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https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

SMU is ranked higher than any of the traditional Big12 schools. The only Big12 ranked higher is PAC transfer AZ State at #11.

The tin-foil-hat part of me tells me there is a concerted effort by the B12, SEC, and B1G to kill the ACC ASAP so they can sift thru the fragments and take what they want. There is a lot of talk about how the ACC is the weakest of the 4, even though all objective metrics point to the B12 being the ...

According to Rival's Andy Villamarzo

1. Mater Dei (CA)
2. Duncanville (TX)
3. DeSoto (TX)
4. North Crowley (Ft Worth, TX)
5. St. John Bosco (CA)
6. North Shore (Houston, TX)
7. St. Frances (MD)
8. Bishop Gorman (NV)
9. Southlake Carrol (TX)
10. Bixby (OK)
11. Centennial (CA)
12. Summer Creek ...

Why does he remind me of Kelvin Beachum?
Maybe by success in H.S. or athletic ability. But in terms of physicality at this stage:

With due respect to Mr. Beachum, who is probably the most well-spoken, thoughtful and bright interview I've ever been a part of, he was a 2-star prospect. When he ...

Did anyone hear how his workout with the Cowpokes went?

According to a story in today's The Athletic

1. T.J. Parker, edge, Clemson
2. Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami
3. Peter Woods, DL, Clemson
4. Cade Klubnik, QB, Clemson
5. Kyle Louis, LB, Pittsburgh
6. Rueben Bain Jr., edge, Miami
7. Antonio Williams, WR, Clemson
8. Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson
9 ...

SMU at a very respectable #20.

Ahead of us in the ACC is Clemson (#11) and Miami (#9). Special mention to quasi-ACC member Notre Dame (#7).

The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of ...

4-star
"Easily one of the most dynamic wide receivers at the [LSU] camp today."
https://www.on3.com/db/jakai-anderson-2 ... -journals/

#19. Starting to get some respect. Going to be a challenging schedule, but on the other hand, PonyFans will get to see the kind of marquis matchups we've missed since the SWC days. I'm freakin' pumped!!

Hopefully there's not a university with a USM acronym...

The Dallas Morning News and On3's Talia Goodman reporting three transfers:
ΓÇó Grace Hall 4-star F from Penn State and LSU
ΓÇó Jzaniya Harriel 4-star G from Stanford
ΓÇó Mailien Rolf G from Arizona

All the details here:
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mustangs/2025/04/06/smus-hiring-of-adia ...

Stewart Mandel of the New York Times wrote an article today ranking the Top 25 college football coaches. As you would probably surmise, out man Rhett Lashlee made the list (at #22).

"Lashlee has only been a head coach for three seasons, but over the last two, heΓÇÖs led long-struggling SMU to back ...

Congratulations indeed. Top-25 in EVERYTHING we do!

Both Wheaton and Knighton are still on the team roster at smumustangs.com and neither left through the portal.

My assumption is that neither are on ESPN's radar screen because both were injured for nearly all of 2024. ESPN is distilling everything into 3 paragraphs for the general (non-PonyFan ...