College Football Quarterback Power Rankings: Week 8

The second Kingsbury product already in this week’s power rankings happens to be current Texas Tech dual-threat, Patrick Mahomes II. The junior quarterback has looked dominant, at times, this season but is coming off his worst performance of 2016, dropping him from six all the way to No. 9.

Mahomes has been the main beneficiary of a pass-first offense as the Red Raiders average over 500 yards through the air per week. He’s had some elite targets to throw to, but he is definitely the star of the offense, and has been for the past couple of years.

Just last year, he passed for over 4,500 yards and 36 touchdowns and is already on pace to beak his career-bests in those categories with a higher completion rate.

While he might be coming off his worst game this season, the numbers he put up would be considered some quarterbacks’ best game. Actually, most quarterbacks would wish for this type of bad game.

The junior passed for 305 yards and a touchdown while completing about 64 percent of his throws. He added in an interception, his fifth of the year. It’s hard to believe those numbers, outside of the yardage by about 28, are season-lows for Mahomes who has over 2,100 yards and 21 touchdowns on the season.