1. Alabama - (7-0)
2. Penn State - (6-0)
3. Georgia - (7-0)
4. TCU - (6-0)
5. Wisconsin - (6-0)
6. Ohio State - (6-1)
7. Clemson - (6-1)
8. Miami - (5-0)
9. Oklahoma - (5-1)
10. Oklahoma State - (5-1)
11. USC - (6-1)
12. Washington - (6-1)
13. Notre Dame (5-1)
14. Virginia Tech - (5-1)
15. Washington State - (6-1)
16. NC State - (6-1)
17. South Florida - (6-0)
18. Michigan State - (5-1)
19. Michigan - (5-1)
20. UCF - (5-0)
21. Auburn - (5-2)
22. Stanford - (5-2)
23. West Virginia - (4-2)
24. LSU - (5-2)
25. Memphis - (5-1)

A look around college football on how former New Mexico high school football players did Week 7:

(These were gleaned from box scores which of course don't have OL stats and are sometimes wrong so feel free to add to the list)

Sam Denmark (Senior, Las Cruces) - Abilene Christian (9 total tackles (7 solo))

Zach Gentry (RS Sophomore, Eldorado) - Michigan (2 receiptions for 15 yards)

Grant Hermanns (RS Freshman, Rio Rancho) - Purdue (Started and played 51 of 55 offensive snaps at LT)

Santo Coppola (Senior, St. Michael's) - Air Force (2 total tackles (2 solo))

Romell Jordan (RS Senior, Cleveland) - New Mexico (4 rushes 14 yards, 2 receiptions for 8 yards)

Aaron Molina (Junior, Valley) - New Mexico (1 receiption for 8 yards)

Teton Saltes (RS Freshman, Valley) - New Mexico (Started on the offense at RT)

Kavika Johnson (Junior, Mayfield) - UTEP - (2 receiption for 25 yards)

Brian Trujillo (RS Sophomore, Volcano Vista) - New Mexico State (Started on the offense at LG)

Desmond Branch (RS Senior, Cleveland) - Georgia Tech (2 total tackles (1 solo), 1 sack)

Kamal Cass (Senior, Clovis) - Eastern New Mexico (24 rushes for 117 yards and 1 TD, 1 receiption for 44 yards and 1 TD)

Wyatt Strand (RS Freshman, Logan) - Eastern New Mexico (3 of 5 passing for 71 yards, 10 rushes for 44 yards)

Russell Montoya (RS Sophomore, Valley) - Eastern New Mexico (1 receiption for 24 yards)

Rick Ornelas (RS Junior, Cibola) - Eastern New Mexico (Started on the offense at RG)

Lane Cummings (RS Senior, Las Cruces) - Eastern New Mexico (Started on the offense at C)

Isaiah Callahan (RS Freshman, Clovis) - Eastern New Mexico (Started on the offense at LT)

Dante Urrea (RS Freshman, Deming) - Eastern New Mexico (8 total tackles (3 solo))

Charles Countee (RS Sophomore, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico (7 total tackles (3 solo))

Zach Johnson (RS Senior, Portales) - Eastern New Mexico (7 total tackles (3 solo) and .5 sack)

Brad Hardin (RS Junior, Aztec) - Eastern New Mexico (4 total tackles (3 solo) and 1 fumble recovery)

Gary Thibeaux-Moore (Junior, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico (4 total tackles (4 solo))

Dakota Montoya (Senior, Clayton) - Eastern New Mexico (1 total tackles (0 solo))

Nic Little (Freshman, Rio Rancho) - Eastern New Mexico (3 punts for an average of 34.3 yards)

Quevin Redding (RS Freshman, Centennial) - Western New Mexico - (1 receiption for 12 yards)

James Lee (RS Sophomore, Cobre) - Western New Mexico - (2 total tackles (1 solo))

Isaiah Lowery (Sophomore, Sandia) - New Mexico Highlands (Started on the offense at LT)

Xavier Hoover (Sophomore, Gallup) - New Mexico Highlands (10 total tackles (4 solo) and 1.5 sacks)

Jake Harrelson (Sophomore, Ruidoso) - New Mexico Highlands (6 total tackles (3 solo) and .5 sack)

Xzavion Patterson (Sophomore, Centennial) - New Mexico Highlands (2 total tackles (2 solo))

Sam Garcia (Junior, Cibola) - New Mexico Highlands (1 total tackles (1 solo))

Justin Houghtaling (RS Freshman, Artesia) - West Texas A&M (14 of 23 passing for 171 yards, 8 rushes for 33 yards and 1 TD)

Michael Dunlap (Senior, Cleveland) - Adams St. (3 total tackles (3 solo))

Sergio Mendoza (Junior, Rio Rancho) - Adams St. (2 total tackles (0 solo))

Bo Coleman (RS Junior, Valley) - Fort Lewis College (12 of 20 passing for 177 yards and 1 TD, 11 rushes for 55 yards and 1 TD)

Kyle Carmody (Senior, St. Pius) - U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Started on the offense at RT)

Michael Rose (Senior, La Cueva) - Pittsburg State (17 rushes for 69 yards and 1 TD)

Which 2 (or more) loss team could still win it all?

Poll: Week Nine Most Likely To Upset

Best warm up or pump up song before a game. We had national "funky" day this week. So pick the must listen to song.

The weekly sacrifice to the HS football gods.

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/5-things-we-learned-from-week-8

No. 1 on the list is Las Cruces over Carlsbad. Bulldawgs are rolling.

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/five-week-8-scores-that-caught-our-attention

Post stats or player of the week nominations here.

WOW six games last night and the average score for each team was 37.9 per team.

Winners averaged 52.3 points and the non winners averaged 22.1 points.
Is this the beginning of an offensive explosion weekend?

