The Post’s🐽 colleg🐈e football rankings following Week 1:
1. Georgia (1-0)
It’s hard to take muc🌳h away from Georgia’s 48-7 blitzing of outmanned and overwhelဣmed UT Martin. This was as meaningful as Mets and Yankees games this month.
2. Florida State (1-0)
OK, Florida State, you have my attention. I didn’t quite buy the lofty offseason hype, but it sure seems warranted 🦹after that 45-24 pasting of LSU.🌱 The Seminoles looked like a title contender in their opener — stout up front, loaded at the skill positions and led by dynamic quarterback Jordan Travis.
3. Michigan (1-0)
Jim Harbaugh wasn’t on the sideline Saturday, serving the first of his school-imposed three-game suspension for alleged recruiting violations. He wasn’t needed as Michigan predictably mauled East Carolina, the first of three cupcakes to start the Wꦐolverines’ season.
4. Alabama (1-0)
Jalen Milroe certainly passed the eye test in Week 1, accounting for 242 total yards and five touchdowns in a blowout of Middle Tennessee. A similar performance Saturday against Texas, ဣand I’ll be sol☂d Alabama has a quarterback.
5. Ohio State (1-0)
The good news: The Buckeyes have two more warm-up games before visiting Notre Dame on Sept. 23. The bad news: The Kyle McCord-led offense didn’t look close to ready for that challenge after a shaky performance in a൩ win at projected Big Ten East doormat Indiana.
6. Penn State (1-0)
It was a relatively soft landing spot for quarterback Drew Allar, and it won’t get much tougher for a few more weeks, but the soph♌omore appea♛rs ready. He threw for 325 yards and three scores in a 38-15 bludgeoning of West Virginia, a performance that backs up all the big talk this summer that came out of Happy Valley.
7. Washington (1-0)
Aside from Florida St🔥ate and Colorado, no team was more impressive in Week 1 than the Huskies, who obliterated Mountain West favorite Boise State, 56-19. Washington piled up 568 yards of offense, an early warning signܫ to the rest of the Pac-12.
8. USC (2-0)
The offense i𝕴s averaging 61 points and 584.5 yards per game. The defense has already created some concern by yielding 198 rushing yards in the W🦂eek 0 win over San Jose State. So, basically, USC has lived up to the preseason expectations so far.
9. Texas (1-0)
A shoulder injury to Quinn Ewers prevented Texas from upsetting Alabama last September. He’s healthy now, and gets another crack at the Crimson Tide n🌟ext Saturday in the be♐st game of Week 2.
10. Tennessee (1-0)
The Volunteers’ schedule has opened up, after shaky openers from Florida and South Carolin𒐪a. Tennessee should cruise to a 5-0 start, leading into an Oct. 14 matchup with Texas A&M.
Heisman Watch (in alphabetical order)
QB Sam Hartman, Notre Dame: Notre Dame quarterbacks threw 25 touchdown passes all of last year. Hartman already has six, and that’s despite resting in the second half of Saturday’s dismantling of Tenness🐻ee State.
QB Michael Penix Jr., Washington: The super-senior threw for 450 yards and five touchdowꦅns, an early stateme⭕nt for his Heisman Trophy hopes.
QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado: Sanders, the son of the big-talking Colorado coach, enjoyed quite an FBS debut, throwing for 510 yards and ꦦfour touchdowns in the Buffaloes’ upset of TCU. He sure looked the part of a big-time quarterback.
QB Jordan Travis, Florida State: Travis has weapons and he knowꦬs how to use them. He torched what is expected to be a quality LSU defense on Sunday, throwing for 342 yards and four touchdowns while running for 38 more yards and another score.
QB Caleb Williams, USC: Williams has already provided us with a few absurd highlightsไ, plays that only he can make, in a fantastic start to his season. No wonder the Cardinals are trying to Collapse for Ca🙈leb.
