Alabama's Ty Simpson edges Indiana's Fernando Mendoza for first-team honors at quarterback, while the wide receiver position is loaded with Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and USC's Makai Lemon highlighting the selections. Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy was one of the easiest picks on the midseason All-America squad.

Surging Texas Tech, which is undefeated and ranked No. 7 in the AP poll, has three defensive players on our all-portal team.

Let's make something abundantly clear. Indiana won't be ranked No. 1 in any poll anytime soon as long as Ohio State keeps winning. In fact, no one is likely to unseat the Buckeyes unless the Buckeyes finally unseat themselves.

Indiana picked up the best win of the college football season on Saturday, according to Joel Klatt. Was it enough to put the Hoosiers at No. 1 in his latest top 10?

There's a new No. 1 in this week's USA TODAY Sports college football NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 and it's a team that hasn't been there before.

Vanderbilt hasn't defeated LSU since 1990 — and the Commodores won't snap the streak this weekend (though it will be very, very close).

Further down in the rankings we are expecting a drop for Oklahoma outside the top 10 and a bump back into the rankings for Arch Manning and Texas after taking down the Sooners in Dallas. That, plus plenty of shake up near the end of the ballots, will highlight the key shake ups for Sunday's new rankings release.

The No. 3 Indiana Hoosiers are silencing critics after a 30-20 road win over Oregon. David Pollack says they’re “absolutely for real” as Indiana eyes another playoff run.