College football Power Rankings - Action-packed Week 10 changes top 25 - ESPN

Week 10 gave us a weekend of heavyweight battles across the country. At the end of it all, we have a bit more clarity on the College Football Playoff race… at least until next Saturday.

There was no lack of drama Saturday, a continuous theme this fall. Per ESPN Research, the six losses from teams ranked inside the top 15 of the CFP rankings are tied for the most in the playoff era (since 2014), matching the total from Nov. 12, 2016. Auburn, Michigan, Texas A&M and Clemson fans (see: Pitt kicker Chris Blewitt) would probably prefer not to recall that day.

A decade later, the action was possibly even greater this weekend, starting right from the jump with Arizona's 29-28 win in a Friday night thriller with TCU. The Big 12 delivered again in the early window Saturday with a back-and-forth Holy War rivalry game between Utah and BYU that lifted the Utes to No. 2 in the latest AP poll, and Texas and Alabama issued renewed statements of CFP intent in their respective wins over Missouri and LSU.

If Georgia's romp over Ole Miss and Tennessee's throttling of Kentucky failed to live up to the hype, Oregon's comeback win at Ohio State and a Notre Dame victory over No. 1 Miami that rejuvenated the Fighting Irish's national title hopes sure made up for it.

It was another week of moving and shaking at the top of college football. We'll see you back here next weekend when the landscape, if the past two months are any indication, will look entirely different. Until then, here's a look at our latest power rankings after Week 10. — Eli Lederman

Previous ranking:2

Fifty years from now, Georgia fans will still be asking themselves how the 2026 Bulldogs lost to Auburn at home. The 27-24 defeat will go down as one of the more perplexing