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Campbell University is a private Christian school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina.  The university is halfway between Raleigh and Fayetteville.

Campbell’s football program is now in its 19th season and has never come close to reaching the FCS playoffs – yet.

The school’s 5,000 students and mascot Gaylord the Camel are downright giddy as the football team is off to its best start in school history.

The Fighting Camels began playing football in 2008 and posted a woeful 1-10 first season.  They have never finished with more than six wins in a season during their 18 years in the FCS. 

Campbell finished 2-10 in 2025.

The Fighting Camels have lumbered out to a surprising 5-1 start in 2026.  A 52-3 “payday game” road loss at the University of Florida is the team’s only defeat.

Campbell just moved up to #6 in this week’s SwampSwamiSports.com FCS Top 25 rankings.  The Fighting Camels are 2-0 in the Coastal Athletic Association and ½ game behind conference leader Monmouth (3-0).

This Saturday’s homecoming game against struggling 0-7 Towson could boost Campbell to a lofty 6-1 season record.

Fighting Camels head coach Braxton Harris is now in his third season.

His background as a recruiter appears to be paying dividends this year.

Quarterback Camden Sixkiller transferred to Campbell after two seasons at McNeese State in Lake Charles.  The honor roll student-athlete is averaging 280 yards per game via the air with 14 touchdown passes in six games.  Campbell’s offense ringing-up 35 points per game.

The hardest part of the team’s schedule lies ahead in November.

Campbell will face conference foes Stony Brook (4-2) on November 7, travel to 3-2 Elon, and finish at home against Monmouth (4-2) on November 21.

The school’s first trip into the FCS playoffs is still a possibility as this 2026 dream season continues to unfold for the Campbell Fighting Camels.

The FCS playoff race is heating up

There is one half of the season remaining.  The big race to grab one of the 24 FCS playoff spots is well underway.

Remember that the FCS (the smaller-college football group) awards a guaranteed playoff spot to each of its 11 conference winners.

That leaves 13 at-large playoff spots to be awarded on the basis of season record and strength of schedule.

A group of athletic directors (one per FCS conference) meets every November to determine the at-large playoff teams.  The committee then tries to pair the opening and second round games with teams in geographic proximity to help save on travel costs.

Most FCS teams have at least one loss, because they play one or more games per season at a larger division FBS school.  Some teams receive upwards of $1 million from these payday road games.  The money can be a vital component of the schools’ athletic funding.

Top teams in the FCS must focus on winning the outright conference championship in order to guarantee a post-season appearance.  Losing two conference games often doom for your favorite team’s playoff chances.

Who’s hot right now?

Only four FCS teams remain unbeaten entering this weekend’s play.

Harvard is 4-0.  Lehigh, Stephen F. Austin and Tarleton State are all 6-0.

Several other football teams are on a lengthy winning streak coming into the weekend.

Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas) of the Southland Conference has rolled off four straight wins to move to 5-1.  The Cardinals’ only blemish came in their “payday” road game at FBS member UL-Lafayette.  Lamar and unbeaten Stephen F. Austin are both 3-0 in Southland Conference play.  Those two rivals will meet on November 7 in Beaumont.

The Butler Bulldogs (Pioneer Conference) have also won four consecutive games and are 5-1 this week.  Butler will host the 4-1 Dayton Flyers at 12 Noon CDT this Saturday.  The winner will immediately springboard into an FCS playoff contention.

Morgan State of the MEAC is on their own four-game winning streak and stands at 5-1 overall.

The Bears’ only blemish was a 70-7 road loss at FBS University of Arizona.  Morgan State’s brief but very important five game conference schedule will begin in two weeks.

East Tennessee State of the Southern Conference has won four straight games.  The 5-2 Buccaneers will host 5-1 Tennessee Tech on October 24 in a battle of the top two teams within this competitive conference.

Don’t forget Northern Arizona of the Big Sky Conference!  The Lumberjacks have moved to 5-2 and are part of a four-way tie atop the conference standings.  Northern Arizona is trying to win the Big Sky for the first time since 2003.

And who’s not?

A quartet of FCS teams is still trying to win their first game of 2026.

Utah Tech is 0-7 in its initial season as part of the tough Big Sky Conference. 

The Trailblazers from St. George, Utah may not face another team with a losing record until mid-November when they host Eastern Washington (currently 2-5).

Towson University is also 0-7. 

The Tigers from suburban Baltimore play in the Coastal Athletic Association.  Towson has lost three consecutive games by seven points or less.  A winnable home game against 1-5 Hampton is coming up on Halloween.  Perhaps the Towson Tigers will finally scare up a victory!

VMI is 0-6 entering this weekend’s game at 4-3 Wofford.

The Keydets from picturesque Lexington in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains seem to have lost their offense this season. VMI has scored seven or fewer points in four of its last five games.

In case you were wondering, the origin of the school’s unique nickname of Keydets is unknown.  Most assume that it was likely the word “Cadets” being pronounced with a distinctive southern drawl.

Our final winless FCS team is Northwestern State University. The 0-6 Demons from Natchitoches, Louisiana started the season by losing at home to NAIA member Louisiana Christian.

It has gotten worse. 

Northwestern State’s defense has given up nearly 51 points per game.  That may be terrific in college basketball, but it’s a complete disaster for a football team.  Saturday’s home game against 2-4 McNeese State will be followed by a visit from 2-4 Nicholls State on October 24.  Perhaps the Demons will finally pick-up their first win of the season.

It’s time to check the latest SwampSwamiSports.com FCS Top 25 teams for the week ending October, 10, 2026:

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The Georgia Bulldogs bit previously unbeaten Alabama and drew closer to the top of this week’s SwampSwamiSports.com Top 25 rankings.

Saturday night’s “Rock ’em, Sock ’em” SEC battle in Tuscaloosa saw the 6-0 Georgia Bulldogs take a hard fought 20-17 win over the Crimson Tide (now 5-1).  Georgia was rewarded by moving up eight places into the #2 spot in this week’s rankings.

Georgia is positioned to pounce on the coveted #1 spot if 5-1 Ohio State takes down defending national champion Indiana (6-0) this week.  That Big Ten match-up kicks-off Saturday at 11AM CDT on FOX.

Indiana survived a close 20-17 road game against previously unbeaten Nebraska (now 5-1) in Lincoln.  The Hoosiers’ winning streak is now an incredible 22 games.  Their last defeat came on December 20, 2024 in a 27-17 loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoffs.

In case you missed last week’s initial Top 25 rankings, Indiana was named my #1 team by virtue of remaining unbeaten for nearly two full seasons.  Until the Hoosiers lose a game, they will remain on top!

The unbeaten group of teams shrinks from 15 to just nine

Say “Good-bye!” to former unbeatens Alabama, Pittsburgh, North Dakota State, Nebraska, Texas, and Duke.

Pitt (now 5-1) was taken down 21-17 at home by Coach Bill Belichick’s fast-improving 3-2 North Carolina Tar Heels.  The Pitt Panthers dropped to #15 this week in the latest rankings.

North Dakota State apparently left its offense back in Fargo, ND last weekend.  The Bison uncharacteristically gave up three turnovers to hand UNLV (now 4-2) a 13-7 home victory. NDSU dropped to #13 this week.

Texas saw its 4-0 start come to a shocking end on Saturday.  Those pesky 3-2 Oklahoma Sooners rallied to kick a game winning field goal to take a 27-24 win over the Longhorns.  Texas’ killer SEC schedule now features games against 4-2 Florida, 4-1 Ole Miss, 4-1 Mississippi State, at 5-1 Missouri and at 4-2 LSU. Oof!

Duke went on the road last week to face struggling Georgia Tech (2-3).  The Yellow Jackets stung the Blue Devils 28-25 on a touchdown with just 54 seconds remaining in the game.  Duke dropped to 4-1 and fell out of the SwampSwamiSports.com rankings this week.

LSU now has its back to the wall

The LSU Tigers dropped a 35-34 overtime thriller at Kentucky on Saturday night to fall to 4-2 on the season.  Kentucky (now a surprising 5-1 and #22 in this week’s rankings) converted a 2-point attempt in overtime with a wide-open quarterback draw to walk off with the win.

LSU wasn’t in my rankings last week when they were 4-1.  The Tigers’ “signature” win was its 51-10 win over a rather mediocre 3-2 Clemson.

Why does the Associated Press continue to leave the Tigers in their Top 25 this week?

The AP has LSU at #22 and is the only 2-loss team in their poll.  LSU’s two blemishes have been close road losses (32-24 loss at Ole Miss in Week #2 and Saturday’s one-point overtime loss at Kentucky).

Those of us who closely follow the Tigers will tell you that LSU’s offensive line simply isn’t doing a good enough job this season.  It was LSU’s weakest link during Brian Kelly’s final year in 2025.  New head coach Lane Kiffin cannot be pleased with the O-Line’s performance in 2026.

Here is an example.  Coach Kiffin called a time-out with less than two minutes remaining in the Kentucky game.  He pondered whether or not to roll the dice and try to convert a 4th down and one play at LSU’s 43-yard line.  The Tigers took the statistically safer option and punted the ball.  Kentucky quickly drove the ball downfield as the Wildcats’ erratic kicker finally converted the game-tying field goal.

