College football rankings: Bearcats, a member of the Big 12, continue to struggle, and Cincinnati enters the Bottom 25.
Cincinnati enters the Bottom 25 rankings as the newest member of the Power Five.
The four new Big 12 members have temporarily increased the conference’s size to 16 teams with the departure of Oklahoma and Texas for the SEC after this season, but the excitement surrounding their promotion to Power Five status has faded. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF have now chosen to accept their losses after choosing to take the financial benefit and the prestige that came with taking the risk.
As of Week 10, the four teams have a combined record of 3-17 in their first Big 12 seasons. The three former AAC schools in the mix have had an especially difficult time of it. In Big 12 games, Houston, and UCF have a combined record of 1-14. The Bearcats are in this week’s Bottom 25 because of how far they have fallen.
The newcomers are bound to increase their collective total of Big 12 victories in the weeks ahead, partly because they will be playing each other. Cincinnati’s next two games are against UCF and Houston. The Knights and Cougars face off on Nov. 25 to cap the regular season.
While it’s not fun to lose, you know what is? Student athletes only have access to on-campus waterparks and miniature golf courses. Oh, and another enjoyable thing is? having the funds to hire ten additional senior assistant athletic directors as deputy associate executives. The four Big 12 newbies ought to be able to afford the Power Five lifestyle now that they have so much extra money. Their supporters are left wondering if this is actually an improvement over what they had.lower 25 rankings
This season, David Cobb has taken over for Tom Fornelli, who spent years as the QB1 of the Bottom 25. The written jabs are from Cobb, but we’re still using Fornelli’s power rankings to determine the order, with the worst FBS team at No. 1.
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The Bengals defeated the 49ers 31–17; the good, the bad, and the ugly.The Bengals made a big statement by defeating San Francisco in this game.
This past Sunday’s game in San Francisco was one of the bigger indicators of how important an interconference game was to each team’s seasonal prospects. After two straight losses, the 49ers were desperate for a win, and the Cincinnati Bengals wanted to finish strong as they headed into their bye week.
Cincinnati improved to 4-3 this past weekend by dominating San Francisco in a number of areas. These are the positive and negative aspects of their Sunday victory.
The admirable Joseph Lee Burrow
Here comes the classic Eminem line: “Who’s back? back once more. In Arizona and for brief periods against Seattle and Baltimore, we started to notice hints of the No. 9 before the calf injury.
However, Burrow performed flawlessly against a very strong defence after the bye week. Not to mention that he had a 134.8 rating, an 87.5% completion percentage, three touchdowns against zero interceptions, and perfect accuracy.
But the real “Burrow being back” is that his scrambling ability has returned, which has resulted in some huge plays this afternoon. We witnessed it on an incredible completion from the legendary Joe Goodberry, detailed below, and on a total of forty-three yards gained by Burrow on six carries.
A well-rounded offensive strategy that includes comebacks:
On 27 carries, the rushing attack, led by Joe Mixon and Burrow, gained 134 yards and five yards per carry. Cincinnati used a creative ground game, distributing the ball among five players, including two different receivers.
Ja’Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, and Andrei Iosivas were the three different players who scored three touchdown passes each out of the seven receiving options that were included in the mix, as opposed to San Francisco’s five. It was also fantastic to see Tee Higgins, who had five catches for 69 yards, starting to resemble the player we know.
In reference to equilibrium, Joe Mixon deserves special recognition for his 110 all-purpose yards on Sunday (87 rushing, 23 receiving). Mixon has a good passing game when it clicks. He averaged 5.4 yards per carry and gave 49ers defenders hard hits.
Wilson Logan and Pratt Germaine:
On Sunday, the linebackers for the Bengals were excellent. With 54 rushing yards, Wilson had an incredible afternoon, recording 11 tackles (nine solo), two passes defended, and helping to contain Christian McCaffrey.
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