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Week 9 Power Rankings: How did another wild week change the top 25?
Following big wins and tough losses, we take a look at how the Top 25 changed after Week 9.

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Week 9 AP poll reaction: What's next for each Top 25 team
A look at the AP rankings, along with a key stat and what's ahead for each team.

Top Headlines
- Sources: Witten to call plays as Oklahoma fires second-year OC Arbuckle
- FSU interim, alum Stockstill: Noles program dented, not broken
- Kiffin 'sad' annual LSU-Alabama game to take hiatus in 2027
- Michigan QB Carr to be starter for 'foreseeable future,' Whittingham says
- No. 4 Notre Dame rules out LB Bowen (ankle) vs. No. 1 Miami
Reacting to the action
Playoff tiers: How 29 contenders to make the field of 12 stack up

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Week 9 takeaways: Is Texas back?


Eyes on the College Football Playoff
First rankings reveal at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
Bowl, CFP projections: How more top-25 losses shifted postseason picture

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CFP top 12 projection: Who jumps Ohio State before first committee ranking?


Florida State fires coach
FSU fires Mike Norvell: Top candidates and roster priorities

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FSU president on Norvell firing: 'Trajectory' of program just wasn't there

Who will make the 12-team College Football Playoff?

Avoiding upsets
Miami survives UNC's upset bid to remain undefeated

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Indiana propels past Minnesota on TD, clutch sack in OT

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Superstar for Buckeyes
How many can he get? Tracking Jeremiah Smith's record-setting 2026 season

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Could Smith be a generational receiver prospect? Let's answer seven questions


NFL draft focus
NFL draft risers, notes off Saturday's college games: Need a WR in Round 1? Watch Indiana

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Trending in college football
Spooky Halloween jabs galore headline top trolls from Week 9 in college football

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Top Headlines
- Sources: Witten to call plays as Oklahoma fires second-year OC Arbuckle
- FSU interim, alum Stockstill: Noles program dented, not broken
- Kiffin 'sad' annual LSU-Alabama game to take hiatus in 2027
- Michigan QB Carr to be starter for 'foreseeable future,' Whittingham says
- No. 4 Notre Dame rules out LB Bowen (ankle) vs. No. 1 Miami
- Tide's Coleman-Williams, Brown among starters trending to return vs. No. 15 LSU
- FSU president on Norvell firing: 'Trajectory' of program just wasn't there
- UCLA cracks AP top 5, Ohio State to 11th ahead of first CFP release
- 🎃 Halloween-themed jabs top trolls from Week 9
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