NCAAF Week 6 Review

By Owen Pannell | KZA Sports

The preseason 1 and 2 drop out of the top 25, Miami survives the gauntlet, Alabama doesn’t fall to Pavia, a lot of things happened this weekend in college football. Here is your week 6 CFB report:

Important results

- Miami- 28 Florida State- 22

Despite a 19-0 4th quarter, Florida State could not complete the comeback on in state rival Miami. The Hurricanes have, in my opinion, the best case for number 1 in the country after this win. Florida State falls to 3-2, but there season is far from over, that Alabama win keeps getting better and better.

- UCLA- 42 Penn State- 37

WHAT??!! That was all of our reactions while watching this game. Winless UCLA took out the 7th ranked team in the country in an absolute shocker. They fired their HC, OC, and DC and won this game. Nico Iamalleava was amazing, and Penn State just didn’t come to play. This has to be the craziest upset of the season.

- Florida- 29 Texas- 21

The preseason number 1 has been extremely disappointing this year. Picking up their 2nd loss this early in the season is not good, and dropped them out of the top 25. They have Red River next week, so they need to lock in.

- Alabama- 30 Vanderbilt- 14

We were all hoping Diego Pavia could pull off another insane win, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Alabama looked great, ever since the FSU loss they have looked like a top 5 team in the country.

- Cincinnati- 38 Iowa State- 30

The Bearkats were technically favored, but this feels like an upset. The Cyclones suffer their first loss to Cincy, who could be a legit Big 12 contender. Iowa State can’t hit the panic button, their season is not over. However, this loss does hurt.

Upset Alert

Other than games I already mentioned, there were not really any other major upsets, or near upsets sadly. In a heartbreaking event, we will be without an “Upset Alert” section to this article.

Best Games

This does not include previously mentioned games

- Virginia- 30 Louisville- 27 (OT)

This is a massive win for the Cavaliers. They just beat FSU, and now they beat a good Louisville team. They are legit ACC contenders, they’re either the 2nd or 3rd best team in the conference right now. In terms of the actual game, it was insane. A great 4th quarter from Louisville forced overtime, where J’Mari Taylor was able to win it for Virginia with a 2 yard touchdown run.

- Western Kentucky- 27 Delaware- 24

This was some great Friday night entertainment. Delaware had their most attended football game in school history, and they were very close to forcing OT, but their kicker missed the field goal to give the Hilltoppers the win in a nail biter.

- Baylor- 35 Kansas State- 34

In a crucial Big 12 game, an absolutely crazy pick 6 won the game for the Bears. Kansas State needed this one badly to get their season on the tracks, but Baylor had other plans. Both QBs were good, passing for over 330 yards each. A missed field goal by Kansas State kicker Luis Rodriguez will haunt them as they fall to 2-4.

- Navy- 34 Air Force- 31

Over 500 passing yards in Navy vs Air Force? Yeah, it’s a new era. Blake Horvath was INSANE as the Midshipmen improve to 5-0, 469 total yards with 4 TDs. Navy receiver Eli Heidenreich also went nuts, 8 catches for 243 yards ad 3 TDs. If you just looked at the stats in this game, you would not guess it was 2 military academies playing.

- Washington- 24 Maryland- 20

Washington got a much needed bounce back win over a good Maryland team on the road. They were down 20-0, but it didn’t matter. A 21-0 4th quarter got the Huskies the win, as their postseason hopes stay alive.

My Predictions

Weekly record: 18-7 (72%)

Total record: 89-66 (57%)

Weekly points: 42

Total points: 232.5

It was a solid showing, but this season is not going the way I wanted. We need a few 17+ win weeks to get this train back on track.  Also, feel free to play along! Just pick 25 games each week and post them using #KZACFBpicks and use the scoring system down below. The winner each week gets a cash prize!

-35+ = 0.5 points

-21.5-34.5 = 1 point

-15.5-21 = 1.5 points

-11-15 = 2 points

-7-10.5 = 2.5 points

-3.5-6.5 = 3 points

-0.5-3 = 3.5 points

+0.5-3 = 4.5 points

+3.5-6.5 = 5 points

+7-10.5 = 5.5 points

+11-15 = 6 points

+15.5-21 = 6.5 points

+21.5-34.5 = 7.5 points

+35+ = 10 points

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