www.espn.com - NCFIs Auburn a CFP contender? Has quarterback Bo Nix turned the corner? These are among the pressing questions facing the Tigers between the hedges on Saturday night.Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade and offensive lineman Wyatt Davis have been cleared to play this season after opting back in.Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson became the second FBS coach to announce he had the coronavirus, saying he "tested positive and ran a fever for 10 days."Jalen Mayfield, who declared for the NFL draft after the Big Ten postponed the season but then opted back in, has been cleared by the NCAA to return.LSU became the first defending national champion to lose its season opener in more than two decades Saturday, and coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility rests with him to turn things around heading into this weekend's game against Vanderbilt.Georgia transfer QB JT Daniels has been medically cleared to play and will be available Saturday against Auburn.The Notre Dame football team on Monday announced 18 positive tests in its latest round of COVID-19 testing, bringing the team's total to 25 players currently in isolation.Marcelino Ball tore an ACL during Indiana's workouts last week and will miss the entire season.So much for September football for the Houston Cougars. Not one, not two, but all five of their games this month were canceled.Clemson's QB still holds a lead over Ohio State's QB, but two quarterbacks from the SEC have joined the race.How would you rank each team in the three Power 5 conferences that have already begun? Let's have a look.A chaotic weekend shook up the national title race and left us struggling to understand what to think about some prominent teams. Plus, a growing list of incredible performances by transfer and/or breakout quarterbacks.Playoff chaos has begun with losses by Oklahoma and LSU and the return of the Big Ten and Pac-12. Here's how to make sense of it all.The schedule says the 2020 season kicked off three weeks ago, but Saturday felt like the real start.The SEC returned to the field Saturday. How did that shake up our College Football Playoff and New Year's Six bowl projections?Everyone can join the Top 25 party now. Here's what the latest poll looks like with the Big Ten and Pac-12 included.Here's what the Allstate Playoff Predictor has to say about the CFP chase after the first three weeks of action.It's officially game week for the SEC! Uga might not be allowed on the sideline this year, but he'll always be in our hearts. Plus, Auburn honors Pat Dye, Gary Patterson's latest song, Thurman Thomas Day and more.The Pac-12 announced it's coming back but, unlike the Big Ten's return last week, no teams land in the picks. Oklahoma fell in Week 4, which opened the door for the Florida Gators, who climbed into nearly all of the picks this.SP+ expands to include everyone slated to play college football this fall, including the Pac-12.From breakout blue-chippers to quarterbacks trying to channel Joe Burrow, these are the 25 players who will define the run to the playoff.Florida winning the national championship? It could happen.The Pac-12 was the lone remaining Power 5 holdout when it came to the 2020 fall season, but that all changed Thursday night when the conference announced a seven-game season beginning Nov. 6.The ruling followed a vote by the conference's CEO group on Thursday."Enter Sandman" at Virginia Tech is up there for Marty & McGee, but which college football programs truly have the best pump-up introductions?Nacoma James was a tough but loving high school football coach in Oxford, Mississippi. Three weeks after an overnight coaches retreat this summer, he collapsed in his wife's arms from COVID-19 and later died. He was 42.
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