Temple has lost two straight games after falling 52-6 to Tulane on Saturday. At 2-7, the Owls will host another 2-7 team at Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Cougars are on a break after upsetting Kansas State last week. Houston, which has won back-to-back games for the first time this season, is 4-5 and has three more chances to pick up a pair of wins and become bowl eligible. First there will be a trip to Arizona on Friday at 21:15.

The Green Wave went on to win their seventh straight, defeating Temple 52-6. The most challenging part of Tulane’s conference schedule is still ahead; next week with a trip to Navy and then home to Memphis after a bye week. However, Tulane is undefeated in AAC play and is in the driver’s seat for a title shot the first weekend in December.

Josh Heupel Tennessee was covered Jeff Lebby Mississippi State 33-14 on Saturday. The No. 7 Volunteers are right in the middle of College Football Playoff contention, sitting at 8-1 and riding a four-game winning streak since the loss to Arkansas.

Next up is a big one for Tennessee. The Volunteers will travel to Georgia, which lost to Ole Miss, for a night game in Athens on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Once you get past that, things get easier for the Volunteers against UTEP and Vanderbilt.

The Tigers got a much-needed break after losing 17-7 to Vanderbilt last week. At 3-6, Auburn needs to win in the final stretch of the season to qualify for the bowl. Next up is Louisiana Monroe at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, followed by Texas A&M and Alabama.

The No. 5 Longhorns defeated an underdog Florida team, 49-17, in Austin. Texas is 8-1 and has a shot at a conference title in its first season in the SEC. At 11 a.m. Saturday morning, it’s Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas A&M, a place that’s been torn between Texas and not coming back, but has never been before.

The Gamecocks have made it three straight wins after defeating Vanderbilt 28-7 in Nashville. South Carolina’s winning streak began with a 35-9 win over Oklahoma in Norman.

Saturday’s win improves USC’s bowl eligibility to 6-3 and then hosts Missouri on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. This will be the Gamecocks’ final SEC matchup of the season before wrapping up against Wofford and Clemson.

The Rebels achieved their biggest win of the week, beating 3rd placed Georgia 28-10 in Oxford. The win moved Ole Miss to 8-2 and returned to the CFP table despite entering the week ranked 16th.

Ole Miss now has a bye week against SEC bottom-dwellers Florida and Mississippi State before wrapping up the season.

In FCS competition, Maine defeated Bryant 38-26. The win brought the Black Bears back to .500 at 5-5 with Elon and New Hampshire remaining on their schedule.

The Tigers renewed an old rivalry and I won a wild one against the Sooners. Later, Eliah Drinkwitz He declared his 7-2 and 24th-ranked Tigers still in the hunt for a CFP berth.

Missouri will travel to South Carolina on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. before taking on Mississippi State and Arkansas.

It looked like Alabama beating LSU 42-13 in Death Valley on ESPN’s College GameDay. The No. 11 Crimson Tide released a statement saying they were still worthy of the 7-2 CFP ranking.

Bama actually has a week off to host Mercer on Saturday at 1 p.m.

And now the team is on the other side of this beating. No. 16 LSU falls to 6-3 and is likely out of CFP contention with a home loss to Alabama.

The Tigers will travel to Florida on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.