LSU’s remaining SEC schedule is exceptionally tough.

Mississippi State (4-1) travels into Tiger Stadium for a rare 11AM CDT kickoff on ESPN this Saturday.  LSU then travels to 3-2 Auburn and returns home for 5-1 Alabama and 4-1 Texas in back-to-back weekends.  The Tigers hit the road again to finish the season at 4-1 Tennessee and at 2-4 Arkansas.

The 4-2 LSU Tigers must win all six of their remaining games to grab a spot in the 12-team College Football playoffs. 

Will Coach Lane Kiffin be able to engineer a six-game winning streak?  Stranger things have happened.

How good is 6-0 Notre Dame?  We are going to find out this Saturday night!

The unbeaten Fighting Irish have not played a very difficult schedule in 2026.  Notre Dame has dispatched such football ruffians as Rice (1-5), Michigan State (2-4), and Stanford (2-4).  The Irish also took down 4-1 Wisconsin 41-13 in South Bend during Week #1 of the season.

Notre Dame will travel to Provo, Utah this Saturday night to play 5-0 Brigham Young (6:30 PM CDT on ABC). Clear skies with game time temperatures in the low 50’s should have the Cougars’ home crowd revved-up in hopes of ending Notre Dame’s dream of a perfect regular season.

The oddsmakers have established Notre Dame an overwhelming 10-point road favorite to win this game. That sounds a bit optimistic to me.  We’ll find out on Saturday night.

Battle for the bottom is down to only three teams

Only a trio of teams remains without a victory in 2026.

Northern Illinois is 0-5 and will take to the road to play at 3-3 Wyoming this Saturday.

The Charlotte 49ers are 0-6 and will try to end their 14-game losing streak on Saturday at 2-4 Temple.

Our final winless team is UL-Monroe.

The 0-6 Warhawks white flag defense (?) has surrendered almost 45 points per game this season.

ULM will have a chance to break its losing streak this Saturday night as long-time arch rival Louisiana Tech comes into Monroe for a 7PM game (ESPN+).

The Bulldogs are 3-2 and have won two games in a row.

However, those two wins came by a total of just three points.  Louisiana Tech beat Army by two points and rallied last week to defeat UL-Lafayette by just one point.

This will be the first football game between these two north Louisiana foes since November, 2000.  The two schools are separated by only 35 miles via Interstate 20.

Let’s roll-out the latest SwampSwamiSports.com Top 25 rankings for the week ending October 10, 2026:

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Attention, LIV Golfers!

“This is your captain speaking.  Fasten your seat belts as we are now entering some extremely turbulent air…for at least the next few months”.

That’s because the attorney for former world #1 golfer Jon Rahm told the Chapter 11 bankruptcy court in New Jersey on Wednesday that his client is not returning to LIV Golf.  Rahm apparently was underwhelmed with the proposed “LIV Golf 2.0” model.

Jon Rahm has left the building.

Multiple media outlets report that LIV Golf is currently negotiating a release for Rahm which could take effect within a matter of weeks.

Jon Rahm signed a multi-year deal to play for LIV Golf beginning in 2024.  The total value of the agreement was estimated at $300 million.

For purposes of this story, let’s assume that Rahm has received at least half of that guaranteed amount.  He also pocketed nearly $80 million in LIV Golf tournament earnings over the past three seasons as the top winner since joining the tour.

Jon Rahm doesn’t seem to care that much about the money at this moment.  He appears to be wanting a chance to compete more often against today’s elite golfers.

Rahm likely misses the competition.  His second place finish at last spring’s PGA Championship reminded fellow golfers that Jon Rahm is still a threat every time (or anywhere) he tees it up.

The Spaniard wants to earn a chance to play for the European team in next September’s Ryder Cup matches.  He is most likely to play the 2027 golf season on the DP World (European) Tour.  A win and/or a handful of high finishes next year will earn “Rahmbo” a spot on the Ryder Cup team.

Wednesday’s announcement about Jon Rahm leaving was not exactly unexpected to anyone who has followed LIV Golf this year.  The 31-year old golfer seemed to be growing more and more unhappy about LIV Golf’s financial woes over the past season.

Adios, Sergio Garcia!

Another Spanish golfer has been given his release by LIV Golf this week.  Sergio Garcia was one of the first major stars to sign with LIV Golf five years ago. His signing bonus was for an estimated $40 million.

The bankruptcy court quietly granted Garcia the right to skedaddle from financially troubled LIV Golf.  Garcia also wants to earn a spot on next year’s European Ryder Cup team.  He has already played in a few DP World Tour events since LIV’s final tournament in late August.

Sergio Garcia posted two wins in five seasons on the LIV Golf tour.  He has been the captain of LIV Golf’s Fireballs four-man Spanish golf team since the league’s inception.

Who’s next?

Expect issues surrounding LIV Golf’s bankruptcy hearing to get stickier in the weeks ahead.

Jon Rahm’s departure makes popular two-time US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and Australia’s Cam Smith (2022 Open Championship winner) the next big question marks for LIV Golf.

The 32-year old DeChambeau signed a $125 million deal with LIV Golf five years ago.  His contract expires on December 31. 

DeChambeau has indicated a strong desire to remain with LIV Golf if the league successfully emerges from bankruptcy.

At the right price, though.

Media reports circulated that Bryson DeChambeau was rumored to be seeking upwards of a $500 million financial package to remain with LIV Golf.  That chatter happened before Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced their decision to pull the plug on LIV Golf this year.

The Saudi PIF has lost an estimated $6 billion over five years on LIV Golf.

Australia’s Cam Smith signed with LIV Golf beginning in 2023.  His signing bonus was for a reported $140 million.  Smith’s contract has at least one more year remaining.

Cam Smith is the captain of LIV Golf’s popular all-Australian team named “The Rippers.”  LIV Golf’s annual stop in Adelaide, Australia has been the most successful tournament event for the past two seasons.

Cam Smith and his Aussie mates remain very important to LIV Golf 2.0.  The league plans to focus more on its international successes and less time in the US.

I owe! I owe!  Through bankruptcy we go!

The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) lost billions on its gamble to finance LIV Golf.  They were supposedly done with LIV Golf after the 2026 season ended in late August.

Oddly, the PIF later agreed to front LIV Golf another $50 million this fall to keep the lights on during the current bankruptcy proceedings.  That $50 million is considered by the bankruptcy court as a “loan” which will receive top priority for repayment if LIV Golf emerges from Chapter 11.

LIV Golf owes a lot of money to its golfers, support and operational staff, vendors, contractors, corporate partners, and even several tax authorities.

This week’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing in New Jersey revealed that LIV Golf owed $45 million to its own golfers!  Jon Rahm ($7.5 million) and Bryson DeChambeau ($5.8 million) lead the list of players hoping to receive a percentage of their unsecured claims.

Another $20 million is owed to others which have provided tangible goods and services to LIV Golf.

Some parties are hoping to receive all or some portion of money owed.  Others (such as the golfers) may be willing to accept an ownership stake in the “new” LIV Golf 2.0 in lieu of receiving cash.

There is a lot of wheeling and dealing happening right now.  

Let’s meet LIV’s Golf’s Chief Restructuring Officer 

His name is David Orlofsky.  He wants the New Jersey Chapter 11 bankruptcy court to believe that LIV Golf was actually on its way up and simply needed more time.

He said, “LIV Golf firmly believes that, with appropriate funding and a level playing field with its competitors, its existing operating model would have reached profitability within five to seven years, primarily through continued revenue growth across both the League and its teams…”

(Note – Emphasis was added in three of the above phrases)

Q – What does he consider to be “appropriate funding?”

The Saudis were losing $1 billion per year – every year – for the past five seasons.  LIV Golf’s tournament payouts were far too high.  The costs of taking their golf tournaments around the world were exorbitant, too.  How much more money would David Orlofsky consider to be “appropriate”?

Q – What did he mean by a “level playing field with its competitors”?

LIV Golf effectively declared “war” on the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) Tour by offering more than $1 billion in guaranteed signing bonuses to secure several of the top PGA and DP World Tour players.  All is fair in love and golf wars, right?

LIV Golf cannot whine today that the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) Tour would not open their tournaments to LIV Golf professionals to freely return and play in any event.  Why should they?

LIV Golf’s spokesman is, perhaps, taking aim with his “blame gun” at the World Golf rankings.

LIV Golf initially played 54 hole tournaments until Year #5 this season.

The World Golf rankings organization (which is not owned by either the PGA Tour or the DP World Tour) refused to award points to LIV events because of their 54-hole tournaments (compared to 72) and a reduced field of 54(ish) players featuring no cuts.  

So, LIV changed to a 72-hole format in 2026.  The World Golf ranking body responded by awarding points to only the top ten finishers in LIV Golf events starting this year.

Q – Does David Orlofsky truly believe that LIV Golf “would have reached profitability in five to seven years”?

LIV Golf commendably added several new corporate sponsors in the past year.  The relative value of those sponsors is still rather small compared to those backing the PGA Tour.

