No. 14 Notre Dame is never going to live down this month’s loss to Northern Illinois, especially with the Huskies dropping two of three since the upset in South Bend. But the College Football Playoff math still favors the Fighting Irish: win out and you’re (very likely) in the 12-team field.

In college football's game of the day, the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide took a stranglehold on the game early against the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs. Alabama took a 21–0 lead in the first quarter, a lead that grew to 28–0 early in the second.

ESPN college football analyst Dan Mullen ranks Georgia football low in his latest top 10 after UGA’s loss at Alabama