College football teams carried their Week 9 celebrations onto social media with Halloween imagery, mascot jokes and musical references. With Saturday's games falling on the holiday, several winners used spooky graphics to punctuate their results, while teams that played earlier in the week also joined the postgame exchanges.
Utah stayed unbeaten in 2026 by defeating Cincinnati 49-25, then marked the victory with an ominous scene. Its graphic showed a partially open door illuminated by red light, with a pair of football gloves visible inside. A battered, opened can of Skyline Chili lay at the doorway, supplying the jab at Cincinnati.
Iowa followed its 30-0 shutout of Wisconsin with a graphic featuring a tombstone bearing the final score and the Badgers' logo, topped by a Hawkeye. The result extended Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell's struggles against Iowa. His teams have lost all four meetings with the Hawkeyes during his Wisconsin tenure, scoring a combined 16 points while allowing 124.
South Carolina's trip to Norman produced 521 yards of total offense in a rout of Oklahoma. As the Gamecocks built their lead, some Sooners supporters left before the game ended. South Carolina seized on those departures in a social media post comparing Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to a Spirit Halloween store.
Syracuse took a musical approach after upsetting ranked SMU at the JMA Wireless Dome. Steve Angeli found tight end Noah Meyers for the winning touchdown with fewer than 20 seconds left. The Orange's celebration combined a reference to SMU's mustang mascot with a play on Chappell Roan's 2023 song, Pink Pony Club, recasting the title around Syracuse's identity.
Duke used an image of a cross-eyed eagle to react to its lopsided victory over Boston College. Blue Devils running back Nate Sheppard ran for five touchdowns, while the Eagles' only scoring came on a play that followed a Duke touchdown. Boston College returned a blocked extra point for two points in the first quarter.
Baylor drew inspiration from UCF's Space U uniforms after beating the Golden Knights on Friday night. The Bears' final score graphic resembled a cartoon spaceship video game, placing UCF logos in the spacecraft's firing line. The accompanying caption described the flight as grounded.
Jacksonville State maintained its unbeaten conference record with a road shutout of New Mexico State in Las Cruces on Wednesday. Its Halloween graphic featured the Gamecocks' mascot beside a bloodred W. A cowboy hat positioned next to the letter added a reference to the defeated opponent.
Delaware chose a mascot-based celebration after Tuesday's win over Western Kentucky brought the Blue Hens to 4-4. Quarterback Nick Minicucci completed 32 of 38 passes for 414 yards and four touchdowns. Afterward, Delaware posted a graphic showing its mascot holding up a plush version of Western Kentucky's Big Red.
