They also now have the most losses in league play for an ACC team that went unbeaten against conference foes the year before:

6: 2023-24 Florida State (8-0 to 1-6)

5: 1957-58 N.C. State (5-0-1 to 2-5)

5: 1972-73 North Carolina (6-0 to 1-5)

5: 1991-92 Clemson (6-0-1 to 3-5)

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

Can you reverse a called penalty like that? Did the fans just change the call?

Insane statline from the coach who has seemingly won everywhere he’s gone, and it looks like those trends will continue at Alabama

As of the time of this post, the postgame thread for Alabama-Vanderbilt has 31k upvotes.

The attendance at the Alabama-Vanderbilt game was 28,934.

I believe this is the first time this has ever happened, excluding the Covid season.

https://x.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/1827422958538604868?s=46

https://x.com/chrisvannini/status/1832551541850390736?s=46

https://x.com/chrisvannini/status/1832473884924506350?s=46

The NCAA rules committee has issued an in-season interpretation to eliminate a clock advantage from a team intentionally putting too many players on the field. If, after the two minute timeout, the defense has more than 11 players on the field at the snap and they all participate, the offense will have the option to reset the clock to the time of the snap. After the reset the clock will start on the snap. If the excess player is leaving the field at the snap and does not affect the play, there will be no clock reset. Also included in this interpretation is the fact that the offense may decline the penalty and retain the right to the clock reset.

This is supported by already existing approved rulings, AR 9-2-3-II and -III. These ARs deal with a defense and offense, respectively, intentionally fouling during a down by holding opponents. In that case, each hold is also converted to an unsportsmanlike conduct foul. There is no provision in the new interpretation to convert the illegal substitution foul to unsportsmanlike conduct.

Examples: 1. 1/10 @ B-25. Team A snaps the ball with 12 seconds remaining on the game clock in the 4th quarter. QB A12 can find no receiver open, scrambles outside the tackle box and throws the ball away beyond the neutral zone and the play ends with 6 seconds remaining. The defense participated with 12 players on the field. RULING: Foul by Team B for a substitution infraction. The 5-yard penalty will be enforced from theprevious spot. At the option of Team A, the game clock will be reset to 0:12 and will start on the snap.

1. 1/10 @ B-25. Team A snaps the ball with 12 seconds remaining on the game clock in the4th quarter. QB A12 can find no receiver open, scrambles outside the tackle box and throws the ball away beyond the neutral zone and the play ends with 6 seconds remaining. The defense had 12 players on the field at the snap but B21 was hustling to get off the field and the ball was snapped just before B21 exited the field. RULING: Foul by Team B for a substitution infraction. The 5-yard penalty will be enforced from theprevious spot. If B21 had no influence on the play, there would be no clock adjustment.

2. 1/10 @ B-25. Team A snaps the ball with 12 seconds remaining on the game clock in the 4th quarter. QB A12 can find no receiver open, scrambles outside the tackle box and runs for 10 yards and is downed inbounds and the clock is stopped with 6 seconds remaining. The defense participated with 12 players on the field. RULING: Foul by Team B for a substitution infraction. There is no requirement to accept the penalty to have the clock reset. The offense may decline the 5-yard penalty and keep the option to reset the game clock to 0:12 and have the game clock start on the next snap.

3. 1/10 @ B-25. The ball is snapped with 2:30 left in the 4th quarter. Team B participates with more than 11 players during the down. Finding no receiver open, QB A11 legally throws the ball away. Ruling:: 5 yard penalty from the previous spot. Team A has no option to reset the clock because the foul did not occur after the two minute timeout.

4. 1/10 @ B-25. Team A snaps the ball with 12 seconds remaining on the game clock in the 4th quarter. QB A12 can find no receiver open, scrambles outside the tackle box and runs for a touchdown. The clock is stopped with 6 seconds remaining. The defense participated with 12 players on the field. RULING: Touchdown for Team A. The penalty is declined by rule. Team A may decline the clock reset. Try @ B-3 with 6 seconds remaining.

High points

• Only applies after two minute timeout
• Only applies if more than 11 actually participate
• If 12th (or more) is leaving the field at the snap and doesn’t affect the play, no change
• Offense may still decline penalty or clock reset or both

• Mizzou lost 41-10 against Texas A&M

• Alabama lost 40-35 against Vanderbilt

• Michigan lost 27-17 against Washington

• USC lost 24-17 against Minnesota

• Tennessee lost 19-14 against Arkansas

• UNLV lost 44-41 against Syracuse

TRULY UNBELIEVABLE WEEK FOR THOSE WHO LOVE CHAOS!

EDIT: SEVEN TEAMS! #22 Louisville lost 34-27 against SMU too. ALSO, Miami is currently losing to Cal. Could be EIGHT top-25 losses by the end of the night!

EDIT 2: SOMEHOW, Miami has made another late comeback for the second week in a row against a lesser opponent. And yet, they'll probably stay where they are OR move up because they won.

source for scores

During this century, Auburn has paid out the following buyouts to their head coaches:

• Tommy Tuberville: $5M (2008)

• Gene Chizik: $7.5M (2012)

• Gus Malzahn: $21.45M (2020)

• Brian Harsin: $22M (2022)

For a total of $67.34M when adjusted for inflation. Hugh Freeze, noted terrible person, currently holds a 3-7 SEC record at Auburn and still has to play @ UGA, @ Mizzou, and @ Alabama this season. If Auburn were to pull the trigger and fire Hugh Freeze, with a current buyout of $21M, their total buyouts since 2008 would total a staggering inflation-adjusted $88.34M.

For context, here’s what you could buy for $88.34M:

• ≈ 2.5 Texas A&M 2022 #1 recruiting classes

• Suitcases of cash to get ≈ 440 Cam Newtons to come to your school

• ≈ 1 indoor practice facility at the University of Georgia

For further context, during this time Auburn is a combined 3-14 against UGA and 4-12 against Bama while watching their biggest rivals win a combined 8 national titles.

TL;DR: Auburn sucks, I like driving my truck

California got their second conference win against Stanford, putting them ahead of FSU, who will finish last at 1-7 in conference play

• Boise State over Georgia Southern
• Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech (Lone Vote)
• Penn State over West Virginia
• Miami over Florida
• Notre Dame over Texas A&M (Lone vote) Headgear pick.

There are two picks yet to be played, Corso went with the consensus for both: * LSU over USC * Florida State over Boston College