Three Associated Press top-five teams bit the dust on Saturday, sending college football into an upheaval entering October.
In the second marquee matchup of the Big Ten slate on Saturday, Illinois stunned USC with a 41-yard walk-off field goal.
In Week 5, Saturday was much kinder to top-25 teams as compared to Friday night.
It happened to Penn State and head coach James Franklin again. Another big game, another big moment and another crushing loss.
Given the year, team and position, how many of these first-year defensive standouts since the 2000 season can you name in five minutes?
Week 5 personified what college football is all about. It started with an insane field storming Friday night and was capped with a pair of must-watch games involving four of the nation's best teams.
Another week, another flop from the LSU Tigers offense. Only this time, it cost them.
Arkansas fell 56-13 to No. 22 Notre Dame at home on Saturday, extending its losing streak to three and marking another exceptionally poor performance.
The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is stuck in a perpetual state of mediocrity under head coach Pat Narduzzi, and there might not be an easy way for the program to escape it.
It's time for change in Little Rock.
The Atlantic Coast Conference's pecking order is on a roller-coaster ride as Week 5 is in full swing.
The Virginia Cavaliers might be back.
Syracuse Orange head coach Fran Brown is a hot commodity these days, based on how his team is performing on the field, the culture he's building in Central New York, his recruiting prowess, and his matter-of-fact personality.
Belichick's start has not inspired confidence so far, but it's not just the wins and losses. According to legendary college football head coach Urban Meyer, the product on the field is just plain bad.
Hawkins may be "hungry, humble and ultra talented," but this is going to be a pressure-packed situation for a backup quarterback to walk into.
You've got to be a pretty darn good football player to have the head coach from another team talk about you in the media after you played his squad.
Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners have to be feeling very good about themselves after stacking up some major wins on the 2027 recruiting trail.
The Auburn Tigers were on the wrong end of a brutal officiating mistake during their loss to the Oklahoma Sooners.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have picked up yet another intriguing recruit on the 2027 recruiting trail.
The University of North Carolina is facing a lawsuit over the process that went into hiring Bill Belichick as head football coach.
Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson has a good idea of what he can expect from the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday.
Lane Kiffin of the Ole Miss Rebels is a good college football coach. To be frank, it's taken some time and there have been plenty of ups and downs, but Kiffin is 48-18, now in his sixth season at Ole Miss, and he currently has the Rebels at 4-0 and ranked No.
Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier may not be long for his job. Napier now has a 20-22 record in three-and-a-quarter seasons in Gainesville, and his Gators are currently 1-3.
The 3-1 Syracuse Orange have to be feeling all kinds of emotions right now. That's the nature of college football, it can be an up and down business.
Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are building momentum on the 2026 recruiting trail.
Nothing is going right for the 1-3 Gators this season.
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