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College Football Playoff top 12 projection after Week 9
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Carr passes for 2 TDs, James adds pair of rushing scores in No. 5 Notre Dame's 35-13 win over Navy
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NFL scouts favor Drew Mestemaker as first QB taken in draft
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Ranking the top 60 college football recruiting classes for 2027
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College football ghost stories, from Death Valley to Tennessee's 'Body Farm'
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No. 5 Notre Dame seeks a reset against Navy after a controversial loss at BYU
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Notre Dame CB DJ McKinney out extended period with ankle injury
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Week 9 has the ACC in the spotlight and backup QBs taking over the Big Ten
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College Football Playoff Bubble Watch after Week 8
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College football Power Rankings: How Week 8 drama changed top 25
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2026-27 Week 8 College Football Playoff, bowl projections
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Ohio State replaces BYU at No. 2 as Top 25 jumbled again by top-10 losses
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AP college football Week 8 poll reaction: What's next for Top 25
Inside the program
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College Football Playoff top 12 projection after Week 8
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2026 college football SP+ rankings for all 138 FBS teams
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CJ Carr watches brother Tommy's first Michigan start from Big House
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2026 CFB Player Rank: The top 25 players at midseason
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Can Week 8 up the ante again with more upsets and drama?
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College Football Playoff Bubble Watch after Week 7
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BYU won't 'demand respect' but after beating Notre Dame, the Cougars have it
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College football Power Rankings: How a wild Week 7 changed top 25
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College football takeaways: What we learned from a chaotic Week 7
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2026-27 Week 7 College Football Playoff, bowl projections
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Connelly on upset-filled Week 7: How it happened and what it all means
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AP college football Week 7 poll reaction: What's next for Top 25
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Kalani Sitake, 'a BYU fan first,' emotional after Cougars' upset of Notre Dame
The conversation
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Bachmeier leads winning drive, No. 8 BYU outlasts No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 but Big 12 admits mistake
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Projecting the College Football Playoff top 12 at midseason
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Big 12 admits error in Notre Dame-BYU, says Irish had time for one more play
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Week 7's best game? Impossible to choose on a wild Saturday
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No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame among top-eight teams to fall
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Who has the most wins vs. No. 1 college football teams?
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Connelly breaks down Week 7: Notre Dame-BYU, Ohio State-Indiana, more
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What would a 24-team College Football Playoff bracket look like?
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Notre Dame defenders Leonard Moore, Jason Onye set to face BYU
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No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 8 BYU each have a chance to build CFP resume in top 10 clash
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2026 'College GameDay' Week 7: Notre Dame vs. BYU
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No. 3 Notre Dame uses big plays to rout Stanford 58-7 for its 16th straight victory
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