Can the Buckeyes vault past the Sooners if both win Saturday?

Several teams can make an argument for that fourth spot, including Ohio State, Georgia, Oklahoma and perhaps Central Florida.

Clemson is among college football's elite. The current senior class has won 50 games, gone 23-1 in division play and 19-1 on the road.

The playoff picture is clearing up.

Over the last two weeks, 21 ranked teams have lost, the most over a two-week span since the AP poll expanded to 25 in 1989.

Clemson (8-0, 5-0) scored 28 points in the second quarter and opened a 45-0 lead before Florida State got on the board.

Instead of cannibalizing each other, SEC teams are propping each other up, buttressed by the league's quality nonconference performance.

'My brother I am hurting right now. Somebody wake me up from this nightmare.'

'I've been here. I've waited my turn. I've done everything y'all have asked me to do, plus more. To me, it was kind of a slap in the face.'

Trevor Lawrence's improvement and production, particularly in last week's 49-21 victory at Georgia Tech, could not be ignored