by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen and Joe McLaughlin 10/30/25 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks (Zak Drapeau) Photo by Terrance Williams/ Associated Press 1. Lamar Jackson at MIA 2. Patrick Mahomes at BUF 3. Justin Herbert at TEN 4. Dak Prescott vs ARI 5. Jared Goff vs MIN 6. Josh Allen vs KC 7. Kyler Murray at DAL ** 8. Daniel Jones at PIT 9. Jordan Love vs CAR 10. Jaxson Dart vs SF 11. Drake Maye vs ATL 12. Caleb Williams at CIN 13. Matthew Stafford vs NO 14. Jayden Daniels vs SEA ** 15

Credit to Getty/UFC Current Rankings: C Tom Aspinall 1 Ciryl Gane 2 Alexander Volkov 3 Sergei Pavlovich 4 Curtis Blaydes 5 Jailton Almeida 6 Waldo Cortes Acosta 7 Serghei Spivac 8 Derrick Lewis 9 Ante Delija 10 Marcin Tybura 11 Shamil Gaziev 12 Tai Tuivasa 13 Mick Parkin 14 Valter Walker 15 Tallison Teixeira _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Our Hypothetical Fights ___________________________________ C Tom Aspina

by Zak Drapeau 10/28/2025 Sportz Nation Graphic by tiermaker.com Tier 1: Super Bowl or Bust 1. Detroit Lions -- 5-2 (Won 5 of Last 6) Last Week: BYE Week What else is there to say besides the Lions are the CLEAR best team in the league to this point. Jared Goff should get some MVP votes, Dan Campbell has been one of the best Head Coaches of the last half-decade and they've only lost on the road to the Packers and Chiefs. __________________________________ Photo by Joe Sarg

by Zak Drapeau 10/27/2025 Sportz Nation Photo by Nicole Hester/ The Tennessean/ USA Today Network via Imagn Images AP Poll (10/26) Zak's Poll 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Indiana 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 7. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 8. Notre Dame 9. Vanderbilt 9. Georgia Tech 10. Miami 10. Vanderbilt 11. BYU 11. BYU 12. Notre Dame 12. Texas Tech 13. Texas Tech 13. Miami 14. Tenness

by Zak Drapeau 10/27/2025 Sportz Nation By a score of 32-13 the Patriots beat the Browns yesterday as they extend the NFL's longest active winning streak at 5. In those 5 games, the Browns are beating teams by an average of 15 points. Besides the Bills, the Patriots haven't had any tough games in that stretch but they are still beating these teams the way a great team should. ___________________________________ Photo by Maddie Meyer/ Getty Images Game Review The first half w

by Zak Drapeau 10/25/2025 Sportz Nation MVP: Baker Mayfield Runner Up Patrick Mahomes Photo by Lon Horwedel/ Imagn Images Oddsmakers have Mahomes as the run away favorite for the MVP award right now but that has to be about the league's biasness toward him. Mayfield has almost identical stats, a better team record and is doing it with a much more injured and inexperienced receiving core. Mayfield has led his team to a 5-2 record and the #4 seed with his top options, Mike Ev

by Zak Drapeau 10/24/2025 Sportz Nation Game Preview While College Gameday will be in Nashville for the Missouri@Vandy game, the real showdown will be between Ole Miss and Oklahoma. Both teams have lost and fell down the polls in the last two weeks which means the loser of this game will have a LONG way to go to make it to the CFB Playoffs at the end of the season. With both teams being 6-1 at this point in the season, Oklahoma will be the favorites in this game having one o

by Zak Drapeau 10/24/2025 Sportz Nation Yesterday on October 23rd, a bombshell NBA-story dropped involving arrests of former and current NBA players surrounding betting scandals. As of now, we know that three people associated with the NBA have been arrested and indicted by a Grand Jury, including current Miami Heat Point Guard Terry Rozier, Current Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups and former Cavaliers player and Lakers Assistant Coach Damon Jones. Accordi

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen and Joseph McLaughlin 10/23/2025 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks Photo by Adrian Kraus/ Associated Press 1. Josh Allen at CAR 2. Patrick Mahomes vs WAS 3. Jalen Hurts vs NYG 4. Baker Mayfield at NO 5. Daniel Jones vs TEN 6. Dak Prescott at DEN 7. Bo Nix vs DAL 8. Caleb Williams at BAL 9. Drake Maye vs CLE 10. Justin Herbert vs MIN 11. Jordan Love at PIT 12. Joe Flacco vs NYJ 13. Aaron Rodgers vs GB 14. Brock Purdy at HOU 15. Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson

by Zak Drapeau 10/23/2025 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen) Quarterback Credit to AP Photo/David Zalubowski Bo Nix vs DAL Though the first three and a half quarters were not great, Nix ended Week 7 with a stellar passing line. Having thrown for 279 yards, rushed for 48 yards, while tallying 4 total TDs makes me extremely confident in Bo heading into Week 8. Nix also plays the worst defense in the NFL in the Dallas Cowboys, who give up the most passing yards (276.9 per gam

by Zak Drapeau 10/21/2025 Sportz Nation 1. Detroit Lions /\1 5-2 Last Week: 24-9 Win vs TB After a week away from the top spot Detroit regains the status after their decimation of the Buccaneers. Whether they were give home town advantage in penalties at the end of the game or not, the Lions were by far the better team and is the better team in the NFL than any other, with one of the strongest defenses in the league and lucky enough to be one of the least injured....