Did you know that the PGA Tour derives more than 60% of its revenues through television?  LIV Golf earned only 5% of its much smaller revenue pool from television.

Now, who’s fault would that be?

The bankruptcy court may start to look like a Jersey deli with all of the baloney being peddled by LIV Golf.

Jon Rahm made the right move – for Jon Rahm

LIV Golf probably could not afford to pay Jon Rahm’s remaining contract value regardless of his relative importance to the upstart golf tour.

An amicable divorce appears to be a “win/win” for both parties over the long term.

LIV Golf 2.0 may eventually emerge from bankruptcy in a few months.  They will face incredible scrutiny from potential corporate partners, suppliers, vendors, and, of course, the golfers moving forward.

The five year run of LIV Golf has been entertaining to watch.  Team competitions within each event have been a big hit with fans and the players.  LIV Golf events have attracted a younger in-person audience than the PGA Tour with more fan interaction and live music while play is underway.

However, LIV Golf was irresponsibly extravagant with its spending.  It was an economic disaster from its inception.   

Will a restructured LIV Golf 2.0 become successful by focusing on its current niche (playing events in underserved international markets and continuing its team competitions)?

Are enough of LIV Golf’s top stars going to stick around so that golf fans will remain interested in their product?

Will LIV Golf 2.0 be able to live on a tight budget and, eventually, turn a profit with a new business plan which has yet to be made public?

LIV Golf must first escape from the very deep sand trap called “Chapter 11 Bankruptcy” and card no worse than a par on this tricky hole.

Easier said than done.

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SwampSwamiSports.com began to publish our own rankings for the small(er) college Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) last season.  Adding a little competition is always healthy!  

It’s our Year #2 and time to become more familiar with the FCS.

This year’s small(er) college FCS has 128 football members playing in 13 conferences.  Each champion will receive an automatic bid into the 24-team FCS playoffs in late November and December.

However, two of the 13 FCS conferences annually opt out of the FCS Playoffs in order to play in their own championship game.

That leaves 11 automatic bids and 13 at-large bids this year.

Two of the historically-black colleges and universities (HBCU) conferences conduct their own title game in Atlanta every December and do not participate in the FCS playoffs.

Winners of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play in the Celebration Bowl for HBCU bragging rights.  This nationally televised football game reportedly brings more revenue to these two FCS conferences than having to pay for teams to travel around the US in pursuit of the FCS title.

The remaining 11 FCS conferences do not play a conference championship game.  Each has its own method of determining a regular season champion in the event of a tie.

The conference winner receives an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.  The runner-up may (in some cases) receive an at-large bid depending on their regular season record and final national ranking.

There are two teams playing as independents this year

Merrimack College (north of Boston) was a former member of the Northeast Conference from 2019-2023 but left in 2023 to become an independent. 

Merrimack is 2-4 this season.

Meanwhile, Chicago State is currently aligned with the Northeast Conference (which decided to call itself the NEC).

The Cougars (currently 1-4) are playing in their inaugural season of college football as an independent.  They will become football participants in the NEC beginning in 2027.

Let’s learn a little more about the 13 FCS conferences

Big Sky (13 members)

The Big Sky’s Montana State Bobcats won the FCS title last year.  Montana State was off to a 4-0 start this season until they visited 0-4 Idaho last week.

The Vandals shocked the FCS football world with a thrilling 35-34 win over the defending champs.  Idaho scored a late touchdown and added a 2-point conversion to end the game. 

The Big Sky Conference has added two new members as Southern Utah and Utah Tech came onboard this fall.

Coastal Athletic Association (13)

This Atlantic seaboard conference stretches from the Carolinas through Massachusetts.  The CAA changed its official name from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Coastal Athletic Association in 2023.  Former independent Sacred Heart (Fairfield, CT) became the newest member of the CAA beginning this season.

Ivy League (8)

This well-known conference of exceptional academic institutions does not start playing football until September.  The eight-team Ivy League plays a 10-game regular season (instead of 12) so that their student-athletes can focus more time on (gasp) academics!

MEAC (6)

Last year’s conference champion was South Carolina State.  The Bulldogs went on to defeat Prairie View A&M of the SWAC in the 2025 Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. 

Did you know that the MEAC will become the first FCS conference to sponsor women’s flag football in 2027?

Missouri Valley Football Conference (9)

Long-time MVFC bully North Dakota State (winner of ten of the past 15 FCS national titles) left the FCS and is now a football member of the Mountain West Conference this fall.  The Missouri Valley Football Conference is usually strong enough to produce at least two teams entering the season-ending 24-team FCS playoffs.

NEC (8)

The conference formerly known as the Northeast Conference has shortened its name.  That occurred after Chicago State (located hundreds of miles west of the northeastern US) is slated to become a part of the conference in 2027.   Last year’s conference champion was Central Connecticut State.

Ohio Valley Conference (8)

This conference was known as the Ohio Valley-Big South Football Association through 2025.  It is now known as the Ohio Valley Conference in 2026.  Long-time member Tennessee Tech left the OVC to join the Southern Conference this fall.  Charleston Southern (South Carolina) and Gardner-Webb (North Carolina) will remain as football-playing members of the OVC.  Through last weekend, the OVC did not have a single team with a winning record.

Patriot League (10)

This Northeastern-based conference has expanded south to include the University of Richmond (2025) along with William & Mary this season.  The Spiders and the Tribe play their annual Capital Cup game in late November.  This long-time series has been played 136 times.  Richmond has a narrow 67-64 edge in the series with five ties.

Pioneer Football League (11)

This is a far-flung football-only conference which features one member in Florida (Stetson) and another in California (San Diego).  Most of the schools are based in the Midwest. All are private schools except for Morehouse State in Kentucky.

Southern Conference (10)

The So-Con has been around since the year 1921!  A list of its former members looks like a “Who’s Who” of the current SEC (which was founded 12 years later in 1932).  Tennessee Tech became the newest member of the So-Con this fall after leaving the Ohio Valley Conference.

Southland Conference (10)

This strong football conference began in 1963 and features schools in Louisiana and Texas.  Last year, Stephen F. Austin won the league’s regular season title and the automatic berth in the FCS playoffs.  Both Southeastern Louisiana and Lamar were selected among the 13 at-large playoff teams in 2025.

Southwestern Athletic Conference (12)

Some of the most prominent football schools in college football history play in the SWAC.  Grambling, Jackson State, Prairie View A&M, Southern University plus eight other legendary schools have a long and successful history in college football.  Their marching bands also produce some of the most energetic halftime shows in all of college football.

United Athletic Conference (8)

Do you remember the Western Athletic Conference (WAC)?  It formed in 1962.  A large group of major college football teams played in the WAC over the years until numerous defections caused the conference to drop football in 2013.  The WAC tried football once again in 2021 but failed to regain an entrance into the larger division FBS.  That’s when the football-playing members of the WAC joined with football-playing members of the Atlantic Sun Conference formed the football-only FCS United Athletic Conference.  The “new” UAC welcomed former NCAA Division II West Florida (Pensacola) into their group this fall.

Finally, it’s farewell to long-time FCS member St. Francis (PA) – Lessons to be learned

The cost of playing college football at the FBS and even at the FCS level has been rising rapidly.   At some point, colleges and universities must make some tough decisions when rising costs exceed the revenues.

St. Francis (PA) is a small private university with less than 2,000 students.  It is located in the western Pennsylvania town of Loretto.  The school was a founding member of the FCS Northeast Conference in 1988.

St. Francis exited the NEC and the FCS after last season due to rising costs.

This school dropped all athletic scholarships and began playing football this fall in the NCAA Division III President’s Athletic Conference.  The team formerly known as the Red Flash also rebranded itself as the Red Wolves to coincide with its move into D-III athletics.

In case you might be wondering, the “new” St. Francis Red Wolves are 0-2 through last weekend’s game.

It’s time to unveil the first FCS Top 25 rankings for the 2026 football season!

If you need a refresher on the methodology used to determine the rankings, please read Monday’s FBS Top 25 rankings for a detailed explanation (click here).

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It’s hard to believe that October marks the 10th season of my college football Top 25 rankings.

Last year, we added the FCS rankings for the small college group.  Look for that one on Tuesday.

We are almost halfway through a 12-game college football regular season.  The early season results show a large number of excellent teams this year but no clear cut favorite.

It appears that there is going to be a true horse race to the finish line this season.

Two weeks ago, there were 35 teams with a perfect 3-0 record

That number has diminished down to 15 unbeaten teams today.  Eleven are 5-0 with four more squads at 4-0 through last weekend.

A big logjam exists with our one-loss teams.  There are 37 (!) teams with one loss through last weekend’s games.

Alas, there are only 25 spots available to make the top tier.  Check out the bottom of this week’s rankings to see teams #26-52 this week and find out where your favorite one-loss teams is currently ranked.

Read ’em and weep!

But first…the weekend highlights!

The University of Florida’s unbeaten season came to a screeching halt at Columbia, Missouri on Saturday.  Mizzou shocked the SEC by thrashing the AP’s 8th ranked Gators from start to finish in a surprisingly easy 45-17 win.  The Missouri Tigers racked-up 560 yards in total offense against a stunned Florida defense.

