| College Football 2018 National Top 25 | |||||
| www.CFMinded.com | October 30, 2018 | ||||
| Rank Week 9 | Pollsters | Points | Rank Week 7 | Points | |
| 1 | ESPN FPI | 296 | 1 | 350 | |
| 2 | Phil Steele | 294 | 13 | 299 | |
| 3 | DRatings.com | 291 | 4 | 327 | |
| 3 | McIllece Sports | 291 | 7 | 324 | |
| 5 | Athlon | 290 | 6 | 325 | |
| 6 | Sports Illustrated CNN/SI | 289 | 12 | 302 | |
| 6 | Sports Formulator | 289 | 4 | 327 | |
| 8 | CFMinded.com | 283 | 2 | 341 | |
| 9 | College Football News | 280 | 3 | 332 | |
| 10 | Game Plan | 277 | 16 | 297 | |
| 11 | Compughter Ratings | 276 | 19 | 285 | |
| 12 | Simplified Football | 268 | 9 | 313 | |
| 12 | AP | 268 | 14 | 299 | |
| 14 | Arena Fanatic | 266 | 10 | 311 | |
| 14 | Street & Smith | 266 | 15 | 298 | |
| 16 | Coaches USA/Today | 262 | 17 | 291 | |
| 17 | Gold Sheet | 258 | 8 | 317 | |
| 18 | Bleachers | 256 | 20 | 281 | |
| 19 | Lindy | 249 | 18 | 286 | |
| 20 | Sporting News | 233 | 11 | 307 | |
| Points Calculation Examples: | |||||
| Exact ranking – 26 points (If Alabama preseason No. 1; If now No. 1) | |||||
| Missed ranking by one – 25 points (If Clemson preseason No. 2; If now No. 3) | |||||
| ESPN FPI maintained its top ranking. | |||||
| Phil Steele had the biggest jump in the ranking, from No. 13 to No. 2; having Utah and | |||||
| Boston College in the preseason ranking. Also perfect for Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma. | |||||
| Compughter Ratings had the second biggest jump in the ranking, from No. 19 to No. 11; | |||||
| having ranked Iowa. Also perfect for Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Mississippi St. | |||||
| Gold Sheet had the greatest fall in ranking, from No. 8 to No. 17; not having 5 currently | |||||
| ranked teams in preseason poll and not ranking five teams well. | |||||
| Sporting News had the second greatest fall in the ranking, from No. 11 to last at No. 20; | |||||
| not having 6 currently ranked teams in preseason poll. | |||||
Texas A&M @ Auburn “The Marking & Defending Territory Bowl”
Georgia @ Kentucky “The New Kids on the Block Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
West Virginia @ Texas “The Playoff or Bust Bowl”
Iowa @ Purdue “The Big 10 West Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Florida State @ North Carolina St “The Next Up Bowl”
Penn State @ Michigan “The Big Brother is Back Bowl”
Boston College @ Virginia Tech “The East Power Shift Bowl”
Missouri @ Florida “The Tiger in the Swamp Bowl”
Utah @ Arizona State “The New PAC 12 South Sheriffs in Town Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Notre Dame @ Northwestern “The Next Stop to Playoffs Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
UCLA @ Oregon “The First Year Coaches Clash Bowl”
Alabama @ LSU “The SEC West Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Oklahoma @ Texas Tech “The Defenses Test Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Stanford @ Washington “The PAC 12 Has Been Bowl”
California @ Washington State “The Racer Verses the Hurdle Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
(Y) Michigan @ Michigan St “The Big Brother Little Brother Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = NO] = Big brother is back in town.
