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Florida State linebacker Kalen DeLoach (4) reacts after a tackle for a loss in the fourth quarter of the team's NCAA college football game against Florida Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State won 45-38. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

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AP Top 25 Reality Check: Head-to-head losers ranked higher?
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Sun,11/27/22-10:46PM , 361 Reads
The college football season goes so fast.

Seems like it was just yesterday that Florida State won a wild game against LSU on the Sunday of Labor weekend. Who could forget it?
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LSU defensive end Ali Gaye (11) celebrates a sack of UAB quarterback Dylan Hopkins with safety Greg Brooks Jr. (3) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

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LSU, USC move up behind UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU in CFP
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Tue,11/22/22-6:37PM , 149 Reads
LSU moved up to fifth and Southern California was sixth Tuesday night in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU.

The top four remained the same for the third straight week, but the chasing teams changed order after Tennessee lost to South Carolina last Saturday night.
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Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey (84) gets a lift from offensive lineman Tate Ratledge (69) after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Hold steady: UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU remain CFP top 4
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Tue,11/15/22-9:16PM , 187 Reads
Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU held on to the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night, with Tennessee at No. 5 and LSU at No. 6.
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Alabama defensive backs DeMarcco Hellams (2) and Brian Branch (14) celebrate after an incomplete fourth-down pass intended for Mississippi wide receiver Jonathan Mingo (1) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. Alabama won 30-24. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning)

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AP Top 25 Takeaways: Tide out; Fab frosh; Ducks can't close
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Sat,11/12/22-7:35PM , 81 Reads
No reason to hedge anymore: Alabama is out of the College Football Playoff race.

The 10th-ranked Crimson Tide beat No. 11 Mississippi, but all that did was clinch the SEC West for No. 7 LSU, which beat Arkansas earlier Saturday to eliminate Alabama.
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