Author: Stephen Vilardo

s the regular season comes to an end, we have a much clearer picture of the college football landscape. The

mong the teams ranked in my top six last week, five of them struggled and did not look great. All

Moving the ball and getting into the endzone is the name of the game on the offensive side of the ball in college football.

The Conference will need some crazy things to happen for USC to land a Playoff berth, in addition to the Trojans running the table.

The west has several teams and individuals getting active on defense, making things difficult on the passing game of the opposition.

Oregon football continues to put up crazy offensive numbers against every team on their schedule not named Georgia.

An analysis of SuperWest teams and players in terms of third downs as a whole, and situations that make them difficult to pick up.

UCLA comes in at No. 10 after getting a win over Stanford in the Rose Bowl for the first time since the 2008 season.

Oregon is running the ball for 6.0 yards per carry in games played outside of Eugene this season, the fourth-best road mark nationally.

In Fresno, the Bulldogs will host San Jose State for the Valley Trophy, and Stanford travels to Notre Dame to play for the Legends Trophy.

The 3rd Saturday in October brings the Tennessee vs Alabama. This week we see a matchup of ranked opponents in each Power Five contest.

Stephen Vilardo’s Top 25 had UCLA ranked since the preseason and the Bruins delivered with a big win over Washington.

Friday is the highlight of the Pac-12 schedule with a Washington-UCLA matchup that will show if they’re for real with their unbeaten records.

The week ahead in college football offers a few matchups that will help decide which teams are true contenders and which may be pretenders.