I can see several mercy rule games on the night.

ENMU improves to 6-1after 24-15 win over Tarleton ST.

Who are the favorites in 2018?

What did you learn Friday night?

Post your week 9 rankings?

Give us your college football upset pick for week 6

AND

Your predictions for New Mexico schools:

1. New Mexico @ Fresno St.
2. New Mexico State @ Georgia Southern
3. Eastern New Mexico @ Tarleton State
4. Chadron State @ New Mexico Highlands
5. Western New Mexico @ #11 Texas A&M - Commerce

*****WEEK EIGHT SCOREBOARD (OCT. 12th - 14th)*****

Animas 56, Hondo 6
Aztec 41, Bloomfield 13
Capitan 51, Tularosa 0
Centennial 37, Mayfield 23
Cleveland 63, Cibola 33
Eldorado 49, Sandia 30
Escalante 39, Santa Fe 6
Eunice 19, Dexter 0
Farmington 42, Kirtland Central 7
Grants 42, Valencia 16
Hatch Valley 28, Santa Teresa 8
Hobbs 54, Gadsden 0
Lake Arthur 34, Floyd 16
Las Cruces 45, Carlsbad 6
Manzano 34, Clovis 10
Melrose 62, Logan 8
Mesilla Valley 56, Cloudcroft 32
Moriarty 53, NMMI 0
Newcomb 50, Crownpoint 0
Roswell 51, Alamogordo 0
Ruidoso 55, Hope Christian 33
Socorro 28, Hot Springs 12
Tatum 33, Gateway Christian 19
Valley 33, Albuquerque 16
West Las Vegas 42, Bernalillo 7
Zuni 39, Wingate 23

Listen and watch games from Artesia, Goddard and Roswell each Friday night. Also, the after show with Gene Dow from 10pm-10:30pm.

EVHS has fired Head Football Coach Jesus Maes. Expect AD Phillip Roybal to finish the season as interim coach.

At this point in the season, focus turns to district placement, which is a big factor in state seeding. This includes paying attention to the tiebreakers, starting with head-to-head and goal differential among the tied teams. Remember that the NMAA uses the standard soccer system of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, so the order that the district standings are listed in in MaxPreps (which is based on winning percentage and ignores draws) is not always accurate.

Monday:
Hope Christian (14-1) at Farmington (9-3-2). Hope is ranked No. 5 in the state, regardless of class. Their only loss was to Academy.

Tuesday:
Valencia (6-8-1) at St. Pius (8-3-3). St. Pius should cruise to the district title, and Valencia (3-1) is currently just ahead of Los Lunas (2-2) for second. Valencia played SPX fairly close in their last matchup, falling 4-3.
Academy (10-4-2) at Capital (11-4-1). Academy took care of business at home against Capital and Los Alamos, but has to travel to face both rivals this week.
Hobbs (11-2-2) at Gadsden (10-6). Hobbs (7-0-1 in district) holds a narrow lead over Mayfield (7-1). Gadsden (5-4-1) has two-point lead over Las Cruces (4-3-1) for third.
Chaparral (9-7) at Santa Teresa (9-4-1). A lot yet to be determined in this district. In a four-team district like this one (and 2-5A and 4-5A), every district game is crucial. Chaparral has a narrow lead over ST and Deming for second, and this is the first meeting of these two teams.

Wednesday:
Sandia (6-8) vs. Eldorado (8-4-2). Current standings in 2-6A have La Cueva (5-0-1), Eldorado (4-1-1), Sandia (4-2), Clovis (3-3). Eldorado won the first meeting with Sandia, 5-2. Props to the Matadors, which started 0-5, but are now right in the playoff picture. Their problem is that their poor start means that they are only No. 17 in MaxPreps in 6A, so they need to finish second in the district to have a good chance at state. Eldorado had a damaging loss at Clovis last week.

Thursday:
St. Pius at Los Lunas (8-8). Remember that St. Pius has not yet lost to a New Mexico team.
Volcano Vista (10-3-1) at Rio Rancho (11-4-2). In 1-6A, Volcano is 3-1 while both Rio Rancho and Cleveland are 3-1-1. Rio Rancho won the first meeting with Volcano, 3-0.
Highland (8-4-1) at Atrisco Heritage (5-6-2). Highland is a good story. Two years ago, they were 2-16. They started 1-3 this year, but are 7-1-1 since, including a close 2-1 loss to Albuquerque High. But it is no guarantee that this district will get two teams in the tournament. Highland is No. 11 in MaxPreps. Right now Highland is second in the district at 3-1-1 while Atrisco is 2-3, and they play twice in three days, due to a rescheduled rainout.

Friday:
Hope Christian at Portales (6-6). You wonder if one of these long road trips will catch up to Hope. The Huskies have been to Farmington (twice), Roswell, and Ruidoso, and this trip to Portales comes right after a trip to Farmington on Monday.
Academy at Los Alamos (12-5). Academy not only has a win right now over Los Alamos but is plus-two in the head-to-head tiebreaker, so Los Alamos has some work to do.

Saturday:
Sandia vs. La Cueva (10-0-3). Sandia had La Cueva down 2-0 in the second half last week before giving up the lead and the game.
Chaparral at Alamogordo (12-3-1). This is Alamo’s last home game before ending the season with games at Santa Teresa and Deming. Alamo is in the discussion for the No. 1 seed at state.
Mayfield at Gadsden
Atrisco Heritage at Highland

34-10 win. Manzano outscored Clovis, 28-3, in 2H.

Story: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/manzano-maintains-no-1-ranking-with-convincing-victory-over-clovis

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What did you learn Friday night?

What does your week 8 rankings look like?