WEEK 10 // 2024
QUOTE OF THE WEEK QUOTE THE WEEK
“We’re just really humbled to get a win, and we probably put on a clinic on how to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.”
- SMU Head Coach Rhett Lashlee after a thrilling overtime one-point 28-27 victory over Duke
TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M also advanced four spots in the AP Poll after defeating No. 8 LSU, 38-23. The No. 10 Aggies are the only remaining undefeated team in SEC league play.
TEAM TO WATCH TEAM of the week NOTRE DAME
No. 8 Notre Dame advanced four spots in the Week 10 AP Poll after capitalizing on turnovers from previously unbeaten No. 24 Navy in a 51-14 victory.
Navy had not turned the ball over in five straight games entering last Saturday’s matchup but finished with six turnovers. Five were fumbles, including two muffed punts and three missed exchanges on option plays.
Notre Dame led 31-7 at halftime. Midway through the third quarter, a 37-yard touchdown throw from Riley Leonard to Beaux Collins solidified its lead to 38-14. Three plays later, Navy fumbled near its own goal line and Notre Dame’s Jaylen Sneed recovered for a touchdown.
Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Love scored on runs of 64 and 2 yards. Leonard and the Fighting Irish’s offense have scored at least 30 points in four straight games.
The 7-1 Fighting Irish have a bye week, then host Florida State on Saturday, November 9.
LSU held all the momentum early and led 17-7 at half. Trailing by 10 points in the third quarter, Head Coach Mike Elko inserted Marcel Reed at quarterback in search of a spark.
And a spark he was – recording three second-half touchdowns on the ground. Reed’s 62 yards on nine carries contributed to a 242-yard rushing performance from the Aggies.
With BJ Meyers two key interceptions and the insertion of Reed, the Aggies outscored the Tigers 24-6 in the second half to remain unbeaten in the SEC.
The Aggies are looking to earn their eighth straight win over South Carolina on Saturday, November 2, on ABC at 4:30 p.m. PHX.
GAMES Watch to
PITTSBURGH AT #20
For a full schedule of Week 10 games, click here. (All times in PHX)
2024 BOWL PREDICTIONS
ESPN Bonagura – No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 4 BYU
Schlabach – No. 5 Penn State vs. No. 4 BYU
GAME OF THE WEEK
OHIO STATE AT #3 PENN STATE
This weekend, Big Ten rivals will meet in a top-four matchup when No. 4 Ohio State travels to No. 3 Penn State.
Ohio State (6-1) is one point away from being undefeated after a loss at Oregon three weeks ago. The Buckeyes responded with a narrow 27-24 victory over Nebraska at home last weekend. Will Howard threw three touchdown passes, and a late interception by Jordan Hancock with 1:16 left sealed the win.
Penn State moved to 7-0 with a win at Wisconsin but lost starting quarterback Drew Allar to an injury in the process. Backup Beau Pribula was solid off the bench, going 11-of-13 for 98 yards and a touchdown.
Allar’s availability is still unknown, and Penn State’s offense is up against a stiff Ohio State defense which ranks amongst the top four in FBS for total defense and scoring defense.
Kickoff is Saturday, November 2, at 9:00 a.m. PHX on FOX.
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BOWL ESPN Bonagura – Michigan vs. Baylor ESPN Schlabach – Nebraska vs. Cincinnati
247 Sports – No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 4 BYU
Athlon Sports – No. 5 Texas vs. No. 4 Kansas State
Action Network – No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Iowa State
College Football News – No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 4 Boise State
247 Sports – Rutgers vs. Baylor
Athlon Sports – Nebraska vs. Texas Tech Action Network – Iowa vs. Baylor College Football News – Wisconsin vs. West Virginia
highlight alumni
Washington Commanders wide receiver Noah Brown made possibly one of the most watched and most important catches of his career last weekend.
With time expired, quarterback Jayden Daniels scrambled before launching a Hail Mary into the end zone. The pass tipped off the hands of Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson short of the goal line and into the waiting arms of Brown, who was in the end zone, for a 52-yard touchdown that gave the Commanders an improbable 18-15 victory. The win improved the Commanders to 6-2 and snapped the Bears’ three-game winning streak.
Brown started for Ohio State in the 2016 CFP Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl. Finishing the game with two receptions for 17 yards, Brown tied for the team lead with seven receiving touchdowns that season before entering the NFL Draft.
The Commanders travel to the New York Giants on Sunday, November 3, on FOX at 11:00 a.m. PHX.
notable performances NOAH BROWN
Cooper Legas - Tulsa
Tulsa’s backup quarterback Cooper Legas threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns to lead a comeback from a 28-point halftime deficit to beat UTSA, 46-45. Tulsa was down 42-17 with 5:30 left in the third quarter, when Legas threw a 74-yard pass to Kamdyn Benjamin for the first of four second-half touchdowns.
Legas also led the Golden Hurricane on the ground with 46 rushing yards, including 33 yards on a run that helped set up a Tulsa field goal as part of its comeback.
Legas was named AP National Player of the Week for leading a 39-point second half.
Jarquez Hunter – Auburn
In Auburn’s first SEC win of the season, Jarquez Hunter carried the ball 23 times for an explosive 278 yards and two rushing touchdowns in the Tigers’ 24-10 victory over Auburn.
He averaged 12.1 yards per attempt. Not surprisingly, Hunter’s rushing total was a career high and so was his number of carries.
The SEC Offensive Player of the Week logged the fourthhighest single-game rushing performance in Auburn history and his 278 yards are the most by an FBS player this season. For the season, Hunter has totaled 863 rushing yards, which leads the SEC, and five touchdowns.
big news
The Rate Bowl will once again feature Bowl Season’s only Big Ten vs. Big 12 matchup at a new afternoon time of 3:30 pm on Thursday, December 26. As we eagerly await kickoff in downtown Phoenix, we’re bringing you weekly game highlights, player reports and other updates from the two conferences. Here’s the BIG news for Week 10:
BIG TEN BIG 12
• Three of the top five teams in the Week 10 AP Poll are Big Ten teams. No. 1 Oregon remains at the top, followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 13 Indiana and No. 24 Illinois
• Indiana 8-0 start makes Head Coach Curt Cignetti the first-ever Division I head coach to start 8-0 in consecutive seasons at two different schools (James Madison in 2023)
• Indiana, Oregon and Penn State remain undefeated and rank among the eight FBS teams sporting perfect records entering Week 10
• Minnesota quarterback Max Brosmer earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors after going 26-of-33 for season highs of 320 yards and four touchdowns, leading Minnesota to a 48-23 win against Maryland
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Honors went to Indiana’s D’Angelo Ponds. The sophomore defensive back totaled five stops, while recording a pair of interceptions in Indiana’s 31-17 victory against Washington
• No. 9 BYU advanced two spots in the Week 10 AP Poll, followed by No. 11 Iowa State, No. 17 Kansas State. Colorado entered the rankings at No. 23 this week
• BYU and Iowa State represent two of the remaining eight undefeated FBS teams
• BYU, Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas State give the Big 12 Conference four bowl-eligible teams after Week 9 with another four programs just one win away
• No FBS conference has a higher rushing average per game than the Big 12 at 168.7
• Big 12 Conference players have eclipsed 100 yards receiving in a game 55 times this season, which leads the country
• 11 different players for BYU have intercepted a pass this season, which is the most in the country
• Colorado’s Travis Hunter became the first player to simultaneously win Big 12 Player of the Week for offense and defense
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Jay Ajayi Reflects on 2014 Fiesta Bowl Victory
For 10 years, Jay Ajayi’s 2014 season has sat at the top of Boise State’s record books. Ajayi’s junior season in 2014 is one to remember. Before declaring for the 2015 NFL Draft, Ajayi’s AllAmerican season concluded in the 44th annual Fiesta Bowl, where Boise State defeated Arizona, 38-30.
The Broncos, ranked 20th, jumped on the No. 10 Wildcats by putting up three touchdowns on their first three drives. Ajayi, on his first carry of the game and Boise State’s fourth play from scrimmage, burst through the middle untouched for a 56-yard touchdown.
Taking a page out of the 2006-07 Boise State team’s Fiesta Bowl playbook, Ajayi took the handoff from Grant Hedrick on the Statue of Liberty play and raced up the left sideline, breaking a tackle and stiff-arming an Arizona defender on his way to his second touchdown of the game.
Read the full feature here
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN
TRAVELS TO TUCSON FOR THE FIRST TIME, SPOTLIGHT TOP RANKED TEAM IN THE STATE
It did not come easy at times, but Marana - the No. 1 ranked team in the state according to the AIA - showed it is a team to be reckoned with in Tucson’s first-ever Fiesta Bowl Friday Night Showdown. Marana put together a strong fourth quarter to prevail in a 51-38 shootout over Buena, while remaining undefeated at 9-0.
Although Marana scored touchdowns on its first two possessions on a pair of rushing touchdowns by Fiesta Bowl Player of the Game, Jeffrey Smith III, Marana went into the fourth quarter trailing 35-28. However, Smith III showed up again and capped a Marana scoring drive with his fourth touchdown of the evening to push his team in front, 42-38, with 5:21 left.
To read the full recap, click here
CFP QUARTERFINAL AT THE Vrbo FIESTA BOWL
DECEMBER 31, 2024 | 5:30 PM
RATE BOWL
DECEMBER 26, 2024 | 3:30 PM