Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica’s 2026 College Football Top 10 — Week 8

It’s unbelievable how the tide altered after a wild college football Week 7.

With that, you’ll see a couple of brand-new groups on this list.

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Recently: NR
To Make CFP: +150
Title Odds: +3500

Do I believe Tennessee truly is the 10th finest group in the nation? No. I simply do not understand who to put here. The Vols simply batter Bama in the trenches, could have beaten Texas(yay? )and beat Auburn in an unsightly video game (yeah twice??). Still, that’s more than UCLA or Utah has actually achieved, IMO. If you wish to rank either of them or Kentucky here, go all out. Vols are’canines at South Carolina today.

Recently: NR
To Make CFP: +370
Title Odds: +10000

I have the Cougars ranked ahead of Utah and the oddsmakers disagree with me considering that the Utes are 6.5-point favorites in this weekend’s greatest video game. Houston quickly might have won in Lubbock and I believe the win over Oklahoma State is much better than anything Utah has actually achieved. We’ll get an opportunity to support our viewpoint or turn them follow week after seeing them deal with each other.

Recently: NR
To Make CFP: -115
Title Odds: +3500

Tech’s offense took off versus a bad Arizona State defense. The Red Raiders have no Utah or BYU on the slate, although the journey to Stillwater might be difficult. I truly have no concept what to do here, and I’m not sure Tech is much better than a great deal of groups that presently have a loss or more. For now, it is a placeholder offered the absolutely no in the loss column.

Recently: 6
To Make CFP: -550
Title Odds: +800

The Hoosiers lastly had a couple of high-leverage plays break them, and it led to their very first loss considering that 2024. One can take a look at IU in numerous methods. The offending concerns are genuine. Josh Hoover has actually finished hardly 50% of his passes over the last 2 video games and the run video game has actually had a hard time. We’re talking simply 138 backyards versus Nebraska and Ohio State. The favorable spin? Regardless of that, IU was inches far from beating Ohio State and Bryant Haines’ defense will keep the Hoosiers in any video game versus the upcoming schedule, which actually does not have numerous losable video games staying. Among those possibly is this weekend in Ann Arbor.

Recently: 9
To Make CFP: -140
Title Odds: +1300

We’ve now reached the point of the rankings where I have no concept what to do. I believe Trinidad Chambliss is still the scariest quarterback in the nation to deal with, and the defense closed down Missouri like no one else has this year. Yes, there’s the awful loss at Florida in an awful area, however at this moment, we’re taking a look at a lot of groups that have defects and I believe the Rebs’ benefit is greater than the other groups I was thinking about here. Can end Texas’ season today.

Recently: 5
To Make CFP: -650
Title Odds: +470

The greatest thing that occurred last weekend was the Julian Sayin injury. It alters whatever in the Big Ten title race, the nationwide title race and possibly the Heisman race. We do not understand for sure the length of time Sayin will be out, however my guess is it will be on the longer side. And unlike 2014, I’m unsure that this is a Cardale Jones scenario for the Buckeyes, specifically since there’s no Zeke Elliott either. The Buckeye defense is going to need to bring this group. It has actually held 48 straight FBS challengers under their season scoring average. We’ll have an excellent sample size of whom OSU is offensively by the end of the season. I’ll keep OSU here for now as the Buckeyes are going to have to now show who they truly are.

Recently: 3
To Make CFP: -700
Title Odds: +500

I’m not as down on Notre Dame as a great deal of individuals. Possibly I overvalued the Irish and underrated BYU on Saturday, however there’s no embarassment in losing a roadway video game versus a top-10 group on the last play. Now, there are some prospective issues for the Irish progressing. Who do they turn to as a game-breaker on offense? In addition, the BYU offending line did an excellent task versus what was believed to be among the very best protective fronts out there. There will now be an extremely loud conversation about Notre Dame’s location in the nationwide hierarchy going into the Miami video game, provided the Irish have not fared effectively versus highly-ranked groups in the routine season under Marcus Freeman. I still believe the Irish are on the list of title competitors, and they have another opportunity to show how great they are on Nov. 7 when (a possibly) top-ranked Miami gos to.

Recently: 1
To Make CFP: -800
Title Odds: +480

Georgia did whatever it might to hand Auburn the video game Saturday and the Tigers enjoyed to take it. Auburn’s post-game win span of 3% felt. I’m not persuaded Gunner Stockton was healthy after a success early in the video game and I believe a few of his unsteady play was an outcome of that. Still, that video game can be crossed out as a fluky outcome and absolutely nothing about Georgia’s long-lasting capacity has actually altered. The Bulldogs are still the very best group in the SEC and an apparent nationwide title competitor.

Recently: NR
To Make CFP: -140
Title Odds: +3500

A huge win not just for the Cougars, however for the understanding of the Big 12. Yes, this video game, too, had its own debate at the end, however BYU entirely should have to win. There’s no Texas Tech, Houston or Oklahoma State on BYU’s schedule, so it’s assuring the Cougars will make another Big 12 Championship Game look. As we understand, upsets occur and BYU is in a prime disappointment area this weekend at UCF.

Recently: 2
To Make CFP: -1500
Title Odds: +700

It wasn’t quite. It wasn’t without debate. Florida State played its A-game versus its greatest competitor, however unlike others, Miami made adequate secret plays to endure on a weekend where numerous didn’t. Jeremiah Smith consisted of, Malachi Toney is the most significant offending weapon in the nation and RB Javian Mallory’s function is going to continue to grow, as it appears Mark Fletcher’s name was contributed to Miami’s prolonged injury list. The Canes are not without defects– offending line play is shockingly among those. Anybody calling this group overvalued or not worthwhile of being No. 1 is incorrect. Miami is on a list of nationwide title competitors and needs to prevent ending up being the 3rd straight AP No. 1 to be up to an unranked challenger today versus Pitt.

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