It has already been a thrilling start in college football as several games produced fantastic finishes. There have been impressive performances put up by the country’s best teams and some woeful outings by some unexpected programs. All of it added up to a solid week of movement in my strength ratings.
When you analyze the moves I detail below, understand that most of the moves made to the Power Ratings are done so on a performance-versus-expectation basis. Some teams may have bigger wins or losses, and were perhaps more dominant, but how they overperform or underperform is the biggest barometer.
1. Georgia (+ 4 points)
Georgia’s performance against Oregon on Saturday left me ashamed that I downgraded the Bulldogs at all from the close of last season. Sure they lost several NFL draftees on defense, but this program has become a factory for pumping out huge, fast, athletic players on that side of the ball. It showed on Saturday.