Eric Olson

A matchup of top-five teams, the Red River Rivalry and a possible College Football Playoff knockout game are the main events on the Week 7 college football schedule.

It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll, with Texas returning to No. 1 on Sunday after a one-week absence following Vanderbilt’s monumental upset of...

Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years on Sunday following its dizzying victory over Georgia.

This is the best of Bret Bielema’s four Illinois teams, and it’s motivated to knock off a third ranked opponent.

Luke Altmyer threw for four touchdowns, including a short toss to Pat Bryant in overtime to give No. 24 Illinois a 31-24 win against No. 22 Nebraska on Friday night.

No. 11 Southern California will head to Ann Arbor to face No. 18 Michigan in the Big Ten's game of the week Saturday.

Nebraska beat Illinois 20-7 in Champaign last year, ending a three-game losing streak in the series. Illini coach Bret Bielema said he noticed pep in his players' steps this week.

Wisconsin enters Saturday's home game vs. No. 4 Alabama as a 16½-point underdog. An upset would be the Big Ten’s highest-ranked regular-season victory ever over an SEC team.

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Colorado visits Nebraska on Saturday night in a renewal of a college football rivalry dating to the 1980s when they were in the old Big Eight Conference.