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Trending College Football Teams After Week 5

By Matt Hetzler and Tyler Smith

Matt's Trending Up

Indiana
Indiana used a late fourth quarter push to upset Michigan State on Saturday. Indiana played great on defense which is something Indiana has struggled to do in recent years. Indiana is off to a 4-1 start and now heads to Columbus this week.

Eastern Michigan
    Who would’ve thought that Eastern Michigan would be 4-1 at this point? Eastern proved they are for real after knocking off Bowling Green on the road. The Eagles offense is the best it's been in years, averaging 35 ppg. EMU faces a really good Toledo team this weekend, a win here and EMU will be in the running for a division title.

North Carolina
    The Tar Heels walked out of Doak Campbell with a monstrous win! After Francois scored with under 30 seconds the Heels looked dead in the water. Mitch Trubisky finished off what was a great game with a quick drive to get the Heels in FG range and the kicker nailed a 54 yarder shocking the Noles. UNC now has to be the front runner in the ACC Coastal.
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Tyler's Trending Up

Washington
I was unsure about the Huskies until I saw them demolish Stanford. Coming into the season the Huskies had high hopes and so far so good. The offense is the 7th highest scoring team in the nation and the defense ranks 8th best in the country. A game at Oregon is always tough but the Ducks aren’t the Ducks of old.

Clemson
What A Game. What An Atmosphere. A lot of questions were answered after Saturday's win over Louisville. Watson overall had a pretty good game but his turnover numbers are still questionable. Toughest game left on the slate is at Florida State with a bye week to prep. Things are looking pretty good for the Tigers.

Air Force
Navy came into town and got shut down. The defense for the Falcons has been great this season. They are only allowing 17.9 ppg through 4 games. QB Nate Romine has already set a career high in passing yards with 621. If he can raise his completion percentage to around 55 that would be good news for the Falcons.


Matt's Trending Down

Purdue

    Purdue was a team I thought would turn a corner this season and I was WRONG! Purdue managed a measly 205 total yards with 10 rushing yards. 10! The defense allowed 400 yards rushing for nearly 9 yards a rush. It was a pitiful performance and it looks like Hazell is on his way out.  

Michigan State
    Sparty lost all hope of winning a B1G East title with a loss to Indiana. Michigan State committed 11 penalties for 98 yards and converted on only 4/15 3rd downs. One bright spot was the play of QB Tyler O’Connor. Michigan State hosts BYU this weekend.

Oregon
    I didn’t expect Oregon to beat Washington State but it’s the performance of the defense which is why they land on my list. Oregon’s defense allowed 280 yards rushing to a team that likes to air it out. Luke Falk picked apart the Oregon secondary. Oregon now sits at 2-3 and hosts Washington on Saturday, the Ducks desperately need a win.

Tyler's Trending Down

San Diego State
South Alabama is the most interesting team in football and the Aztecs found that out on Saturday. The Aztecs defense allowed South Alabama to gain big yards in the passing attack, averaging just over 11 yards per completion. After the 4th quarter fumble it was all downhill from there. The Aztecs are still the favorite to win the West division but now we have a bit more questions.

Nevada
The Wolfpack had a chance to go 1-0 and have a strong start to conference play but now all we have is question. In their three losses they are averaging 13 points per game. That is not going to be enough to compete for the West title. Hawaii won the game on the ground by averaging 8.6 yards per carry on 40 touches. On the season Nevada has given up the second most yards on the ground this season, 1363. The number one team is who the Pack face next week, Fresno State.

Purdue
Starting off the Big Ten season with a 55-7 loss to Maryland is a good way to get fired by the mid season. I came into the season too high on Purdue and it is showing. Next up is Illinois a loss here and this season is toast, again for the Boilermakers.

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