Clemson is the new king, but Alabama will be back, along with Georgia, Ohio State and Notre Dame, while a couple of teams from Texas elbow their way into the top 10.
Which teams will survive top-10 battles as No. 4 Ohio State faces No. 9 Penn State and No. 8 Notre Dame hosts No. 7 Stanford? Can West Virginia withstand Texas Tech? Can Oregon bounce back against Cal? Our experts pick those Week 5 games.
With national championship aspirations, coach Brian Kelly is forcing his players to adapt to unique situations in practice in hopes of surviving a brutal late-season travel schedule.
As conferences grew their geographic footprints and asserted control of the postseason, the Irish no longer were the only national program.
