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The college football polls will have one last update on Sunday before we officially shift into the College Football Playoff portion of the season with the selection committee offering its own top 25.
Jeff Sagarin, a sports computer rankings expert, is still refining his system for evaluating college football teams at 77, despite knowing perfection is impossible.
Because of Drinkwitz's success this season and his 10-3 record in 2024, he now has the best odds (-110) to replace Napier in Gainesville. He has a slight edge over former Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin (+200) and Kiffin (+300).
With the calendar flipping to November, we are two sleeps away from officially moving to the College Football Playoff portion of the season, and Week 10 AP Top 25 is going to be vital. Nearly half of the top 10 were on their bye weeks this Saturday.
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AP Top 25 poll preview: Top 10 is set to get shuffled after Georgia Tech, Vandy and Miami go down
Three top-10 teams in The Associated Press college football poll lost. No. 9 Vanderbilt fell short in a 34-31 loss to No. 20 Texas, while No. 10 Miami lost 26-20 in overtime at SMU.
The only running success to speak of didn't come until 11:07 remained, when Jeremiyah Love broke off a 94-yard touchdown run to finally help Notre Dame get some separation. Perhaps the sluggishness can be attributed to a hangover effect following a tense and critical victory over rival USC last week.