The offical Statboy Sports top 25 following Week 8

Meet Caden Creel, quarterback at Jacksonville State. Fairhope, Alabama native and First Team All-State pick who redshirted, sat a full second season without a snap, then came off the bench midway through 2025 to run for over 1,000 yards as a quarterback. This year he's turned into a passer too, with 1,637 yards and 12 touchdowns through seven games for a 5 and 2 team, and he's still averaging 70 rushing yards a game on top of it. Conference USA is the only reason you haven't heard the name. Here's his story.

Meet Cruz Davis. He's a guard from Plano, Texas, who has played at Iona, St. John's, and Hofstra, and now he's back home in the Big 12 at Texas Tech. Last season he averaged over 20 points a game, won CAA Player of the Year, and played more minutes per game than all but two players in the country. Most fans still don't know his name. Here's his story.

If you’re the AP Poll, how do you screw this up so badly?!

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🚨Did you know?! South Carolina beat Tennessee 27-24 in a huge upset in the SEC during Week 8 of the college football season. Behind the play of LaNorris Sellers, and his game winning touchdown, the South Carolina Gamecocks were able to pull off this upset. And I know there is an NFL GM somewhere out there that saw that final touchdown and thought they got got their for this years upcoming draft. I’m here to tell you why that’s a mistake:

Ohio State won’t make the college football playoff?! That’s what the Bussin’ with the boys and Josh Pete say. You need to hear this take

Meet Dominic Kelley, running back at Nevada. Concord, California native who came out of De La Salle, the most famous high school program in the country, with only two FBS offers to his name. After 54 rushing yards as a freshman, he's gone for 500 on the ground and five total touchdowns through six games this year, including a Mountain West Player of the Week nod in his first start. Nobody is watching Nevada, which is the only reason he's flying under the radar. Here's his story.

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How did the AP voters rank this team this week?!

Meet Braden Atkinson, quarterback at Oregon State. Raleigh, North Carolina native who spent last season at Mercer in the FCS, where he won the Jerry Rice Award as the national freshman of the year, then transferred to Corvallis in January. Seven games into his first FBS season he leads the entire country in passing yards and touchdown passes with 2,604 yards, 24 scores and just two picks, and he's doing it in the Pac-12 where almost nobody is watching. One of the most underrated quarterbacks in college football. Here's his story.

Florida is currently ranked 20 in the AP Poll and is sitting at 5-2. Jon Sumrall’s team is almost impossible to figure out though because of how good they have been in wins and how bad they have been in losses. Here are the details:

Auburn beat Georgia in Week 7 of the college football season 27-24 in Athens, Georgia. It was arguably the biggest upset so far this season in college football But when you looks at the historical data and statistics behind this rivalry under Kirby Smart time as the Georgia head coach, this could one of the biggest upsets of all time. Here are the details:

The NBA is finally back! LeBron James stole most of the headlines for his first win as a Philadelphia 76er against the New York Knicks. The rivalry that is developing out west between the Thunder and the Spurs is what deserves the most headlines. These teams hate each other and the rivalry they developing deserves all of your attention. Here are the details:

There are problems with the college basketball preseason AP Top 25. Teams like Louisville, Miami, and Texas Tech are all in the wrong place. They even forgot to rank a team that won a tournament game last year. Here are all the details of what the AP preseason poll screwed up

The offical Statboy Sports top 25 following Week 7

College basketball is two weeks away. And the preseason AP Top 25 just came out. There’s are some issues dealing with Vanderbilt, Kansas, Arizona, Duke, and Florida that need to be discussed. Here are the details of what needs to change about the preseason poll:

This week’s AP top 25 could be the worst so far. Especially the top 5 Create your own top 25 at Statboysports.com

Kenny Dillingham is currently 3-3 in year 4 as the head coach of Arizona State. He took over a program that had its issues following the firing of Herm Edwards. When you look at the overall records, the recruiting, and record vs rival Arizona, it might be time to question if Kenny is the guy for Arizona State. Here are the numbers and the details behind it:

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