2026 college football news and notes

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Gentlemen, we have a huge football day ahead of us.  No. 4 Ohio State is leading No. 5 Indiana late.  No. 6 Alabama is playing No. 14 Tennessee now.  No. 13 Missouri is also playing No. 9 Ole Miss now.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  Here is another brutal way to lose.  Indiana's Nick Marsh had a great look at a go-ahead touchdown, but his foot landed out of bounds as Ohio State prevailed, 19-15.

UPDATE 2:  I hope the field goal posts stay dry this time.  College football has gone upside down with Tennessee upsetting Alabama, 26-10, as four of the Top 7 teams lost on the wildest day of the season so far.

Ole Miss beat Missouri, 31-3.

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Could one of the game's greatest rivalries feature a massive upset?  The top team is in trouble again as No. 1 Georgia has the ball and trailing Auburn, 24-17, with five minutes to go.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  What a thriller today in Athens!  No. 1 teams lost in back-to-back weeks to unranked teams for the first time since 1990 as Auburn kicked a walk-off field goal to upset Georgia, 27-24.

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Two great programs, one huge game and (I assume) millions of viewers.  We have a Top 10 showdown as No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 8 BYU are meeting for the 10th time in school history and the first with both teams ranked.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  This game is coming down to the wire.  Notre Dame has the ball trailing BYU, 28-24, with less than two minutes to play.

UPDATE 2:  Down goes another Top 5 team!  BYU upset Notre Dame, 28-24, after the Fighting Irish's CJ Carr's final pass into the end zone fell incomplete.  There are those who feel that the Cougars should have been flagged for pass interference in the end zone on the final play.

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Are we about to see another team fall in an epic rivalry?  Florida State's Duce Robinson scored a 75-yard touchdown to tie the score against No. 3 Miami (Fla.) with under three minutes to play.  Updates to come.

Miami (Fla.) beat Florida State, 43-35, in double overtime.

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We are so used to seeing these stunts that we forget just how dangerous they can be.  The Air Force said a service member died from a fall while attempting to repel from the rafters before the Navy vs. UTSA game.

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After all the chaos of the weekend, we need to make sense of it all.  There was a big shake-up in the AP football poll.  Miami (Fla.) is the new No. 1, BYU has their highest ranking since 1984 and big names slid after a wild week.  Here is the full Top 25 and who they play next.

1.  Miami (Fla.) (vs. Pittsburgh on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla.)
2.  BYU (at UCF on Saturday in Orlando, Fla.)
3.  Ohio State (at No. 16 USC on Oct. 31 in Los Angeles)
4.  Notre Dame (vs. Navy on Oct. 31 in Foxborough, Mass.)
5.  Georgia (vs. No. 20 Florida on Oct. 31 in Atlanta)
6.  Indiana (at Michigan on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.)
7.  Ole Miss (at No. 19 Texas on Saturday in Austin, Texas)
8.  Texas Tech (at Cincinnati on Saturday in Cincinnati)
9.  UCLA (vs. Michigan State on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.)
10.  Utah (vs. No. 14 Houston on Saturday in Salt Lake City)
11.  Tennessee (at South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.)
12.  Kentucky (vs. Vanderbilt on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.)
13.  Alabama (vs. Texas A&M on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
14.  Houston (at No. 10 Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City)
15.  Iowa (at Minnesota on Saturday in Minneapolis)
16.  USC (at Wisconsin on Saturday in Madison, Wis.)
17.  Wake Forest (vs. Virginia on Oct. 31 in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
18.  LSU (at Auburn on Saturday in Auburn, Ala.)
19.  Texas (vs. No. 7 Ole Miss on Saturday in Austin, Texas)
20.  Florida (vs. No. 5 Georgia on Oct. 31 in Atlanta)
21.  Boise State (at Washington State on Saturday in Pullman, Wash.)
22.  Missouri (at Arkansas on Oct. 31 in Fayetteville, Ark.)
23.  SMU (vs. California on Saturday in Dallas)
24.  Northwestern (vs. Rutgers on Saturday in Evanston, Ill.)
25.  Arizona (vs. Iowa State on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.)