Missouri hosts 3-2 Texas A&M on Saturday (11AM CDT on ABC).  The Florida Gators crawled back to The Swamp.  They now have a Saturday 11:45AM kickoff (SEC Network) against 2-3 South Carolina.

News flash – Alabama’s running game has emerged out of Intensive Care!

Last season’s Alabama Crimson Tide was surprisingly poor at running the football.  Coach Kaylen DeBoer was criticized by Bama fans about the team’s weak rushing attack last season.

Alabama is off to a 5-0 start this fall.

A much bigger surprise is that Bama is averaging nearly 190 yards per game rushing this season.  Their trio of running backs plus fleet-footed freshman quarterback Keelon Russell have injected life into Alabama’s ground game this fall.

The Crimson Tide ended Mississippi State’s 4-0 start on Saturday with a convincing 56-23 beatdown in Starkville.  It gets more difficult on Saturday as 5-0 Georgia comes into Tuscaloosa for a nationally televised SEC battle (6:30PM on ABC).

Road trips to 4-1 Tennessee and 4-1 LSU are looming for the Crimson Tide in the weeks ahead.

Big Ten stalwarts Michigan and Penn State are sputtering

Be honest.  Did you think that both Michigan and Penn State would be 3-2 after five games this season?

These two Big Ten schools are sporting new coaches with very impressive resumes.

Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham’s former teams at Utah were known for their hard-nosed disciplined play. 

Coach Whittingham’s new team at Michigan apparently hasn’t bought-in – at least not yet.  Critical home games against Penn State, Indiana, and UCLA plus road games at Oregon and Ohio State await.  Ouch.

Penn State’s new coach Matt Campbell led a turnaround of the Iowa State program during the past decade.  His new squad at Penn State was thrashed 34-13 last week at 3-1 Northwestern.

Penn State will now host 5-1 USC this Saturday (6:30PM on NBC) and then travels to play 3-2 Michigan in two weeks.

One of these two teams will have to finish 7-0 to reach this year’s College Football Playoffs.  (Hint – not likely!)

Welcome into the FBS, North Dakota State!

The Bison have thundered to a 5-0 start after leaving the small college FCS this fall.  North Dakota State is now a football-only FBS member of the Mountain West Conference.

The green-clad Bison shut-out Mountain West rival Wyoming 28-0 on Saturday inside their extremely loud indoor football facility in Fargo, North Dakota. Upcoming road games to 3-2 UNLV (this Saturday) and at 4-1 New Mexico (October 24) will test NDSU.

Update your scorecards – these teams have changed locations

North Dakota State (5-0) moved up from the FCS and now participates in the Mountain West Conference.

Ditto for Sacramento State (1-4).  They also left the FCS.  The Hornets are a football-only member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) beginning this fall.

Those two additions have bumped the FBS up to 138 members for this season.

Louisiana Tech (2-2) finally exited Conference USA and joined the Sun Belt Conference beginning this fall.

Texas State (2-3) left the Sun Belt to become a member of the new-but-not-exactly-improved Pac-12 Conference.

Also moving into the Pac-12 this season were long-time Mountain West members Boise State (4-1), Colorado State (2-3), Fresno State (4-1), San Diego State (2-3), and Utah State (1-4).  They joined Pac-12 holdovers Oregon State and Washington State.

The Mountain West also added former Mid-American Conference member Northern Illinois (0-4).

Important!   Here is the SwampSwamiSports.com Top 25 rankings methodology:

If you are new to this site (welcome!), below are my rules for ranking college football teams on SwampSwamiSports.com:

Bye weeks affect my rankings, but those will balance out later in the football season. 

Without further adieu, let’s reveal the first SwampSwamiSports.com College Football Top 25 for the week ending Saturday, October 3, 2026. 

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Finally!  Someone at a high enough level in Louisiana politics had the audacity to speak the truth.

Louisiana’s three FBS (major college) state universities not named LSU are being brought to task about significant financial deficits in their sports programs.

Thank you for your honesty, Dr. Wilbert Pryor of Shreveport!

It’s about time that someone spoke up about serious financial problems stemming from trying to compete alongside the financial giants of college athletics.

Prior is a Shreveport attorney.  He represents the northwest portion of Louisiana as a member of the University of Louisiana Board of Regents.

The UL system governs most of the state’s public universities not directly affiliated with either LSU or Southern University.  Those two Baton Rouge-based universities each have their own supervisory boards to govern operations.

Wilbert Pryor knows quite a bit about athletics and football in particular. 

The Shreveport native played football at Captain Shreve High School and was a fullback at Vanderbilt University from 1989-1993 while on a football scholarship.  

Pryor attended the September 22 budget meeting of the UL System.  A discussion took place about athletic spending deficits at UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and UL-Monroe.

Each of those schools have athletic shortfalls ranging from $10-20 million apiece.

A transcript of the budget meeting was released this week.  Wilbert Pryor spoke his mind on this issue at the meeting.

He said what many of us have been thinking for years.

Pryor suggested that it may be time for UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and ULM to (gasp!) leave the FBS division in football and return to the lower cost (and lower revenue) small college football group called the FCS.

He has now received national media attention and anger from some within the state of Louisiana for speaking the truth.

Since the three schools are having trouble keeping expenses in line with athletic revenues, the UL system hired a national audit and consulting firm to investigate.

Deloitte will present their findings and recommendations to the UL system board by year’s end.

One possible solution?  UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and UL-Monroe should step down from the FBS and return to playing football in the lower cost small college FCS group.

Let’s review the history

All three of these universities competed for years at the small school level formerly known as NCAA Division 1-AA.

UL-Monroe (then known as Northeast Louisiana University) won the Division 1-AA football national championship in 1987 with a 13-2 record.  The title game was a thrilling 43-42 victory over Marshall University.

The home side of Malone Stadium still proudly displays a banner honoring the 1987 National Championship team.

Yes, those WERE the days in Monroe!

The Ragin Cajuns of UL-Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana) became the first of these three schools to move into major college football.  They became an independent in 1982.

Louisiana Tech dove into the big time football pool in 1987 – also beginning as an independent.

Northeast Louisiana University/UL-Monroe exited small college football to join the FBS ranks in 1994.

What are the results after decades of competing in the FBS?

None of this trio of schools has ever played in a major New Year’s Day bowl game.  They have not participated in the FBS playoffs, either.

News flash! Don’t expect anything different over the next 30 years, either.

UL-Lafayette has played in eight consecutive post-season bowl games, though.  The Ragin’ Cajuns have participated in a total of 13 bowl games since moving into the FBS in 1982.

Louisiana Tech has now played in two straight post-season bowls.  The Bulldogs have also participated in 13 bowl games since joining college football’s upper division in 1987.

What about UL-Monroe?  The Warhawks have played in only one bowl game after 32 years of competing in the FBS.   The 2012 Independence Bowl saw the ULM Warhawks lose to Ohio University 45-14.

Ouch.

These mid-major schools do not pocket significant money from bowl game appearances.  Travel and lodging costs for the team, staff, and band frequently exceed the guaranteed paycheck from the game itself.

Home football attendance at all three of these Louisiana schools has, at best, risen slightly during their time at the FBS level.  The average football fan wants their favorite team to perform well on the field and have a chance to win a conference title.

With the dramatic rise in NIL payments to, effectively, buy athletes, how competitive will any of these three state universities continue to be at the major college level?

The reward for winning the Sun Belt Conference title is a bowl invitation to play in the R&L Carriers (a truck line) New Orleans Bowl in mid-December.

None of these three schools envisioned playing in a mid-level bowl game as their dream when moving into the upper tier over 30 years ago.

Oh, no!  He’s going to talk about money!

All three universities now participate in the Sun Belt Conference Western division.

It is, by far, the most economical FBS conference option for this cluster of schools.  Travel to most road games can be made by bus in 6 hours or less.

The Sun Belt Conference media contract with ESPN is worth +/- $2 million annually to each member school. The contract covers all Sun Belt sports.

UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and UL-Monroe each play one or two “money” road games each fall.  These football road games generate far more income than playing a home game with an “average” sized crowd.

For example, Louisiana Tech’s recent trip to LSU netted a nifty $1.6 million.

Louisiana Tech (with 32,000 football seats in Ruston) would have to sell-out a home game at an average ticket price of $50 to match that kind of revenue.

Recent history shows that the Bulldogs are more likely to fetch half of that average ticket price while filling 50% of Joe Aillet Stadium.  That generates about $400,000 in ticket revenue for an average Louisiana Tech home game.

However, the rising costs (players, coaches, support staff, travel, etc.) at the FBS level have exceeded the revenues generated by media deals, “payday” road games, and up to six home football games every fall.

Thirty years ago, UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and ULM entered the FBS division believing that their upward move would generate increased fan interest.  With more fans in the stands, increased revenues should cover the added costs of travel and game day expenses.

Would those three teams make the same decision today?

Let’s compare regional rivals Sam Houston State (Huntsville) and Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches) in east Texas.

Sam Houston won the FCS (small college) National Championship in 2021.

The Bearkats decided to move up into the FBS group beginning in 2023.  Sam Houston is now a member of Conference USA.

The Bearkats went 2-10 last season and are off to a 1-3 start in 2026.

Sam Houston recently spent $60 million to update and renovate Bowers Stadium in Huntsville.  The listed capacity is still about 14,000.

Attendance at Sam Houston home games has risen by a few thousand fans per game since the team last played in the FCS small college division.  However, travel expenses required to play at far-flung Conference USA locations are exponentially higher for the Bearkats.

Rival Stephen F. Austin opted to remain in the FCS. 

The Lumberjacks play in the Southland Conference.

SFA won the Southland Conference in 2025 and qualified for the FCS playoffs last December.  The Jacks advanced into the quarterfinal (second) round before losing to eventual national champion Montana State.

Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches has a capacity of 14,500.

Last year’s average attendance at home games was (sadly) only about 7,000 per game.  Travel to SFA’s Southland Conference opponents is generally within a half-day drive from Nacogdoches.

Today, Stephen F. Austin is off to a 5-0 start and ranked #5 nationally in the FCS.

Which fan base is happier this fall?

What would it look like if one or all three Louisiana schools returned to the FCS?

A future FCS conference football schedule might include Louisiana competitors like McNeese State, Northwestern State, Nicholls, and Southeastern Louisiana along with nearby teams in Texas such as Stephen F. Austin and Lamar (Beaumont).

Games against such regional foes would likely generate similar (or perhaps higher) fan interest than a typical Sun Belt home game against Georgia State or Old Dominion.

A first place finish in an FCS conference (such as the Southland) automatically qualifies for a spot in the 24-team national playoffs each December.

There are also 14 FCS “wild card” playoff slots awarded to teams based on their ranking and season record.  A competitive second or even third place conference finish might be good enough to get your team into the FCS playoffs.

Of course, moving out of the FBS means the loss of a few million dollars annually in TV/media revenue.  That is a significant financial loss and represents the need for significant belt-tightening in order to reach breakeven.

Returning to the FCS will necessitate fewer (and lower paid) coaches, fewer athletic staffers, less scholarships, and nearly “nil” NIL money for athletes.

A downgrade in player talent is inevitable.  Then again, will the average fan even notice?

No one is forcing UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and UL-Monroe to move out of the Sun Belt Conference and the FBS.

Each of the trio’s football stadiums can easily handle another 10,000 fans every weekend if supporters want to keep their team playing in the upper division.

FBS football has not significantly moved the attendance needle at any of these three state universities.  The stats don’t lie.

The upcoming Deloitte audit will give the UL overseers all the cover they need to enforce massive spending cuts.

None of these schools will become more competitive (at either FBS or FCS level) with less money in their athletic budget.

In conclusion…

The choices are rather simple but hard to execute.

Athletic departments at UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, and UL-Monroe must independently develop and “sell” their own plan to dramatically slash expenses and raise revenues if they plan on staying at the FBS level.

It will require selling significantly more local tickets and shaking down the university’s alumni and friends for even more donations to help support the school’s athletic programs.

Based on 30+ years of FBS history at each school, any future revenue increases are likely to materialize slowly in the short term.    

There is always a remote chance that each university’s student body could vote to increase their school’s student fees by hundreds of dollars per year to keep the football team at the major college level.

Then again, most college students never like to increase their own fees. 

Why should they absorb more personal debt to support their football team which has virtually no chance of playing for a meaningful title while in the FBS?

This upcoming UL system audit report will provide Wilbert Pryor and the other Regents plenty of ammunition to place this trio of Louisiana public schools’ athletic programs on a crash fiscal diet.

Revenues and expenses must come into alignment soon.

Let the howling begin.

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It’s hard to believe that the AFC expansion Houston Texans are now in their 25th year in the NFL.

The city of Houston was the long-time proud home of the American Football League’s “Luv Ya Blue” Oilers from 1960 to 1996.

The Oilers never played in a Super Bowl game.  Terry Bradshaw and his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates eliminated Coach Bum Phillips and the Houston Oilers in both the 1978 and 1979 AFC title games.

The Houston Oilers remained quite competitive into the mid-1990’s.

However, team owner “Bottom Line” Bud Adams had regularly threatened to move his football team unless the city replaced the 50,000 seat Astrodome with a bigger football facility – financed by Houston taxpayers.

The voters said “No”.

Bud Adams thumbed his nose at Houston and bid adieu.  He moved his NFL franchise to Tennessee in 1996. The renamed Tennessee Titans moved into a more spacious new football stadium in Nashville – all paid for by local taxpayers.

Nissan Stadium in Nashville has a seating capacity of 70,000.

Believe it or not, a new domed football stadium for the Titans is now under construction.  It should be ready for the Titans beginning in 2027.

Ironically (to Houston pro football fans), Nashville’s new domed football stadium will have a capacity of just 60,000.  That’s a decrease of 10,000 seats!  The stadium may be downsizing, but Titans season ticket holders will see significantly increased prices to generate even more revenue for the city’s NFL team.

The city of Houston was left without a pro football franchise from 1996 until 2002.

That’s when America’s fourth largest city was granted an NFL expansion franchise.  The new ownership oddly chose the rather generic nickname of “Texans” for the new Houston football team.

(Personally, I preferred the nickname “Houston Traffic” because it strikes fear into the hearts of visitors.)

The new Houston Texans NFL franchise would not play in the Astrodome (which opened in 1965) either.  A new air-conditioned facility with a retractable roof known as Reliant Stadium opened in 2002.  It has a seating capacity of 72,200.

As you might have guessed, football-starved taxpayers in Harris County agreed to foot the $350 million bill to pay for the Texans’ new football stadium.  Go figure.

The Houston Texans are 0-24 in Super Bowl appearances

Houston’s latest NFL franchise has qualified for the NFL playoffs in each of the past three seasons.  The Texans have made the playoffs nine times in 24 seasons.

Contrast that to the lowly New York Jets.  The J-E-T-S have not appeared in the playoffs since 2011 (15 long and miserable seasons).

Houston came into the 2026 NFL season as one of the oddmakers’ AFC favorites to make their first Super Bowl.  That’s because the team finished 12-5 last year and made it to the second round of the playoffs on the strength of the NFL’s top-rated defense.

After stumbling to an 0-3 start in September, the Houston Texans have dropped to 16th out of 32 NFL teams in chances of playing this season’s Super Bowl.

The Texans have started the 2026 season 0-3 – just like last year

Houston entered the 2026 season with one of the most fearsome defenses in the NFL.  The Texans were favored to win the AFC South.

This 0-3 start by the Houston Texans has sent a shock wave across H-Town during the month of September.  A 36-31 season-opening loss to Super Bowl favorite Buffalo wasn’t totally unexpected.

It was a rather lethargic 20-6 home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week #2 which raised warning flags.  For the second straight season, the Texans’ offense was struggling to score enough points.

Last weekend’s 19-17 loss at the mediocre (1-2) Indianapolis Colts found the winless Texans churning out just 223 yards in total offense.

Indianapolis had three turnovers in this game compared to zero for Houston.  That meant that the Texans were gifted a few extra opportunities to score points but failed to take advantage of those chances.

Fans of the Houston Texans might say, “Well, we started 0-3 last year and still finished 11-5”!

That is true.  But that was also last year’s team.

This 2026 Houston Texans squad is rushing the football for just 85 yards per game.  It ranks 29th out of 32 NFL teams.

That means defenses don’t have to worry about Houston running backs doing much damage.  It puts more pressure on Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud to perform at a high level every week.

Stroud is beginning his fourth NFL season.  His rookie year stats (4,100 yards and 23 touchdown passes) still represent the best season of his young pro football career, though.

C.J. Stroud hasn’t exactly been surrounded by top NFL pass receivers in Houston.

Former third round draft pick (2023) Nico Collins has blossomed into one of the NFL’s better receivers over the past two seasons.  He has not played a down yet in 2026 due to a hamstring injury.  Collins remains questionable for this Sunday’s critical game against intrastate rival Dallas.

Outside of Nico Collins, the Texans wide receivers room is not exactly filled with household names.

Does anyone have Xavier Hutchinson, Jaylin Noel, Jared Wayne, or Jayden Higgins on your fantasy football team?  Didn’t think so.

Houston acquired former New England (and LSU) wide receiver Kayshon Boutte in August.  He led AFC champion New England in touchdown catches (six) in 2025.

Alas, Boutte has just six catches in the first three games for Houston this season.

What’s wrong with Houston’s offense?  Is it quarterback C.J. Stroud, the coaches or simply a lack of top talent?

Stroud is now in the final year of his rookie contract with the Houston Texans.  His fully guaranteed four-year $36 million deal (about $9 million per season) makes C.J. Stroud a relative bargain for Houston.

Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys both earn more than $50 million – per year.

Stroud’s career statistics are middle-of-the road.  However, his resume accurately reflects that he has led the Texans into the playoffs in each of his three NFL seasons.

Houston and C.J. Stroud failed to negotiate a contract extension during the offseason.  A few quarterback-needy NFL teams (Minnesota, Miami, and the New York Jets come to mind) are likely to offer C.J. Stroud $50 million or more beginning next season.

Some wonder whether Stroud has already mentally checked-out this year or is simply struggling.  Regardless, the Houston Texans’ offense has been the team’s boat anchor again this year.

