8 12.1 8.5 6.1 28.9 6 Georgia SEC 5.3 4.1 7.1 5.2 7.2 16.4 14.1 10.8 7.1 7.3 7.6 6.5 -1.3 7 Oregon B10 5.7 4.8 2.8 3.9 8.3 7.9 9.5 14.1 9.3 9.7 9.0 7.1 -1.5 8 Notre Dame FBSI 4.0 8.5 12.9 23.2 21.2 16.5 13.0 9.9 7.5 8.1 9.5 7.9 -3.9 9 Mississippi SEC 11.7 9.3 8.7 8.5 6.5 5.7 5.7 8.2 11.9 9.7 9.4 9.4 2.4 10 Utah B12 41.7 25.8 24.6 22.5 38.2 31.6 29.2 15.5 19.9 14.6 9.7 10.1 31.6 11 BYU B12 27.2 24.5 24.3 22.7 18.5 15.8 17.8 14.9 11.6 9.3 8.2 11.4 15.9 12 USC B10 22.6 17.9 14.7 13.2 12.9 19.3 18.9 14.2 17.0 19.3 15.7 12.7 10.0 13 Oklahoma SEC 24.2 24.9 17.8 11.8 9.7 8.2 8.1 18.8 13.6 17.7 13.8 14.1 10.1 14 Miami FL ACC 17.6 12.4 16.0 11.3 7.6 6.6 4.3 4.4 7.8 8.3 13.4 14.1 3.5 15 Texas SEC 4.0 6.3 7.4 14.6 17.9 23.9 36.9 23.7 21.8 20.5 14.6 14.4 -10.4 16 Vanderbilt SEC 49.0 49.0 36.1 23.1 19.3 13.1 19.3 22.6 16.0 13.4 16.6 15.4 33.5 17 Michigan B10 14.6 18.2 27.4 20.8 16.6 14.5 14.4 26.8 20.0 17.8 18.9 17.6 -3.0 18 Georgia Tech ACC 44.3 34.3 33.6 29.3 27.4 26.9 25.1 20.6 16.8 15.0 25.0 22.8 21.5 19 Tennessee SEC 13.8 11.7 10.0 16.3 16.9 17.6 19.8 20.1 24.3 21.3 26.1 23.2 -9.4 20 Illinois B10 28.4 27.0 18.9 17.0 30.6 19.7 16.7 19.1 20.2 29.5 24.2 23.4 5.0 21 Iowa B10 26.4 32.1 37.0 42.1 37.2 39.8 42.6 34.5 32.7 24.7 24.1 23.9 2.5 22 South Florida AAC 84.3 59.3 43.8 54.8 46.5 42.4 40.3 24.2 22.5 27.4 29.3 24.3 59.9 23 Louisville ACC 22.2 23.4 22.7 27.3 25.5 23.2 30.8 27.5 16.0 18.6 16.9 26.5 -4.3 24 North Texas AAC 96.9 85.1 81.0 57.6 42.0 35.7 34.0 41.9 35.6 34.9 30.5 28.1 68.8 25 Missouri SEC 24.8 23.4 17.7 15.8 14.9 16.7 17.6 23.9 18.6 24.8 25.5 28.1 -3.3 26 LSU SEC 12.2 8.4 9.7 10.0 11.4 15.8 13.5 12.8 20.2 27.1 27.4 28.8 -16.6 27 Cincinnati B12 53.5 60.6 56.8 51.0 51.9 40.5 30.1 27.9 28.0 24.5 31.1 29.2 24.3 28 Washington B10 39.4 37.6 32.0 33.4 24.0 29.8 25.2 17.6 28.6 20.4 21.2 29.4 10.0 29 Arizona St B12 22.8 26.0 42.3 34.9 30.1 26.7 28.7 40.8 31.1 39.1 32.1 30.5 -7.7 30 Virginia ACC 74.5 58.8 64.6 61.7 51.3 36.3 27.9 28.3 25.6 28.0 23.0 31.5 42.9 31 Pittsburgh ACC 53.3 48.7 45.9 59.6 65.0 74.2 63.2 50.7 42.5 36.8 30.3 31.6 21.7 32 James Madison SBC 60.4 60.0 66.1 68.8 60.0 54.6 55.5 54.8 40.8 43.3 34.0 32.3 28.1 33 SMU ACC 18.7 25.5 39.4 43.9 53.7 66.1 52.8 50.0 39.4 46.2 37.3 33.0 -14.2 34 Nebraska B10 39.6 35.5 27.4 25.5 31.1 30.4 25.0 25.4 38.7 34.9 38.2 34.8 4.9 35 Houston B12 70.7 65.8 55.9 42.2 36.1 34.6 47.2 41.5 39.2 30.5 40.0 34.8 35.9 36 Arizona B12 73.9 59.4 55.0 44.6 41.7 48.2 47.3 48.4 50.7 47.6 40.6 36.5 37.4 