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College Football Rankings 2023: Projected AP Top 25 for Week 9

By Connor Muldowney

Oct 21, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes defensive lineman Kayden McDonald (56) celebrates during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won 20-12.
Oct 21, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes defensive lineman Kayden McDonald (56) celebrates during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won 20-12. /
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Oct 21, 2023; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers quarterback Brady Cook (12) throws a pass during the second half against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 21, 2023; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers quarterback Brady Cook (12) throws a pass during the second half against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports /

For a while, it looked like we were going to see Duke pull off the upset of Florida State on the road, but a fourth-quarter lead immediately vanished. Not having Riley Leonard clearly hurts but this team completely folded in the fourth quarter.

A candidate for most boring game of the week took place at noon on Saturday as Air Force went to Navy and put everyone to sleep with a 17-6 win. No one should’ve been shocked by the score since this is a service academy game with basically no passing but the highlight of the game was a 94-yard touchdown pass. Air Force remains unbeaten.

Louisville was undefeated to begin the Jeff Brohm era but clearly things were going a little too well as they stumbled at Pitt in Week 7. The Cardinals got a bye in Week 8 to regroup and correct some mistakes and we’ll see what this team is really made of when it hosts Duke next week.

Missouri hosted a sneaky South Carolina team in Week 8 and was able to come away with a convincing 34-12 win. I’m surprised to say, but this Tiger team seems to be for real and they’re only one comeback loss against LSU away from being 8-0 on the season and in serious SEC title contention.

Army came to LSU and things got ugly in a hurry. The Tigers were up 38-0 at halftime and just cruised to a big win in this non-conference matchup. Jayden Daniels stays in the Heisman race with yet another sparkling performance and he’s earning that invite to New York.

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