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The last Saturday in October saw Georgia, Kansas State, Alabama and Notre Dame make major statements to the rest of the college-football world. Meanwhile, Oklahoma and USC saw their championship hopes fall by the wayside.

Undefeated teams went down at a furious pace. Florida, Ohio, Oregon State, Rutgers and Mississippi State all saw their bid for “perfect” end.

They have four weeks left in the regular season to sort everything out.

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Rank Team Record Rank

1 Alabama Crimson Tide 8-0 1

2 Oregon Ducks 8-0 2

3 Kansas State Wildcats 8-0 4

4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-0 5

5 LSU Tigers 7-1 6

6 Georgia Bulldogs 7-1 7

7 Louisville Cardinals 8-0 9

8 Florida Gators 7-1 3

9 Florida State Seminoles 8-1 13

10 South Carolina Gamecocks 7-2 16

11 Boise State Broncos 7-1 14

12 USC Trojans 6-2 7

13 Mississippi State Bulldogs 7-1 10

14 Stanford Cardinal 6-2 17

15 Clemson Tigers 7-1 18

16 Texas A&M Aggies 6-2 23

17 Oklahoma Sooners 5-2 11

18 Oregon State Beavers 6-1 12

19 Toledo Rockets 8-1 25

20 West Virginia Mountaineers 5-2 20

21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 7-1 15

22 UCLA Bruins 6-2 NR

23 Northwestern Wildcats 7-2 NR

24 Nebraska Cornhuskers 6-2 NR

25 Ohio Bobcats 7-1 19

Dropped out: TCU Horned Frogs, Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers.