College Football Quarterback Power Rankings: Week 8

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Oct 14, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) out runs the tackles of Duke Blue Devils safety Corbin McCarthy (26) and defensive end Marquies Price (91) during the second half at Papa John /

Surprise, surprise: Lamar Jackson remains No. 1 in our power rankings. This shouldn’t come as a surprising seeing as he’s been the most exciting and dominant player in college football this season.

The Louisville quarterback burst onto the scene with four five-plus touchdown performances to start the year, including a rout of Florida State, 63-20. That win over the No. 2 Seminoles is what really put Jackson on the map across the country and he has been playing well never since.

It’s not easy to perform well every week when under a microscope, but he has been doing a solid job. He, too, like Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, nearly suffered a devastating upset in Week 7 against Duke at home.

The Cardinals let the Blue Devils stay in the game for too long and they escaped with a 24-14 victory to improve to 5-1. Jackson had a decent game, but not a great one. His performance wasn’t eye-popping, but it also wasn’t bad enough to drop him lower than No. 1 this week.

Jackson finished the game just 13-for-26 with 181 yards and a passing touchdown while rushing for another 144 yards and a score. He now has 30 total touchdowns on the season.

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