The second Saturday of November—and the first with the College Football Playoff rankings taking precedence over the AP Poll—proved an intriguing litmus test for a number of CFP contenders.
No. 2 Indiana, facing its scare of the year at Penn State, battled back to down the Nittany Lions on a magnificent game-winning catch. No. 9 Oregon mucked through an 18–16 win over No. 20 Iowa in Iowa City. No. 3 Texas A&M, in the midst of its finest year since its Southwest Conference days, proved its mettle by hammering No. 22 Missouri.
