Here are The Post’s college football rankings following Week 7:
1. Texas (6-0) (Last week: 2)
The ♕Red River Rivalry was a blood🎶bath, Texas torching Oklahoma, 34-3, in Dallas. The two rivals didn’t look like they belonged on the same field.
2. Oregon (6-0) (3)
This was the Oregon everyone expected to see from the season’s onset. It outplayed Ohio State in the early game of the ꦚyear, was explosive offensively (496 yards) and made enough plays on defense despite the absence of star edge rusher Jordan Burch.
3. Ohio State (5-1) (1)
Will Howard made a mistake, taking off as time expired instead of getting rid of the ball to save precious seconds, at the end of Ohio State’s loss at Oregon. He was otherwise brilliant. In the long run, the Buckeyes know they have a quarterback who can leaღd them to a national championship.
4. Georgia (5-1) (4)
Georgia isn’t going into Aus🐽tin and winning unless it performs much better than it did in Saturday’s shaky 10-point win over Mississippi State.
5. Penn State (6-0) (5)
Nov. 2 in Happy Valley against Ohio State is shapi💜ng up to be the biggest game of 🙈the James Franklin era. Penn State is 6-0 for the fourth time since Franklin arrived in 2014. Ohio State handed Penn State its first loss in two of those seasons.
6. Alabama (5-1) (6)
Kalen DeBoer shouldꦐ send South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers a gift basket for his shoddy play late 💎in that game. Alabama, a 21.5-point home favorite, deserved to lose. Sellers missed an open receiver on what would’ve been a game-tying two-point conversion and was even worse after the Gamecocks recovered an onside kick in the final minute.
7. Tennessee (5-1) (7)
One of the week’s bꦗiggest games features two teams — Tenne𝄹ssee and Alabama — that haven’t looked right the last two weeks. Both could easily be 0-2 against subpar opponents.
8. Miami (6-0) (9)
Miami may be favored in every game the rest of the regular season, wh𓃲ich says more about the ACC than the Hurricanes, who have struggled to get by California and Virginia Tech in recent weeks.
9. Clemson (5-1) (10)
You can look at Clemson’s five-game winning streak one of two ways.🍌 It has taken advantage of a soft schedule — the Tigers’ five opponents are a combined 10-21 — or it has hit its stride after that Week 1 blowout loss to Georgia. Maybe it’s a little bit of both.
10. LSU (5-1) (NR)
Much like Clemson, LSU has rebounded from a Week 1 loss to reel off five stra🥃ight wins. The latest one was by far the most impressive, a come-from-behind victory over Ole Miss in overtime.
Dropped out: Ole Miss (5-2)
Heisman Watch (in alphabetical order)
QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Hello, Heisman. Gabriel looks like a true contender after a thrilling win over Ohio State, throwing for 341 yards and amassing three total touchdওowns without a turnover.
WR/CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
A right shoulder injury knocked out Hunter early in the Buffaloes’ loss to Kansas State. Missing time would significantl🧔y hurt his chances.
RB Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Jeanty is the nation’s lone 1,000-yard rusher and has alreღady scored 17 touchdowns on the ground in six games. It’s not🧸 crazy to think he could break Barry Sanders’ single-season record for rushing touchdowns of 37 at his current pace.
QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Milroe has followed up his all-world🥀 performa๊nce against Georgia with two duds, throwing more interceptions (three) than touchdown passes (two) the last two weeks.
QB Cam Ward, Miami
Miami is on pace for its best season in over two decades, and⛄ Ward is a major reason for the Hurricaꦆnes’ success.
