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CFP ranking release: Three things we learned and one question
A conference-by-conference look at which teams are contending for the playoff, who's close and who's out.
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Week 10 Anger Index: Welcome to the sequel, Notre Dame
Ranking the five teams who should be most upset with the committee's first CFP rankings.
Top Headlines
- Miami tops 1st CFP rankings as date with No. 11 Notre Dame looms
- Sources: Ex-QB Wilson interviews with NC State, joins Rivers as HC candidate
- Dykes brushes aside boos from TCU crowd as just 'bad part' of job
- Venables, Witten looking for 'more consistent quarterback play' at OU
- Missouri's Drinkwitz: 'I'm not a candidate' for Florida State job
The race for the Heisman
Heisman of Week 9: LaNorris Sellers' throwback, Darian Mensah's move
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Ranking the teams
Week 9 Power Rankings: How did another wild week change the top 25?
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Week 9 AP poll reaction: What's next for each Top 25 team
Alabama at LSU
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Stephen A. has a strong message for Alabama ahead of LSU matchup
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Reacting to the action
Playoff tiers: How 29 contenders to make the field of 12 stack up
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Week 9 takeaways: Is Texas back?
Florida State fires coach
FSU fires Mike Norvell: Top candidates and roster priorities
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FSU president on Norvell firing: 'Trajectory' of program just wasn't there
Who will make the 12-team College Football Playoff?
Superstar for Buckeyes
How many can he get? Tracking Jeremiah Smith's record-setting 2026 season
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Could Smith be a generational receiver prospect? Let's answer seven questions
Top Headlines
- Sources: Ex-QB Wilson interviews with NC State, joins Rivers as HC candidate
- Missouri's Drinkwitz: 'I'm not a candidate' for Florida State job
- Ohio State to stick with Fahey at quarterback vs. Oregon
- Notre Dame replaces Purdue with series vs. Illinois in '27, '28
- Deion says Colorado 'not giving up' on year after snapping skid
- Nebraska's Rhule urges calm after fan cursed at his daughter after loss
- Witten to call plays as Oklahoma fires second-year OC Arbuckle
- FSU WR Robinson out for season with torn ACL, sources say
- 📈 Power Rankings: How big wins, upsets changed top 25
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Connelly's CFP tiers: How 29 contenders stack up after Week 9
With the first CFP rankings coming Tuesday, we break down every candidate's chances of landing a bid.
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Why Jeremiah Smith is a generational NFL draft receiver prospect for 2027
Smith could be the first wideout to be selected No. 1 in the draft in 31 years. What makes him so special? Who are his comps? Which NFL teams could pick him?
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Northwestern's Chip Kelly went into the history books to build an offense
The Wildcats are playing their best offense in a decade. All it took was an old-school scheme and mad tinkerer.
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Ranking the top 60 college football recruiting classes for 2027
Where the top 60 classes stand as the latest cycle hits the home stretch.
