Top-ranked Seth Russell is hurt, and will eventually drop out of the rankings. Highly doubtful his Baylor Bears will make the playoff, and all their fans will again be heartbroken. Oklahoma State is looking good. They made Trevone Boykin look bad (three interceptions), putting a damper on his Heisman hopes.
With four easy games on the horizon, Deshaun Watson’s ranking will probably rise to the top. Perhaps this is the week his mug graces the Sports Illustrated cover, unless SI goes back to the oft-used Bama/LSU well (NOTE: I was right!). No surprise that other highly ranked teams have highly-rated QB’s: Stanford, Houston, Memphis, Michigan State, LSU, Nebraska.
After watching them falter so often in big games, the continued high rankings of dual-threat QB’s Marquisse Williams, Joshua Dobbs, and Jacoby Brissett still surprises me. Perhaps like at Clemson, their offensive coordinators finally figured out which plays they are most able to execute. Perhaps they haven’t faced a decent opponent. Yet.
Despite the Bulldog fan’s outcry, embattled Georgia QB Greyson Lambert continues to be ranked higher that his counterparts at Florida, Alabama, and Ohio State. At least poor Justin Thomas is ranked ahead of the woeful Johnny McCrary – and just behind Virginia Tech’s Brenden Motley. Whoever plays best Thursday night will be on the winning side.
Gunner Kiel is finally rising in the ratings. Groomed from before birth to be a quarterback and now at his third school, I’m surprised more people don’t call him Robo-QB. In fact, so many quarterbacks these days are groomed for the position from a very young age, what with all the camps and special coaches and nutrition experts. So many share the same size, footwork, and mechanics that most could be deemed Robo-QB’s. From a distance many look the same.
Though highly touted by the so-called draft experts, Penn State fans can’t wait for the end of the Christian Hackenberg era. Still he has risen like the phoenix from 100-110 ranked all the way up to 88 – the highest ranking in his illustrious career.
1. 87.2 Seth Russell, Baylor (injured)
2. 87.2 Trevone Boykin, Texas Christian
3. 86.8 Deshaun Watson, Clemson (above)
4. 86.0 Kevin Hogan, Stanford
5. 84.8 Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
6. 84.8 Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky
7. 84.8 Matt Johnson, Bowling Green
8. 84.5 Brandon Allen, Arkansas
09. 83.2 Marquisse Williams, North Carolina
10. 83.0 Greg Ward, Houston
11. 82.7 Chad Kelly, Ole Miss
12. 82.6 DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame (success story)
13. 81.9 Paxton Lynch, Memphis
14. 79.4 Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
15. 79.2 Connor Cook, Michigan State
16. 79.0 Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
18. 76.9 Brandon Harris, LSU
20. 75.9 Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska
22. 74.8 Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee
23. 73.5 Cody Kessler, Southern Cal
25. 72.5 Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati
29. 71.5 Vernon Adams, Oregon
30. 71.4 Jacoby Brissett, NC State
32. 71.0 Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State
33. 70.5 Jake Rudock, Michigan
37. 69.2 Perry Orth, South Carolina
40. 68.6 Brad Kaaya, Miami
42. 68.3 Greyson Lambert, Georgia
45. 66.2 Will Grier, Florida
46. 66.1 Everett Golson, Florida State (lost his job)
50. 64.6 Jake Coker, Alabama
52. 64.0 Nathan Peterman, Pittsburgh
54. 62.1 Eric Dungey, Syracuse
59. 59.9 Patrick Towles, Kentucky
60. 59.4 Thomas Sirk, Duke
62. 59.0 Kyle Allen, Texas A&M (lost his job)
66. 56.3 Matt Johns, Virginia
69. 55.9 Joe Hubener, Kennesaw State
77. 52.6 Cardale Jones, Ohio State (lost his job)
78. 52.5 Nick Arbuckle, Georgia State
88. 48.9 Christian Hackenberg, Penn State
89. 48.8 John Wolford, Wake Forest
90. 48.4 Brenden Motley, Virginia Tech
104. 38.8 Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech
105. 38.6 Johnny McCrary, Vanderbilt
108. 36.6 Kendall Hinton, Wake Forest
111. 33.4 Justin Holman, Central Florida
117. 26.1 Drew Lock, Missouri
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