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College football's top midseason award winners, led by Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts

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USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY

The don't hand out Oscars for the best achievements in film halfway through the year. But college football isn't the Academy Awards.

There's been plenty of superlatives through the first seven weeks of the season worth recognizing. Unfortunately, there's also been some negatives worth calling out, too.

We asked our academy of college football experts to weigh in on the highs and lows on the key topics from the first half of the season so that the overachievers and underachievers can be acknowledged.