DALLAS — SMU has signed head football coach Rhett Lashlee to a contract extension, the university announced Saturday.

With three weeks remaining in the regular season, there is a plausible road to a seven-team cluster atop the standings at 6-2 among Virginia, Georgia Tech, SMU, Pitt, Duke, Louisville and Miami.

Lia Assimakopoulos, Shawn McFarland and Kevin Sherrington team up to discuss a big weekend for our area teams and more.

After Week 11, teams are vying for the conference championship. Here are our power rankings following all of the action in Week 11.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/bostoncollege as Bill O'Brien Says QB Grayson James Gives BC Football Best Chance to Win vs SMU. Boston College football quarterback Grayson James is one of the most honorable players to come through the program in recent history, according to BC head coach Bill O’Brien and teammates.

Texas A&M and Texas Tech appear to be squarely in the College Football Playoff field. In fact, it’s reasonable for both fan bases to be looking beyond the idea of just making it and instead start dreaming of doing some serious damage in the playoff.