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Kirk Herbstreit names top performing players, coaches and teams from Week 9

Tyler Fangman

By Tyler Fangman

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We are already in the last month of the regular season and onto Week 10 of the college football season.

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit releases his top-performing players, coaches and teams each week. Following Week 9, there were some key B1G names mentioned.

Here are Herbstreit’s top-performing players of Week 9:

  • Kenneth Walker III RB MSU
  • Tyler Van Dyke QB Miami
  • Will Rogers QB Miss St.
  • Caleb Williams QB Oklahoma
  • Sean Tucker and Kingsley Johnson RB & DE Syracuse 
  • Wisconsin Defense
  • Zakoby McClain LB Auburn
  • Kyren Williams RB Notre Dame
  • Tyler Allgeier RB BYU

Here are Herbie’s top-performing coaches of Week 9:

  • Mel Tucker HC MSU
  • Bryan Harsin HC Auburn
  • Manny Diaz HC Miami
  • Zach Arnett DC Miss St.
  • Jack Dickert Interim HC Washington St.
  • P.J. Fleck HC Minnesota
  • Dana Holgorsen HC Houston
  • Neal Brown HC West Virginia
  • Kalen DeBoer HC Fresno State

Here are Herbie’s top-performing teams of week 9:

  • Michigan State 37-33 W over No. 6 Michigan
  • Miami 38-34 W over No. 17 Pitt
  • Auburn 31-20 W over No. 10 Ole Miss
  • Houston 44-37 W over No. 19 SMU 
  • West Virginia 38-31 W over No. 22 Iowa State
  • Mississippi State 31-17 W over No. 12 Kentucky 
  • Fresno State 30-20 W over No. 21 San Diego State
  • Baylor 31-24 W over Texas
  • Cal 39-25 W over Oregon State
  • Washington State W over 34-21 Arizona State

Michigan State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin were the only B1G  teams who were on some of Herbstreit’s lists this week.

Tyler Fangman