No. 3 Oregon and No. 7 Indiana are heading into their top-10 showdown on CBS as two of the three remaining unbeaten teams in the Big Ten. Something will have to give in a clash between programs led by Heisman contending quarterbacks and hard-charging head coaches.

Alabama extracted its revenge on Vanderbilt with a 30-14 win at home and threw an exclamation point on the end via a 20-yard Jam Miller touchdown with 17 seconds remaining.

The latest Associated Press College Football poll for Week 7 added another shake up at the top. Miami surged back to No. 2 after a convincing win over Florida State, while Texas Tech reached its highest ranking in more than a decade. However, the story of the week was the teams out of the rankings.

Penn State fell from No. 7 to out of the top 25 completely, but the Nittany Lions were hardly the only team to be embarrassed this past Saturday. Arch Manning struggled in his first SEC road action, as his No.

College football’s 2025 season has become a fraud fest. Texas and Penn State auditioned for the starring roles. Clemson would like a word, too.

The Nittany Lions fell to 3-2 with a stunning defeat to 0-4 UCLA on Saturday. The loss dropped Penn State from No. 7 to totally out of the AP Top 25 and could have also ended any realistic shot Penn State had of making the College Football Playoff.

Sports editor Reid Laymance is in his second tour of duty with the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at [email protected]. A graduate of Westbury High School and The University of Texas at Austin, Laymance started his career at The Dallas Morning News in 1983 before moving to the National Sports Daily.

The No. 9 Texas Longhorns, led by quarterback Arch Manning, face the Florida Gators on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.

The Gators bounced back with a 29-21 win over the then No. 9 Texas Longhorns this past Saturday. The slow start led to ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit to say on the “Nonstop” podcast that the Gators have kind of been forgotten about.

The annual showdown between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners always carries weight, but this year’s clash at the Cotton Bowl might define and redefi