The Great Realignment (NCAA 14)

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2025 WEEKS 9-Conf. Championships
























Ultimately, losing Jordan Adams did our season in. Without him, there was just too much of the offense relying on freshman Bryan Jordan and could only ask of him so much playing three top 10 teams in a row. Beating Texas makes it all worth it though lol. Heck of a year for our defense too. Only allowed over 20 points twice three times all season. Hopefully just looking to land a New Year's 6 Bowl.

This regular season was among the craziest to date. The early upset of Alabama, the unlikely rise of Syracuse, Virginia, and Colorado State, the amount of CFP candidates heading into the Conference Championships. A really fun year all together to follow.



With Syracuse losing unexpectedly in Week 14, this put Virginia in a true shot at getting in the CFP by winning the ACC title. Also, an incredible BIG 12 title matchup with the winner most likely getting in. Nebraska's lost loss was against Texas Week 4 (34-7). Alabama and Michigan State are win and in while Stanford blew their shot by losing their second game in Week 14. Unlike other years, Rutgers and Tulsa are the only ranked Group of 5 teams playing in the CC.



An upset of Nebraska over Texas shook up the entire race but the picture seems pretty clear cut. MSU, UVA, and Bama all are definitely top three teams as they all claimed their conference titles. Nebraska is the only other P5 conference champion in the Top 8 and defeated 2/3 of the next highest teams. This one seems quite clear cut. And how about Oklahoma? They started off 1-4 and won eight straight to going into Bowl Season at 8-4.



The picks are in and Alabama gets the #1 seed for the third straight year. They will take on the red hot Cornhuskers who haven't lost in two months. On the other side, Michigan State looks to prove they were wronged for the 2024 CFP snub- they are led by a sophomore QB and RB. Virginia on the other hand is the most unlikely to be here and are led by senior QB Marcus Patterson.

New Mexico will play Stanford in the Rose Bowl

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2025 POST-SEASON REVIEW







What a crazy ending to the 2025 season. Nebraska goes on a completely unexpected run to upset Texas in the B12 title game, upset Alabama in the semi's, and then take out Michigan State to win the title. Also, the Top 25 finishes with 7 non-P5s.

The national awards were a bit all over the place with three different QBs winning Heisman, Maxwell/O'Brien, and first team AA. For UNM, we landed Jordan Adams despite missing several games, national sack leader Eddie Walton, and breakout LB Danny Andrews.

No crazy stat seasons outside of some phenomenal QB play out Syracuse's Crawford, Texas' Lacy, and Rutger's Wilcox.

As seen in the first graphic, we got taken to the shed by Stanford. Not sure what really happened. Bryan Jordan missed the game but we actually got Jordan Adams back for one last performance. Did not matter. Our offense could not move AT ALL and our defense got pummeled by the run. An embarrassing way to end the year.

The year as a whole was a success with our defense being ranked #1 nationally in PAPG and several memorable seasons from our freshman QB, would've been Heisman RB, and standout defensive players.


OFF-SEASON

Only two made it in my HOF this year. Jordan Adams was an obvious pick being a 4x AA and totaling over 7500 yards and 80 TDs from scrimmage (also why I put him in the CFB HOF as well). Felt Jon Flynn should get in too. He was making passes other guys dropped all four years and really turned into such a big play target his last two years. His YPC is insane but crazy enough, most of his route were posts or flags- very few verticals. I considered putting Eric Hearn at FS but his numbers just never improved after his FR year.



New Mexico lands the #1 class in CFP this year with two B12 teams following suit. Overall, a pretty normal year of recruiting. Former UNM QBs sign to play at Alabama and South Carolina while Oklahoma back-up takes his talent to the newly risen power of Stanford.

Several head coaching changes from notable schools. There were only four promotions this season as Cincinnati will remain an independent. Of the four, Rutgers appears the most promising returning their All-American QB and WR. Southern Miss and San Diego St. went up by default. Kansas State was a tough choice as 11-5 Tulsa looked to demote them but I couldn't screw KSU over twice. The real victors in this whole thing were 1-11 WVU, 1-11 Miami, and 1-11 Auburn who lucked out of demotion by having all their respective independents below .500.

New Mexico went from hardly any draft picks to an insane 6 1st rounders including 3 WRs and 1 RB. Even my 3rd string RB was drafted (Alvin Kamara anyone?). My recruit class was stacked to the gills. Not sure where Joe Lawson will be put but he is one of my favorite looking prospects since Emmanuel Taylor last year.

As for my projected starters, we will have a good team again. WR is a little down, line is improved, and this might be our best overall defense yet. 2026 here we come.

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Just doing my periodic posting of half the season. I know it probably takes away from the building up from day to day of games but it is the only way I can constantly track things.

2026 - Weeks 1-9

NEW CONFERENCES


WEEK ONE (Preview)



WEEK TWO



WEEK THREE



WEEK FOUR



WEEK FIVE

BYE WEEK

WEEK SIX



WEEK SEVEN

BYE WEEK

WEEK EIGHT



WEEK NINE




Nationally, I am thrilled to see how it is all turning out. I was very interested in seeing where my two elite backup QBs would go. The fact that Tyler White has South Carolina at #5 and Andrew Wallace is a Heisman finalist while leading Alabama is pretty cool. Really looking forward to our #1 vs #2 matchup with Oklahoma. I look out for one team every year to do really well and this year was Rutgers since they returned a 1st-team AA QB and WR. After starting 1-2, they've won every game since. Even saw a week where UConn got up on them 17-0 in the 2Q and they ended up winning 59-17. Also, Mississippi State (a 93 OVR team in the CUSA) getting almost 70-burgered by Louisiana was a unique event. Things within the Top 10 always go nuts towards the end of the year. This time last year Nebraska was ranked #18 and won the whole thing.

As for us as a team, really liked how the defensive side has developed. With a better secondary, I have been able to blitz a lot more and experiment some. Vince Scott is on pace to be the best LB I've had (which is saying a lot). Ivan Ford is having the best season I have had for a CB and is probably our defensive MVP by a mile. Kind of disappointed with DE Eddie Walton's output this year. Had 30 career sacks coming into this season (had 14 as a SO and 15 as a JR) but only notched 3 so far. Offensively, Bryan Jordan has continued an upward trajectory. He's on pace for roughly 3800 yards, 45 TDs and 7 INT. Damien Jenkins has been a great back this year and I expect he'll be a first round pick. My wide receiving corps has been the best I have had- very very few dropped balls. The shining light in this is FR WR Emmanuel Taylor becoming the go-to slot target I've been looking for. Excited to see how we finish. Perhaps our first-ever National Title?