Oregon’s move up to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 means the Ducks would play at home against the Group of Five representative in the first round of the College Football Playoff if the bracket were based on the new poll.

Three weeks into the season, people had already given up on Notre Dame. There were questions about whether the Fighting Irish would even make the College Footba

The Dukes don't join the list of five other CFP contenders we've officially declared dead, but they needed more help Saturday and a larger margin of victory.

Even without Texas — or Vanderbilt or Tennessee or Missouri — that still makes five SEC teams ranked in the selection committee’s top 10: No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Georgia, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 10 Alabama.

Before Alabama plays in the Iron Bowl, here are the latest College Football Playoff projections and predictions for the Crimson Tide.

Paul Finebaum and Heather Dinich discuss how the CFP committee might react to Lane Kiffin's uncertain future at Ole Miss.

"We didn't play Chattanooga State today, like some other places. We competed," the Ducks head coach said while discussing how his team should be viewed by the CFP committee.

BYU battles injury concerns while Kalani Sitake’s 10-1 Cougars chase a Big 12 title and College Football Playoff respect.

The USC Trojans were on the brink of a College Football Playoff appearance in Year 4 under Head Coach Lincoln Riley, heading into Eugene, Oregon, to face their bitter rival, the Ducks, in their first rivalry game in Big Ten competition on Saturday.

Texas Tech's Jacob Rodriguez joined "Big Noon Kickoff" to discuss being in the Heisman conversation, the Red Raiders hopes for contending in the CFP and more.