Alabama will be atop the AP Top 25 heading into the first week of October, but there is a case to be made for Georgia after its first four games. Those two SEC powerhouses appear to be on a collision course, but a lot can happen over the next nine regular-season weeks. WEEK 4 TAKEAWAYS: Clemson falls, Arkansas a CFP contender? Who else is in the mix? Oregon and Oklahoma likely would have the next two spots based on their first month, but several other unbeaten teams would be in contention....

The SEC championship game between No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 Alabama has the biggest impact of conference championship weekend. Following that, No. 2 Michigan and No. 13 Iowa face off in the Big Ten; No. 4 Cincinnati faces off vs. No. 21 Houston in the AAC; and No. 5 Oklahoma State takes on No. 9 Baylor in the Big 12. MORE: College Football Playoff picture for championship week...

Texas was the only top-10 team to fall to an unranked program this weekend, and the latest rankings offered few meaningful changes outside of the Longhorns’ drop from No. 6 to No. 15. MORE: Week 10 College Football Playoff picture Georgia crushed Florida, 36-17, pushing the Bulldogs up one spot to No. 6 and dropping the Gators from No. 9 to No. 13. Three of the Pac-12’s five ranked teams lost, as then-No....

No. 6 Oklahoma is no longer part of that group after suffering a 41-34 upset to Kansas State in Norman, Okla. The Wildcats were led by a Herculean effort from quarterback Adrian Martinez, who completed 21 of 34 passes for 234 yards and a score. He also added 21 rushes for 148 yards and another four touchdowns. The Sooners’ offense upheld its end of play, putting up 550 yards in the loss (including 330 passing yards from Dillon Gabriel)....

No. 10 Louisville showed they’re more than just a darkhorse contender for the College Football Playoff by demolishing No. 2 Florida State 63-20. No. 3 Ohio State made a case to be the country’s top-ranked team with a convincing 45-24 win over No. 14 Oklahoma. And No. 1 Alabama rallied to stay unbeaten with a 48-43 victory over rival No. 19 Ole Miss. MORE: College football’s most shocking blowouts of the past 20 years...

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The latest Associated Press Top 25 poll confirmed LSU and Alabama as the first and second-ranked team in the nation on Sunday, even though neither took the field in Week 10. Saturday afternoon’s matchup in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will be the first time the two top teams in the AP Poll meet in the regular season since 2011, when LSU was No. 1 and Alabama was No. 2. Both teams are expected to occupy the first two spots in the College Football Playoff rankings, when the CFP Committee publishes its first ranking on Tuesday, November 6...

The defending champions extended their winning run to 20 games in Week 5 with a 21-20 road victory against North Carolina, but that wasn’t enough to retain top spot in the Associated Press Top-25 poll. The Tigers dropped to No. 2 behind Alabama for the first time this season, fueling debates over whether they deserved the No. 1 spot to begin with. Clemson’s relatively weak schedule—No. 19 Wake Forest is the only ranked opponent left for the defending champions—could make its quest to reclaim top spot complicated, but Tigers coach Dabo Swinney insisted he wasn’t too concerned by external pressure....

No. 3 Notre Dame faces No. 12 Syracuse at Yankee Stadium at 2:30 p.m. in a huge matchup with College Football Playoff implications. The primetime 8 p.m. spot features matchups between No. 11 UCF and No. 19 Cincinnati and No. 13 Texas and No. 18 Iowa State. MORE: College football’s biggest remaining storylines Sporting News picks games involving the AP Top 25 each week, and we are coming off one of our best weekends of the season:...

The underdog BYU Cougars have seen a decent move in their direction for Saturday’s primetime matchup at Texas (7:30 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1). Texas quarterback David Ash experienced a recurrence of concussion-related symptoms during the Longhorn’s win over North Texas on Saturday, and the betting market has reacted. “That game’s dropping this morning,” Johnny Avello, The Wynn’s Executive Director of Race & Sports Operations, told The Linemakers on Sporting News on Monday morning....

Heading into Week 6, our College Football Playoff picks have not changed, but we switched the matchups. We have No. 1 Alabama meeting No. 5 Clemson in the CFP semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and that means No. 2 Georgia and No. 3 Ohio State would be in the other semifinal in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Why is this significant? If the SEC gets two teams, then the conference champion is going to want that semifinal in Atlanta....

With the cost of higher learning ever increasing, your kid’s gaming skills could land a lot of cash to help pay for college. Yes, college scholarships for video games are a real thing. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the company KontrolFreek — maker of gaming accessories including sweat-resistant grips — has given three student eSport competitors each $3,000 for college, with more scholarships planned. “It’s something that parents should be proud of,” KontrolFreek CEO Ashish Mistry said, according to the AJC....

The girl was sent to work as a maid for her aunt and her husband, Joseph Adoyi, last year, according to a Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Nigeria report. Adoyi, a security officer at the Benue State University in Makurdi, allegedly repeatedly raped the girl, who became pregnant. The girl did not speak out because she feared Adoyi would kill her, as he had threatened to do, according to the nonprofit organization’s report published last month....

An estimated 20,000 fans made the trip to London for Cologne’s first European fixture in 20 years, although their ticket allocation at the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium was a mere 3,000. Arsenal 10/3 to beat Chelsea A vast number of those travelling fans found their way into home sections of the stadium, with the confusion causing kick-off to be delayed by an hour. Arsenal won the game 3-1, the contest passing with relatively little trouble....

A legislative panel on Monday held a hearing on the “Vote Without Fear Act,” a bill sponsored by Democratic legislators who say it’s needed to allow voters to safely cast their ballots in response to what they say is the daunting and increased presence of gun-toting observers. The bill would make it a misdemeanor to openly carry a firearm inside or within 100 feet of a location used to cast or count ballots, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, 364 days in jail or both....

According to the Daily Camera, the incident began when the girlfriend read a text message on Crowder’s phone from one of his ex-girlfriends. She took some items Crowder had given her while they were dating – she told police eight months – and followed him outside. MORE: Week 3 photos | Pre-snap read | Bowl projections He threw the bag of items into a yard and she followed him. She asked Crowder if she could walk with him because she did not feel safe after some men passed by earlier and whistled at her, the Daily Camera reported....