Nick Caley is now in his second year as the offensive coordinator for the Texans.

His previous experience was primarily as a tight ends coach at both New England and the Los Angeles Rams.

It should come as no surprise that Houston tight end Dalton Shultz is currently leading the team in receptions with 19 catches in the opening three games.  The next closest pass receiver (Xavier Hutchinson) has only nine grabs in his first three games.

Teams which throw primarily toward their tight end rarely score a lot of points.  It might indicate that the Texans coaches have little faith in their offensive line to provide enough protection time for C.J. Stroud to throw the football downfield.

It might also indicate that the team’s coaching staff and quarterback do not have a lot of confidence in the Texans’ wide receiving corps.

If the Texans’ offensive players are sub-par, then blame General Manager Nick Caserio

Coaches can only work with the talent which the team’s General Manager provides via the draft and free agency.

Houston Texans General Manager Nick Caserio came to the team in 2021 after nearly two decades with the New England Patriots.  He was Director of Player Personnel for the Patriots prior to moving to Houston.

Patriots fans will tell you that legendary head coach Bill Belichick actually made the final determinations in constructing his team’s roster.

On paper, Nick Caserio has been successful with the Texans.  The team has made the playoffs in the last three of his four seasons in Houston.

Caserio should be credited with helping to build the Texans’ top-rated defense.  All-Star talent like defensive end Will Anderson, Jr. and former LSU cornerback Derrick Stingley, Jr. anchor an outstanding defensive unit.

Head Coach DeMeco Ryans knows a lot about his defense, too.

Ryans was once the starting linebacker for the Texans from 2006-2011.  After retiring as a player, he became the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers prior to accepting the head coaching job in Houston in January, 2023.

Last season, the Texans defense allowed opponents only 17.4 points per game to rank #1 in the NFL.  The 2025 squad won its final nine regular season games to finish 12-5.

Of note, Houston won seven of those final nine games by seven or fewer points.

Houston’s offense finished 23rd in the NFL last year by scoring only 38 touchdowns in 17 regular season games (2.2 per game).

It’s safe to say that the Houston Texans have been built on defense with hopes that their fragile offense can generate enough points to win games.

This week, the rival Dallas Cowboys come to Houston for a pivotal game

Last year’s Houston Texans started 0-3 before winning 12 of their next 14 games to finish 12-5.  Can they duplicate that feat again in 2026?

The Dallas Cowboys will ride down I-45 into Houston this Sunday (12 Noon CDT on FOX) with a lot at stake, too.

Dallas blew a chance go 2-1 last weekend in rather unique fashion.  A questionable kick-off decision resulted in the Cowboys giving Baltimore an opportunity to convert a long downfield pass into field goal position with one second remaining.  The Ravens kicked a 56-yard field goal on the game’s final play handed the Cowboys a 34-31 stomach-turning defeat.

The Dallas Cowboys score a lot of points on offense but often give up more with their lousy defense.  Meanwhile, the Houston Texans don’t score many points but feature a premier defensive unit.  

Something has to give on Sunday.

Dallas needs a win to avoid a 1-3 start.  The NFL stats indicate that a 1-3 team has just a 20% chance of qualifying for the playoffs.

Houston desperately needs a win this Sunday to turn the momentum around.  

The upcoming schedule for the Texans is filled with winnable games – assuming the team’s offense can reliably generate 20 points per week.

If Houston should lose to Dallas and fall to 0-4, they will face overwhelming odds of making the playoffs.

Only the 1992 San Diego Chargers (led by former Northeast Louisiana University quarterback Stan Humphries) fought back from an 0-4 start to make the NFL playoffs at 11-5.

By Sunday night, we are going to know a lot more about the outlook for this year’s Houston Texans.

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You probably noticed that big full moon over the weekend.  This year’s Harvest moon occurred on Saturday (9/26).

According to astronomy experts, the Harvest moon occurs closest to the first day of autumn. 

The fall equinox occurred on September 23.

Full moons tend to produce some weird occurrences.  This weekend was certainly no exception.

A rare September N’orEaster brought rain and win to the eastern seaboard this weekend.

Out west, a late September hurricane named Polo with 115 MPH winds is located just west of Baja California.  This storm will decrease in intensity this week and then turn northeastward.  It will (hopefully) bring some much-needed rain into the Southern plains and South Central US states later this week.

This weekend’s sports scene was filled with its share of “full moon” moments, too.

Houston Astros won the American League West with an underwhelming 81-81 record

The race to win the American League West was more like a game of “Hot Potato” this baseball season.  Neither the Houston Astros nor the Texas Rangers seemed to want to win the division title.

The Houston Astros finished with a blazing (ha ha) 5-5 closing stretch record to hold off the slightly-more-inept Texas Rangers by one game to finally claim the AL West.

Houston won game #162 of baseball’s regular season on Sunday with a 9-0 win at the Athletics of Sacramento.  Texas lost at Minnesota 6-4 to finish the season one game back.

Houston has now won the American League West five times in the past six seasons.

The Astros will host the surprising Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three opening round playoff series in Houston beginning Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago’s White Sox finished 83-78 to claim a Wild Card spot this year.  The ChiSox posted a 24-game improvement from last year’s dismal 60-102 record.

This week’s playoff match-up will be available on Peacock (NBC’s $13/month internet site).  It will also be televised on the NBC Sports Network (a cable sports station which isn’t carried by some cable systems).

Three major college football players acted like fools this weekend.  Each deserves to wear a dunce hat.

The AP’s #1 Texas Longhorns survived a late Tennessee rally to defeat the Volunteers 17-14 on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville.

That same #1 team had one of their defensive players who – uh – simulated taking a “#1” on the football field Saturday after sacking the Tennessee quarterback.  Defensive end Colin Simmons “celebrated” his quarterback sack afterwards with his personal fake watering job onto the Tennessee turf.

This “Texas Tinkle” cost the Longhorns a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

Texas coach Steve Sarkesian said afterward, “Unfortunately…we live in a ‘Look at me’ society”.

The highly-forgiving coach is not likely to keep Colin Simmons on the bench for the Longhorns’ next game against Oklahoma, though.  That’s what five sacks in one game can do for you.

South Carolina Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer has enough problems to deal with.  His Gamecocks fell to 2-2 after an embarrassing 49-18 loss at Alabama on Saturday. 

Coach Beamer then had to deal with one of his own players who threw a punch at the helmet of an Alabama football player.

Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart swung his fist and hit the helmet of Bama tight end Josh Ford.  Stewart received a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and then raged at his own coaches along the Gamecocks’ sideline.

On Sunday, Stewart was suspended indefinitely by the South Carolina football coach.

Coach Beamer commendably told the media, “That’s not how we do things around here”.

Finally, did you see the dirtiest play in college football this season on Saturday night?

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore was running with the football and slid feet first to avoid a direct hit from an oncoming Southern Cal defender.  His surrender didn’t matter to Trojans linebacker Desman Stephens, though.  He lowered his helmet and rammed it directly into the helmet of the Oregon quarterback.  It jarred the defenseless quarterback’s head back into the turf.

His late hit was totally unnecessary and extraordinarily dangerous. 

Believe it or not, Desman Stephens then started jumping for joy celebrating his own cheap shot dirty play.

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore laid still on the field for several minutes.  Emergency personnel carefully placed him into an ambulance where he was evaluated at a Los Angeles hospital. 

Moore has been diagnosed with a severe concussion.  Fortunately, MRI and CT scans did not reveal further damage.  His long-term prognosis is uncertain as of Monday.

Oregon rallied around their fallen leader.  Former Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola came off the bench to lead the Ducks to a 41-27 win at USC.  Oregon improved to 3-1 this year, while USC fell to 4-1.

Coach Dan Lanning of Oregon said, “It was a disgusting play.  The energy changed.  A lot of the guys on the sidelines were emotional, including myself”.

USC linebacker Desman Stephens was thrown out of the game for targeting and his team penalized 15 yards.  Trojans’ coach Lincoln Riley later suspended Stephens for one game for his juvenile actions.

Based on what I saw Saturday night, Desman Stephens should not be allowed to play football at USC or for any other college program.  

Michigan’s football team learned about karma during Saturday’s Harvest moon

You might remember that Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference appeared to have won their season-opening football game a few weeks ago at Ann Arbor against the Big Ten’s Michigan Wolverines.

Michigan’s “Hail Mary” pass into the end zone went incomplete as the clock showed no time remaining.  However, the replay officials reviewed the play (and erred) saying there was still :01 left.

That controversial second heave-ho pass attempt by Michigan was caught in the end zone for a touchdown as the Wolverines escaped with a 13-12 win over a bewildered Western Michigan team.

On Saturday, the 3-0 Iowa Hawkeyes came into Michigan for an important early season Big Ten encounter.

This time, it was the Hawkeyes receiving some good fortune.  Iowa scored the winning touchdown on a 16-yard pass completion on the game’s final play.

Iowa’s 20-19 win stunned the huge Michigan crowd of 111,126.  The Hawkeyes improved their record to 4-0, while Michigan dropped to 3-1 after its first “official” loss of the season.

