FOX Sports CFB analyst RJ Young joins First Things First to discuss his 138 CFB rankings, along with Indiana's odds of repeating as National Champions. He then breaks down what is stopping Notre Dame from winning it all, along with the Big Ten's new rule regarding players returning to CFB from the NFL. RJ then explains why Arch Manning will live up to the hype, along with how the 2026 season will be the most competitive year in CFB history. He also unveils his dark horse National Championship Winner. (00:00) Intro
(00:26) RJ's 138 CFB Rankings
(01:29) Indiana Going Back-to-Back?
(02:34) Notre Dame's Limitations
(03:50) Big Ten's New Rule
(06:40) Will Arch Live Up to Hype?
(08:00) Most Competitive CFB Season Ever?
(10:44) Dark Horse National Championship Winner
The college football appetizer known as week zero has come and gone, and although it wasn't quite as robust as the real opening week that is still to come, it did more than enough to keep football fans satisfied while they wait for the main course this coming Saturday.
Yesterday felt like a return to normalcy for college football fanatics after months of court dates and NIL doomsday prophecies, and it was nice to just sit back and watch some glorious pigskin action without worrying about any of that extracurricular garbage that has been plaguing the news cycle.
One of the telltale signs that the season is underway is the myriad overreactions you will see up and down your social media timeline, and Saturday evening/Sunday morning was no different.
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As you'll see, it's never too early to overreact to your team's performance in the first week of the year, even with an expanded College Football Playoff affording teams more regular-season Mulligans than ever before.
Here are three overreactions you'll see all over your phone screen as you do your Sunday afternoon scroll, and some carry more weight than others.
Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell before the game between the Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles on November 25, 2023 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field in Gainesville, Fl. (David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
If I could sum up Florida State's 2026 opener against New Mexico State on Saturday night in one word, it would be "woof."
And I'm not alone in that assessment, FSU fans took to social media for the majority of the past 16 hours and absolutely trashed their beloved Noles.
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The Seminoles were 31.5-point favorites heading into the contest, with New Mexico State coming off a 4-8 season in 2025.
Florida State ended up only winning by 17, and the game got as close as 10 midway through the fourth quarter.
If it wasn't for a bad pick in the red zone to open the game and a drop by a wide open receiver in the end zone, the Aggies might have actually pulled the upset in Tallahassee.
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