Fox News Digital Sports' college football winners and losers: Week 9

There were nary large upsets successful Week 9 of the college shot season, lone shaky performances.

Ohio State and Texas some survived sloppy backmost play to triumph games against Nebraska and Texas, respectively. Kansas State narrowly defeated Kansas and SMU eked retired a triumph implicit Duke.

The performances from the play closed the curtain connected October. The adjacent 4 weeks volition person a tremendous interaction connected however the College Football Playoff could cookware out.

For now, here’s the winners and losers of the week that was.

Winners

Texas A&M backmost Marcel Reed (10) reacts aft scoring a touchdown against LSU during the 3rd quarter, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Texas A&M: How about those Aggies? After the ferocious comeback against LSU connected Saturday night, acknowledgment to a beardown defence and backmost Marcel Reed, Texas A&M present sits atop the SEC standings. The lone undefeated SEC team, they are connected a way toward the College Football Playoff. This was a monster triumph for caput manager Mike Elko, who is successful his archetypal twelvemonth astatine the helm astatine College Station. If they tin support this up, that matchup against Texas aft Thanksgiving is going to beryllium insane.

Colorado: Deion Sanders told america helium was going to crook the Colorado programme around, and he's done that successful his 2nd play arsenic caput coach. The Buffaloes are 6-2, vessel eligible, and are inactive successful the hunt for the Big 12 championship. Travis Hunter continues to enactment unneurotic Heisman Trophy-worthy performances portion Shedeur Sanders continues to impressment successful the passing game. The Buffs could triumph out, which is thing I don't cognize that we were reasoning aft that nonaccomplishment to Nebraska past month.

Boise State: The Broncos proceed to tally their discourtesy done moving backmost Ashton Jeanty, and it's paying off. A large triumph implicit UNLV connected Friday nighttime keeps them successful the speech for the at-large bid successful the assemblage shot playoffs, and it doesn't look similar they are slowing down anytime soon. Boise State is going to beryllium a occupation if they tin marque the playoffs, and they’re inching person to that opportunity. 

Oregon: The Ducks enactment an exclamation constituent connected a immense triumph successful the Big Ten Conference to stay undefeated. Dillon Gabriel moved to 2nd successful FBS passing touchdowns aft helium threw 3 successful the 38-9 triumph implicit Illinois. He had 291 passing yards arsenic well. Oregon is separating itself from immoderate of the apical teams successful the conference.

Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders fires a walk during the 2nd fractional against Cincinnati astatine Folsom Field, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Boulder, Colo. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

Miami: It’s harmless to accidental the Hurricanes tally Florida. Miami trounced Florida State, 36-14, successful different connection crippled by 1 of the apical teams successful the nation. Cam Ward improved his Heisman banal with 208 passing yards. The Hurricanes already person wins implicit Florida, Florida A&M and South Florida this season, and they bash not person different ranked hostile connected the schedule.

Iowa’s Brendan Sullivan: It was adjacent antheral up for the Hawkeyes, and they whitethorn person discovered their caller violative formula. After Sullivan replaced Cade McNamara, Iowa went connected a 37-0 tally implicit the adjacent 2 quarters.

Losers

Nebraska antiaircraft lineman Jimari Butler, left, tackles Ohio State backmost Will Howard during the 2nd half, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Ohio State: Yes, the Buckeyes came distant with a victory, but it wasn’t the prettiest arsenic Nebraska was conscionable abbreviated successful the 21-17 finish. This came aft the Buckeyes fell to Oregon, and they person different high-ranked squad successful the Penn State Nittany Lions adjacent week connected the road. The roster is nary uncertainty arsenic talented arsenic tin be, but Ryan Day’s radical request to beryllium much polished aft not looking similar the accustomed well-oiled instrumentality they are.

Kentucky: The Wildcats are windless astatine location this play successful the SEC, dropping their 3rd consecutive crippled this play astatine the hands of Auburn this time. I person nary thought what's going connected successful Lexington close now, but this squad seems checked-out nether caput manager Mark Stoops, who mightiness privation to look for a mode retired aft this season, again. Kentucky is present 2-11 successful its past 13 SEC location games, and the problems support adding up. 

LSU: The Tigers were ranked No. 8 going into their crippled against Texas A&M but suffered a immense nonaccomplishment astatine the hands of Marcel Reed and the Aggies. Their 2nd nonaccomplishment of the play dropped them to No. 16 successful the nation. The nonaccomplishment against USC continues to not look large connected their resume.

LSU caput manager Brian Kelly speaks with the officials during the 2nd 4th against Texas A&M astatine Kyle Field, Oct. 26, 2024, astatine College Station, Texas. (Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images.)

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The Fox News Digital Sports assemblage shot winners and losers were compiled by the Fox News Digital Sports unit and the OutKick.com staff.