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Top college football games to watch in October with Playoff stakes

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Top college football games to watch in October with Playoff stakes

As the calendar turns from September to October, the stakes ramp up in conference races for potential College Football Playoff contenders. The season’s first month brought quality nonconference matchups and an SEC classic between Georgia and Alabama. This month establishes separation among the CFP contenders and bowl-caliber squads. For this week’s CFP breakdown, let’s examine […]

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 5: Alabama is inevitable

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 5: Alabama is inevitable

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. “You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.” When Nick Saban retired, many wondered whether Alabama would take a step back. It had to, right? The greatest coach in the history of

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Don’t blink! Bama-Georgia just another NIL-era classic

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Don’t blink! Bama-Georgia just another NIL-era classic

And now, 20 thoughts from college football’s Week 5, where, if you blinked, you missed a 75-yard touchdown. 1. I keep waiting for college football to go the way of BlackBerry and Blockbuster as so many have predicted. But this weird thing keeps happening. When these teams full of amazing athletes step onto the field

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 4: Tennessee to the top 3; BYU, Navy soar

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 4: Tennessee to the top 3; BYU, Navy soar

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Much of the talk going into Tennessee’s trip to Oklahoma was about Volunteers coach Josh Heupel’s return to his alma mater, Heupel was right when, through teary eyes, he told his players that Saturday’s 25-15 win against the Sooners was

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Remember Travis Hunter’s dominance. Plus, ‘new’ CFB is here

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Remember Travis Hunter’s dominance. Plus, ‘new’ CFB is here

And now, 20 thoughts from Week 4, where Colorado conjured quite a 30th-anniversary tribute of Kordell Stewart’s Hail Mary to beat Michigan, while Michigan itself earned the biggest win of the weekend. 1. Saturday’s USC-Michigan thriller was a three-hour advertisement for New College Football. Two marquee brands that may have previously only met in a Rose

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: A gloomy Week 3 in the Sunshine State for Florida and FSU

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: A gloomy Week 3 in the Sunshine State for Florida and FSU

And now, 18 thoughts from Week 3, which was awfully fun to watch, so long as you weren’t in Gainesville or Tallahassee, Fla. 1. Florida and Florida State claim a total of six national championships. Their state produces more blue-chip recruits than any outside of Texas. And their head coaches, Florida’s Billy Napier and Florida

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 2: A historic rise and new No. 134

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 2: A historic rise and new No. 134

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It took just two weeks for college football to descend into chaos. We’ve had two top-10 teams lose to unranked opponents. Notre Dame appeared to have a clear path to the College Football Playoff, then lost to Northern Illinois. Oregon

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 1, from Georgia to Temple

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Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 1, from Georgia to Temple

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Week 1 is complete, and we’ve finally gotten a look at everyone in FBS. Well, not everyone (sorry you have to wait, Ball State). After a weekend that gave us only a few upsets but several mighty impressive performances, where

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