South Florida was no match for Miami and suffered its first loss of the 2025 campaign, but its season is far from over.

James Franklen is labeled as a coach who can't win the big game because if he wins, it's not a big game. His win at Hard Rock Stadium in January will be considered big.

Somehow, we are already at the quarter mark of the 2025 college football season. November -- when the first College Football Playoff rankings will be released -- is still a ways off, but playoff discussion is always relevant.

Aready with a loss on its ledger, No. 8 Notre Dame faces a game against No. 17 Texas A&M that could put its College Football Playoff hopes in peril.

The 2025 matchup between Florida football and LSU marks five years since the infamous shoe-throw game between the Gators and Tigers in 2020.

Oklahoma is joined in this week's projection by Notre Dame, a team that lost its opener to Miami and is facing an all-important showdown Saturday against Texas A&M. The luster of last year's trek to a national championship game appearance has worn off for the Fighting Irish, whose season could detonate if the Aggies come into South Bend and win.