by Zak Drapeau 10/20/2025 Sportz Nation AP Poll (10/19) Zak's Top-25 Photo by Jadarian Price/ WSBT 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Indiana 2 Indiana 3. Texas A&M 3. Alabama 4. Alabama 4. Texas A&M 5. Georgia 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 6. Oregon 7. Georgia Tech 7. Notre Dame 8. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 9. Miami 9. Ole Miss 10. Vanderbilt 10. Oklahoma 11. BYU 11. BYU 12. Notre Dame 12. Texas 13. Oklahoma 13. Vanderbilt 14. Texas Tech 14. Texas Tech 15. Missouri 15. Tennessee...

by Zak Drapeau 10/12/2025 Sportz Nation Graphic by NFL Welcome To My First NFL Mock Draft of the 2025-26 Season. I will keep this header brief but I want to give a few notes about this exercise and about the class as a whole: Draft Class Notes 1. This draft class is not very good especially in the top end. 2. This Quarterback class is not good compared to years prior. With no one running away with a QB1 ranking, watch for the first non-QB #1 selection since Travon Walker in

by Zak Drapeau 10/17/2025 Sportz Nation So the common pick for "Game of the Week" for Week 8 is either College Gameday's pick of Ole Miss at Georgia or Tennessee at Alabama . Since coverage of those two games will be abundant all week, I've decided to give light to what I would consider will be the most competitive game of the week, Washington at Michigan . A battle of Big 10 teams who need this win to keep playoff-hopes alive, this game will have an insane atmosphere in An

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen, and Joe McLaughlin 10/16/2025 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks (Zak Drapeau) Photo by Grant Halverson/ Getty Images 1. Jayden Daniels at DAL 2. Dak Prescott vs WAS 3. Patrick Mahomes vs LV 4. Jared Goff vs TB 5. Baker Mayfield at DET 6. Caleb Williams vs NO 7. Jalen Hurts at MIN 8. Matthew Stafford at JAX 9. Justin Herbert vs IND 10. Justin Fields vs CAR 11. Drake Maye at TEN 12. Bo Nix vs NYG 13. Jordan Love at ARI 14. Daniel Jones at LAC 15. Trevor L

by Matt Hylen and Zak Drapeau 10/16/2025 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen ) Quarterback Credit to AP Photo/Ian Walton Caleb Williams vs NO Caleb Williams has proven a lot of doubters wrong this season, which I think continues in Week 7. After posting a 252-yard and 2 total TD performance last week, Williams is primed to keep the momentum going against a poor Saints team that allows the 4th most points to QBs. Justin Fields vs CAR Though the Jets have been abysmal this sea

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation Current Rankings C Alexandre Pantoja 1 Joshua Van 2 Brandon Moreno 3 Brandon Royval 4 Amir Albazi 5 Tatsuro Taira 6 Kai Kara-France 7 Manel Kape 8 Alex Perez 9 Asu Almabayev 10 Tim Elliot 11 Steve Erceg 12 Tagir Ulanbekov 13 Charles Johnson 14 Bruno Silva 15 Rafael Estevam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Zak and Matt's Hypothetical Fight ___________________________________ Ph

by Zak Drapeau 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation The Red Sox big Offseason Acquisition, 3B Alex Bregman will reportedly opt out of his contract and hit Free Agency after only 1 season on the team. Bregman's sole year in Boston was good and bad. Bregman only played 114 games thanks to a strained quad before the All Star Break but still had a productive season when healthy. Photo by Tim Heitman/Imagn Images His season included a .273/.360/.462 slashline. He had 18 home runs and 62 RBIs

by Zak Drapeau 10/14/2025 Sportz Nation 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-1 Last Week: 30-19 Win vs SF Photo by Peter Joneleit/ Associated Press For the third week in a row we have a new #1 as the Buccaneers take the crown. Even without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, Baker Mayfield is looking like the MVP of the league. With Todd Bowles taking care of the defense and Baker running the #6 offense, this team will be rolling and only getting better when they get healthy. ______________

by Zak Drapeau 10/13/2025 Sportz Nation AP Poll (10/12 ) Zak's Poll 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Miami 2. Miami 3. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Texas A&M 4. Indiana 5. Ole Miss 5. Alabama 6. Alabama 6. Texas Tech 7. Texas Tech 7. Ole Miss 8. Oregon 8. Oregon 9. Georgia 9. Georgia 10. LSU 10. Notre Dame 11. Tennessee 11. LSU 12. Georgia Tech 12. Tennessee 13. Oklahoma 13.Georgia Tech 14. Notre Dame 14. Texas 15. BYU 15. Oklahoma 16. Virginia 16. BYU 17. Vanderbilt 17.