This season at least in my living memory as a fan (2010-up) has to be the best ever. Obvious bias as a GT fan undefeated and finally returning to relevance, but this season feels different there have been more upsets, fewer blowouts, more exciting endings.

It is undeniable that the transfer portal and NIL have harkened the end of the super-team era and brought about parity across the sport. I wonder if others concur with the feel of the season? Did 2007 feel the same? different?

Some data of interest:
11 different teams have been in the AP top four after 8 weeks

We have had 10 upsets of at least 13.5 points:

UCLA+25 over PSU
NW + 21 over PSU
USF +18 over UF
Cuse + 17.5 over Clemson
UNM +16 over UCLA
Marshall +14.5 over PSU
Tarleton St +14 over Army
CMU+ 14 over SJSU
Stanford+ 14 over BC
FSU+13.5 over Bama

There are 28 teams with a greater than 10% chance to make the playoffs per FPI after 8 weeks.

(10-16-2025 07:18 AM)LeeNobody Wrote:  This season at least in my living memory as a fan (2010-up) has to be the best ever. Obvious bias as a GT fan undefeated and finally returning to relevance, but this season feels different there have been more upsets, fewer blowouts, more exciting endings.

It is undeniable that the transfer portal and NIL have harkened the end of the super-team era and brought about parity across the sport. I wonder if others concur with the feel of the season? Did 2007 feel the same? different?

Some data of interest:
11 different teams have been in the AP top four after 8 weeks

We have had 10 upsets of at least 13.5 points:

UCLA+25 over PSU
NW + 21 over PSU
USF +18 over UF
Cuse + 17.5 over Clemson
UNM +16 over UCLA
Marshall +14.5 over PSU
Tarleton St +14 over Army
CMU+ 14 over SJSU
Stanford+ 14 over BC
FSU+13.5 over Bama

There are 28 teams with a greater than 10% chance to make the playoffs per FPI after 8 weeks.

We will see after the rest of the season passes, I suppose it really will depend on who ends up winning this thing. Lot's of exciting times for programs on the rise.

No.

Edit: In non-PSU news there's a lot of parity and upsets but not too many at the top. If this was the top two era Miami and OSU would look pretty set right now.

As a USF grad that enrolled in 2007, yes this is the best season since 2007(Willie Taggart years were great too). Hopefully it doesn't end the same for us as 2007.

At the minimum, this ranks (at least to date) as the most noteworthy college football season ever related to my family members and me.

To see Indiana (brother attended), Memphis (parents attended), Cincinnati (brother attended) and Vanderbilt (multiple family connections — myself included) simultaneously ranked in the Top 25 is stunning. Just to have one of those four in the polls would be noteworthy. But all four? Mind-boggling. Chances of that? 1-in-1 million? Seriously, IU, VU, UC and UM all ranked. Unthinkable in many respects. We're not talking about annual college football powers with those schools. Simply amazing.

On top of that, USC (nephew attended) and Oklahoma (father attended part-time) are doing well (and ranked), too.

So to the OP question: "Is this the best season of my lifetime." Probably so.

No. 2010 is a good candidate (outside of tOSU NCs)

As a SF Bay Area (South Bay/South Pen) fan (migrated from Columbus, Ohio) we've had better years
https://fbschedules.com/2010-ohio-state-...-schedule/
https://fbschedules.com/2010-stanford-fo...-schedule/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_F...nts_season

Also 2016 wasn't bad, except what happened 12/31
https://fbschedules.com/2016-ohio-state-...-schedule/
https://fbschedules.com/2016-stanford-fo...-schedule/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80...ors_season

What I have enjoyed is seeing all the four corner schools in one conference. Utah, BYU, ASU and Arizona definitely belong together. They really get after each other and pack the stands.

(10-16-2025 07:18 AM)LeeNobody Wrote:  This season at least in my living memory as a fan (2010-up) has to be the best ever. Obvious bias as a GT fan undefeated and finally returning to relevance, but this season feels different there have been more upsets, fewer blowouts, more exciting endings.

It is undeniable that the transfer portal and NIL have harkened the end of the super-team era and brought about parity across the sport. I wonder if others concur with the feel of the season? Did 2007 feel the same? different?

Some data of interest:
11 different teams have been in the AP top four after 8 weeks

We have had 10 upsets of at least 13.5 points:

UCLA+25 over PSU
NW + 21 over PSU
USF +18 over UF
Cuse + 17.5 over Clemson
UNM +16 over UCLA
Marshall +14.5 over PSU
Tarleton St +14 over Army
CMU+ 14 over SJSU
Stanford+ 14 over BC
FSU+13.5 over Bama

There are 28 teams with a greater than 10% chance to make the playoffs per FPI after 8 weeks.

Color me confused...when did Marshall beat State Penn?

(10-16-2025 07:18 AM)LeeNobody Wrote:  This season at least in my living memory as a fan (2010-up) has to be the best ever.
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I thought the first weekend was pretty groovy.

I’m loving the Vanderbilt Diego Pavia story line. That kid is a beast!!

(10-16-2025 02:20 PM)The Beaver Wrote:  No.

Edit: In non-PSU news there's a lot of parity and upsets but not too many at the top. If this was the top two era Miami and OSU would look pretty set right now.

And Miami goes down. But the 12 team playoff robs Louisville of the glory of derailing Miami's season. Its just one game, and means little to the Cane's season unless they drop another one too. The real drama is much diminished.

Eh no. Let’s see how things workout when it’s the Final 4/semi-finals.

4-1-3 would have had the most drama.

(10-18-2025 04:29 PM)The Beaver Wrote:  

(10-16-2025 02:20 PM)The Beaver Wrote:  No.

Edit: In non-PSU news there's a lot of parity and upsets but not too many at the top. If this was the top two era Miami and OSU would look pretty set right now.

And Miami goes down. But the 12 team playoff robs Louisville of the glory of derailing Miami's season. Its just one game, and means little to the Cane's season unless they drop another one too. The real drama is much diminished.

On the flip side Louisville’s season is still alive where as in any year past they’d already be done for. Way more games that matter because of the expanded playoffs.

Not the best ever because I define that solely by how my team does but with every UH win it gets a little bit better.