Texas Tech now sits in a three-way tie with Arizona State and Houston for the second-best record in the conference. BYU and Cincinnati are tied for first at 4-0. But they’ll go head-to-head on Nov. 22, and Texas Tech gets to take on BYU on Nov. 8.

Alabama surges forward while Indiana stays No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 after the action in Week 8 of the college football season.

Duke (4-3, 3-1 ACC) is coming off its first conference loss of the year, falling 27-18 to No. 12 Georgia Tech at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18. Duke outgained Georgia Tech 441-376 but was outscored 20-11 in the second half. Per PFF, the Blue Devils earned a 70.6 overall grade with a 78.1 on offense and a 64.5 on defense.

Penn State was justified in its decision to fire coach James Franklin. Though the Nittany Lions' precipitous fall midway through the 2025 season catalyzed the move, discontent had been brewing for a while due to Franklin's persistent inability to deliver in big moments.

Pavia has plenty of reasons to think he has a case for college football’s most storied individual honor. Entering Saturday’s game against LSU, Pavia had thrown for 1,409 yards

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Games with ACC or Big Ten teams that involved three times worth of travel generally went quite well for the home teams in Week 8, as they finished 6-1 in contests against their cross-country visitors. The one exception was quite notable, as Rutgers ended up on the wrong side of Oregon's wrath in a 56-10 loss to an angry group of Ducks.