NMSU saw its losing streak extended to 5 games with a loss to Tennessee, with a familiar face scoring against it. Here are takeaways from the defeat.

Who will make the College Football Playoff? USA TODAY Sports offers predictions on the final 12-team bracket after Week 12.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Watching a Saturday of college football these days seems designed to highlight the great divide in the sport. On one hand, every game featuring a school with a number before their name is breathlessly described as some sort of playoff elimination game.

On a day Alabama lost and Texas A&M looked vulnerable, Georgia football made a case it may be the best team in the SEC by taking it to Texas.

The Texas A&M football team continued to receive good news. The Aggies are picking up the pledge of one of the best recruits in America.

Oklahoma is very clearly one of the biggest winners of the weekend after going into Tuscaloosa and beating Alabama, resulting in both teams carrying an 8-2 record into next week. But while voters can choose to slide Alabama down and move Oklahoma up,

The SEC title game picture is a mess, but the Week 12 SEC Power Rankings are right on point. Georgia, Oklahoma move up, Alabama, Texas move down.