A total of 10 teams appear to be in contention for those CFP spots ahead of the second set of rankings on Tuesday. How do those teams fit in our latest bowl projections? Right now we still have Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC championship game. Ohio State will hold off one-loss teams Michigan State and Michigan. Oklahoma will knock off Oklahoma State. BENDER: Sorting out the Heisman | Nebraska makes good call on Frost...

Site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas When: Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m. ET MORE: Ducks vs. Buckeyes could be fun | Uniforms unveiled | SN All-Americans TV: ESPN Series: Ohio State leads, 2-0 Last game: Ohio State won, 26-17, on Jan. 1, 2010 Coaches: Urban Meyer (Ohio State); Mark Helfrich (Oregon) Players to watch: Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota , the reigning Heisman winner , has 4,121 pass yards and 40 TD as well as 731 rush yards and 15 TD....

For the second year, high school recruits will be able to sign their letter of intent before National Signing Day. The early signing period starts Wednesday and lasts for 72 hours. A lot of action took place on Wednesday, as some of the best high school seniors in the country picked their college destination. MORE: Biggest winners of early signing period so far There was plenty of action on the first day of the early signing period, as 28 of the 34 five-star recruits and 76 of the top 100 players signed their National Letters of Intent....

No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Texas A&M will be the stars of the weekend in a game that is crucial to both. They are undefeated and this game will likely determine which goes on to clinch the SEC West title. MORE: SN’s Midseason All-Americans Meanwhile, No. 10 Wisconsin will look to bounce back from a brutal loss to No. 2 Ohio State with a win over Iowa. And let’s not forget N....

Here is our list of coaches to track when it comes to the inevitable spin of the coaching carousel. Herm Edwards, Arizona State State of the program: The won-loss record isn’t terrible for Edwards (25-18, no losing seasons in four years), but an ongoing 14-month NCAA investigation has cost him his offensive and defensive coordinators, plus nine potential starters transferred out after last season’s 8-5 finish. It was an unconventional hire that looked promising at first, but things appear to be heading in the wrong direction on multiple fronts....

That victory entrenched the Buckeyes as the team to beat this season, according to the oddsmakers, leading to Ohio State’s odds to win the national championship falling to +150. Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice from Sports Insider The CFP selection committee ranked the Buckeyes No. 1 last week, and as long as Ohio State remains the top team in the nation in the committee’s eyes, they will be the favorite to win it all....

No. 12 Notre Dame and No. 18 Wisconsin meet at Soldier Field in Chicago for the Big Noon Kickoff game, and No. 16 Arkansas and No. 7 Texas A&M meet at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Those games are part of another fun slate of college football action. SN’s Bill Bender is still trying to dig out of the hole in our weekly picks against the spread....

This week, that Playoff race will be made clearer with three games between ranked opponents, all of which have close lines: No. 8 Auburn at No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 11 Michigan at No. 13 Wisconsin and No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 3 Georgia. So, yeah. Not quite the dud that Week 3 was. MORE: Sporting News Week 4 top 25 Even better, there are plenty of great games to get excited about outside those top-25 matchups....

Who’s No. 1? Three of the six remaining unbeaten teams in college football are the best candidates to take that top spot. Georgia is No. 1 in the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, and the Bulldogs are the defending national champions. The CFP committee, however, does not always agree with the polls – which have their own dilemma. Tennessee and Ohio State tied for the No. 2 spot in the AP Poll heading into Week 10....

But Oklahoma’s defeat at the hands of Baylor now creates a potential minefield for the selection committee to navigate throughout the rest of the season. The Sooners, ranked eighth in both of the first CFP polls, were already in trouble as far as the eye test was concerned. But the Sooners at least could have been one of only two undefeated Power 5 conference champions. With their 27-14 loss to the Bears, the committee may be forced to drop two of the following six teams after conference championship weekend:...

Who is the preseason No. 1? Well, that depends on who you ask. Sporting News put its post-spring Top 25 up against five other publications — ESPN, Bleacher Report, CBSSports.com, Fox Sports and Athlon — to see what everybody else’s preseason rankings looked like. Four publications put Alabama at No. 1, while ESPN picked Ohio State and CBS Sports took Florida State. Six schools received top-five votes across the six sites, including Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State, USC, Penn State and defending national champion Clemson....

That starts first and foremost with the SEC East matchup between No. 6 Florida and No. 8 Georgia (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS). The winner of that game will be in the driver’s seat to represent the SEC East in the conference title game while likely knocking the loser from contention in the Playoff standings. MORE: Sporting News’ Week 10 top 25 The other big game of note is the ranked matchup between AAC opponents SMU (No....

In fact, those darlings from last week hit major potholes. UAB beat Georgia Southern 35-21. Bowling Green beat Marshall 34-31. Appalachian State needed a miracle Hail Mary to beat Troy 32-28. Those schools got the reality check. That doesn’t mean Week 3 did not provide more than enough material for college football fans to react to. SN takes a look at the takeaways from Week 3: ‘Michigan and Georgia in the natty!...

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An editorial published on Tuesday by The Kansas City Star called for the resignation or firing of Highland Community College President Deborah Fox for comments that included the remark “Hitler was a great leader.” Fox made the remarks during a meeting on the alleged harassment of Black student-athletes last October. The Hitler comparison was reportedly made while she questioned a Black football player’s leadership skills and supposed influence on other Black players....

Lavery's goal was to make four shots in 25 seconds: a layup, a free throw, a 3-pointer and a half-court shot. MORE: SN’s latest NCAA tourney projection | Bubble talk | Cheerleaders gallery He made them all just before the buzzer sounded and the crowd went wild after seeing someone finally complete the popular home game halftime feat. But West Chester University officials ruled that Lavery was ineligible for the $10,000 prize because it took him two tries to make the halfcourt shot....

These days Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan makes policy not only for the United States but for a growing swath of Latin America as well. Ecuador, facing a crisis of hyperinflation, replaced the sucre with the dollar last year. Guatemala passed a law in December allowing free circulation of dollars alongside the national currency–something already allowed in Peru and Bolivia. Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are discussing switching to the dollar....

Julmisse is facing charges of third-degree assault and two counts of physical harassment, in addition to domestic violence. MORE: Pac-12 predictions: Biggest games, sleeper teams, Heisman hopefuls Julmisse was accused of grabbing a woman Sunday and trying to push a her down a stairwell after she confronted him about his other girlfriend. Julmisse was being held without bond awaiting a court hearing Friday afternoon. The sophomore has been suspended from the program indefinitely, coach Mike MacIntyre announced....