Change, however, is coming soon. Week 7 will feature two – perhaps three – top-10 showdowns. Alabama visits Tennessee in the latest installment of the Third Saturday in October. Penn State travels to Michigan in a Big Ten East undercard challenge to see who wants to challenge Ohio State. Oklahoma State and TCU meet in a battle of unbeaten Big 12 teams, and Clemson stays on the road at Florida State....

That made-for-television drama is going to kick-start heated debates about those top four spots and questions about the selection process are coming. Do the rankings matter? Consider this statistic: 16 of the 28 teams that were in the top four in the initial set of CFP rankings the last seven seasons went on to make the CFP. Last year, all four teams went on to the Playoff. The lowest ranked teams to work their way back into the playoff?...

Alabama (10-1), Oregon (10-1), Florida State (11-0) and Mississippi State (10-1) maintained the top four spots in the rankings for the second straight week. MORE: J.T. Barrett’s path to stardom | Six-team playoff? | Rivalry rankings | Bowl Projections TCU (9-1) remains in the fifth spot, while Ohio State (10-1) and Baylor (9-1) round out the top seven. UCLA (9-2) is the top two-loss team in the rankings. The four-team playoff begins Jan....

At the top, as expected, are No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan. Behind them are No. 3 TCU, which despite losing in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday remained in the top three teams in the nation. And, in a reversal of the 2017 rankings, Ohio State stayed ahead of Alabama to become the fourth and final team in the CFP. TCU controlled its destiny heading into the Big 12 championship game Saturday but then lost 31-28 in overtime to No....

The surprising inclusion of Clemson in the top four has left Michigan on the outside looking in despite the dominant nature of its season to this point. Michigan’s non-conference schedule was undoubtedly a determining factor in that decision. Meanwhile, Ohio State sits at No. 2 with the Nos. 1 and 3 spots being occupied by the SEC – Tennessee and Georgia, respectively. Tennessee and Georgia already had a lot on the line with their matchup Saturday, but now it becomes an even bigger game....

In no surprise Tuesday night, Georgia is still the No. 1 team. The Bulldogs will play the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship this Saturday against Alabama, which is No. 3 in the latest rankings. Michigan vaulted to No. 2 after its convincing win last Saturday over Ohio State, which fell from the second spot to No. 7. Michigan will play No. 13 Iowa for the Big Ten championship this Saturday....

Question: How far will Mississippi fall after its loss to LSU? Ole Miss was No. 3, LSU No. 24. MORE: Must-see photos | Ranking one-loss teams | Spartans unload on Wolverines | LSU takes down Ole Miss | Best of Week 9 | Five lessons for Ohio State | Trouble ahead for Mississippi State? | Top 25 players UPDATE: Ole Miss fell to No. 9 in the coaches poll....

The biggest winner in Week 11 was No. 4 TCU, which held off No. 18 Texas in a 17-10 defensive struggle to remain unbeaten. With that, the Horned Frogs’ hopes of making the Playoff as an undefeated Big 12 champion — likely their only way in — remain in play. The same could not be said of two Pac-12 teams with outside chances of making the Playoff as a one-loss champion....

Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Tigers’ first game of the season. Kickoff time—Wake Forest hosts Clemson at Truist Field at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. ET on Saturday, September 12. TV channel—ABCLive stream—ABC’s digital platforms, SlingTV and fuboTV. Odds—Clemson is a 33-point favorite with DraftKings and is 9/10 to cover the spread, while the over/under line in terms of total points scored is set at 60....

The College Football Playoff semifinal matchups between No. 1 LSU and No. 4 Oklahoma (Peach Bowl) and No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson (Fiesta Bowl) will determine the participants in the 2019 college football championship. But they aren’t the only games on Saturday. The other two games on the final Saturday slate of the season include the Camping World Bowl matchup between No. 14 Notre Dame and Iowa State and the Cotton Bowl matchup between No....

This is the last week in which the ACC and Big 12 will be the only Power 5 conferences playing; starting with Week 4, the SEC begins its 10-game, conference-only trek to December. The planned return of the Big Ten (and potential return of the Pac-12) could add another degree of excitement toward the end of the year but, for now, what college football fans have waited for is a mere week away....

This week features two matchups between top-25 teams, both of which take place in the SEC. That starts at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday when No. 13 Texas A&M visits second-ranked Alabama. Jimbo Fisher’s Aggies struggled on offense in a 17-12 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday, while Alabama predictably handled Missouri 38-19. The second of those top-25 games is this week’s “College GameDay” matchup: No. 7 Auburn at No. 4 Georgia....

One of the biggest matchup of the week will take place in Ames, Iowa, as No. 10 Iowa, fresh off dismantling previously ranked Indiana, heads to take on No. 9 Iowa State in the programs’ first-ever ranked matchup. The Cyclones may have been caught looking ahead to their in-state rivals last week when they held off an upset-minded Northern Iowa team 16-10 to start 1-0. Matt Campbell’s program will look to improve significantly in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk Series showdown, which gets the “College GameDay” treatment....

With 100 days until the 2015-16 college football season kicks off, Ohio State’s status as the favorite to repeat as champions is stronger than ever, according to odds updated at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. The day after beating Oregon in this year’s College Football Championship game in Arlington, the Buckeyes were installed as the 9-to-2 chalk to win the 2016 game, set for Monday, Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz....

According to a CBS Sports report, the NCAA will consider ejecting players only after a targeting call has been confirmed after review. Under the current rule, a player is ejected if a review does not overturn the call on the field; whether it is confirmed does not matter. MORE: Questionable targets: You be the ref “We still want the official to throw the flag there,” said Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s associate director....

There are four matchups involving teams ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings. No. 23 Navy meets No. 16 Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) in the first of those matchups. No. 4 Georgia travels to No. 12 Auburn (3:30 p.m., CBS) in the afternoon slot along with a matchup between No. 8 Minnesota and No. 20 Iowa (4 p.m., FOX). The prime-time spotlight shines on the Big 12 with No....

Thursday FAU at East Carolina, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 Sacramento St. at Arizona St., 10 p.m., Pac-12 Network Friday Merrimack at Wagner, 6 p.m. Wake Forest at Boston College, 8 p.m., ESPN2 UCF at FIU, 8 p.m., CBS Sports Saturday Shorter at Charleston Southern, 11 a.m. Chowan at Charlotte, Noon Miami (Ohio) at Kentucky, Noon, ESPN3 E. Kentucky at Louisville, Noon, ESPN3 Florida at Miami, Noon, ESPN E. Michigan at Penn St....

That can only mean one thing: One of the biggest weekends of college football is here. Week 3 could be a deal-breaker for several teams — can Ole Miss bounce back from that FSU loss in Week 1? How will the Fighting Irish fare against Mark Dantonio’s Michigan State Spartans? And what about the ultimate Pac-12 rivalry with Stanford and USC? MORE: Week 3 TV schedule | Week 3 picks...