37 TCU B12 31.2 19.7 18.5 23.8 22.8 34.8 29.4 40.9 34.5 36.0 32.3 36.9 -5.7 38 Iowa St B12 24.5 16.6 20.3 25.2 26.4 18.9 28.0 34.9 34.6 37.0 42.5 37.2 -12.7 39 Tulane AAC 47.1 37.5 39.3 36.5 48.3 40.5 38.0 32.3 33.9 33.4 45.4 38.6 8.5 40 Memphis AAC 54.2 47.8 47.2 39.8 33.3 33.9 28.0 25.7 43.5 34.9 36.0 40.5 13.8 41 Auburn SEC 38.2 26.3 22.9 20.5 27.4 31.2 29.9 37.7 40.9 36.8 47.1 46.5 -8.2 42 Mississippi St SEC 74.3 70.8 54.9 43.6 33.6 34.4 41.1 41.6 46.6 48.2 43.7 47.3 27.0 43 Wake Forest ACC 87.0 92.6 87.3 87.5 85.1 81.7 66.1 58.3 57.5 49.3 57.4 48.2 38.8 44 East Carolina AAC 86.4 88.7 79.9 64.5 68.5 57.2 55.5 59.3 56.8 56.2 47.5 48.3 38.0 45 NC State ACC 59.8 57.3 50.9 43.1 51.8 52.0 47.9 51.1 52.2 57.9 47.7 48.5 11.3 46 Duke ACC 49.1 49.3 62.6 68.3 61.7 42.3 35.0 33.1 40.8 43.4 42.7 48.7 0.4 47 Florida St ACC 68.2 41.4 34.2 31.6 24.7 31.0 29.8 39.4 50.3 49.6 39.0 50.0 18.2 48 Kansas St B12 21.6 32.1 51.5 62.7 66.9 65.5 72.2 62.6 59.4 47.7 51.1 50.3 -28.7 49 Kentucky SEC 52.2 50.6 49.4 47.6 45.5 60.0 65.0 68.2 72.2 77.1 64.6 51.2 1.1 50 Minnesota B10 32.9 33.0 31.4 49.4 59.7 54.2 63.2 56.5 46.9 56.2 53.8 51.8 -18.9 51 Boise St MWC 28.1 55.6 53.3 62.2 58.9 57.5 59.3 47.1 39.2 38.7 53.9 52.3 -24.2 52 Baylor B12 32.6 45.7 38.9 42.5 51.8 55.3 50.3 53.0 55.7 60.4 52.2 52.5 -19.9 53 Florida SEC 18.9 17.5 31.8 42.6 49.5 58.0 43.3 41.4 40.2 40.9 42.6 54.7 -35.9 54 Penn St B10 3.9 4.8 5.2 7.2 13.8 26.7 48.5 58.7 55.5 56.2 57.0 55.1 -51.2 55 Clemson ACC 12.2 20.5 25.2 37.9 55.0 67.0 56.9 50.0 60.3 60.5 65.0 56.1 -43.9 56 Northwestern B10 77.2 88.2 84.0 83.5 87.8 84.8 66.8 55.1 48.0 53.6 55.2 57.4 19.7 57 San Diego St MWC 113.4 103.6 110.7 113.5 82.4 70.0 66.5 55.0 57.9 49.0 43.7 57.5 55.9 58 Navy AAC 57.5 56.8 56.7 52.1 48.1 46.7 51.9 49.2 47.5 45.7 53.7 57.7 -0.2 59 Old Dominion SBC 90.4 89.4 80.2 63.1 55.2 47.5 40.5 57.5 66.7 64.4 57.2 58.5 31.8 60 Kansas B12 45.4 36.0 41.3 41.5 33.4 44.7 39.8 45.9 46.3 58.7 55.9 58.8 -13.4 61 South Carolina SEC 18.0 15.6 20.3 42.1 48.0 37.5 41.9 49.0 55.4 56.8 58.7 58.8 -40.7 62 UNLV MWC 58.0 61.7 58.7 62.4 63.0 62.3 53.3 49.2 59.6 57.5 68.3 60.9 -2.9 63 Kennesaw CUSA 131.8 129.4 129.6 123.6 113.1 104.6 97.7 76.2 74.6 65.8 63.7 62.1 69.7 64 Southern Miss SBC 126.7 127.7 122.7 105.1 101.2 88.0 84.4 81.5 73.0 69.9 67.4 63.6 63.1 65 Rutgers B10 50.6 50.4 42.7 42.7 55.2 61.0 64.2 66.1 74.3 67.7 71.2 64.8 -14.3 66 New Mexico MWC 118.3 113.2 112.1 88.8 84.6 71.3 79.6 86.0 83.8 74.0 67.3 66.5 51.9 67 