ESPN College Gameday will be in Salt Lake City for the final ranked matchup of the night, as Big 12 rivals No. 17 Cincinnati square off with No. 20 Utah at 10:15 p.m. The Bearcats haven't been ranked this high since 2021, the year they qualified for the Playoff.

Only two of the current half-dozen unbeatens could meet prior to the finalized 12-team playoff bracket -- Ohio State and Indiana in the Big Ten Championship Game if both elites keep it up. Here's our best guess at handicapping what's left on the schedule for each team with perfect records and where that first loss may come next month:

Did Indiana or Texas A&M do enough on Saturday to dethrone Ohio State from the No. 1 spot? Joel Klatt shares his most recent top 10 after Week 9.

East Carolina went five consecutive weeks without playing on the sport’s traditional day, part of a growing strategy to increase television exposure.

A month after decommitting from Oregon football, Brentwood Academy's 5-star WR Kesean Bowman has narrowed his list to 10 schools, including Tennessee.

Indiana hired Curt Cignetti and invested more in football. As a result, the Hoosiers are changing traditional narratives around college football.