Week 8 of the college football season didn’t bring the same craziness as Week 7 did but there was still plenty to watch closely.
In South Carolina, it took a 17-point fourth-quarter rally for Clemson to stay unbeaten and knock Syracuse from the undefeated ranks while TCU rallied in the second half to stay perfect on the year with a win over Kansas State. Elsewhere, Ole Miss was knocked from the unbeaten ranks as they were routed on the Bayou by [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] and LSU.
So what does all of that mean for the College Football Playoff rankings?
As a kind reminder – ratings and rankings are not the same things.
The first set is due out on November 1 and should be plenty intriguing. Kirk Herbstreit updated his national top-six ahead of the Week 9 contests and they went as follows with a slight change despite no teams losing from a week ago.