The dysfunctional US President’s Cup team rallied on Sunday for an epic comeback win

We’ve seen this before.  The American men’s professional golfers struggle mightily to play in team competitions where the two US players must work together to help win a match.

The US squad is filled with multi-millionaires who travel in their own private jets and stay in rented homes during golf tournaments.  They seem to rarely socialize with each other during the lengthy PGA season.

On the other side, many foreign players (who don’t earn as much money as top PGA stars) seem to enjoy more camaraderie at European, Australian, and Asian Tour events.  They often stay in the same hotels, eat together, perhaps enjoy a toddy or two at the bar, and generally like each other’s company.

Americans struggle in team four-ball competition (where each player plays his own ball for the hole with the best score counting).  The Yanks have been downright horrible in the foursomes (where one ball is played from tee by Player 1 and the second shot is played from the fairway by Player 2, etc.).

Friday’s second round of the 2026 President’s Cup near Chicago saw the US team lose all five matches in the foursomes competition.  The International team led 7-3 after Friday’s foursome sweep.

The International team seemed quite determined this year.  Their last share of the President’s Cup came in the 2003 matches in South Africa.  They had lost ten consecutive matches to the Americans coming into last weekend’s 2026 event at Medinah Country Club near Chicago.

Captain Geoff Ogilvie’s team still maintained a 3-point lead entering Sunday’s 12 individual matches.

US captain Brandt Snedeker’s squad rallied to post an impressive 9-2-1 record on Sunday.

They roared from behind to claim a 17-13 victory over the International squad in the 2026 President’s Cup.

The Americans were a woeful 2-7 in foursome (alternate shot) competitions but still found a way to overcome that significant deficit to win this biennial golf event.

A 21-year old US rookie who played at Auburn was the only American not to lose a match this week.  Jackson Koivun went 2-0-1 in the President’s Cup including Sunday’s 2-up victory over World #14 golfer Si Woo Kim from South Korea.

Koivun said afterwards, “It’s just exciting to call these guys my friends.  Now when I go to tournaments, it’s not ‘There’s so and so’.  I was on a team with them, and we won the President’s Cup”!

It marked the first time in President’s Cup history that either team had overcome a 3-point deficit in the final day of singles matches to win.

A very relieved US team captain Brandt Snedeker may just keep smiling all week long!

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There is a good reason why SwampSwamiSports.com does not provide its first ranking of college football teams until early October.

Did you know that 35 of the 138 (25.3%) major college (FBS) teams are still undefeated entering into this fourth full weekend of play?

Let’s at least give these teams a little credit.  The number of unbeatens will decrease sharply in the weeks to come.

These 35 teams are 3-0 unless otherwise noted:

American (2) – South Florida and Tulsa

ACC (4) – Miami (FL), Duke, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Tech

Big 12 (6) – BYU, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Utah, and W. Virginia

Big Ten (9) – Southern Cal (4-0) plus UCLA, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State, Washington and Northwestern (2-0)

Conference USA – none

Independents (1) – Notre Dame

Mid-American (1) – U-Mass

Mountain West (1) – North Dakota State (4-0)

Pac-12 – none

SEC (9) – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt

Sun Belt (2) – Appalachian State and James Madison

Lest we forget, there are also seven FBS teams (5%) which have yet to pick-up their first win in 2026.  The following teams are all 0-3 as of this week:

American – Charlotte (Current losing streak – 12 games in a row)

Big Ten – Rutgers (five in a row)

Conference USA – Western Kentucky (three in a row)

Mid-American – Bowling Green (three in a row)

Mountain West – Northern Illinois (five in a row)

Pac12 – Utah State (five in a row)

Sun Belt – UL-Monroe (11 losses in a row)

One year ago, only U-Mass finished the season winless at 0-12.  Let’s hope these seven schools find a way to end their current losing streaks soon.

Changing gears, there will be only one guaranteed College Football Playoff spot available for the so-called “Group of 6” mid-major conferences this season.  Let’s take a look at several teams which have a good chance to break through this fall.

Remember North Dakota State?  They’re now in the FBS and are already making waves

Did you know that FCS football power North Dakota State moved up into the FBS division for football beginning this season?

You may have herd (get it?) that the Bison won ten of the past 15 NCAA Division 1 small college national titles.

North Dakota State is already 4-0 this year as it moves into the “Big Boys” division of major college football.  The 2026 Bison have scored 30 or more points in each of their four season-opening victories.

North Dakota State is in its first season competing in the Mountain West Conference.  They won their first conference game at Air Force (38-32) a couple of weeks ago.

Let’s face it.  The Mountain West Conference is not exactly filled with the strongest football powers.

That provides North Dakota State with an excellent opportunity to run the table and earn a spot in this year’s College Football Playoffs during their first season in the FBS.

NDSU will be favored in every remaining game this fall except at New Mexico on October 24.

The Lobos (2-1) played tough in losing 14-6 at Oklahoma last Saturday.  New Mexico is also coming off an impressive 9-4 season in 2025.  They tied for first place in the Mountain West Conference and then lost an overtime bowl game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten.

North Dakota State Bison football fans are known to travel in large numbers to road games with as much enthusiasm as major football powers like Alabama, Georgia, and LSU.  NDSU players are accustomed to playing in tension-filled playoff atmospheres, too.

Expect New Mexico’s 40,000 seat football stadium in Albuquerque will be filled to capacity for this late October match-up.  A very large and loud contingent of green-colored Bison fans will be in town to support their team. 

What about James Madison?

The Dukes earned a trip to last year’s College Football Playoffs after posting a stellar 12-1 regular record.  They lost Oregon 51-34 in the first round.

James Madison’s 2026 Sun Belt Conference schedule features a pivotal road game at Appalachian State on October 22.  JMU has remaining home games against top Sun Belt competitors such as Marshall, Georgia State, Troy, and long-time foe Coastal Carolina.

The Dukes, like North Dakota State, must win at least 11 regular season games to be in the hunt for a playoff berth in December.

How about another Sun Belt contender – Appalachian State?

The Mountaineers are 3-0 but are traveling this Saturday to Raleigh to play North Carolina State of the ACC.

You might remember that NC State was the team which lost at Vanderbilt last Saturday in rather spectacular fashion on the game’s final play.  The Wolfpack quarterback fumbled the football in the end zone which was immediately recovered by Vandy for a game-winning touchdown.  He had been instructed to simply run around and then out of the end zone to take a two-point safety as NC State led by three points.

A win by App State over NC State this Saturday will attract “mountains” of national media attention.  Their October 22 home game against James Madison and a November 14 road game at Marshall also present difficult obstacles for the Mountaineers to climb.

Could either South Florida or Tulsa of the American Conference claim a playoff spot?

South Florida lost its head coach (Alex Golish) to the Auburn Tigers in the offseason. 

The Bulls haven’t lost a step.  South Florida has rumbled to a 3-0 start and has a relatively easy schedule ahead of them until the final month of the season.  American Conference foes Memphis and Tulane must be defeated during November.  South Florida could finish 11-1 this year and wave their hands wanting to be selected for a possible College Football Playoff spot.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane shocked re-tooling Oklahoma State 24-10 during Week #1.

Tulsa has improved to 3-0 and travels to SEC member Arkansas this Saturday.  A win over the 1-2 Hogs would vault Tulsa into the playoff conversation – at least for a while.  Difficult road games at Navy and Tulane are still ahead for the Golden Hurricane.  Tulsa fans will remain patient as their hometown football team hasn’t posted a winning record in the previous four years.

Did someone actually say, “Watch out for U-Mass?”

The Minutemen haven’t started a football season 3-0 since 2007.  They are in just their second year of participating in the Mid-American Conference.

U-Mass had nowhere to go but up after last year’s woeful 0-12 campaign.  This is a school whose football program has not posted a winning season since going 6-5 in 2010.

If the Minutemen should somehow finish 11-1 and get into contention for a College Football Playoff spot, their turnaround will be one of the biggest sports stories of the year.

What about the College Football Playoff prospects for teams in the four major conferences?

Their chances are a little bit easier to determine.

Any of the 57 schools from the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, and SEC which should be able to post at least a 10-2 regular season record is likely to receive a place in the 12-team College Football Playoffs.

You may remember that Alabama’s loss during the 2025 SEC Championship game still got the 10-3 Crimson Tide into the playoffs.  However, 9-3 Texas was left at home.

Expect that any team which loses three games during this year’s 12-game regular season is also “toast.”

That adds even more pressure to this Saturday night’s encounter between 2-1 Texas A&M at 2-1 LSU (6:30 PM CDT on ABC).  The loser will have two defeats and must run the table (8-0) during October and November to have a legitimate playoff chance.

Good luck trying to do that!  The SEC is tougher from top to bottom this season.  It will be incredibly difficult for any SEC team to go unbeaten during October and November this fall.

When will the first SwampSwamiSports.com College Football rankings begin?

My first College Football Top 25 rankings will be published in two weeks.  Most teams should have at least five games of history to review at that point.  A higher ranking will be given to unbeaten teams which defeated a quality opponent.

An early season resume filled with cupcakes will not be rewarded in the SwampSwamiSports.com College Football Top 25 rankings.