Hawaii MWC 107.1 110.6 100.8 94.9 95.0 86.9 86.8 81.2 70.6 73.2 80.5 68.2 38.9 68 Connecticut FBSI 84.0 78.5 81.8 91.4 88.6 88.0 75.8 76.4 70.8 83.2 78.7 69.2 14.9 69 California ACC 68.6 59.7 61.0 48.6 71.4 61.6 72.3 71.5 69.3 77.4 77.0 69.9 -1.3 70 Arkansas SEC 38.9 39.7 31.2 30.9 37.1 57.0 55.0 56.6 59.4 62.6 68.9 70.9 -32.0 71 Wisconsin B10 46.6 39.6 41.5 49.7 67.6 69.6 69.5 85.2 87.4 82.9 83.4 72.3 -25.7 72 UCF B12 59.0 56.1 52.9 55.2 43.9 63.8 72.6 75.8 63.7 62.9 70.4 72.6 -13.7 73 Ohio MAC 67.4 70.4 62.2 66.0 69.2 65.1 80.8 79.0 78.9 77.5 76.2 72.9 -5.5 74 Army AAC 53.8 72.3 63.1 62.0 70.1 85.5 79.4 80.7 79.0 76.3 75.9 73.7 -19.9 75 Maryland B10 67.3 60.8 56.6 56.3 41.7 39.6 45.8 49.5 64.5 60.4 64.3 75.3 -8.1 76 Washington St P12 78.3 77.5 70.0 87.8 90.0 76.8 77.3 67.6 72.1 61.3 69.6 76.0 2.3 77 West Virginia B12 63.5 59.3 70.3 63.0 74.9 88.5 87.8 86.5 95.9 95.9 80.6 76.1 -12.6 78 UCLA B10 51.9 70.5 77.6 98.5 105.1 110.3 93.6 79.3 71.3 72.6 73.2 77.9 -26.0 79 Colorado B12 43.7 54.3 53.1 61.6 53.9 55.8 65.8 54.6 54.5 58.7 71.4 78.7 -35.0 80 Toledo MAC 73.9 80.9 69.4 62.1 72.4 69.2 66.6 78.8 77.2 85.1 84.6 79.2 -5.3 81 WKU CUSA 95.3 78.6 91.5 88.1 86.5 82.6 75.1 76.0 91.8 84.9 82.0 79.3 16.0 82 Fresno St MWC 85.1 79.8 74.1 71.1 65.4 64.1 65.1 85.2 82.0 93.8 76.6 80.6 4.4 83 UT San Antonio AAC 74.5 77.1 85.8 83.5 77.1 79.3 91.0 79.2 88.8 87.1 72.2 80.7 -6.2 84 Utah St MWC 111.8 106.7 102.4 83.6 75.7 73.3 72.1 89.3 79.8 89.7 89.5 81.4 30.3 85 Louisiana Tech CUSA 114.6 107.2 100.7 82.6 71.3 58.6 54.3 71.6 70.2 79.8 74.3 83.7 30.9 86 Troy SBC 94.8 91.5 91.1 100.6 92.8 96.0 87.1 76.2 73.7 70.5 82.3 84.1 10.7 87 Virginia Tech ACC 48.8 55.5 71.3 91.8 89.6 73.5 83.0 89.4 90.1 80.4 83.7 85.3 -36.6 88 Michigan St B10 64.7 62.9 56.7 59.7 57.1 55.5 60.0 80.1 80.3 82.4 84.6 86.0 -21.3 89 Missouri St CUSA 120.5 124.0 115.4 112.2 105.5 111.8 108.5 102.5 103.1 96.6 92.2 86.2 34.3 90 Coastal Car SBC 91.1 109.8 113.6 122.5 110.5 103.2 109.0 102.8 96.3 96.4 86.2 87.0 4.1 91 W Michigan MAC 108.5 115.5 114.7 115.5 103.6 89.8 86.0 83.4 81.8 92.4 88.4 87.6 20.9 92 Miami OH MAC 78.3 87.4 96.7 100.3 107.5 106.2 97.7 97.0 96.9 86.0 87.0 89.5 -11.3 93 North Carolina ACC 61.4 76.9 74.1 73.3 84.0 92.0 103.2 105.0 108.0 105.3 96.0 91.5 -30.1 94 Temple AAC 124.6 110.9 102.3 103.2 99.5 92.7 80.5 84.4 79.2 75.7 86.6 92.7 31.9 95 Purdue B10 106.1 93.7 86.5 81.4 81.9 78.7 75.0 82.7 88.4 95.5 94.2 92.9 13.2 96 Jacksonville St CUSA 91.1 93.4 83.6 94.1 91.1 