Week 10 delivered a weekend of heavyweight battles across college football, reshaping the top 25 landscape. At the end of it all, there is more clarity on the College Football Playoff race, though the picture will look entirely different next Saturday. There was no lack of drama, a continuous theme this fall.
Per ESPN Research, the six losses from teams ranked inside the top 15 of the CFP rankings are tied for the most in the playoff era since 2014, matching the total from Nov. 12, 2016. Auburn, Michigan, Texas A&M and Clemson fans would probably prefer not to recall that day. A decade later, the action was possibly even greater this weekend, starting right from the jump with Arizona's 29-28 win in a Friday night thriller with TCU.
The Big 12 delivered again in the early window Saturday with a back-and-forth Holy War rivalry game between Utah and BYU that lifted the Utes to No. 2 in the latest AP poll, and Texas and Alabama issued renewed statements of CFP intent in their respective wins over Missouri and LSU. If Georgia's romp over Ole Miss and Tennessee's throttling of Kentucky failed to live up to the hype, Oregon's comeback win at Ohio State and a Notre Dame victory over No. 1 Miami that rejuvenated the Fighting Irish' national title hopes sure made up for it. It was another week of moving and shaking at the top of college football.
Until then, here is a look at the latest power rankings after Week 10.
Source: ESPN General · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing