Time for another look around the nation. Starting in the Top 25, #1 Texas had some trouble early on, tied 3-3 with Louisiana Lafayette after the first quarter, and at one point, only leading 17-10 in the middle of the second quarter. But the Longhorns eventually pulled away for a 34-10 win over the Ragin' Cajuns. #2 Clemson also had to weather an upset-hungry Duke squad, losing 17-14 going into the fourth quarter, before a pair of touchdowns put the Tigers ahead for the 28-17 win. The game of the week went to #4 Notre Dame, who jumped out to a 27-14 lead by the end of the third quarter, then held off a fourth quarter comeback, when trailing 28-27 with just a couple minutes left, scored the game winning touchdown with 2:10 to play to beat #8 Michigan 35-28.

#6 TCU escaped Stillwater with a 38-33 win over Oklahoma State. #9 Iowa came back from behind to beat #21 Rutgers 31-27. #10 Alabama won the SEC battle of the week, beating #24 South Carolina 38-20. In a Big Ten battle, it was #13 Nebraska triumphing, using a 21-0 third quarter to beat #15 Ohio State (and hand the Buckeyes their first loss), 38-24. Vanderbilt improved to 4-0 on the year, knocking off #16 Georgia. Mississippi State got back to .500 with a 35-21 upset of #18 Texas A&M. Ole Miss stayed undefeated at 3-0 with a 34-21 knock off of #20 Georgia Tech, knocking the Yellow Jackets from the ranks of the unbeaten. And #23 NC State scored a game winning touchdown with 2:15 to play to hold off Virginia 24-20 and stay undefeated at 4-0.

For our readers, souljahbill, Southern Miss improves to 3-1, picking up a 55-21 win over Connecticut. Jaymo, Arizona State drops to 1-3 (0-1 Pac-12) on the season with a 49-27 loss to Colorado. Mors, victory is short lived, as West Virginia drops to 1-3 (1-1 Big 12) with a 27-21 loss to Maryland. Other teams of interest, Arkansas State drops to .500, 2-2 on the year, with a 35-7 loss at Nevada.

In C-USA action, Marshall got a 33-21 win over North Texas, knocking the Mean Green down to 1-1 and getting us back even with them. Rice lost 17-10 to FAU, dropping them to 0-1 in conference. MTSU drops to 0-2 in conference with a 23-14 loss to UAB. UTEP and UTSA have yet to start conference play, both sitting at 0-0, but both also played impressively, despite losing. UTSA took Minnesota to overtime before falling 28-21. UTEP took Air Force to the wire, ultimately losing 31-27 as Air Force scored two unanswered touchdowns in the final minutes of the game. So despite opening the conference schedule with the loss to North Texas, we suddenly find ourselves tied with North Texas for the division lead, us the only two teams even with a C-USA victory in the West Division.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 polls, in the Coaches Poll, Texas (40 first place votes) remains #1, Notre Dame (21 votes) leaps two up to #2. Clemson falls one to #3, LSU falls one to #4, Oklahoma remains at #5. TCU and Auburn both remain at #6 and #7. Iowa, Alabama and USC all jump one to #8, #9 and #10. Oregon and Nebraska both climb one to #11 and #12. Michigan falls five to #13. Wisconsin remains at #14, Miami jumps two to #15, Arkansas leaps three to #16. Ohio State falls two to #17, Boise State jumps four to #18, NC State jumps four to #19 and Virginia Tech climbs five to #20. Ole Miss enters the poll this week at #21, Rutgers falls one to #22, Arizona enters the poll at #23, Georgia Tech falls four to #24, and Michigan State enters the poll at #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Georgia (from #16), Texas A&M (from #18) and South Carolina (from #24). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Georgia (160 votes) is #26, followed by Houston (155), South Carolina (140), Northwestern (139) and Texas A&M (69) to round out the Top 30.

In the first Media Poll of the year, Texas (37 first place votes) remains #1, LSU (22 votes) remains #2. Notre Dame (4 votes) jumps two to #3, Clemson (1 vote) falls one to #4 and Oklahoma (1 vote) falls one to #5. TCU remains at #6, Auburn climbs one to #7. Iowa, Alabama and Wisconsin all also climb one to #8, #9 and #10. USC moves up one to #11, Michigan falls five to #12, Nebraska jumps two #13, Oregon remains at #14 and Miami jumps two to #15. Arkansas moves up two to #16, Ohio State falls four to #17, NC State leaps give to #18, South Carolina drops three to #19, Boise State climbs four to #20. Ole Miss enters the poll at #21, Virginia Tech enters the poll at #22, Rutgers falls one to #23, Michigan State climbs one to #24 and Houston enters the poll at #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Georgia (from #16), Texas A&M (from #18) and Georgia Tech (from #20). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Arizona (198 votes) is #26, following by Georgia Tech (178), Northwestern (164), Georgia (96) and Texas A&M (54) to round out the Top 30.