(Y) Oklahoma @ TCU “The Defense Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = NO] = OU defense improving; watch out playoffs
Maryland @ (Y) Iowa “The Weekend at the Farm Bowl” = Maryland was taken behind the wood shed
Tulsa @ (Y) Arkansas “The Getting Well Bowl” = Arkansas getting well
(Y) Auburn @ Mississippi “The Can’t Lose Bowl” = Auburn survives another day
Virginia @ (X) Duke “The Just Win Baby Bowl” = Leading to top 25 poll for Virginia
North Carolina St @ (Y) Clemson “The ACC Championship Bowl” = Championship done; hello playoffs
(Y) Alabama @ Tennessee “The Measuring Stick Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = NO] = Keeps measuring up
Minnesota @ (Y) Nebraska “The Boat and Corn Bowl” = Boat sink from too much corn
Memphis @ (Y) Missouri @ a “The M&M Bowl” = Blue M&M got eaten
Mississippi St @ (Y) LSU “The Cinderella Lost in Bayou Bowl” = Lost both slippers
(Y) UCF @ East Carolina “The Staying Alive Bowl” = YES
(X) Oregon @ Washington St @ “The PAC 12 North Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
Vanderbilt @ (Y) Kentucky “The Dashing Hopes Bowl” = KY dashing upward
(X) USC @ Utah “The PAC 12 South Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
Arizona @ (Y) UCLA “The PAC 12 South Bottoms Up Bowl” = Chip Kelly’s team rising
(X) Houston @ Navy “The Sinking Bowl” = Navy ship sunk
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
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| College Football 2018 National Top 25 | ||||||
| Rank Week 7 | Poll | Points | ||||
| 1 | ESPN FPI | 350 | ||||
| 2 | CFMinded.com | 341 | ||||
| 3 | College Football News | 332 | ||||
| 4 | DRatings.com | 327 | ||||
| 4 | Sports Formulator | 327 | ||||
| 6 | Athlon | 325 | ||||
| 7 | McIllece Sports | 324 | ||||
| 8 | Gold Sheet | 317 | ||||
| 9 | Simplified Football | 313 | ||||
| 10 | Arena Fanatic | 311 | ||||
| 11 | Sporting News | 307 | ||||
| 12 | Sports Illustrated CNN/SI | 302 | ||||
| 13 | Phil Steele | 299 | ||||
| 14 | AP | 299 | ||||
| 15 | Street & Smith | 298 | ||||
| 16 | Game Plan | 297 | ||||
| 17 | Coaches USA/Today | 291 | ||||
| 18 | Lindy | 286 | ||||
| 19 | Compughter Ratings | 285 | ||||
| 20 | Bleachers | 281 | ||||
| Points Calculation Examples: | ||||||
| Exact ranking – 26 points (If Alabama preseason No. 1; Now No. 1) | ||||||
| Missed ranking by one – 25 points (If Clemson preseason No. 2; Now No. 3) | ||||||
| www.CFMinded.com | ||||||
Michigan @ Michigan St “The Big Brother Little Brother Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Oklahoma @ TCU “The Defense Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Maryland @ Iowa “The Weekend at the Farm Bowl”
Tulsa @ Arkansas “The Getting Well Bowl”
Auburn @ Mississippi “The Can’t Lose Bowl”
Virginia @ Duke “The Just Win Baby Bowl”
North Carolina St @ Clemson “The ACC Championship Bowl”
Alabama @ Tennessee “The Measuring Stick Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Minnesota @ Nebraska “The Boat and Corn Bowl”
Memphis @ Missouri @ a “The M&M Bowl”
Mississippi St @ LSU “The Cinderella Lost in Bayou Bowl”
UCF @ East Carolina “The Staying Alive Bowl”
Oregon @ Washington St @ “The PAC 12 North Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky “The Dashing Hopes Bowl”
USC @ Utah “The PAC 12 South Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Arizona @ UCLA “The PAC 12 South Bottoms Up Bowl”
Houston @ Navy “The Sinking Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
Weird Week Seven did not disappoint, so 67% wins was good for me. Top teams “Road Trips Trip Up?” Four yes, Two survives
W Florida @ Vanderbilt “The SEC Rising Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = NO]
Northwestern @ X Nebraska “The Phoenix Bowl”
Oklahoma St @ W Kansas St “The Coaches Bowl”
W Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh “The Trap Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = NO]
X Georgia @ LSU “The Slobber Knocker Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
Washington @ W Oregon “The PAC 2 Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
X Penn St @ Michigan St “The Who’s Down Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
Baylor @ W Texas “The Rat Poison Bowl”
W Texas A&M @ South Carolina “The Two Wins in a Row Bowl”
Missouri @ W Alabama “The Going to Slaughter House Bowl”
X West Virginia @ Iowa St “The Big 12 Championship March Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
W Houston @ East Carolina “The ACC Top & Bottom Bowl”
W UCLA @ California “The Win or Let Win Bowl”
Wisconsin @ W Michigan “The Alternative Big 10 Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up? = YES]
Mississippi @ X Arkansas “The SEC Bottoms Up Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
Which games match these bowls?
