Author: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY

The college football playoff debate will be complicated by mismatched schedules and conflicting numbers of games played by best teams from Power Five.

The list of winners and losers from Week 11 of the college football season includes Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami and Army.

Notre Dame took control of ACC race and took a big step toward the College Football Playoff by upsetting Clemson, which was without Trevor Lawrence.

Michigan continues to find new lows under coach Jim Harbaugh and Indiana is headed for the program’s most successful season in decades.

Beginning Saturday, the Pac-12 will look to squeeze in seven games in seven weeks in an effort to make up ground with the rest of the Power Five.

Clemson was challenged but survived against Boston College to top this week’s list of winners and losers in college football.

With star QB Trevor Lawrence sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19, Clemson is expected to hand offense over to a former five-star prospect.

The Big Ten’s debut weekend shakes up this week’s NCAA Re-Rank 1-127 as Penn State, Indiana, Rutgers and others rise and fall.

The investigation into coach Pat Chambers included “new allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers,” Penn State said in a statement.

Clemson stayed ahead of Alabama atop the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank. 1-127, while Coastal Carolina and Florida State made big moves up.