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The final College Football Playoff rankings will be unveiled on Sunday, and there are several intriguing scenarios for the final week. Georgia appears to be the only sure bet heading into the SEC championship game, and we still have the Bulldogs beating Alabama on Saturday. MORE: College football coaching carousel: Every FBS coaching change in 2021 Michigan also moves into our projection after finally beating Ohio State. The Wolverines can clinch their first playoff berth with a win against Iowa on Saturday....

On the first play of the game, running back Damien Harris outraced Arkansas defenders 75 yards for a score, his second 75-yard touchdown run in as many weeks. Suddenly, no one questioned what kind of game this was going to be. MORE: How Clemson’s loss affects playoff race It was fun to wonder for a while, though, after we saw what happened to the likes of Clemson, Washington State and Auburn....

This week, that starts with a Friday night game between No. 5 USC and No. 16 Washington State in Pullman. On Saturday, Clemson has another primetime matchup against an undefeated team on the road, this time in Virginia Tech. And don’t sleep on No. 7 Georgia traveling to Knoxville to take on a desperate Tennessee team. MORE: Week 5 picks against the spread Sporting News is 24-8 this season after going 7-1 in its Week 4 picks....

Playoff executive director Bill Hancock and the FBS conference commissioners are meeting this week at the Four Seasons Hotel Resort of Dallas to work out remaining details of the four-team playoff that will replace the Bowl Championship Series this season. The first championship game in the new postseason format will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The Southeastern Conference recently announced it will stay with an eight-game league schedule instead of going to nine games....

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Several teams will take to the field a day early on Black Friday, ending their respective regular seasons before conference championship weekend. This season, that includes a sampling of five games involving at least one ranked team. The headliner among those is N.C. State at No. 17 North Carolina, the latter of which can still finish the season as a one-loss ACC champion — and a potential problem for the College Football Playoff committee....

Four teams alone dropped out of the Coaches Poll in No. 17 Wake Forest, No. 19 Virginia, No. 20 Memphis and No. 21 Texas A&M. We also saw still-ranked teams in Florida, Georgia, Texas and Iowa fall after losses. Virginia, Wake and Memphis also fell out of the AP Top 25, allowing Washington, App State, Missouri and Minnesota to crack the top 25. SN RANKINGS: Top 25 shaken up, but Playoff picture still intact...

No. 4 Alabama’s 30-16 win over No. 2 LSU was impressive, but largely meaningless for the time being. The Crimson Tide dominated from the onset and made LSU running back Leonard Fournette, who was having a legendary season entering the game, look mortal. However, only expect the top four in the College Football Rankings to shuffle, not change. MORE: Week 10 winners and losers | 10 teams that can wreak havoc...

No. 3 Clemson hosts No. 17 Florida State, while TCU takes on the No. 12 Oklahoma State Cowboys. And of course, No. 4 LSU travels to take on No. 7 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. MORE: November’s Top 25 games | Week 10 SN Power Rankings (All times Eastern) Tuesday, Nov. 3 Northern Illinois at No. 20 Toledo, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Wednesday, Nov. 4 Ohio at Bowling Green, 8 p.m., ESPN2...

That includes a Black Friday primetime two-pack with No. 16 Washington at No. 7 Washington State and No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 12 West Virginia. That should set the stage for The Game at noon ET on Saturday between No. 4 Michigan and No. 10 Ohio State. No. 14 Utah State and No. 21 Boise State will cap off the weekend at 10:15 p.m. MORE: Week 13 bowl projections...

Which team has the best chance of making it? If the Tigers can beat No. 10 NC State on Saturday, then it will be the same-old answer. Clemson will be through the most-difficult part of its schedule at that point, and that would put the Tigers on track to reclaim the ACC championship and make a seventh CFP appearance. Heading into Week 5, we have the Tigers joining No. 1 Georgia, No....

No. 2 Georgia travels to Tiger Stadium to face No. 13 LSU at 3:30 p.m. In the same window, No. 7 Washington travels to Autzen Stadium to face No. 17 Oregon in a Pac-12 North showdown. In the primetime 7:30 p.m. spot, No. 15 Wisconsin faces No. 12 Michigan at Michigan Stadium. Sporting News will have picks against the spread for all those teams, and the rest of the top-25 slate (several of which can be streamed online at fuboTV)....

The UPS Education Assistance Program (EAP) began in 1997 and in the more than 20 years that have passed, the company provided more than $620 million in tuition assistance. In 2018, alone, more than 12,000 employees took advantage of the program. At a time when 45 million people collectively hold an estimated $1.6 trillion in student loans, a spotlight was shone on the cost of higher education. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, both Democratic presidential candidates, proposed plans to reduce or eliminate student debt and create free college options....

Colombia’s Club Atletico Nacional defeated Peru’s Inti Gas 1-0 in the CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) 2013 Copa Sudamericana tournament. The lone goal was scored by midfielder Sherma Cardenas in the 56th minute when he met a pass inside the area for a left-leg kick to beat goalkeeper Mario Villasante, reports Xinhua. The match, played at San Marcos stadium in the Ayacucho region at 2,600 metres above sea level, was entertaining fromthe beginning, with good attacking and counter-attacking plays....

It created a new model—economically beneficial for both the refugees and the host country—for managing its own refugee situation and perhaps others elsewhere. As a result, the Biden administration followed suit, declaring Venezuelan migrants eligible for TPS. An estimated 80 million people in the world are forcibly displaced. Of these, 26.3 million are refugees who have fled their homes to live in host countries that are hospitable enough to accommodate them....

State officials announced their new plan under the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday with the support of the federal government. Gender confirmation procedures, including jaw, cheek and eye modifications; face tightening; facial bone remodeling for facial feminization; breast or chest construction and reductions; and laser hair removal are included in the plan. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the administrator of CMS, said the decision was “momentous” and that “gender-affirming care can be life-saving....

Governor Jared Polis has declared a state of emergency due to the dangers from the wildfires in Boulder County. Citizens have been advised to leave their homes and head to one of the many evacuation sites. A video showing man driving in thick haze before turning his car around and going in the other direction has gone viral with over 100,000 views online. While speaking to the camera the driver notes the dangers of the maneuver due to poor visibility on the roads....

The shooting left 10 people dead, including Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley. After the 10 deaths were confirmed, Hickenlooper wrote on Twitter: “They were just grocery shopping. “I can’t imagine what the families of these Coloradans are experiencing. My heart goes out to them. “We don’t know all the details yet, but we DO know our country has a horrific problem with gun violence. We need federal action. Now.”...

McCoy was cleared by a specialist he saw after he was complaining of a sprained neck this week. He sprained his neck in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s 24-0 loss to the Rams. He is officially listed as questionable on the injury report. He did participate in Friday’s practice and got all of the first-team snaps. Redskins coach Jay Gruden said McCoy threw the fine “with no issues whatsoever....

Yes, their fake punt attempt was so bad it was funny. MORE: Let’s laugh at the NFL | ‘Flake’ punt, explained | One play dooms Colts But what’s even funnier than that? An 8-bit version of the play. Thanks to the good folks at The Cauldron, we now know what it would look like. Tecmo Bowl makes everything better. Even awful, terrible, horrible play calls.