108.1 109.2 108.2 96.8 98.3 98.2 94.2 -3.1 97 Marshall SBC 72.9 81.2 100.3 95.6 92.2 104.8 105.6 86.5 82.7 80.9 90.7 94.3 -21.5 98 Syracuse ACC 51.1 56.7 55.2 59.6 45.3 64.4 68.2 67.4 76.4 80.5 94.1 95.5 -44.4 99 Stanford ACC 90.4 102.1 101.7 89.7 96.4 92.9 91.7 100.8 82.9 86.1 87.5 96.6 -6.3 100 Wyoming MWC 107.9 98.8 94.3 95.3 100.6 98.9 102.9 94.1 102.6 91.4 97.1 99.5 8.4 101 Arkansas St SBC 100.4 96.7 108.2 104.5 114.8 122.0 114.7 114.2 110.8 102.9 96.1 100.0 0.4 102 C Michigan MAC 117.6 108.2 111.6 119.7 116.2 106.5 113.3 113.4 99.2 95.1 100.2 101.3 16.3 103 Air Force MWC 92.6 87.2 84.9 97.8 105.8 113.6 110.9 110.5 103.8 103.3 110.9 103.1 -10.5 104 Ga Southern SBC 79.9 99.7 105.5 97.1 91.9 104.5 103.4 110.7 102.8 111.4 108.4 103.3 -23.4 105 Delaware CUSA 118.3 117.4 121.2 108.8 88.9 84.4 92.6 92.3 101.0 101.1 112.1 105.0 13.4 106 FL Atlantic AAC 116.8 122.5 115.4 119.1 119.9 121.5 112.4 105.0 108.6 106.3 110.2 105.3 11.6 107 Rice AAC 109.1 93.8 102.6 99.8 94.6 90.8 106.4 114.0 117.5 106.8 109.9 105.3 3.8 108 Liberty CUSA 82.3 83.2 93.7 105.3 113.6 119.0 118.6 113.0 109.7 110.6 100.9 105.8 -23.6 109 Texas St SBC 78.3 71.4 66.0 71.5 64.5 64.7 82.5 91.8 95.4 94.0 99.6 106.5 -28.2 110 San Jose St MWC 88.5 102.5 103.2 108.8 106.1 109.3 101.2 108.6 108.4 107.1 100.7 107.4 -18.9 111 Buffalo MAC 91.3 92.4 90.5 93.8 105.1 110.3 107.6 104.8 105.0 115.3 106.9 108.0 -16.7 112 Louisiana SBC 70.3 86.9 89.0 99.3 110.7 108.8 112.8 112.3 116.1 117.3 112.9 109.0 -38.8 113 Appalachian St SBC 91.8 82.3 88.4 99.3 100.9 109.8 101.7 92.1 100.3 101.4 99.8 109.5 -17.8 114 Florida Intl CUSA 122.4 119.4 116.0 105.0 115.8 112.7 122.9 120.0 109.8 113.8 118.4 110.3 12.1 115 UAB AAC 113.9 112.7 112.5 110.1 108.7 104.5 111.8 120.6 109.0 104.9 113.0 115.7 -1.8 116 Oregon St P12 83.8 93.6 101.9 108.6 112.0 106.6 116.1 120.6 117.7 117.6 109.3 116.7 -32.9 117 Boston College ACC 56.0 52.7 58.9 77.3 81.5 93.3 107.0 114.4 117.6 117.1 114.5 118.6 -62.6 118 South Alabama SBC 79.8 82.1 80.3 83.8 107.5 107.3 112.9 113.6 117.4 114.1 119.5 119.6 -39.8 119 Ball St MAC 122.9 129.8 130.1 127.1 127.2 125.9 112.5 121.2 118.4 124.0 124.7 119.8 3.1 120 Colorado St MWC 94.8 97.8 99.5 99.4 98.6 113.4 119.7 100.1 108.6 114.9 114.2 120.3 -25.5 121 New Mexico St CUSA 128.6 126.3 119.1 121.4 115.8 112.7 106.6 108.5 116.4 120.6 122.5 120.9 7.7 122 Akron MAC 121.9 126.9 130.6 130.3 128.4 130.7 125.0 127.0 128.9 124.3 125.3 121.4 0.4 123 ULM SBC 110.7 109.4 119.3 118.0 109.1 93.6 