SEC Rising Bowl, The Phoenix Bowl; Coaches Bowl, Trap Bowl, Slobber Knocker Bowl, PAC 2 Championship Bowl, Who’s Down & Out Bowl, Rat Poison Bowl, Two Wins in a Row Bowl, Going to Slaughter House Bowl, Big 12 Championship March Bowl, ACC Top & Bottom Bowl, Alternative Big 10 Championship Bowl, SEC West Bottoms Up Bowl
Road Trips Trip Up Weekend – Three big trip up games
Odds are 99% that the top 6 undefeated teams lose before conference games
Florida @ Vanderbilt “The SEC Rising Bowl”
Northwestern @ Nebraska “The Phoenix Bowl”
Oklahoma St @ Kansas St “The Coaches Bowl”
Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh “The Trap Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Georgia @ LSU “The Slobber Knocker Bowl”
Washington @ Oregon “The PAC 2 Championship Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Penn St @ Michigan St “The Who’s Down Bowl”
Baylor @ Texas “The Rat Poison Bowl”
Texas A&M @ South Carolina “The Two Wins in a Row Bowl”
Missouri @ Alabama “The Going to Slaughter House Bowl”
West Virginia @ Iowa St “The Big 12 Championship March Bowl” [Road Trips Trip Up?]
Houston @ East Carolina “The ACC Top & Bottom Bowl”
UCLA @ California “The Win or Let Win Bowl”
Wisconsin @ Michigan “The Alternative Big 10 Championship Bowl”
Mississippi @ Arkansas “The SEC West Bottoms Up Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
Reversal of fortune in week six after last week where CFMinded.com won 11 of 12 picks and won 8 of 12 against the spread.
X Oklahoma X -7 yes vs. Texas “The Red River Battle Bowl”
Northwestern @ X Michigan St W -10 no “The Down For The Count Bowl”
X Missouri @ South Carolina W -2 no “The SEC East Show Me Bowl”
Boston College @ W North Carolina St X -5 ½ yes “The ACC Moving On Up Bowl”
X LSU X -2 yes @ Florida “The Not Yet Not Yet Bowl”
Florida St @ W Miami X -13 ½ yes “The South Florida Bowl”
Iowa St @ X Oklahoma St W 9 ½ no “The Down & Out Bowl”
San Diego St @ X Boise St W -10 ½ no “The Early Far West Championship Bowl”
Arizona St @ W Colorado W -11 ½ no “The PAC 12 South Challenger Bowl” Too high altitude
Kentucky @ W Texas A&M X -5 ½ yes “The SEC New Challengers Bowl” Too much home cooking
X Auburn X -3 ½ yes @ Mississippi St “The Sinking Hopes Bowl” On a mission verses Cinderella
W Notre Dame W -7 yes @ Virginia Tech “The Last Trap Bowl” Now or never?
X California X -2 yes @ Arizona “The Get Off The Mat Bowl”
Utah @ X Stanford X -2 yes @ “The Recovery Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined
Last week, CFMinded.com won 11 of 12 picks and won 8 of 12 against the spread. (See article – Week Five College Football Results)
The questions were asked last week, are they who we think they are? Answers: Ohio State yes; Notre Dame yes; Kentucky yes; Duke no; West Virginia yes; Oregon yes
Oklahoma -7 yes vs. Texas “The Red River Battle Bowl”
Northwestern @ Michigan St -10 no “The Down For The Count Bowl”
Missouri @ South Carolina -2 no “The SEC East Show Me Bowl”
Boston College @ North Carolina St -5 ½ yes “The ACC Moving On Up Bowl”
LSU -2 yes @ Florida “The Not Yet Not Yet Bowl”
Florida St @ Miami -13 ½ yes “The South Florida Bowl”
Iowa St @ Oklahoma St 9 ½ no “The Down & Out Bowl”
San Diego St @ Boise St -10 ½ no “The Early Far West Championship Bowl”
Arizona St @ Colorado -11 ½ no “The PAC 12 South Challenger Bowl” Too high altitude
Kentucky @ Texas A&M -5 ½ yes “The SEC New Challengers Bowl” Too much home cooking
Auburn -3 ½ yes @ Mississippi St “The Sinking Hopes Bowl” On a mission verses Cinderella
Notre Dame -7 yes @ Virginia Tech “The Last Trap Bowl” Now or never?
California -2 yes @ Arizona “The Get Off The Mat Bowl”
Utah @ Stanford -2 yes @ “The Recovery Bowl”
CFMinded.com Picks – Underlined