G’s Evaluation or The Top 263 for Week 2

Welcome back after some surprising road wins, nail-biters that probably shouldn’t have been, early season mispairing blow outs, and all of the other things we love about the game of college football. ….. I’ll be back later with a G’s Explanation, but for now, there are 9 new faces in the GCR Top 25, 4 …

G’s Evaluation or 2024’s First Top 263

Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans. The first full week is done and the GCR is out. Congratulations to Boston College for its win (about 5 minutes ago) along with all of the other winners. Tomorrow night look for a G’s Explanation to talk through why the rankings are what they are. Until …

G’s Evaluation or the Final Top 261 for the 2023-24 Season

It’s finally here, college football fans; the season is over. Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines and the South Dakota St Jackrabbits who not only won their respective league championships, but also were the only remaining perfect teams. ….. The Big Ten won the pct best conference title in the playoffs with a parity-driven 6-4 (.600). …

G’s Evaluation or The Final Top 261 for 2023

What a championship week! One previously undefeated team fell as Georgia (12-1/7) lost to Alabama (12-1/4). Michigan (13-0/1), Florida St (13-0/2), Washington (13-0/3), Liberty (13-0/10), and South Dakota St (12-0/102) remain. Next week, we only have 5 games: Army/Navy and the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs. ….. If the GCR drove the Playoff selection, we …

G’s Exploration or the 2023 Final Regular Season Top 261

Welcome back, sports fans. There’s a lot to unpack this week so expect some additional posts later on. Today is simply about the rankings. Rivalry week did not disappoint with closer than expected games, last-minute victories, huge upsets, and just plain old good football. ….. If the playoffs started today, and the GCR had the …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 After Week 12

Once again, we had a great weekend of college football. Shout out to the state of New Mexico who had both programs win upsets on the road, with both teams being 20+ point underdogs. New Mexico St (9-3/43) trounced Auburn (6-5/48) 31-10. Then New Mexico followed that up by edging Fresno St 25-17. Enchanting day …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 11

Welcome back after another great week of upsets, close calls, unexpected routs, and the general chaos that is College Football in November. There is an FCS game being played this afternoon between Alcorn St and Texas Southern of the SWAC which means that game is not included in these rankings but will merge into next …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 10

Happy Sunday and what a weekend of football is was again! Of the 62 FBS vs FBS games, 20 (.323) of them were straight up upsets, meaning 19 teams that won were Vegas underdogs. That includes Army destroying Air Force’s dream of a perfect season. Here is the complete list: Favorite Winner N Illinois -3.0 …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 9

Welcome back, college football fans, to another edition of the GCR. Before we get into the rankings, another tragedy beset college football when Northwestern St of the Southland Conference lost it’s best player and clubhouse leader to gun-related violence. Right after it happened, they cancelled the game (two weeks ago). They played last week, but …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 8

Happy Sunday sports fans and welcome to the latest edition of the GCR. Three undefeated teams tasted that rare defeat yesterday starting with Harvard (5-1/138) losing to Princeton (3-3/188). That leaves just South Dakota St (7-0/87) as the sole perfect FCS team. Joining Harvard in the club were Penn St (6-1/7) who lost to Ohio …