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The updated SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, after this weekend's results.

Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve Coughlin give their reactions to Week 8 of the college football season. It was a thriller in Austin as Texas held on to defeat Ole Miss, giving yet another SEC team two losses. Texas Tech is no longer unbeaten as Cincinnati pulled off the big upset in historic Nippert. To cloud the Big 12 waters even more, BYU fell at UCF to leave the conference with one unbeaten remaining: Utah. Speaking of un-beatens, there aren't many. Miami dominated Pitt to remain perfect and UCLA cruised against Sparty. Shoutout Wisconsin for a major home win over USC, as the Luke Fickell doubters are quiet but the Lincoln Riley doubters are as loud as ever. What to make of the USC coaching situation and if the guys are feeling a change could be coming. A change was made at NC State after Stanford won on Friday, and Minnesota pulled off the upset over Iowa casting serious doubt on any chance the Hawkeyes had at making the dance. Tennessee suffered a loss in one of the biggest results of the day, as South Carolina pulled it off thanks to several Tennessee penalties and mistakes, especially late. Tennessee is one of seven 2-loss SEC teams, including LSU who dominated Auburn. Both Tennessee and LSU have a bye before facing Kentucky and Alabama, respectively, on a loaded slate on November 7. Plus, full reaction from Indiana's win over Michigan, Alabama-Texas A&M, Vanderbilt-Kentucky, live reaction of Utah-Houston, Virginia Tech-Clemson, Oklahoma State-Colorado, Arizona-Iowa State, Northwestern-Rutgers, Cal-SMU, Boise State-Washington State, Oregon-Illinois and more. Approx. Timecodes: (0:00) Intro (2:54) Ole Miss-Texas reaction (13:38) Cincinnati-Texas Tech reaction (17:26) Indiana-Michigan reaction (22:20) Miami-Pitt reaction (25:49) Northwestern-Rutgers reaction (26:20) LSU-Auburn reaction (29:01) Alabama-Texas A&M reaction (31:53) BYU-UCF reaction (37:49) South Carolina-Tennessee reaction (45:34) UCLA-Michigan State reaction (47:11) Virginia Tech-Clemson reaction (49:40) Cal-SMU, Boise-Wazzu reaction (50:11) Arizona-Iowa State reaction (52:06) Wisconsin-USC reaction (54:06) Minnesota-Iowa reaction (56:40) Oregon-Illinois reaction (58:36) About the Civil Conflict Trophy (59:16) Thursday night had some BANGERS (1:01:15) Dave Doeren fired reax (1:01:44) OK State-Colorado reaction (1:03:09) Syracuse-UNC reaction (1:03:41) College GameDay Week 9 options (1:05:13) Late night musings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's safe to say the season hasn't gone as expected for Oregon, which dropped its third game Saturday.

Alabama starting left guard William Sanders is expected to be sidelined for at least two weeks as he deals with a lower-leg injury he suffered during Saturday's win over Texas A&M.

After the No. 13 Crimson Tide rally from a first-half deficit to beat the Aggies, DeBoer emphasizes the significance of executing in key moments down the stretch.

— Keelon Russell threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair of fourth-quarter scores that helped Alabama pull away, and the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide beat Texas A&M 31-20 on Saturday to end a two-game skid.

Alabama will be without starting cornerback Zabien Brown, tailback EJ Crowell and center Racin Delgatty when it tries to end a two-game losing streak against Texas A&M.

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DeBoer describes Keelon Russell's strengths and areas of improvement opportunities as he discusses his expectations for the No. 13 Crimson Tide against the Gamecocks.