College Football Playoff picks after Week 5 - ESPN

On the final Saturday of September, the nation's No. 1 team got a bit of a scare.

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Georgia fell behind 10-0 at Auburn and didn't have the game in hand until the final 90 seconds of a 27-20 win. Tight end Brock Bowers proved to be the difference for the Bulldogs, scoring on a 40-yard go-ahead touchdown with 2:52 to play. Bowers had six catches for 148 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter and finished with eight catches and 157 yards overall.

Elsewhere, after pulling ahead 34-14 at halftime, USC had to hold on against coach Deion Sanders and Colorado. The Trojans got six touchdown passes from quarterback Caleb Williams in the 48-41 win. Williams became just the second USC player with six touchdown passes and more than 400 passing yards in a game, joining Matt Barkley in 2011.

Michigan only needed quarterback J.J. McCarthy for three quarters and had four different QBs attempt passes during a 45-7 win at Nebraska. Michigan has scored 30-plus points and allowed 7 or fewer points in all five games this season. It was the fourth-worst home loss by Nebraska since 2000.

Texas piled up 661 yards of offense in a surprisingly smooth victory over previously-ranked Kansas, though the Jayhawks were missing quarterback Jalon Daniels. The total yards were the most by Texas in a Big 12 game. The 26-point win was the largest by Texas against an AP-ranked team since 2009.

Washington turned to its ground game in the first half against Arizona, getting touchdowns from Dillon Johnson, Will Nixon and