Fox News Digital Sports’ school soccer winners and losers: Week 9

There had been no main upsets in Week 9 of the faculty soccer season, solely shaky performances.

Ohio State and Texas each survived sloppy quarterback play to win video games towards Nebraska and Texas, respectively. Kansas State narrowly defeated Kansas and SMU eked out a victory over Duke.

The performances from the weekend closed the curtain on October. The subsequent 4 weeks may have an amazing impression on how the College Football Playoff may pan out.

For now, right here’s the winners and losers of the week that was.

Winners

Texas A&M: How about these Aggies? After the ferocious comeback towards LSU on Saturday night time, because of a robust protection and quarterback Marcel Reed, Texas A&M now sits atop the SEC standings. The solely undefeated SEC group, they’re on a path towards the College Football Playoff. This was a monster win for head coach Mike Elko, who’s in his first 12 months on the helm at College Station. If they will preserve this up, that matchup towards Texas after Thanksgiving goes to be insane.

Colorado: Deion Sanders instructed us he was going to show the Colorado program round, and he is completed that in his second season as head coach. The Buffaloes are 6-2, bowl eligible, and are nonetheless within the hunt for the Big 12 championship. Travis Hunter continues to place collectively Heisman Trophy-worthy performances whereas Shedeur Sanders continues to impress within the passing sport. The Buffs may win out, which is one thing I do not know that we had been pondering after that loss to Nebraska final month.

Boise State: The Broncos proceed to run their offense by operating again Ashton Jeanty, and it is paying off. A giant win over UNLV on Friday night time retains them within the dialog for the at-large bid within the school soccer playoffs, and it would not seem like they’re slowing down anytime quickly. Boise State goes to be an issue if they will make the playoffs, they usually’re inching nearer to that chance. 

Oregon: The Ducks put an exclamation level on an enormous win within the Big Ten Conference to stay undefeated. Dillon Gabriel moved to second in FBS passing touchdowns after he threw three within the 38-9 win over Illinois. He had 291 passing yards as properly. Oregon is separating itself from a number of the high groups within the convention.

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fires a move throughout the second half towards Cincinnati at Folsom Field, Oct. 26, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

Miami: It’s protected to say the Hurricanes run Florida. Miami trounced Florida State, 36-14, in one other assertion sport by one of many high groups within the nation. Cam Ward improved his Heisman inventory with 208 passing yards. The Hurricanes have already got wins over Florida, Florida A&M and South Florida this season, and they don’t have one other ranked opponent on the schedule.

Iowa’s Brendan Sullivan: It was subsequent man up for the Hawkeyes, they usually could have found their new offensive formulation. After Sullivan changed Cade McNamara, Iowa went on a 37-0 run over the subsequent two quarters.

Losers

Nebraska defensive lineman Jimari Butler, left, tackles Ohio State quarterback Will Howard throughout the second half, Oct. 26, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Ohio State: Yes, the Buckeyes got here away with a victory, nevertheless it wasn’t the prettiest as Nebraska was simply brief within the 21-17 end. This got here after the Buckeyes fell to Oregon, they usually have one other high-ranked group within the Penn State Nittany Lions subsequent week on the street. The roster is little question as proficient as may be, however Ryan Day’s group should be extra polished after not wanting like the standard well-oiled machine they’re.

Kentucky: The Wildcats are windless at house this season within the SEC, dropping their third straight sport this season by the hands of Auburn this time. I don’t know what is going on on in Lexington proper now, however this group appears checked-out below head coach Mark Stoops, who would possibly wish to search for a means out after this season, once more. Kentucky is now 2-11 in its final 13 SEC house video games, and the issues preserve including up. 

LSU: The Tigers had been ranked No. 8 going into their sport towards Texas A&M however suffered an enormous loss by the hands of Marcel Reed and the Aggies. Their second lack of the season dropped them to No. 16 within the nation. The loss towards USC continues to not look nice on their resume.

LSU head coach Brian Kelly speaks with the officers throughout the second quarter towards Texas A&M at Kyle Field, Oct. 26, 2024, at College Station, Texas. (Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images.)

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The Fox News Digital Sports school soccer winners and losers had been compiled by the Fox News Digital Sports employees and the OutKick.com employees.