College Football Awards, Week 13 (2025) November 26, 2025

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COACHES
Wish I were him:  Dan Lanning, Oregon

Glad I’m not him: Lincoln Riley, USC

Lucky guy: David Braun, Northwestern

Poor guy: P.J. Fleck, Minnesota

Desperately seeking a wake-up call: Bret Bielema, Illinois

Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Sean Lewis, San Diego State

Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Brent Key, Georgia Tech

Desperately seeking … anything:  Jeff Brohm, Louisville

TEAMS
Thought you’d kick butt, you did: Auburn (defeated Mercer 62-17)

Thought you’d kick butt, you didn’t: Illinois (lost to Wisconsin 27-10)
Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you did: Syracuse (lost to No. 9 Notre Dame 70-7)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you didn’t: Stanford (defeated Cal 31-10)

Thought you wouldn’t kick butt, you did: Texas (defeated Arkansas 52-37)  

Dang, they’re good: Notre Dame
Dang, they’re bad:  Sam Houston

Can’t Stand Prosperity: Georgia Tech

Did the season start?  Louisville
Can the season end?  Florida State

Can the season never end? Oregon

GAMES
Play this again:  No. 11 Oklahoma 23, No. 4 Alabama 21

Play this again, too: No. 12 Utah 51, Kansas State 47

Never play this again: No. 9 Notre Dame 70, Syracuse 7

What?  Penn State 37, Nebraska 10

Huh?  Stanford 31, Cal 10

Double-Huh?  TCU 17, No. 23 Houston 14 

Are you kidding me??  Wisconsin 27, No. 21 Illinois 10

Oh – my – God:  Pittsburgh 42, No. 16 Georgia Tech 28

NEXT WEEK

rankings are those for the playoffs
Ticket to die for:  No. 3 Texas A&M @ No. 17 Texas

Best non-Power Four vs. Power Four  matchup: No. 4 Georgia @ Georgia Tech

Best non-Power Four matchup: Navy @ Memphis

Also:  San Diego State @ New Mexico

Upset alert: LSU @ No. 18 Oklahoma

Must win: No. 1 Ohio State @ No. 18 Michigan

Offensive explosion: No. 14 Vanderbilt @ No. 20 Tennessee

Defensive struggle: Iowa @ Nebraska

Great game no one is talking about: Arizona @ No. 25 Arizona State

Also:  Cincinnati @ TCU

Intriguing coaching matchup:  Mario Cristobal of Miami vs Pat Narduzzi of Pittsburgh

I.C.M., B1G Edition:  P.J. Fleck of Minnesota vs Luke Fickell of Wisconsin

I.C.M., SEC Edition:  Clark Lea of Vanderbilt vs Josh Heupel of Tennessee

Who’s bringing the body bags?  No. 2 Indiana @ Purdue

Why are they playing? Charlotte @ No. 24 Tulane

Plenty of good seats remaining: Bowling Green @ UMass

Plenty of good seats remaining, ACC Edition: Boston College @ Syracuse

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?  UTEP @ Delaware

Week 13 [Random] Thoughts:

In an offensive explosion to end all offensive explosions, Utah triumphed over Kansas State 51-47:  there’s the Big XII we all know and love, where defenses treat their job as if it’s a pillow fight!

The potential outcomes for the ACC champion right now are so convoluted, one would need one of those diagram boards detectives use to figure out “whodonit”.  But Pittsburgh just beat hitherto contender Georgia Tech in convincing fashion, and are now about to face tough-but-inconsistent Miami (Fla.) this week.  If Pat Narduzzi’s squad can pull an upset win, ought there not to be a path for the Panthers to walk away with the conference crown?

Am I the only person out there who thinks that Georgia should be ranked No. 2 in the playoffs instead of No. 4?  They can demolish almost any team not named Alabama, or, possibly, Ohio State.

Rivalry Week is now upon us, where any number of crazy things can happen.  Case in point:  the theme music from The Twilight Zone is required to play in the background when discussing the fact that Vanderbilt is favored over Tennessee, rankings-wise…yet Tennessee still has a good team this year.  There’s a twist, no?

This week is special for a number of reasons, one of which this time around is that there are so many intriguing coaching matchups.  One that should perhaps also be mentioned in the list above is Dan Lanning of Oregon vs Jedd Fisch of Washington.  While we’re at it, how about Eliah Drinkwitz of Missouri vs Bobby Petrino of Arkansas, or Jeff Brohm of Louisville vs Mark Stoops of Kentucky, or Dabo Swinney of Clemson vs Shane Beamer of South Carolina?  I would be somewhat tempted to include Barry Odom of Purdue vs Curt Cignetti of Indiana, but the former will be so outgunned that the game will surely end in tragedy for the host team.  Nevertheless, the list goes on, but the reader understands one more fascinating aspect of why this week could yield so many great games.