Leavitt put the Sun Devils in position to win the game with a masterful 10-play drive that was capped off by a one-yard touchdown run by Raleek Brown, giving Arizona State a 26-22 lead that the defense preserved in the final 33 seconds of the contest.

Texas Tech has emerged as one of college football’s biggest NIL power players, spending $28 million to build a roster capable of competing for a Big 12 title.

Games with ACC or Big Ten teams that involved three times worth of travel generally went quite well for the home teams in Week 8, as they finished 6-1 in contests against their cross-country visitors. The one exception was quite notable, as Rutgers ended up on the wrong side of Oregon's wrath in a 56-10 loss to an angry group of Ducks.

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In a 29-21 loss to Florida on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns got pushed around in the trenches, and the Gators did whatever they wanted to. Arch Manning spent a lot of the game either getting up off the grass or running for his life because the Texas offensive line did not play