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This week's board · Week 8

What the board says

The same weekly read, every Sunday: where the board stands, who wrecked it, what moved, and the games that can wreck the bracket Saturday.

Week 8

This week's board

The Jansanity Score is one number for how much a team is wrecking the playoff picture. It mixes playoff strength and chaos — not chaos alone.

The top 25 of the full FBS ranking. The 12-team playoff is The Field.

RankTeamRecordJansanity ScoreThis week
1UCLA7-049.7 points+6.2 points, up 4 spots
2Miami (FL)7-049.4 points+3.6 points
3Indiana7-149.4 points+11.6 points, up 6 spots
4Utah7-047.1 points+5.7 points, up 3 spots
5Ohio State6-145.4 points+1.8 points, down 1 spot
6Notre Dame6-143.9 points+4.5 points, up 2 spots
7Georgia6-143.3 points+6.1 points, up 3 spots
8Boise State6-142.5 points+5.6 points, up 3 spots
9Liberty6-142.1 points+5.6 points, up 3 spots
10James Madison7-141.9 points-6.7 points, down 9 spots
11UTSA7-139.7 points+8.7 points, up 6 spots
12Kentucky7-138.3 points+13.6 points, up 9 spots
13Wake Forest6-137.6 points+2.1 points
14BYU6-136.6 points-9.0 points, down 11 spots
15New Mexico6-136.5 points+6.3 points, up 4 spots
16Texas Tech6-134.2 points-8.8 points, down 10 spots
17Arizona6-131.8 points+13.1 points, up 14 spots
18Alabama6-231.4 points+8.3 points, up 7 spots
19Ole Miss5-227.4 points-6.3 points, down 5 spots
20Texas5-226.9 points+3.0 points, up 3 spots
21LSU6-226.6 points+4.5 points, up 4 spots
22Tennessee6-225.9 points-7.1 points, down 7 spots
23SMU6-124.6 points+2.5 points, up 3 spots
24Northwestern6-123.7 points+5.1 points, up 7 spots
25Oregon4-322.3 points-2.2 points, down 4 spots

Change is this week's total minus last week's total. Green is up. Red is down.

Biggest gainers

#12 Kentucky+13.6#17 Arizona+13.1#3 Indiana+11.6#11 UTSA+8.7#18 Alabama+8.3

Biggest losers

#75 Western Michigan-10.4#27 Iowa-9.2#14 BYU-9.0#16 Texas Tech-8.8#22 Tennessee-7.1

Wrecker of the Week

Upset

The win that did the most damage to everyone else's playoff hopes.

UCF over BYU

BYU 31 at UCF 39

3 Field flips

Out · BYU

Upset of the Week

Upset

Biggest upset by AP rank.

UCF over BYU

unranked UCF beat No. 2 BYU

The Chaos Forecast

Full slate

The games that can wreck the bracket Saturday.

Arizona at Texas Tech

Sat Oct 31 · 10:00 AM MT

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    100
    Bracket-wreck rating

    Notre Dame at Navy

    Sat Oct 31 · 10:00 AM MT · neutral

    • A loss costs Notre Dame its Field spot.
    83
    Bracket-wreck rating

    Florida at Georgia

    Sat Oct 31 · 1:30 PM MT · neutral

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    • A loss costs Georgia its Field spot.
    82
    Bracket-wreck rating

    Troy at James Madison

    Thu Oct 29 · 5:30 PM MT

    Auto-bid on the line
    • A loss costs James Madison its Field spot.
    76
    Bracket-wreck rating

    Texas State at Boise State

    Sat Oct 31 · 8:00 PM MT

    Auto-bid on the line
    • A loss costs Boise State its Field spot.
    75
    Bracket-wreck rating
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    FIU at Liberty

    Sat Oct 31 · 1:30 PM MT

    Auto-bid on the line
    • A loss costs Liberty its Field spot.
    72
    Bracket-wreck rating

    Nevada at UCLA

    Sat Oct 31 · 2:15 PM MT

    Bye on the line
    • A loss costs UCLA its bye.
    70
    Bracket-wreck rating

    New Mexico at San Jose State

    Sat Oct 31 · 2:00 PM MT

    Auto-bid on the line
      70
      Bracket-wreck rating

      Minnesota at Indiana

      Sat Oct 31 · 1:30 PM MT

      Auto-bid on the lineBye on the line
      • A loss costs Indiana its bye.
      68
      Bracket-wreck rating

      Ohio State at USC

      Sat Oct 31 · 5:30 PM MT

      Upset alertAuto-bid on the lineBye on the line
      • A loss costs Ohio State its Field spot.
      63
      Bracket-wreck rating

      Arizona State at BYU

      Sat Oct 31 · 1:30 PM MT

      Auto-bid on the line
        51
        Bracket-wreck rating

        Utah at Cincinnati

        Sat Oct 31 · 1:45 PM MT

        Auto-bid on the lineBye on the line
        • A loss costs Utah its bye.
        49
        Bracket-wreck rating

        Miami (FL) at North Carolina

        Sat Oct 31 · 5:30 PM MT

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        • A loss costs Miami (FL) its bye.
        39
        Bracket-wreck rating

        Helmet Head

        He reads the board. He never makes the numbers.

        UCF over BYU did the most damage to everyone else's playoff hopes.

        UMass won and dropped 6.2. Beating a weaker opponent earns little on the Score, and everyone else's Saturday still moved the board.

        Biggest rise: Kentucky +13.6 points.

        The Jansanity Meter · Week 8

        48/100

        Season chaos: 48/100. How far the season has gone off script — how much of the bracket has been rewritten. One number for the whole sport, rebuilt every Sunday.

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