102.1 111.6 116.5 119.9 121.9 121.5 -10.8 124 Bowling Green MAC 96.7 99.2 99.9 87.7 91.1 97.2 97.3 86.3 99.7 109.5 117.6 121.8 -25.1 125 Tulsa AAC 128.3 119.5 123.7 123.4 111.1 110.6 113.3 111.7 117.4 117.2 118.7 123.0 5.3 126 Oklahoma St B12 72.4 69.9 86.5 90.7 109.6 115.1 120.5 122.2 123.4 123.5 123.6 123.7 -51.3 127 UTEP CUSA 127.2 127.7 121.3 114.6 121.6 119.9 122.2 128.0 123.1 124.9 124.1 124.5 2.8 128 E Michigan MAC 115.0 122.7 127.9 128.9 125.4 129.1 130.8 126.7 128.2 128.5 128.1 124.7 -9.6 129 Kent MAC 133.7 134.3 134.3 132.9 131.9 129.8 127.0 122.7 127.6 123.9 123.4 126.0 7.7 130 N Illinois MAC 93.8 97.5 100.3 100.8 103.6 108.2 119.1 124.0 127.3 122.8 122.5 127.2 -33.5 131 Nevada MWC 116.7 116.6 115.1 121.4 126.3 126.9 126.0 128.9 128.3 128.5 128.1 131.1 -14.3 132 Georgia St SBC 106.9 117.0 119.9 119.3 120.4 114.7 115.9 123.5 128.0 130.7 130.3 131.1 -24.2 133 Sam Houston St CUSA 99.4 113.8 121.1 121.4 127.8 128.3 132.0 132.4 134.0 134.3 134.7 132.7 -33.3 134 Charlotte AAC 116.8 123.0 127.1 125.5 129.5 129.9 131.1 130.9 132.5 132.7 132.3 132.8 -16.0 135 MTSU CUSA 126.7 130.9 131.3 125.7 131.2 132.7 132.1 130.7 130.5 130.2 131.0 133.2 -6.5 136 Massachusetts MAC 130.0 134.2 135.0 135.4 134.8 134.3 134.4 135.6 135.7 135.8 135.8 135.9 -5.9  

Yes sir 

All this talk about computer rankings makes me grateful that we have games this week and can settle things on the field, where football is meant to be judged, not in some computer closet in El Dorado Hills, California.  On the realignment front, one needs to look no further than neighboring Georgia, where the GHSA has released its realignment, to see how to do it right: https://www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/reclassification/GHSA_Proposed_Region_Alignment_for_2026-2028_11-10-2025.pdf Beautiful 6/7/8/9-team regions (i.e. “districts” in Florida language) with round-robin play, to determine a true, well-earned championship.  I am hoping that the FHSAA will do away with the ridiculous 2/3/4-team districts when the realignment results are released.  Even though everyone seems married to computer rankings, maybe the computer savants herein could confirm that larger districts would at least produce better computer rankings due to the larger number of common opponents.  Anyway, let’s hope that the FHSAA gets this right, although that may be expecting too much.  And good luck to your favorite team!      

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