The latest College Football Playoff rankings sparked a question: Who’s fooling the committee?
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy identified an SEC playoff team from last season as the most overrated squad in the latest set of CFP rankings.
“When you look at the rankings, one team has three losses, that’s Tennessee. Then, you go look at Tennessee’s schedule, they haven’t beaten anybody. I think their best win is actually Mississippi State, so they probably have no business being in the top 25. They’d be my most overrated team,” Portnoy said on “Big Noon Kickoff.”
FOX Sports college football analyst Mark Ingram agreed, noting that the Volunteers’ defense, which ranks near the bottom of the SEC in opponent total yards (395.9 per game) and points allowed (31.1 per game), is among the worst in the country. Tennessee has dropped all three of its ranked matchups (Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma) and sits at 6-3.
Mark Ingram and Urban Meyer name their most underrated and overrated teams in the CFP Rankings
Barstool Sports’ Dan “Big Cat” Katz pointed to a Group of 6 team as the most overrated in the second set of rankings.
“My most overrated team is easy, it’s [No. 24] South Florida,” Katz mentioned. “They get credit score for beating a foul Boise State crew. They get credit score for beating a foul Florida crew. … You received some massive video games in September. They don’t seem to be that massive now. South Florida’s overrated.”
South Florida is 7-2 total, with Boise State and Florida being its two ranked wins. Boise State, which reached the quarterfinal spherical of final season’s Faculty Soccer Playoff, started the 2025 season ranked No. 25 nation and is now 6-3 total. Florida, which started the season ranked No. 15, is now 3-6 total and fired head coach Billy Napier final month.
What about probably the most underrated crew?
“I believe James Madison is underrated,” Katz mentioned. “James Madison beat Texas State, who beat UTSA, who beat Tulane, who beat Memphis, who then beat USF. … James Madison needs to be within the playoff over USF.”
The Dukes are 8-1 total and 6-0 in Solar Belt play.
“My crew is Texas Tech,” Ingram mentioned. “Their solely loss got here when their beginning quarterback [Behren Morton] was harm. They’ve a top-five offense within the nation and a top-five protection within the nation, they usually’re No. 6. I do not know why they’re that far again within the rankings. They need to be up there within the top-four, vying for a first-round bye.”
The Purple Raiders are 9-1 total and 6-1 in Huge 12 play, with a win on the highway in opposition to Utah and at dwelling in opposition to BYU.
Naturally, Portnoy pointed to his beloved Wolverines as probably the most underrated crew.
“No person needs to see Michigan on their schedule,” Portnoy mentioned. I believe Michigan may be very harmful, very underrated round 18. They’re my most underrated crew within the rankings.”
The Wolverines are 7-2 total and 5-1 in Huge Ten play. Michigan performs Nebraska at Wrigley Discipline on Saturday (12 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).
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