Hayden Brings the Fireworks

Matt Dillon, our draft-day projected champion, is second at 16.1 PPG with 64.4 total points. Texas Tech, New Mexico, and Navy all won; Sam Houston lost by three; and an 11–1 ballot tied for the best of the week. His 58.4-point haul includes a one-point deduction for Texas Tech's slip in the rankings. Four scoring roster slots and a nearly spotless ballot will keep the preseason spreadsheet feeling very pleased with itself.

Matt Reed is third at 15.8 PPG and 63.1 points. Kansas State's 71–3 demolition supplied 16.8 game points, the largest single-game return by a drafted team this weekend. Utah won 66–14, and Northern Illinois helped by losing 40–0. Michigan's 13–12 escape was less convincing: the Wolverines fell from No. 16 out of the poll, costing ten points, with Utah's one-spot rise returning one. All four teams scored for Matt on the field; Michigan just left a sizeable cleanup bill.

Bryson is fourth at 14.1 PPG. Ole Miss's 41–38 win over Louisville paid off on both his roster and his ballot, Ohio supplied 12.8 Toilet points, and Texas added a one-spot ranking gain. Sarah is fifth at 13.5 PPG after Notre Dame, Tennessee, and Houston all won, combining for 38.8 game points. Those same three teams added four ranking points. Her 67.5 total is second-highest in the league, spread across five scoring games.

Mitch had two very different reasons to stay near the television. LSU crushed Clemson 51–10 for 14.1 game points, while SMU waited until Monday to beat Florida State 27–24. Their combined five ranking points were the league's biggest poll bonus. Add Stanford's useful 45–6 loss to Miami and a 9–3 ballot, and Mitch earned 52.3 points this week. He is ninth at 11.5 PPG.

Army's 59–3 win was Rob Duane's biggest contributor at 15.6 game points. A 10–2 ballot helped him finish the week with 45.1, despite Oregon's four-point ranking deduction and Colorado winning in his Toilet slot. Stan got 13.1 points from Louisiana's 38–7 victory, a handy response to the draft summary calling it a reach. Robbie's Memphis is already 2–0 with 22.4 game points. The teams have apparently been reading their reviews.

Aaron had both ends of the stress spectrum: Penn State won 45–0 and added two ranking points, while Charlotte needed a 43–41 loss to deliver 10.2 Toilet points. Jay got Georgia's 63–3 rout, Washington's Apple Cup win, and a 10–2 ballot. There was plenty of productive football beyond the leaders; some owners simply had to work harder for a comfortable pulse.

Hayden Reed, Matt Dillon, Bryson Reed, and Mo Reeder each went 11–1 on the twelve new games. Their only miss was everybody's miss: Colorado over Georgia Tech. Nobody gets to call that one obvious in the group chat. We have fourteen receipts.

The season Pick'em lead is now a three-way tie: Matt Dillon, Bryson, and Mo at 17–3. Week 0 leader Stan Reed went 9–3 and sits one back at 16–4 alongside Hayden, Matt Reed, and Jay Wallace. Monday's SMU win at Florida State rewarded nine believers and supplied the final point for all four weekly leaders.

Tom Bickart finished 5–7, the toughest submitted ballot of the week. Robbie Baird and Rylan again had no picks recorded. Rylan is fourteenth at 10.3 PPG; his teams are doing the group project while the ballot remains a blank document.

Seven of the sixteen Toilet teams won over the new weekend: UMass, Colorado, Georgia State, Purdue, Arkansas, New Mexico State, and Arizona State. Seven owners received zero points for all that school spirit. Arizona State won 70–7, which is an especially elaborate way to give Rylan nothing.

Tori, who shared the Week 0 lead, is thirteenth at 10.4 PPG, with 52.0 total points across five games. Miami and UNLV supplied wins, Virginia added a poll point without a new game, and Purdue insisted on being useful to Purdue. Mo's 11–1 ballot could not fully cover Clemson's 51–10 loss at LSU and Arkansas winning in the wrong roster slot; after Oklahoma's one-point poll deduction, he is eighth at 11.6 PPG with 46.4 total points. Tom is last at 9.4 PPG, narrowly behind Robbie's 9.5. Early days, but the repair bills have arrived.

There were consolations. Bryson's Ohio—the draft summary's “Hot Garbage”—lost 49–21 and delivered 12.8 points. Aaron's Charlotte lost 43–41 to The Citadel for 10.2. The Toilet Whisperer got paid, though Charlotte made him sweat for the plumbing.