The party is thinning out quickly. Just two weeks ago, 15 teams remained unbeaten at the FBS level, and now we're down to only six.
Every college football season takes on its own personality in terms of how many powers avoid early upsets, how many upstarts make runs (and how long they last) and how many mid-majors threaten to run the table. Over the past 10 full seasons -- from 2011 to 2021, minus the forever-exception of 2020 -- there are typically 8.5 unbeaten teams eight weeks into the season, 6.5 from power conferences and 2.0 from non-powers.