Author: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY

November features four Saturdays of matchups that will impact the College Football Playoff. Here’s the nine biggest games that will decide the race.

Ahead of its clash against No. 1 Georgia, Tennessee has moved up to No. 2 in the latest NCAA Re-Rank 1-131 after another defeat of a ranked opponent.

Less than a week before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released there are definitive tiers of contenders to reach the semifinals.

There’s a new team in the top five of this week’s NCAA Re-Rank 1-131 after TCU made its second consecutive dramatic comeback. Moving out is Clemson.

Mississippi and UCLA, two unbeatens in the top 10, fell, causing a shake-up in this week’s coaches poll prediction.

Oregon proved itself a playoff contender and Miami (Fla.) again disappointed to headline this winners and losers from Week 8 in college football.

Nebraska agreed in November to not fire football coach Scott Frost for cause amid an investigation into improper on-field coaching by an analyst.

There’s a new leader at the top of the college football quarterback rankings. Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker has passed Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud.