Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (disguises sold separately for players in San Marcos, after Texas State gave up seven touchdowns to Arkansas State of longer than 40 yards, but only three were on the defense; there was a 91-yard fumble return, a 93-yard kickoff return, an 87-yard interception return and a 50-yard interception return):
First Quarter: Nine Perilous Paths to the Playoff
Simply put, we haven’t seen a pileup of contenders quite like this in the 10-season College Football Playoff era. Tossing out the aberration of 2020, this is the first time in that span that we have five 11–0 Power Five teams this late into the season: Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Washington and Florida State. Add in 10–1 Oregon, Texas, Alabama and Louisville, and there are nine P5 teams with one or zero losses—a total that has only been surpassed once at this late juncture (there were 10 in 2016).
