After spending the past seven weeks as the unanimous #1 in the HLS Top 25, a couple of the HLS staff members have seen enough to cast their first place votes elsewhere. However, the Tide keeps their #1 spot and the rest of the top of the poll remains rather stable. Most of the shuffling this week came at the bottom of our list, but it is only a matter of time before another large shake up. It's the calm before the storm. ...
College Football Rankings
HLS Top 25 Lights a Tree on Fire
This week's rankings would've been rather pedestrian if not Washington's upset of Stanford. There was very minimal movement save for the nose dive the Stanford Cardinal took. If there's one thing that's been consistent thus far, you lose, the HLS staff punishes you. Just how far did they fall? Let's find out: ...
Stanford, Notre Dame Biggest Winners in HLS Top 25
Week 3 has brought serious movement to the HLS Top 25. While the membership of the top 25 remains largely unchanged (only three teams dropped this week), Stanford's upset of previously ranked #3 USC and Notre Dame's drumming of previously ranked #11 Michigan State created quite the domino effect. Only four teams kept their previous week's rankings, three of which are in the top ten. Here's how everything shook out this week: ...
HLS Top 25
This year, HLS will be doing its own poll throughout the season. Think of it as a selection committee much like we will have in 2014: a small group of experts that actually watch the games. We will also have a computer poll starting in week 5 as the NDtex25 formula will makes its return. I'm still hard at work making sure this latest piece of technology is fully revamped from last season, but for now, let's take a look at how the HLS staff voted: ...