Will college football's top team stand up in Week 10? — SkimNews
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- Miami carries the AP's No. 1 ranking into Week 10 as the top two have already lost six times with four regular-season games left; from 2014 through 2025, teams ranked first or second posted an .888 regular-season winning percentage and lost only two games in total last year.
- Notre Dame hosts No. 1 Miami after the committee placed the Irish at No. 11 despite their No. 1 ESPN FPI ranking and No. 4 AP position; an Irish loss would be “a potentially fatal blow” for a playoff bid.
- Miami enters South Bend with its best win over Wake Forest, multiple injuries in the back end of its defense and Billy Edwards Jr. having carved up the secondary; Mario Cristobal acknowledged substantial work remains.
- Georgia travels to Ole Miss for a rematch of last year's Sugar Bowl, with Glenn Schumann's defense seeking to contain Trinidad Chambliss; Georgia has been held below 28 points in three straight games for the first time since 2019.
- Utah hosts No. 9 BYU at 10 a.m. in Salt Lake City; BYU has a big win over Notre Dame but a 39-31 loss to UCF and a 27-20 win over Arizona State, while Utah's résumé leans on an ugly home win over Houston.
- Alabama enters the week at the committee's No. 5 ranking with Lane Kiffin's No. 14 LSU next; an LSU home loss “will probably” end the Bayou Bengals' playoff hopes, while a third Alabama loss “could” knock the Tide all the way down to No. 7.
- Ohio State hosts preseason No. 2 Oregon in the Columbus matchup once expected to be 2026's marquee game; the teams enter with five combined losses and without star quarterbacks, with Dylan Raiola coming off 336 passing yards and three touchdowns against Northwestern.
Why it matters: With four regular-season games left, the top two's six losses already dwarf the two total posted by No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams last year. The CFP committee faces concrete tests: a Notre Dame loss is potentially fatal, while an LSU home loss would probably end the Bayou Bengals' playoff hopes.
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