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Oklahoma got a big boost to its 2027 running backs room with a commitment from a big-time ball carrier who's not exactly from SEC country.
Douglas Farmer gives his updated College Football Playoff bracket prediction, along with the latest odds to make the College Football Playoff.
Week 12 of the college football season brings a number of critical games with conference title and College Football Playoff implications. The two biggest games belong to the SEC, where the two newcomers to the conference go on the road to face the SEC's most dominant teams over the last two decades.
The Week 11 slate in college football nearly produced a whole lot of chaos. But in the end, the teams near the top of the US LBM Coaches Poll managed to survive, leaving the first seven positions unchanged.
In the SEC, Alabama, No. 4 in the AP Top 25, hosts No. 11 Oklahoma as a 6.5-point favorite on BetMGM. The Crimson Tide are 6-0 in the SEC and three of those opponents are currently ranked in the AP poll. Oklahoma has two losses and could vault into the College Football Playoff picture with a win, or likely be removed from contention with a loss.
Halloween weekend in college football is usually a recipe for chaos, though the weather in Week 10 might not be as big of a factor as it was in previous weeks. Some games on the East Coast may see some spinoff systems from Hurricane Melissa,
There’s no rationale for it, no sense of trying to explain this unique and unreasonable partnership between Notre Dame and the College Football Playoff. Each needs the other, and has done everything to make sure the relationship works. Anyone trying to explain it any other way looks utterly foolish.
The Irish are the highest-ranked two-loss team in the CFP’s first rankings, slotted ahead of three one-loss teams from Power 4 conferences.
Notre Dame checked in No. 10 in Tuesday's initial College Football Playoff rankings, making it among the biggest winners of the night. That ranking, coupled with a favorable remaining schedule, makes it appear a return trip to the College Football Playoff is nearly a certainty, assuming Marcus Freeman's Fighting Irish take care of business.