The Saturday wins by the Oregon Ducks and Oklahoma Sooners essentially confirmed their spots in the playoff. Here is the USA Today Network-Alabama Super 25 ahead of Round 1 of the AHSAA playoffs. Mickens and Sheffey if hes still in Harrisburg will also go head-to-head with Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, PA) running back Syeer Coleman in the season opener on August 23.
With 461 yards and 8 touchdowns in seven games a year ago, Bates has established himself as a steady force that can move the chains. Mickens still logged most of the carries and was rewarded for his big season by winning the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year award. Ohio State kept its undefeated season going with a double-digit win over the Michigan Wolverines that ended a four-game losing streak in the rivalry. Oregon, Ole Miss and Oklahoma locked up playoff spots with wins on Friday and Saturday. Bama needs to win that game to feel comfortable about its playoff position.
Anderson has been a key cog in William Penns backfield the past two seasons and holds offers from Kent State, Old Dominion, and Syracuse at the FBS level. Since then, reports have surfaced that Sheffey has transferred back to State College for his senior season. Junior transfer DAntae Sheffey was also on the roster after two productive seasonsat State College Area High School.
Around the halfway point, the track quietened down as teams called their drivers back into the pits, with Russell firmly in P1 with an advantage of two tenths over Verstappen. The majority of drivers were eager to rack up as many laps as possible, but with over a third of the session gone, Norris found himself at the bottom of the pile in terms of both lap count and time. He improved to sixth, knocking the Red Bull into P7 as a flying Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time of the session. The Dutchman, who finds himself just 24 points behind Standings leader Norris, then charged eight tenths clear with a time of 1m 23.343s before reporting early issues with his front left tyre. The Sprint is making its final appearance of the season in Qatar, giving the drivers just one hour of practice to hone their performance and find the best set-up ahead of a crucial Sprint Qualifying under the lights. Oscar Piastri set the pace late on in the only practice session for the Qatar Grand Prix, beating his team mate Lando Norris and Aston Martins Fernando Alonso to the top spot. The McLaren pair struggled on the hard tyres for the majority of FP1 in Qatar but would go on to take the top two spots on the timesheets.
Texas AMs loss on Friday took it out of the SEC Championship Game, but it also confirmed the Aggies spot in the CFB Playoff. The Alabama Crimson Tide will play the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta next Saturday. The Ole Miss Rebels did the same with their Egg Bowl triumph on Friday. Teams now have just a handful of hours to refine their set-ups before the drivers return to the track at 2030 local time for Sprint Qualifying. Plenty of improvements followed as a host of drivers exchanged the fastest lap time and McLaren finally found their pace, with Norris claiming P1 ahead of Piastri. While learning about performance on the hard tyres was clearly the main order of the day, Hadjar was one of the first to make the switch to soft tyres with 10 minutes remaining, rapidly dialling them in to shoot to first place.
Jones-Davis burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2023, finishing just shy of a thousand yards with 978 and 10 touchdowns. Hes managed all that on just 302 carries, matching Colemans average tote at 10.66 yards. In a case of if you cant beat em, join em, Sheffey then transferred to Harrisburg High for his junior season in 2024 and totaled 519 all-purpose yards. A 27-7 loss there to Harrisburg ended their season one game shy of a shot at the PIAA Class AAAAAA championship. Mickens, an elusive 5-foot 10-inch 200-pounder who is committed to Penn State, rolled up 1,214 yards on 155 carries a year ago for a healthy 7.8 yard average. The top four will be Ohio State, Indiana, Georgia and Texas Tech if UGA and Tech win their conference title games. None of the three teams qualified for their conference championship games, so they cant lose any ground in the CFB Playoff rankings.
But last fall, he was the feature back in the Tigers offense running for 1,681 yards and 24 touchdowns on just 157 carries. He was no slouch as a freshman in 2023 running for 517 yards on just 37 carries 12 of which went the distance for touchdowns. Sheffey was the feature back for the Little Lions as a freshman in 2022, piling up 1,725 yards and 22 touchdowns while leading his team to the third round of the playoffs. Webb has attended a high school or college football game in more than 40 states during his career as a freelance journalist, and he remains an avid follower of team sports at all levels.
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