The Sun Devils were ranked as the number 25 team in the nation in the week following two major victories over the Iowa State Cyclones and West Virginia Mountaineers to move to 7-3 on the season - they still also have an outside shot of returning to the Big 12 title game with a 5-2 record in the league.

Houston appeared at No. 23 in Tuesday night’s rankings unveil, securing a spot in the CFP rankings for the first time since the final week of the 2021 season.

Texas has the head-to-head win over Vanderbilt, and the Commodores likely need the Longhorns to lose two games. But the resume comparison with Oklahoma is where it gets interesting. Both lost to Texas, and both beat South Carolina on the road and Auburn at home.

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If the sizzling Wildcats win out, they could leap over ASU, Washington and USC and into a top-tier conference bowl.

There are seven SEC teams still in the CFP hunt — Texas A&M, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas and Vanderbilt — and only one game between those seven (Texas A&M at Texas Nov. 28). Texas A&M is in the field, assuming it beats lowly FCS Samford on Saturday.

To Kiffin’s point, there have been coach firings at Florida, which has the No. 1 strength of schedule, along with LSU (third-strongest schedule), Auburn (fifth), Arkansas (seventh) and Penn State (10th).

Did the Texas Tech football team's win over UCF and Alabama's loss to Oklahoma move the Red Raiders up in the latest CFP rankings?

The Red Raiders, who debuted at No. 8 last week in the CFP, moved up two spots this week after defeating then-No. 7 BYU, 29-7