Yes, I’m talking to you, Indiana!

This marks our second year of providing rankings for the FCS small college group of schools, too.  There will be room for at least one new top contender to emerge this fall with perennial favorite North Dakota State now playing in the major college division.

Stay tuned!

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It’s finally over!  We won’t have to hear about former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels any more until, at the very least, December.

LSU spotted Ole Miss 17 points but still made the Rebels work hard coming down the stretch to secure their 32-24 victory over the Tigers on Saturday night. 

This was a very intense football game from beginning to end.  Those who paid hundreds of dollars for a seat at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford might have received their money’s worth.

LSU’s loss dropped the Tigers to 2-1 on the season. 

They trailed Ole Miss (now 3-0) 24-7 at the half.  LSU battled back in the second half to tie this game at 24 apiece.  That’s when Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss sprinted around left end on a fourth quarter touchdown run to seal the win for the home team in Oxford.

Let’s get our traditional Louisiana red beans and rice ready for Monday dinner.  We could use some comfort food while reviewing this past weekend of football in the Bayou State.

Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss led Ole Miss to victory in a game that 49 of the 50 US states were pulling for the Rebels to win

Jubilant Ole Miss fans were busy celebrating the football team’s hard-fought 32-24 win over former head coach Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers.  As the players hugged each other and high-fived with fans, the stadium public address speakers blared the popular Garth Brooks’ song, “Calling Baton Rouge” in Oxford.  

That song is played at every LSU home football game just minutes before the famed Golden Band from Tiger Land Marching Band pregame show.  The Garth Brooks tune puts LSU fans into a good mood as they loudly clap and sing along with the popular song named for Bayou State’s capitol city.

Saturday night’s musical rendition played in Oxford, Mississippi after the Rebels’ 8-point win was Ole Miss fans way of saying, “Get on the bus, and enjoy your 340 mile ride back home!”

LSU actually made the trip via charter jet, but it was the thought that counted, right?

Tigers head football coach Lane Kiffin told reporters afterwards that the experience of being hated so intensely by Ole Miss fans in Oxford was a bit surreal.

He said, “I thought that I would probably be more in, like, the competitive mode and just kind of embrace it.  Sometimes you can’t predict your emotions.  I know that sometimes I don’t act like it, but I’m a human, you know.”

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss shined again in front of a national television audience to solidify his early lead in the race for this year’s Heisman Trophy.

The likable and very poised young man completed 33 of 48 passes for 363 yards and two touchdowns.

LSU fans may have thought the talented quarterback wearing the light blue Ole Miss uniform had an “S” on the front of his jersey instead the number six. 

LSU tried just about everything except to bring Lex Luthor onto the field carrying a large piece of green Kryptonite in a desperate effort to slow down the talented Ole Miss quarterback.

Trindad Chambliss added the winning touchdown for Ole Miss on a 14-yard scamper around left end to break a 24-24 fourth quarter tie with just six minutes left in the game.

Did you know that this 24-year old quarterback is now participating in his sixth season of college football?

Trinidad Chambliss is enjoying a second successful college football career

After his redshirt freshman season at Division II Ferris State University (located an hour north of Grand Rapids, Michigan), Chambliss dealt with recurring respiratory issues during his sophomore year.  It prevented him from playing football in Year #2.  A tonsillectomy eventually improved his health issues.

Chambliss went on to play the next two seasons at Ferris State and led the Bulldogs to the D-II national championship in 2024. 

That’s when then-Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin offered Trinidad Chambliss a scholarship and some NIL loot to come south to play for the Rebels beginning in 2025.

Chambliss started last season on the bench.  Ole Miss posted an 11-2 record after he became the team’s starting quarterback. The Rebels (playing without coach Lane Kiffin – who had accepted the head coaching job at LSU) went on to beat Tulane and Georgia before falling 31-27 to Miami in the College Football Playoffs semifinals last year.

Trinidad Chambliss petitioned the NCAA for a rare sixth year of eligibility for this season.  He was denied in January.  Ole Miss then filed an appeal.  The NCAA rejected it, too.  That’s when Chambliss and his attorneys sued the NCAA in a Mississippi court in February for the right to play college football again this year.

I guess you can figure out who won.

Chambliss is now at the top of the shopping list for several needy NFL teams next spring in 2027.  He is trying to lead the 3-0 Ole Miss Rebels into the College Football Playoffs again.  A second national championship win would cap his rather lengthy college football career.

LSU’s next opponent is slinking into Baton Rouge licking a few wounds, too!

A few hours prior to the Ole Miss/LSU game, the 1-1 Kentucky Wildcats were in College Station playing the heavily favored 2-0 and #9-ranked Texas A&M Aggies.

Just one week earlier, Kentucky led Alabama 17-13 at the half in Lexington before imploding in the second half to lose 45-17.

This week’s game saw the Wildcats battle Texas A&M to a 7-7 halftime tie in Aggieland. The team’s fiery young rookie head coach then gave his team a rather determined halftime speech.

Kentucky coach Will Stein told post-game reporters, “We put our foot down and said we’re not going to be denied. We’re going to take it.”

This week, it was Kentucky scoring 21 unanswered points in the third quarter to zoom in front of Texas A&M and secure a 31-21 victory in front of 100,000 stunned Aggie fans.

TAMU’s head coach Mike Elko said afterwards, “I don’t take away any positives from this game. Kentucky came in here and whooped us.”

LSU (now ranked #10 this week by the AP) and Texas A&M (#23) are now both 2-1.  They will meet on Saturday night in Baton Rouge in a key SEC match-up.  The game will be televised nationally by ABC beginning at 6:30PM CDT.

Saturday night’s loser will have two losses and their backs against the proverbial wall.

There has never been a three loss team in the season-ending 12-team College Football Playoffs.

LSU’s Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the unofficial host for an early season playoff game between the Tigers and Aggies on Saturday night.

Louisiana’s FBS teams went a miserable 1-4 this weekend!

It was a very tough Saturday for the FBS football teams in the Pelican state.  In addition to LSU’s road loss at Ole Miss, the rest of the state didn’t fare much better in Week #3.

Tulane made it all the way to the College Football Playoffs last season before losing to Ole Miss in the opening round.

The Green Wave then lost head coach Jon Sumrall to the Florida Gators.  Sumrall’s new team in Gainesville beat Auburn 44-39 Saturday to go 3-0.

Alas, the Tulane Greenies fell to 1-2 this season after a 31-20 loss at 3-0 Kansas State.

Louisiana Tech has yet to locate its missing offense.  Perhaps they left it back in Ruston again.

For the second straight weekend, the Road Dogs’ one-dimensional offense failed as 2-1 Baylor beat Louisiana Tech 36-19 in Waco, Texas. Quarterback Tony Kukuk went 22 for 45 for 232 yards and also led the team in rushing with 75 yards.  Fifth-year head coach Sonny Cumbie (a former offensive coordinator at Texas Tech) continues to struggle on the offensive side of the football as his Bulldogs dropped to 1-2.

UL-Monroe lost – at home – to an FCS (small college) opponent on Saturday.

The Southeastern Louisiana University Lions (now 2-2) qualified for the FCS playoffs last season.  They are not a cream puff opponent.  The Lions held-off the UL-Monroe Warhawks 38-35 in Monroe to post their first win over an FBS opponent since 2003. It was ULM’s 11th consecutive loss.

The last victory for the Warhawks came in a 28-16 win over Arkansas State on September 27, 2025.  ULM’s homecoming game is this Saturday night as the 0-3 Warhawks host 2-1 Florida Atlantic at Malone Stadium in Monroe.

Only the Rajun Cajuns of UL-Lafayette saved Louisiana’s largest college football schools from being shutout on Saturday.

Quarterback Lunch Winfield “sandwiched” a couple of touchdown runs to lead ULL a 21-10 win over UAB (1-2) in Lafayette Saturday.  The Cajuns improved to 2-1 and will travel to play at winless Charlotte (0-3) this week.

Fortunately, the “Second Half” New Orleans Saints saved the weekend for Pelican state football fans

AFC title contender Baltimore was an eight point home favorite to beat the visiting New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

Quarterback Tyler Shough and wide receiver Chris Olave would have none of that!  The dynamic duo connected eight times on Sunday including a key touchdown pass in the Saints 24-17 win. 

This tandem continues to remind WhoDat fans of Hall-of-Fame QB Drew Brees and wide receiver Marcus Colston during the Saints’ glory years.

The Saints started slowly for the second week in a row.  Baltimore took a 14-6 lead into the halftime break.

New Orleans’ young and opportunistic defense then limited the Ravens (now 1-1) to just three points over the final two periods. 

Ball control offense dominated the fourth quarter for New Orleans.  The Saints’ final two touchdown drives consumed nearly 12 minutes off the clock and kept Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson on the bench.

New Orleans (1-1) will play its first home game of the season in the Louisiana Superdome this Sunday against the surprising 2-0 Las Vegas Raiders at 3:25PM CDT on CBS.

I’m glad that this weekend of football is finally over.  There is 75% of the season (or more) still ahead for some of these teams.

Time to go check on Monday’s red beans and rice for dinner!

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