Oh, no! You mean Coastal Carolina wasn’t really a national powerhouse?

Who could have guessed that? Oh, yeah – me.

The AP poll still has Coastal Carolina ranked in the top 25, which is baffling when you consider that they have the easiest schedule of any FBS school in the top 90. (And one of the FCS schools has a tougher schedule!)

The most dramatic game of the week was the Illinois upset of 7th-ranked Penn State in NINE overtimes. Penn State came into the game as 24-point favorites.

The other significant upset was Oklahoma State’s loss to Iowa State. Oklahoma State dropped from 8th to 15th, while ISU vaulted into the lower echelons of the top 25. The computer geeks say that Iowa State is much stronger than that – #7 in the nation, despite their two losses.

Week 8 scoreboard